Guest FUNi Rep Rojas Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Howdy guys. I'm Rojas, a representative from FUNimation. I just wanted to let you know about the Shaw Brothers acquisition below. If you have any questions, you can find me at blog.FUNimation.com or shoot me an email at feedback@funimation.com. And don't forget to watch the trailer below. Flower Mound, TX – January 4, 2010 – FUNimation® Entertainment announced today that it now has U.S. home video distribution rights to 15 live action films from Celestial Filmed Entertainment, Inc.®’s expansive film collection featuring films by those known as “the Kung Fu masters”: the Shaw Brothers FUNimation will release “Sword of Swords”, “The Duel”, “The Lady Hermit” , “The 14 Amazons”, “Shaolin Hand Lock”, “Invincible Shaolin”, “Soul of the Sword”, “Life Gamble”, “Shaolin Rescuers”, “Shaolin Prince”, “Bastard Swordsman”, “Opium and The Kung Fu Master”, “The Supreme Swordsman”, “Return of Bastard Swordsman” and “Hong Kong Godfather”. FUNimation Entertainment is bringing these films to DVD in 2010 and 2011. http://blog.funimation.com/2010/01/2010-roll-out-riot-day-1-of-5-hong-kong-connection/ 47PtCeREAhM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HAZ Posted January 4, 2010 Member Share Posted January 4, 2010 Howdy guys. I'm Rojas, a representative from FUNimation. I just wanted to let you know about the Shaw Brothers acquisition below. If you have any questions, you can find me at blog.FUNimation.com or shoot me an email at feedback@funimation.com. And don't forget to watch the trailer below. Flower Mound, TX – January 4, 2010 – FUNimation® Entertainment announced today that it now has U.S. home video distribution rights to 15 live action films from Celestial Filmed Entertainment, Inc.®’s expansive film collection featuring films by those known as “the Kung Fu masters”: the Shaw Brothers FUNimation will release “Sword of Swords”, “The Duel”, “The Lady Hermit” , “The 14 Amazons”, “Shaolin Hand Lock”, “Invincible Shaolin”, “Soul of the Sword”, “Life Gamble”, “Shaolin Rescuers”, “Shaolin Prince”, “Bastard Swordsman”, “Opium and The Kung Fu Master”, “The Supreme Swordsman”, “Return of Bastard Swordsman” and “Hong Kong Godfather”. FUNimation Entertainment is bringing these films to DVD in 2010 and 2011. http://blog.funimation.com/2010/01/2010-roll-out-riot-day-1-of-5-hong-kong-connection/ 47PtCeREAhM Wow! Thanks for posting. That's an impressive list. I hope your email box doesn't fill up too fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tdb Posted January 4, 2010 Member Share Posted January 4, 2010 No surprises here; it's a rescue of BCI's Shaw titles. It's still very welcome. Maybe if they sell well enough Funi will get some fresh titles from Celestial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kungpowmaster Posted January 4, 2010 Member Share Posted January 4, 2010 Maybe they will release: Ultraman: Towards The Future and: Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero And the dubbed series of Ultra 7, and Spectreman I know it's OT, but hoping he reads this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DeathFuMaster Posted January 4, 2010 Member Share Posted January 4, 2010 Glad to see a rep here to give us information on this. I can't wait to see these on DVD here in the US. Hopefully Funimation will release more afterward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Running Man Posted January 26, 2010 Member Share Posted January 26, 2010 People, please send an email to the Funimation address noted above and let them know to re-do the English subtitles on these releases and to also do them based on the official Chinese dialect track for the movies since not only do Celestial's English subs leave a lot to be desired, but they always base them on the Mandarin tracks regardless if it is the official track or not. Please guys, strength is in numbers and if enough people demand it it will be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DeathFuMaster Posted January 31, 2010 Member Share Posted January 31, 2010 Return of the One Armed Swordsman is up for preorder at amazon with a May 4 release date....It says its released by Vivendi, isnt that Dragon Dynasty? http://www.amazon.com/Return-One-Armed-Swordsman-Jimmy-Wang/dp/B00368PSJQ/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1264900526&sr=8-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Fang Shih-yu Posted February 25, 2010 Member Share Posted February 25, 2010 Vivendi and Dragon Dynasty seem to be one and the same; that's how I gathered from pre-released info on "36th Chamber" sequel and Blu-ray "36th Chamber". How about if Image has any more Shaw reissues coming? Last I saw via their website, there doesn't appear to be any within the immediate future. What's the word on the street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jay Posted August 8, 2010 Member Share Posted August 8, 2010 It says its released by Vivendi, isnt that Dragon Dynasty? Vivendi and Dragon Dynasty seem to be one and the same; .... Vivendi bought the distribution rights from TWC after they shut down Genius Products. Everything else remains the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PureKF Posted October 5, 2010 Member Share Posted October 5, 2010 Hi All, Just got a great update for the Shaw fans. Here are 4 titles being released by Funimation and the dates: Shaolin Rescuers/ Nov 09-2010 Soul of the Sword/ Nov 09-2010 Bastard Swordsman/ Dec 07-2010 Return of Bastard Swordsman/ Dec 07-2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PureKF Posted October 5, 2010 Member Share Posted October 5, 2010 I just hope they do not push back the dates for the third time or else they may be released in 2011 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kungpowmaster Posted December 4, 2010 Member Share Posted December 4, 2010 Today, I bought, at the mall, this Funimation set, Shaw Brothers Triple Threat, with Invincible Shaolin, Life Gamble, and Shaolin Prince. This is the only online site I have found that mentions this set at all: http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/UTKCsSPmPat9CVOpnD/browse/item/89216/4/870/72 Everything else only mentions a set with 14 Amazons, Hand Lock something, and Opium and the Kung Fu Master, but this set isn't set to be released till 12/21. But is seems both of these sets have the same upc number. I can't figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member waywardsage Posted October 12, 2011 Member Share Posted October 12, 2011 Trying to get an idea of all of the upcoming shaws in the next year. Anyone have a list? Trying to spur some discussion and excitement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BigDruDogg Posted October 13, 2011 Member Share Posted October 13, 2011 Only ones I know of are the Flying Guillotine 1,2 both dropping from Dragon Dynasty/Arc ENT on November 29th and Brave Archer 2 dropping through Tokyo Shock/MB November 22 (yeah right lol) and Magnificent Ruffians in early 2012 also through TS/MB... I'm not sure if Well Go USA will be putting out any more shaws or any other company for that matter... I'm just happy that we always have a new one on the horizon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member waywardsage Posted October 15, 2011 Member Share Posted October 15, 2011 I hope Tokyo Shock releases more. Looks like we'll be going thru a drought on the Shaw front soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted October 20, 2011 Member Share Posted October 20, 2011 Tokyo Shock is releasing: BRAVE ARCHER PART 2 on November 22 (confirmed on the Allegro Video website. Allegro owns the Tokyo Shock label now) FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS on Blu-Ray on December 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member masterofoneinchpunch Posted October 20, 2011 Member Share Posted October 20, 2011 Tokyo Shock is releasing: BRAVE ARCHER PART 2 on November 22 (confirmed on the Allegro Video website. Allegro owns the Tokyo Shock label now) FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS on Blu-Ray on December 13 You can preorder BRAVE ARCHER PART 2 already on Amazon (link is on the R1 thread). FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS DVD is quite high on Amazon right now, but I think that will lower (with more stock) when they release the BD. I have not seen a BD link on Amazon yet for FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted March 13, 2012 Member Share Posted March 13, 2012 Avenging Eagle and Blood Brothers; Golden Swallow and Killer Clans are being released as double packs "Dragon Dynasty double feature" one and two respectively towards the end of April with a bargain price of $7.99 each at the moment on Amazon.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted April 14, 2012 Member Share Posted April 14, 2012 I don't suppose anyone knows if/when "magnificent ruffians" and "masked avengers" will be getting region one releases? Or even what else is coming soon? Are releases always this infrequent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member 无名无行 Posted December 19, 2013 Member Share Posted December 19, 2013 http://www.image-entertainment.com/product/four-swords-shaw-brothers-box-set/f5f9d740-b3f1-40d5-affd-9ca400fdb98f At 40.00 bucks for four DVDs, these are nearly the same price in Beijing. I don't know what to make of that - just reporting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member hkpyanfar Posted December 20, 2013 Member Share Posted December 20, 2013 http://www.image-entertainment.com/product/four-swords-shaw-brothers-box-set/f5f9d740-b3f1-40d5-affd-9ca400fdb98f At 40.00 bucks for four DVDs, these are nearly the same price in Beijing. I don't know what to make of that - just reporting it. This box set has been around for a while; a quick check showed it's available on Amazon US for $22 new or $13.50 used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thankyouforfu Posted October 15, 2014 Member Share Posted October 15, 2014 It looks like there will be a couple more Shaw Bros releases from Sword Masters in 2014. The Shadow Boxing will be released in December of 2014. The Tail of The Broken Blade will also be released in December of 2014. Earlier this year, Sword Masters released two other films: Legend of the Bat Death Duel Here's a link for more information on the releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member masterofoneinchpunch Posted October 15, 2014 Member Share Posted October 15, 2014 It looks like there will be a couple more Shaw Bros releases from Sword Masters in 2014. ... If you are interested I have all the R1 releases mentioned here: http://kungfucinema.com/forums/showpost.php?p=75734&postcount=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thankyouforfu Posted October 20, 2014 Member Share Posted October 20, 2014 Shout! Factory has a couple more DVD releases planned for 2014 that I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere: The Jimmy Wang Yu Collection (The Tattooed Dragon, One Armed Boxer, Beach Of The War Gods, Man Called Tiger) DVD Release Date: November 18, 2014Kung Fu Girl / Whiplash DVD Release Date: December 2, 2014Legacy of Rage DVD Release Date: December 2, 2014 And these were released earlier this year: Lady Whirlwind / Hapkido DVD Release Date: April 22, 2014Martial Arts Movie Marathon (The Skyhawk, The Manchu Boxer, The Dragon Tamers & The Association) DVD Release Date: May 20, 2014The Angela Mao Ying Collection (When Taekwondo Strikes, The Tournament, Stoner, The Himalayan, A Queen's Ransom, Broken Oath) DVD Release Date: June 17, 2014Martial Arts Movie Marathon, Vol. 2 (The Fate Of Lee Khan, Shaolin Boxers, The Young Dragons, The Shaolin Plot) DVD Release Date: August 19, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member MasterCollector Posted May 30, 2015 Member Share Posted May 30, 2015 Just found the Brave Archer 2 Tokyo Shock on Amazon. No date yet. http://www.amazon.com/Brave-Archer-2-Various/dp/B005K8RJ0G/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1433007570&sr=1-1&keywords=the+brave+archer+2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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