Release Dates: Excel 4 ZOE 2
RELEASE DATE SET FOR EXCEL SAGA VOLUME 4: DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES!
FOURTH VOLUME OF SMASH HIT NO-HOLDS-BARRED COMEDY SERIES HEADED FOR STORE SHELVES
HOUSTON October 24 2002 - ADV Films has set a street date of January 14 2003 for
Excel Saga: Doing Whatever it Takes! the fourth volume of the popular and outrageously bizarre anime satire.
The one-of-a-kind
Excel Saga is best described as the ultimate parody of anime. From the opening credits-a hilarious spoof of Japanese pop videos-to the ending song featuring Menchi the dog singing/barking a plaintive ballad while a human interpreter translates for viewers nothing is sacred in the world of
Excel Saga.
The Story: Yes the producers of the most demented anime ever produced are getting desperate so in order to keep up the ratings Excel and Hyatt find themselves facing new Highly Merchandisable Characters gimmick episodes and even SEXUAL JEOPARDY (I?ll take ?lesbian android overtures for $100 Alex!?) It?s all in the service of Ilpalazzo and ACROSS as our favorite set of social misfits once again plunges into the breach as the plot sickens? er thickens? in the fourth incredibly bizarre volume of
Excel Saga! Excel Saga: Doing Whatever it Takes! ($29.98 SRP) collects four complete episodes of the highly popular comedy series in English as well as the Japanese-language version with English subtitles. DVD extras include A.D. Vid-notes? (a great
Pop-Up Video-style feature that gives behind-the-scenes info and explains some of the cultural references the series presents) Open Credits Timing Sequence; Open Credits First Cut;
Puni Puni Poemi OVA Preview;
Puni Puni Poemi Interview with Yumiko Kobayashi; Production Sketches; and ADV Previews.
RELEASE DATE SET FOR ZONE OF THE ENDERS-DOLORES i: OPERATION ESCAPE!
SECOND FIVE EPISODES OF ACCLAIMED PLAYSTATION TIE-IN TV SERIES IN FIRST-TIME DVD RELEASE
HOUSTON October 24 2002 -ADV Films today set a release date of January 14 2002 for
ZONE OF THE ENDERS-DOLORES i: OPERATION ESCAPE! a DVD-only release of the second of six volumes of the television series. Originally created as a companion to the Playstation game and a follow-up to the OVA
Zone of the Enders-IDOLOZone of the Enders-Dolores i is set in a distant future in which human colonization of Earth?s solar system extends to Mars and beyond and relationships between the humans on different colonies are decidedly hostile.
The Story: Space cargo ship pilot James Links and his family are on the run unjustly accused of interplanetary terrorism. Mars offers hope for clearing the family name but can the Links? get safely out of Earth?s orbit with governments agencies and spies throwing everything they?ve got at the Ender?
The Links family dodges Earth?s World Defense Surveillance on one side and mysterious Martian agents on the other only to find themselves caught in the middle-among the smugglers thugs and gangsters who navigate the space between them all. Fortunately they have an ally in Orbital Frame Dolores. She?s got even more secrets and power to reveal in the second volume of
Zone of the Enders: Dolores i! Zone of the Enders-Dolores i: Operation Escape! ($29.98 SRP) is a DVD-only release containing five complete episodes of the series. It includes both English- and Japanese-language versions and English subtitles. DVD extras include interviews with Tetsuya Watanabe (Director) and Shin Yoshida (Series Composition); Dolores? Diary Part 1; Deimos Station; clean opening and closing animation; production sketches & conceptual artwork; and ADV Previews.
Posted on Thursday, October 24, 2002 (Archive on Sunday, November 24, 2002)