Giovanni's Island UK DVD and Blu-ray Release Details
Date: 2014 December 26 17:53
Posted by Joe
The good folks from Anime Limited have just sent us details of their UK release of anime film Giovanni's Island. It's due out on Monday 12th January 2015.
Giovanni's Island is from Production I.G known for it's high quality anime. The film follows a part of Japanese history that will be unknown to many in the west and we're sure will be interesting to anime fans.
The film is available for pre-order from Amazon.co.uk on DVD, blu-ray and Ultimate Edition blu-ray.
It should also be noted that recently Anime Limited have been releasing a lot of top notch anime, and as result hurting the Otaku News Team's wallets.
Full Story
Press release as follows:
From Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Kill Bill Vol.1) comes the award winning, Giovanni's Island - out on DVD, Blu-ray and Collectors Edition January 12th 2015.
A true never before been told WWII story, Giovanni's Island is a dramatic and heart-warming animated film about cross-cultural friendship among children in the aftermath of the war.
Synopsis:
"On August 15th, they told us we had lost the war. At that time, we did not really understand. Then one day, everything changed. Many soldiers, wearing uniforms we had never seen before, arrived on the island. That was the day I met Tanya."
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border of this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Junpei and Kanta are two brothers who live with their father Tatsuo on Shikotan, a tiny island off the northernmost shores of Japan. As Japan surrender on August 15, 1945, the island becomes Soviet Union territory, and for the Japanese community, a new life with the Soviet citizens who have moved onto the island begins... Source: Anime Limited
Recent News
The Villainess Who Came to Marry Into the Frontier Noble's Household Is an Exceptionally Capable Wife, Isn't She? Volume 1 Manga Release DetailsAn Interview with Isabell Castro and Sam Pinansky from BookWalker
Manga Million Offers a Million Pages of Free Manga
The Ghost in the Shell TTRPG Now on BackerKit
Kiki's Delivery Service UK and Ireland Cinema Release Details
Akira returns to tour cinemas in the UK and ROI with new 35mm print
An Interview with Alessio Cavatore Co-designer of The Ghost in the Shell TTRPG
An Interview with Ryuichi Sasaki CEO & Founder of CTW
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II Release Details
The Ghost in The Shell New 2026 Anime Series First Two Episodes Review
Recent DVD / Blu-ray Reviews
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's IslandMobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (1-12) Streaming
Birdie Wing 1-13 (Streaming)
Blue Period (1-12 Streaming)
Lycoris Recoil 1-13
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash
Reconguista in G Movie Part 2: Bellri's Fierce Charge
Reconguista in G the Movie I Go! Core Fighter
Wolf Girl and Black Prince
Cop Craft (Streaming)
Recent Manga Reviews
The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All Volume 1
You Talk Too Much, So Just Shut It Already! Volume 1
Hirayasumi Volume 1
The Revenge of My Youth: Re Life With an Angelic Girl Volume 1
Captain Momo's Secret Base Volume 1
Nukozuke! Volume 1
Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! Volume 1
Tales of the Tendo Family Volume 1
It Takes Two Tomorrow, Too Volume 1
The Summer You Were There