The Simpsons creator Matt Groening presents his favorite four episodes of his far-out second series in Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection. The DVD release is joined on retail shelves today by installments of the anime series Virus Buster Serge and the comic book adaptations Oldboy and Swamp Thing.
Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection features the episodes “Hell Is Other Robots,” “Anthology of Interest I,” “Roswell That Ends Well” and “The Sting.” Bonus materials include introductions by Groening, series exec producer David X. Cohen and cast members such as John DiMaggio (Bender), and Billy West (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg). There’s also a full-length animatic of "Hell Is Other Robots," featuring optional commentary. The Fox Home Entertainment release lists for $14.98.
The Virus Buster Serge box set is a three-disc release featuring 12 episodes of the late ’90s mecha anime series. Set in Neo Hong Kong in the year 2097, the show has mecha-suited warriors taking on monstrous bio-mechanical beasts and a deadly virus that threatens all of mankind. Extras include character and mecha design boards, an interview with director Masami Obari (Battle Arena Toshiden, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture), a Manga DVD catalog, previews and weblinks. The set from Anchor Bay Ent. carries a suggested retail price of $39.98.
Fans of Asian cinema won’t want to miss director Chanwook Park’s powerful Oldboy. Based on the Japanese comic book by Tsuchiya Garon and Minegishi Nobuaki, this gritty, live-action feature from Korea stars Min-sik Choi as a man seeking revenge against the mysterious captors who imprisoned him for 15 years. Bonus materials on the DVD include an interview with Park, commentary by Park and cinematographer Jeong-hun Jeong, five deleted scenes with optional director’s commentary and the Oldboy/IFILM.com DVD trailer contest winner. Available from Tartan Asia Extreme, the DVD lists for $24.99.
As Wes Craven’s Red Eye picks up passengers in theaters, his 1982 live-action adaptation of DC Comics’ Swamp Thing comes to DVD. Packing all the fun of a pulp comic, this action-horror flick stars Adrienne Barbeau as a woman who falls for a scientist-turned-vegetable avenger in bayou country. This piece of nostalgia from MGM Home Entertainment can be had for $14.94.
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