Weekly Movie/Music update: Around 900 new J-Pop, Anime, Soundtrack & Movie releases

July 26th, 2008, 00:15 Posted By: wraggster

Welcome to this week's Movie/Music news roundup, containing new Japanese and Hong Kong Video and Music releases from this week listed at Play-Asia.com. Around 900 new items are covered in this week, including new J-Pop, Anime as well as Japanese, Hong Kong and Western movie releases and much more.

The original soundtrack of the hit RPG Persona 4 is out, this is a compilation of high quality vocals and instrumentals that represent contemporary Japan and the eerily glamourous Persona 4 atmosphere. So be ready to bring a piece this dazzling nightmare home.

The Naruto series continues to run strong, and fans are in for a treat this summer, not only is the feature length movie Naruto Shippuden - Kizuna going to be aired in august, a set of a new theme song compilations and character song CDs are released this week.

No matter whether you are residing in Japan or not, you can still participate in the Naruto Shippuden - Kizuna fun. Naruto All Stars collection, the character song CD is released as part of the campaign. Feel closer to your favourite characters by listening to them sing and discover their hidden music talents.

Aside from the character song collection, two more theme song compilations are released as part of the campaign. Naruto Super Hits 2006-2008 and Naruto Best Hit Collection 2 carries opening and ending songs from the animation series.

Naruto Super Hits 2006-2008 is bundled with a DVD that shows the credit-less versions of opening and ending animations while Naruto Best Hit Collection 2 carries the theme songs from the first two feature length movies.

While theme songs compliment the atmosphere of a film or series as a whole, image songs are written for a particular scene or character. Your Seed [standard & limited editions] is an image song for Disney's summer blockbuster Kung Fu Panda.

With this dance number, the boy band Hey! Say! Jump! renewed their youthful image. Although still energetic, they brought in a level of maturity and style, establishing their standing in the Japanese music industry.

Enjoy the both the image song and the blockbuster action. Please notice that the Panda is not the only one who does Kung fu, action star Donnie Yan is bringing his thrilling drama An Empress And The Warriors to Blu-ray discs as well. Another interesting Hong Kong film is Mad Detective that features a cop who walks the line between sanity and insanity.

Lastly, visit Gotham city in search for the traces of the dark knight. Go back to the start of the legend with Batman Begins, as a limited edition, this Blu-ray disc comes with special booklets, comics, postcards and a bust of your favorite character. After departing from the starting line, search for more clues and bat insignia in Batman Gotham Knight.

Here's a summary of all new releases that were published between Saturday, July 19th and Friday, July 25th. If some specific item that you are looking for is missing, please don't hesitate to contact our customer service with your request.


J-Pop Music releases (210)
ENKA Music releases (33)
Anime Soundtracks & Drama CDs (71)
Video Game Soundtracks (8)
Hong Kong Version Music releases (7)
Blu-ray Disc Movies (42)
Anime & Animation (211)
Hong Kong Version Movie releases (18)
Japanese Movies (92)
Non-Japanese Movies / Japanese Version (110)
J-Pop DVD releases (16)
ENKA DVD releases (1)
Misc Japanese Movie releases (11)
Idol DVD (72)
UMD™ Video & Music (1)

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