This week’s list is very short, but there’s good stuff on it.
Assassination Classroom: Season Two, Part One | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Beauty and the Best (2014) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Deluge | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Fatal Instinct | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Fences | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Available on physical media March 14. Nominated for “Best Picture.” | ||||||||
Freezing Vibration (Season 2) Anime Classics Edition | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: It looks like in the lead-up for the Ghost in the Shell Live-Action movie we’re getting a whole bunch of re-releases of the earlier Ghost in the Shell anime. | ||||||||
Grace and Frankie: Season Two | |||||||||
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Green Legend Ran | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Post-apocalyptic anime set after Earth’s ecosystem has been ravaged by alien invaders. | ||||||||
Hacksaw Ridge | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Best Picture Nominee | ||||||||
Jackie | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
A Lady’s Morals | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
The Level, Season 1 | |||||||||
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Lou Grant: Season Four | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Manchester By the Sea | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Best Picture nominated. Blaine: Produced by Amazon, so I don’t know if it is or will be available from other retailers. | ||||||||
Mildred Pierce (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Moana | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Blaine: Available on physical media at some point. At the time of this writing, it’s listed as “unavailable.” | ||||||||
The Net | |||||||||
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Nocturnal Animals | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Noragami Aragoto (Season 2) | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: The second season of the anime about a broke minor god, Yato, who is now facing a confrontation with Bishamonten, God of War. The limited edition release comes in a chipboard case with art cards. | ||||||||
Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Blu-Ray On Demand release of the anime adaption (directed by Rin Taro and screenwritten by Katsuhiro Otomo) of Tezuka’s manga loosely inspired by the film. To my knowledge, this is the first anime to get a burn/press-on-demand release. | ||||||||
Transformers: Rescue Bots – Protect and Explore | |||||||||
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Ultimate Otaku Teacher: Season One, Part Two | |||||||||
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Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Continuation of the anime series about a very intelligent but lazy otaku who ends up roped into teaching a high school class by his older sister. | ||||||||
Unbreakable Machine-Doll: SAVE Edition | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Uta No Prince Sama Revolutions (Season 2) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Rightstuf | |||||||||
Comments | Alex: Second season of the anime series about a men’s J-Pop idol group. | ||||||||
Waffle Street | |||||||||
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Whistling in the Dark | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Woman Against Woman | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Criterion Collection) | |||||||||
Amazon | |||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “I’m going with Stand Alone Complex Seasons 1 & 2 on Blu-Ray. I’m tempted to pick up the release of Tezuka’s Metropolis, if only to see the quality of the release, though I doubt it’s going to have much in terms of bonus features.” Blaine says, “I would go with Doctor Who or a Best Picture nominee.”
Moana is supposed to be released on physical media on March 7th.