DVD release - Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (Funimation) available on October 19, 2010

North American distributor Funimation will be releasing the Japanese gore comedy Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (Kyuketsu Shojo tai Shojo Furanken, 2009) on DVD and Blu-ray with English subtitles on October 19th.

Based on a manga by Shungicu Uchida, the film was co-directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu (dramatic scenes) and Yoshihiro Nishimura (gore scenes) and premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival last summer.

Plot: When high school student Mizushima receives Valentines Day chocolates from a new student named Monami Arukado (Yukie Kawamura), he has no clue that it’s actually tainted with her vampire blood. Monami wants to live with him forever as a vampire couple, but his current girlfriend Keiko Furano (Elly Otoguro) has other ideas. She catches the two kissing on the roof of the school and attempts to throw Monami off in a jealous rage. Instead, she dies herself. Her mad scientist father Kenji then pieces her back together (souped up with some spare parts from her unfortunate classmates, of course) and resurrects her as Franken Girl, a hideous monstrosity custom built for vengeance.

Specs: Region 1, NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic widescreen, 2 discs. Japanese and English-dubbed audio tracks with selectable English subtitles. Bonus features include:

• Release day greetings from the stage with stars and directors
• Making-of featurette
• Original theatrical trailer
• Additional trailers

Available at the following retailer(s) on October 19, 2010:

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