Neu! - remastered mini-LP replica CDs in Japan

On March 21, 2012, P-Vine will release 4 remastered CDs of German experimental band Neu!
in miniature LP-replica paper sleeve packages.

Namely Neu!, Neu! 2, Neu! 75 and Neu! 86, as seen below:

Bunraku - Japanese BD info

Shochiku will release Bunraku on Feb. 22 in 3 variations: DVD, BD, and BD+DVD combo.

The first 2 are not different from the US releases,
but the BD+DVD combo comes with an extra DVD
which has approx. 40 mins of interview with GACKT.

source: Shochiku official shop

I've opened a shop of Japanese products

I've been preparing an Amazon Japan affiliate site for a while.
And I've just made it public. It's here.
Far from satisfactory, but I hope the site has enough items to show where I'm going.

Even if you are not interested in buying items in this kind of affiliate site,
I hope it works as an information source that you can find what products are available in Japan.

Eraserhead and Lost Highway on BD in Japan

Paramount Japan will release David Lynch's Eraserhead and Lost Highway on BD and DVD on Apr. 27, 2012.

The ads read like they are both "David Lynch restoration" versions,
but it's not clear what it exactly means..

Since Lynch has devoted himself to music these days,
it seems unlikely he personally supervised the restoration of his old works. But who knows?

Anyway, here's the descriptions on Paramount Japan's website (here and here):


Eraserhead

Running time: 89 mins
Video: VistaVision 16:9
Audio: English 2.0
Subtitles: Japanese

Special features:

• Eraserhead Stories (video commentary by David Lynch) (85 mins) [*]
• Original trailer
• The Short Films of David Lynch (60 mins):[*]
1. Six Men Getting Sick
2. The Alphabet
3. The Grandmother
4. Amputee
5. Lumiere

Lost Highway

Running time: 135 mins
Video: VistaVision 16:9
Audio: English 5.1
Subtitles: Japanese

Special features:

• Dumbland (8 shorts, 34 mins) [*]
• Original trailer

[*]: BD only, not included in DVD.
BDs are packaged in stylish slipcase.
All specs are TBC as of this writing.

(You may wonder why Short Films and Dumbland are in special features.
But they have been unavailable in Japan.)

While BD of Lost Highway was released in Germany some time ago,
and both movies were once available on DVD in Japan years ago,
they were released from third party companies.

Since these new editions are from Paramount Japan
perhaps we can expect they will be released in other countries around the same time as well.


You can pre-order them at Amazon JP: