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★★☆☆☆ Time-travel and dragons - it sounds like the perfect combination. Hirotsugu Kawasaki's 2011 Japanese anime Legend of the Millennium Dragon - adapted from the novel Onigamiden by Takafumi Takada - features that exact combination. The film's opening sequence showcases the beautiful animation which comprises the entirety of the movie - if only the story could live up to it.

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Well it’s Boxing Day, but it’s also the start of another week, so you know what that means – yet more DVD and Blu-ray releases hit the high street, ready and waiting to swallow up all your hard-earned Christmas cash! So here’s the rundown of what’s available to buy from today, December 26th 2011.

Pick(S) Of The Week

Final Destination 5 (Blu-ray/DVD)

In this fifth installment, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda. Review.

The King of the Fighters (Blu-ray/DVD)

A stylish, high-octane, live action feature based on the best selling video game franchise,...

First Squad

Written by Misha Shprits, Aljoscha Klimov | Directed by Yoshiharu Ashino

A collaboration between Russia and Japan, under the auspices of acclaimed animation studio Studio 4°C, creators of The Animatrix and Halo: Legends, First Squad tells the story of Nadya, a very special 14-year-old girl – with amazing psychic powers and trained as an assassin, she is recruited by the Russian army during World War II to become a member of First Squad, a special fighting unit specializing in combating paranormal forces. When she is the last member left standing in a brutal attack, she is returned to the unit for a special project – to bring her comrades back from the dead to fight Von Wolff, a 700-year-old spirit brought back to life to help the Nazis take over the world.

Legend Of The Millennium Dragon

Written by Naruhisa Arakawa | Directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki

Based on Takafumi Takada’s 2-volume novel of the same name,...

Sony have announced the UK Blu-ray release of two new anime movies, both of which are set to debut on Boxing Day. First Squad, from acclaimed animation studio Studio 4°C, creators of the thrilling The Animatrix and Halo: Legends, tells the story of a 14-year-old girl with psychic powers who must travel to another world to bring back her team and stop a 700-year-old ghost from leading the Nazis to victory in World War II; and Legend of the Millenium Dragon (aka Onigamiden), from Studio Pierrot, creators of the classic Naruto and Bleach films, which sees a teenage boy travels 1,200 years back in time into an epic and ancient battle.

Yoshiharu Ashino’s dramatic debut feature Fâsuto Sukuwaddo (in Japanese) tells the compelling and dramatic story of Nadya, a 14-year-old girl who despite her tender years is the last hope for her team and country. Gifted animator Ashino (The Tigger Movie,...

The latest animated feature from Spriggan director Hirotsugu Kawasaki is series of half-measures that ultimately undermine the final film. If only this time traveling mystical fantasy had gone the extra mile of fleshing out its characters and the conflict at the heart of the story, it could have been a winner instead of just another glossy animated title clamoring for your attention. Legend of the Millennium Dragon (aka Onigamiden) starts off promisingly enough with a battle between samurai and Oni--elaborately-visualized demons that seem to made of smoke--and it's not going so well for the samurai. But just as the Oni prepare to make their final push to destroy a local temple, badass monk Gen'un wipes them out with a little spirit magic. Flash forward 1200...

Legend Of The Millennium Dragon (Onigamiden) is the new film from anime director Hirotsugu Kawasaki. His most famous work so far is Spriggan, an exciting animated film that looks stunning and features some fast and furious action, and is considered by many to be an anime classic. Legend Of The Millennium Dragon is based on a novel by Takafumi Takada. The voice cast includes Ryuji Aigase, Satomi Ishihara and Kentarô Itô. Synopsis (via IMDb): A 15-year-old boy goes 1200 years back in time to find his unlikely destiny as the savior to end the war between humans and demons. You can check out the English-subtitled trailer below....

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the new anime adventure Legend of the Millennium Dragon on October 4 as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack for the list price of $45.99.

Grand battles and epic adventures are on tap in Legend of the Millennium Dragon.

A 2011 production from the highly regarded Japanese animation house Studio Pierrot (the creators of the popular Naruto and Bleach films) Legend of the Millennium Dragon—Onigamiden in its native Japanese—is an epic movie about a middle school boy who journeys into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Encountering one adventure and battle after another, Jun, our shy young traveler, is slowly transformed into a hero destined to battle evil and ensure peace and tranquility in the world.

Directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki and based on Takafumi Takada’s two-volume novel Onigamiden, the film will premiere at the Anime Expo in Los Angeles in...

First teaser trailer for the anime adaptation of Takafumi Takada’s novel Onigamiden directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki (Akira, Spriggan). The feature was produced at Studio Pierrot, Sony Pictures will release it in Japan starting April 29, 2011.

Synopsis:

Onigamiden is primarily set in Heian period Kyoto during a time of fierce fighting between people and “oni” (demons). Somehow, a 15-year-old modern-day boy named Jun Tendo slips back in time 1200 years and finds himself thrown into the middle of the ancient battle.

[via Nippon Cinema & Ann]...