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FUNimation Continues its 2010 Roll-Out Riot with Day Two
Phyl Good
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For Day Two of the Roll-Out Riot, FUNimation announced two Japanese films: Kamui, acquired from Shochiku Co., Ltd., and RoboGeisha from T.O. Entertainment. The company has the home video, broadcast, and theatrical rights to the first, and the home video, broadcast, and digital rights for the second film.
Kamui was originally released in Japan in September of 2009, under the title, Kamui Garden. It is an adaptation of the 1965 manga series of the same name, by Sanpei Shirato. Fans of the Death Note live-action films that followed the anime series will be interested in the fact that Kenichi Matsuyama stars in this film. He played the detective “L” in the Death Note movies.
Kamui is the main character of the film, and he is a 17th century Japanese fugitive Ninja. He searches for freedom from the Ninja laws that require him to use his skills to kill, but they in turn are hunting him because of his betrayal. As he encounters a fisherman’s family, he at last begins to engage in genuine human contact, but still must defend himself from traps set by his pursuers.
You can learn more about FUNimation’s acquisition of the rights to this film at their Kamui website.
com/">Shochiku is a major televisioin and motion picture producer in Japan, as well as the exclusive promoter of kabuki theatre in that country. And animation fans will be familiar with some of its other films and series. Some of these include VEXILLE and Le Chevalier D’Eon.Kamui was originally released in Japan in September of 2009, under the title, Kamui Garden. It is an adaptation of the 1965 manga series of the same name, by Sanpei Shirato. Fans of the Death Note live-action films that followed the anime series will be interested in the fact that Kenichi Matsuyama stars in this film. He played the detective “L” in the Death Note movies.
Kamui is the main character of the film, and he is a 17th century Japanese fugitive Ninja. He searches for freedom from the Ninja laws that require him to use his skills to kill, but they in turn are hunting him because of his betrayal. As he encounters a fisherman’s family, he at last begins to engage in genuine human contact, but still must defend himself from traps set by his pursuers.
You can learn more about FUNimation’s acquisition of the rights to this film at their Kamui website.
The second film announced for Day Two of FUNimation’s 2010 Roll-Out Riot is RoboGeisha, from T.O. Enterainment. This is another film released just recently, having shown in Japanese theaters in October of 2009. It features the story of Yoshie, who is kidnapped along with her geisha sister, with both girls trained as assassins. There will be more information at the official RoboGeisha website.
T.O. Entertainment was founded in 2003 for the purpose of introducing the rest of the world to Japanese entertainment. It has promoted anime series like Strait Jacket and films like King of Tokyo, and it also has a subsidiary, TOBOOKS, which publishes books in Japanese.
As with the other films being announced during the Roll-Out Riot, FUNimation will be releasing these to DVD sometime in either 2010 or 2011.
Source: FUNimation press release for Kamui and for RoboGeisha, January 5, 2010