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FLCL Blu-ray, New Horizon and Penguin Drum, Last Dragon Ball Released Monday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday October 21, Gainax. The six-part series, also known as 'Furi Kiri,' involves Naota, a normal 6th grade schoolboy, who has to contend with his older brother's girlfriend, and a woman on a motorbike who sends his life into insanity.
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie in 1999.
The BBFC rated the second volume '18' because of material in some or all of parts 13 to 16, which were judged to contain 'strong sexual threat.' The site does not go into any further detail about the reasons for the rating. The relevant episodes include (highlight for spoilers) the seduction of a teenage character by an adult, non-consensual bondage, and a subplot involving child abuse.
Manga Entertainment is also releasing Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II, right (or Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere II as the series is called in the U.K.) Released both on DVD and Blu-ray, this title follows on directly from the first Horizon series, continuing the exploits of the flying city Horizon as it comes to a fantastical version of Elizabethan England, ruled by a fairy queen.
Manga Entertainment is also releasing the final box-set volume of Dragon Ball Z, Season Nine (left). It carries parts 254 to 291 of the series.
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