Highlander: The Search for Vengeance

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Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, the new work from Japanese animation director Yoshiaki Kawajiri, renowned worldwide for Wicked City, Ninja Scroll, and Vampire Hunter D, is finally about to reach audiences after almost two years in production. Contrary to the earlier announcement that it would be a theatrical film, this animated feature, running more than 80 minutes, will be released directly on DVD in the United States on June 5, in standard and special editions. On March 14, its official website released a new one-and-a-half-minute trailer. The lavish visuals show that it retains Kawajiri's trademark sharp, forceful style. The fifth film in the series, Highlander: The Source, will also be released in North America by Lionsgate in September of that year. Arriving first in June, the animated version is a fresh collaboration between the producers of the Highlander franchise and a master of Japanese animation. It is jointly produced by Japan's MADHOUSE, Kawajiri's longtime collaborator, and the American company MANGA, which specializes in distributing Japanese animation. Hong Kong's Imagi Animation Studios, also involved in the forthcoming 3D animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, participates in production. Like Vampire Hunter D, it will first be released in the United States with English voices, followed later by a Japanese-language version in Japan. Whether it will receive a theatrical release in Japan remains unknown.