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Paranoia Agent Collectors Blu-ray Listed for April 19
posted on by Andrew Osmond
MVM's Collectors Blu-ray edition of Satoshi Kon's TV series Paranoia Agent is being listed for April 19 on the company's Anime-on-line site. It will contain art cards inside a rigid art case.
MVM also Tweeted the following message:
"In regards to whether this will be released uncut, the episode in question has been resubmitted for review with the BBFC and we should know by the end of the month."
In previous UK editions of the series, episode 8 of the series was censored in Britain after a compulsory ruling by the BBFC; more details of the situation were given here.
The series first had a DVD release from MVM from 2005, in four volumes. Subsequent collected DVD editions from MVM are still available. All editions to date have had the cut to part 8.
The 13-episode television anime series premiered in Japan in February 2004. Genon Entertainment describes the anime:
When the darkness overcomes the heart, Lil' Slugger appears..."
After the first victim's story, the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a breakdown and lied to cover-up for some crime. However, after the third and fourth attacks upon unrelated victims led to the same description of a young attacker with a golden baseball bat and in-line skates, the police had to wonder - is the "Lil' Slugger" real or some kind of sinister phantom?
Satoshi Kon directed the series at Madhouse, and Kon is also credited with the original work. Seishi Minakami and Tomomi Yoshino wrote the scripts, and frequent Kon collaborator Susumu Hirasawa composed the music.
