Arrow Video
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Arrow Video is the home video distribution arm of the United Kingdom-based film distribution company Arrow Films. Arrow Video releases collector-oriented Blu-ray and DVDs of independent, international, arthouse, cult, horror, and classic films. In 2018, it released all three entries of director Michio Yamamoto's Bloodthirsty Trilogy in a Blu-ray set in North America, the UK, and Japan. It also released a Gamera Blu-ray box set containing all 12 films, along with Dark Horse's Gamera comic miniseries and Matt Frank's prequel one-shot comic The Last Hope on August 18, 2020. Arrow has continued to release Daiei properties on Blu-ray ever since, notably the Daimajin trilogy and Yokai Monsters series. They also acquired the Hong Kong/Japanese co-production The Mighty Peking Man, due for release as part of a Shaw Brothers collection on December 6, 2021.
Selected releases
- The Vampire Doll (1970), Lake of Dracula (1971), and Evil of Dracula (1974) - Blu-ray set titled The Bloodthirsty Trilogy (2018)
- Gamera the Giant Monster (1965), Gamera vs. Barugon (1966), Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967), Gamera vs. Viras (1968), Gamera vs. Guiron, Gamera vs. Jiger (1970), Gamera vs. Zigra (1971), Gamera Super Monster (1980), Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995), Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996), Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999), and Gamera the Brave (2006) - Blu-ray box set titled Gamera: The Complete Collection (2020)
- In 2021, the box set was split into two box sets: Gamera - The Showa Era and Gamera - The Heisei Era. In addition, Gamera - The Heisei Trilogy collected the three Shusuke Kaneko-directed films in a SteelBook.
- Warning from Space (1956) - Blu-ray (2020)
- The Invisible Man Appears (1949) and The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) - Blu-ray set (2021)
- Daimajin, Return of Daimajin, and Wrath of Daimajin (all 1966) - Blu-ray set titled The Daimajin Trilogy (2021)
- The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) - Blu-ray (2021)
- Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1966), Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968), Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969), and The Great Yokai War (2005) - Blu-ray set titled Yokai Monsters Collection (2021)
- The Mighty Peking Man (1977) - Part of a Blu-ray set titled Shawscope Volume One (2021)
All of the titles that Arrow has released so far are also available to stream on the Arrow Video Channel, though the Gamera series is only in Japanese.
Gallery
The Bloodthirsty Trilogy Blu-ray set
Gamera: The Complete Collection Blu-ray box set
Gamera the Giant Monster artwork
Gamera vs. Barugon artwork
Gamera vs. Gyaos artwork
Gamera vs. Viras artwork
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion artwork
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris artwork
Gamera the Brave artwork
Gamera - The Showa Era Blu-ray box set
Gamera - The Heisei Era Blu-ray box set
Gamera - The Heisei Trilogy Blu-ray SteelBook
Warning from Space Blu-ray
The Invisible Man Appears Blu-ray
The Daimajin Trilogy Blu-ray box set
Yokai Monsters Collection Blu-ray box set
Videos
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Trivia
- Arrow Video's The Bloodthirsty Trilogy set marked the first non-VHS release of the three films in North America. It also was the first home video release of the three films in Japan not to be through Toho.
- Arrow Video's Gamera: The Complete Collection set was the first time the original American version of Gamera the Giant Monster — titled Gammera the Invincible — had been released on Blu-ray.
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