"Director: Eiichi Yamamoto"

• Belladonna of Sadness Standard | Blu Ray | (20/05/2019) from £18.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation, and the last film in the adult-themed Animerama trilogy produced by the godfather of Japanese anime & manga, Osamu Tezuka and directed by his long-time collaborator Eiichi Yamamoto (ASTRO BOY and KIMBA THE WHITE LION), BELLADONNA unfolds as a series of spectacular still watercolor paintings that bleed and twist together. An innocent young woman, Jeanne is raped by the local lord on her wedding night. To take revenge, she makes a pact with the Devil himself who appears as an erotic sprite and transforms her into a black-robed vision of madness and desire. Contains the film on Blu-Ray in Japanese with English subtitles. Extras: Film on Blu-Ray New Video Interviews with Director Eiichi Yamamoto, Art Director Kuni Fukai, and Composer Masahiko Satoh Red Band Trailer Green Band Trailer Original Trailer

• Animerama: 1001 Nights / Cleopatra Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (18/06/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Animerama ( ) is a series of thematically-related adult anime feature films originally conceived and initiated by Osamu Tezuka and made at his Mushi Production animation studio from the late 1960s to early 1970s, perhaps intended as animated counterparts to the then-emergent pink films. As well as the erotic themes, they are also defined by mixing more typical traditional animation with sequences of UPA and Y ji Kuri influenced experimental use of modern design, limited animation, and still paintings akin to Tezuka s experimental short films and like those largely were all directed, sometimes sharing the billing with Tezuka, by Eiichi Yamamoto. The first, A Thousand & One Nights, was the first erotic animated feature film and, at 130 minutes, remains one of the longest ever animated films. The first two are also notable for having scores by famed composer and electronic rearranger Isao Tomita. A Thousand and One Nights ( Senya Ichiya Monogatari) (1969) Cleopatra ( Kureopatora) (1970) BLU-RAY AND DVD CONTENTS Limited Edition featuring slipcase and reversible sleeves plus liner notes by film critic Simon Abrams (2000 units) Both films included with new 2K restored prints Interview with director Eiichi Yamamoto Audio commentaries on both films by Helen McCarthy, author of The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga

• Animerama: 1001 Nights / Cleopatra Limited Edition | DVD | (18/06/2018) from £8.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Animerama ( ) is a series of thematically-related adult anime feature films originally conceived and initiated by Osamu Tezuka and made at his Mushi Production animation studio from the late 1960s to early 1970s, perhaps intended as animated counterparts to the then-emergent pink films. As well as the erotic themes, they are also defined by mixing more typical traditional animation with sequences of UPA and Y ji Kuri influenced experimental use of modern design, limited animation, and still paintings akin to Tezuka s experimental short films and like those largely were all directed, sometimes sharing the billing with Tezuka, by Eiichi Yamamoto. The first, A Thousand & One Nights, was the first erotic animated feature film and, at 130 minutes, remains one of the longest ever animated films. The first two are also notable for having scores by famed composer and electronic rearranger Isao Tomita. A Thousand and One Nights ( Senya Ichiya Monogatari) (1969) Cleopatra ( Kureopatora) (1970) BLU-RAY AND DVD CONTENTS Limited Edition featuring slipcase and reversible sleeves plus liner notes by film critic Simon Abrams (2000 units) Both films included with new 2K restored prints Interview with director Eiichi Yamamoto Audio commentaries on both films by Helen McCarthy, author of The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga

• Belladonna of Sadness - Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (26/06/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation, and the last film in the adult-themed Animerama trilogy produced by the godfather of Japanese anime & manga, Osamu Tezuka and directed by his long time collaborator Eiichi Yamamoto (ASTRO BOY and KIMBA THE WHITE LION), BELLADONNA unfolds as a series of spectacular still watercolor paintings that bleed and twist together. An innocent young woman, Jeanne is raped by the local lord on her wedding night. To take revenge, she makes a pact with the Devil himself who appears as an erotic sprite and transforms her into a black-robed vision of madness and desire. Contains the film on Blu-Ray in Japanese with English subtitles, presented in collectors packaging. Extras Film on Blu-Ray Collectors Packaging