Central Park Media announced that on Sept. 27, 2005, it will re-price and re-release an assortment of its best-selling mainstream anime titles for $9.95 each. Slated for re-release at are the popular AGENT AIKA series from the creators of PROJECT A-KO, the supernatural adventure, GEOBREEDERS, and the comedic PING PONG CLUB series. Box sets for two of these series will also be re-priced and re-released; the two-disc GEOBREEDERS DVD COLLECTION will be available at $19.95, and THE PING PONG CLUB DVD COLLECTION, which includes all 5 of the DVDs, will be $49.95. In addition, CPM also plans to re-release PHOTON: THE IDIOT ADVENTURES. All DVDs will have audio tracks in both English and Japanese with English subtitles.
GEOBREEDERS is from the animation director of MACROSS PLUS. The brave men and women of Kagura Total Security work 'round the clock to rid the world of its most troublesome pests phantoms. Their only weapons are their wits, the most advanced computer technology and really big guns. The two sets feature episodes 1-3 and 4-7 respectively. Special features include Yuji Moriyama interview, original Japanese trailer, U.S. trailer, storyboards, art gallery, previews, extensive DVD-ROM Features and English and Japanese with English subtitles.
Agent Aika is sexy, suave and sophisticated, but she's no bimbo. She's a martial arts expert and a jet fighter pilot with the body of a supermodel. AGENT AIKA: NAKED MISSIONS includes episodes 1-4 and AGENT AIKA: FINAL BATTLE features episodes 5-7. DVD features include Japanese music video, character profiles, previews, extensive DVD-ROM features, English and Japanese with English subtitles.
PING PONG CLUB follows the trials and tribulations of the boy's Ping Pong Club, a group of not-so-lovable losers that face their worst enemies themselves. MAKE WAY FOR THE PING PONG CLUB contains episodes 1-4, THE PING PONG CLUB: LOVE & COMEDY (DIE! DIE! DIE!) episodes 5-8, THE PING PONG CLUB: GOES TOO FAR episodes 9-12, THE PING PONG CLUB: LOSERS' CLUB episodes 13-19 and THE PING PONG CLUB: ROTS IN HELL episodes 20-26. DVD features include audio commentary, English, Japanese with English Subtitles, trailers and DVD-ROM.
PHOTON: THE IDIOT ADVENTURES follows Photon, a young man with a kind heart and superhuman strength who is accidentally engaged to a renegade space pilot. On the run from the evil emperor of the galaxy and his bumbling henchmen, Photon and his new bride encounter true terror in the form of disastrous cooking contests, exploding spas and cheerleading aliens. The release contains all 6 episodes. DVD features include character profiles, previews, English & Japanese with English subtitles and DVD-ROM.
Central Park Media (www.centralparkmedia.com) has been a leading supplier of anime in the U.S. since 1990. The company manufactures and distributes three home entertainment lines, each offering anime product for a distinct and discriminating audience: U. S. Manga Corps, Central Park Media and Software Sculptors. With exclusive rights to hundreds of book, video and music products, the company has become a leader in integrated media, as well as a leading publisher of graphic novels under its CPM Press label. Central Park Media also carries a broad array of documentaries released under its CPM label, as well as live-action Japanese feature films under its Asia Pulp Cinema label.
Rick DeMott
Animation World Network
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