New on Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD: SCARLET / HATESHI NAKI SUKARETTO (2025) - Anime

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Product Description: From visionary Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda (Best Animated Feature, MIRAI, 2018), a powerful, time-bending animated adventure about SCARLET, a medieval-era, sword-fighting princess on a dangerous quest to avenge the death of her father. After failing at her mission and finding herself gravely injured in the “Otherworld,” she encounters an idealistic young man from our present day who not only helps her to heal but shows her the possibility of a future free of bitterness and rage. When confronted again by her father's killer, Scarlet faces her most daunting battle: can she break the cycle of hatred and find meaning in life beyond revenge?

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SCARLET / HATESHINAKI SUKARETTO (2025) - Trailers, Clip, Images and Posters

"Scarlet" ("Hateshinaki Sukāretto") is an anime fantasy film written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda ("Mirai", "Summer Wars", "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time") inspired by the Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet. The film is animated by Studio Chizu, and features the voices of Mana Ashida, Masaki Okada, Koji Yakusho, Kotaro Yoshida, Yutaka Matsushige and Kazuhiro Yamaji.

The English dub features Erin Yvette, Chris Hackney, David Kaye, Jamieson K. Price, Fred Tatasciore and Jason Marnocha. The film premiered at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival, and was released in theaters in Japan on November 21, 2025. In the US it was released in select theaters on February 6, 2026 and via streaming on March 17, 2026.

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DVD & Blu-ray: THE HOUSE OF THE LOST ON THE CAPE (2021)

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Product Description: 17-year-old run-away Yui and 8-year-old Hiyori, who lost her family and her voice, have no place to go when they run into Kiwa, a strange old lady. She offers them a place to stay, in a slightly banged-up old house overlooking the sea, a Mayoiga. Despite joining Kiwa on a whim, the two girls find comfort in Mayoiga, a legendary house, said to look after lost travelers, and the warm hospitality of Kiwa. Both girls' damaged hearts begin to heal little by little. Until one day, a variety of strange beings which Kiwa calls ""Fushigitto"" begin popping up around the house.

A heartwarming yet bittersweet tale set in her native prefecture of Iwate by award-winning writer, Sachiko Kashiwaba. It's a story about nostalgia, precious kinship, and a touch of magic.

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New on Blu-ray: POUPELLE OF CHIMNEY TOWN / EIGA ENTOTSUMACHI NO PUPERU (2020)

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Product Description: Poupelle of Chimney Town is the story of young Lubicchi living among the thick smoke from the chimneys of his isolated town, yearning to see the “stars” — to know the truth — his father always told him about. One Halloween night he meets Poupelle, a man made of garbage, and together they look to the sky as their adventure begins. Spectacularly beautiful, filled with inspiring performances and splendid music and sound effects, and produced at Tokyo's famed STUDIO4ºC, Poupelle of Chimney Town brings laughter, tears and joy.

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DVD & Blu-ray: CHILDREN OF THE SEA (2019) - Animation

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Product Description: "A surging tsunami-crash of creativity and beauty that leaves you gulping for breath." – Robbie Collins, The Telegraph From Japan's cutting-edge STUDIO4°C (Tekkonkinkreet, MFKZ) and director Ayumu Watanabe, this stunningly beautiful adaptation of the prize-winning manga features a score from legendary composer Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away). When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad worked. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora, who were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does. As the kids get caught up in the mystery behind the sudden worldwide disappearance of the ocean's fish, they uncover cosmic connections that will change them forever.

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