Updated 06/17 – The film will be coming out in North America on DVD on October 19th, engrish audio + english subtitles! Thanks NipponCinema!
Mamoru Oshii’s live-action girls with guns Assault Girls will be released on DVD/Blu-ray on June 23 in Japan. No subtitles, but, an english audio track announced… Like Miike’s Django, the film was shot in engrish! Read this interview with Oshii.
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The film 95% percent in Engrish. Each chapter features a Japanese language text introduction, plus there’s one Japanese language dialogue scene between Meisa Kuroki and Yoshikatsu Fujiki. The rest is in Engrish.
Damn those prices but the LE BD will be mine. Thank god for amazon pre-order discounts.
To quote your review
Good news then
Thanks for the confirmation Mikko (and Michael for the heads up of course), I just pre-ordered my LE BD…
First Nausicaä and now Assault Girls, this summer’s getting expensive!
This movie is a very slow moving piece of crap that could easily be the worst movie ever made. I think 18 minutes go by before something actually happens. I hope you think watching snails qualifies as a great film. In a just world, everyone involved in this film would be shot. Take your friends. They will walk out and never speak to you again, if you are lucky. Just pray they don’t decide to strangle you with their bare hands as you try to explain why this isn’t a waste of 70 minutes of life.
You obviously have not watched a lot of Oshii films. He did way more than Ghost in the Shell. Avalon, Angels Egg, and his Kerberos saga all have elements like assault girls. Be more informed u stupid noob!!!