MVM Entertainment have recently announced, through social media (2), that they will release Steelbook Blu-Ray Editions of Ergo Proxy, Paranoia Agent and Serial Experiments Lain in the near future. All three titles have previously been released on Blu-Ray (and DVD) in the UK, but are now being planned for a Steelbook Editions.
MVM Entertainment have yet to provide any release timings for these Steelbook releases, but they have confirmed that they will use the same Blu-Ray disc materials as those previously released in the UK. As such, a breakdown of what to expect from each set (such as artwork, languages and bonus features) can be found below:
Ergo Proxy:
English & Japanese with English Subtitles | 23 Episodes
Bonus Features: Featurettes, Promo Videos, Commericals, Textless Opening & Closing songs
Synopsis: The domed city of Romd is an impenetrable would-be utopia where humans and robots coexist, and everything is under complete government control – or so it appears. While working on a mysterious murder case, Re-l Mayer, a female detective from the Civilian Intelligence Office, receives a foreboding message that something is going to “awaken.” That night, she’s attacked by a deformed super-being. What was this unidentified monster that attacked her, and who was the figure that came in between them? As Re-l attempts to unlock this spiraling mystery, a metaphysical battle cry leads her to the unknown outside world…
Paranoia Agent:
English & Japanese with English subtitles | 13 Episodes
Bonus Features: Storyboard, Paranoia Radio Episode, Commentaries, Promo Videos, Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Synopsis: After the first victim’s story the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a breakdown and liedi o 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 a sinister phantom?
Serial Experiments Lain:
English & Japanese with English subtitles | 13 Episodes
Bonus Features: Promo Videos, Commericals, Textless Opening & Closing songs
Synopsis: There is a world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. There is also a wired world, inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. The day after a classmate commits suicide, Lain, a 13 year old girl, discovers how closely the 2 worlds are linked when she receives an e-mail from the dead girl: I still live here. I just abandoned my body. Has the line between the real world and the wired world begun to blur?
We can expect MVM Entertainment to share more details about these steelbook Blu-Ray releases in the near future.
