APRIL OF SHOWER OF SPRING TITLES!

RAMEN FIGHTER MIKI: FULL COURSE April 12

In a world where terror grips the land, one girl walks the fine line between life and death to bring us her own special brand of ramen. Miki Onimaru works at her mother’s ramen noodle shop making deliveries, waiting tables and attracting customers with her cute, irresistible charm. But somehow, Miki can’t complete even the most simple tasks without employing her bone-crunching, skull-splitting martial arts skills! Can Miki get through the day without messing up and enraging her mom, who makes Miki look like a gentle kitten in comparison? (12 Episode Anime series) 

ALIVE (Director’s Cut) April 19 

From director Ryuhei Kitamura (VERSUS, GODZILLA FINAL WARS, AZUMI) For the brutal revenge killing of his girlfriend’s rapists,Tenshu is sentenced to die in the electric chair. Resigned to his fate and unremorseful for his crime, he amazingly survives his high voltage execution! Now, Tenshu is offered two strange choices: another attempt to fry in the chair or volunteer to be a guinea pig in a bizarre government experiment involving a strange alien life form! Now begins the ultimate punishment as Tenshu’s fight for survival takes on epic dimensions! Based on a popular manga by Tsutomu Takahashi (SKY HIGH). (Live Action Feature Film) 

KUNOICHI LADY NINJA April 19

Stars action icon Yuko Moriyama (Zeiram 1 & 2). In feudal Japan, the evil Lord Akinari rules the prefecture with his private troops known as the 7 Spears. These trained assassins, highly skilled in Ninjutsu and sorcery, abduct women for Akinari’s personal pleasure. When the 7 Spears massacred the Hori clan, only seven daughters survived. Together, the women swear an oath to avenge their clan using the powers of Kunoichi within each of them. With the help of the sword master Jyubei Yagyuu they travel to Aizu to slay their enemies! Based on the novel by Futaro Yamada. (Live Action Feature Film)

First time on blu-ray! Mizuho is the very model of a well-behaved young man. Kind,  intelligent, a true gentleman. When he can’t refuse his grandfather’s dying wish,  Mizuho finds himself enrolling into the same school his mother attended- an exclusive  academy for young ladies! He’s able to blend in with the help of a childhood friend who  also attends there but it’s not easy for a boy to keep a low profile at the all-girl school.  Questionable situations, uncomfortable rivalries and the occasional disaster follow him  on his amusing, heartwarming and gender-bending journey toward self-discovery, true  friendship and unrequited love! (Contains all 13 episodes) 

SHAPE OF LOVE: DO YOU HATE GIRLS WITH DIRTY MINDS? April 26 – BD May 10 – DVD 

The secret world behind the amateur porn magazines. Young girls discover that it is really easy to make money working for some guys that take photos of their sexual life. And some of them just get hot, crazy and wild! Absolutely Not For Children! (Adult Anime 2-episode OVA) 

FOUR FOR FOREPLAY 

Absolutely Not For Children!

Takumi is a high school student whose father surprises him with two new sexy step-sisters! Add the two voluptuous vixens next door into the mix and Takumi’s life has become much more interesting, to say the least! Absolutely not for children! (Adult Anime 2-episode OVA)