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Release: November 24, 2020

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OSAMU TEZUKA S FEISTY, FREEWHEELING VISION OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS FROM ALADDIN, TO THE FORTY THIEVES, TO SINBAD, AND BEYOND The water-seller Aldin is poor, but happy and free; when he encounters the slave girl Miriam, he decides to share his freedom (and much more!) with her, stealing her away from her owner. But fortune doesn't smile on this star-crossed couple, and before he knows it Aldin is framed for murder, his freedom gone. He loses everything in prison, and so when he's released, he sets off on a world-spanning adventure, robbing the storied Forty Thieves, testing his mettle against an island of beautiful and savage women, encountering giants, genies, and just maybe, his long-lost child. Based on tales from the classic Arabian Nights, directed by the great Eiichi Yamamoto, and conceived by the legendary Osamu Tezuka, A Thousand and One Nights is a true anime classic, and the world's first animated feature film crafted for adult sensibilities. Features: Original Japanese language with English subtitles,1080p high definition, Restoration of the Long Lost English-Language Version, Feature Commentary with Helen McCarthy, Interview with Director Eiichi Yamamoto, Theatrical Trailers, Art Gallery, Region A disc

Release: October 27, 2020

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Japanese language, English subtitles. 1080p high definition. Region A disc. AN AMAZING, AMOROUS, AND ANCIENT TALE FROM OSAMU TEZUKA, JAPAN'S GOD OF MANGA A kooky, erotic, and sublimely strange journey from ancient Alexandria to Rome From the far-flung future, to the year 47 B.C. In a distant future where the threat of alien invasion looms, a trio of explorers make a startling discovery: the solution to their plight is buried somewhere in the affairs of Cleopatra, the woman who would be Queen of Egypt in Julius Caesar's time. These stalwart travellers cast their minds back thousands of years, to a time when the Roman Dictator Caesar manages tenuous alliances that stretch from Iberia to Galatia. But Marcus Antonius and Octavian plot to kill Caesar; their secret weapon is Cleopatra, willful and seductive sister of the Pharaoh Ptolemy. The time travelers soon become swept up in intrigue, inh