While Madman Entertainment and Hanabee are planning their releases for early this month, you can expect to see a few gems on store shelves from Siren Visual later this month from the 24th. Both on DVD, the company is set to release Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales which is an older license from the days of Geneon Entertainment licensing anime in North America and UN-GO… one of the companies previous simulcast titles. Details for both can be viewed below:
Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales
DVD | Hybrid Dub | $49.95 | 273 Minutes
Yotsuya Kaidan (Yotsuya Ghost Story)
In 18th Century Japan, a ronin samurai named Tamiya marries the beautiful Oiwa. But after the birth of their child, he begins to feel the burden of poverty. When Tamiya is offered a job by a local rich man, he must marry the rich man’s daughter in return. Conspiring to murder his wiife with the help of his servants; her vengeful spirit returns to haunt him when he remarries.
Tenshu Monogatari (Goddess Of The Dark Tower)
Tenshu Monogatari tells the story of forbidden love between a human and a god. Zushonosuke Himekaw is sent by his master, Lord Harima to retrieve a treasured falcon named Kojiro. He encounters a beautiful woman bathing in a lake and falls in love instantly. When his search for Kojiro leads him to the castle of Shirasagi-jo, he learns that it’s rumoured to be inhabited by the “forgotten gods”. There he re-unites with the beautiful woman of the lake and their forbidden romance begins, whilst a clash between Lord Harima’s army and the “forgotten gods” unfolds.
Bake Neko (Goblin Cat)
When a young samurai bride dies, the village druggist swears it’s the work of bakeneko (a catlike monster), which hunts each family member before revealing itself to horrified villagers, exposing a long forgotten scandal.
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UN-GO
DVD | Hybrid Dub | $49.95 | 300 Minutes
He pursues his job as the “Last Great Detective”. Others call him the “Defeated Detective”. What’s certain is that he’s Shinjurou Yuuki, a young man with a passion for mysteries and a talent for solving them which has made him the target of dark forces now stirrin within the sinister underworld of a near future Tokyo. That could prove lethal, given that not even the other “good guys”, including the police, are exactly on Shinjouro’s side.
Fortunately Yuuki’s not completely on his own, and with the aid of his uniquely talented associate Inga, he’s ready to cut a swath through the veils of secrecy that have been laid before him. Get ready for mind against matter and a lot of cloak and dagger as the ultimate battle of clue and deduction begins in UN-GO!
