{"product_id":"frankenstein-limited-slipcover-edition-pre-order","title":"FRANKENSTEIN Limited Slipcover Edition (PRE-ORDER)","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePRE-SALE - SHIPPING IN LATE OCTOBER\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (ALL OTHER ITEMS ORDERED WITH A PRE-ORDER ITEM WILL SHIP TOGETHER)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+ PRE-ORDER ITEMS CANNOT BE CANCELLED +\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLIMITED SLIPCOVER EDITION OF 2000 UNITS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFRANKENSTEIN, LEGEND OF TERROR\u003c\/strong\u003e (KYOFU DENSETSU: KAIKI!\u003cbr\u003eFURANKENSHUTAIN) – 1981, Toei Animation, 98 min. “Don’t tell me you believe in\u003cbr\u003emonsters?,” asks the balding police inspector investigating a series of grisly\u003cbr\u003esupernatural murders, in this surprisingly adult Gothic Japanese animated feature based\u003cbr\u003eon Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, published in 1818. Produced by Toei Animation and\u003cbr\u003edirected by Yugo Serikawa (THE LITTLE PRINCE \u0026amp;amp; THE EIGHT-HEADED DRAGON,\u003cbr\u003eCYBORG 009), the film opens on images of a ruined graveyard and a castle lab with\u003cbr\u003egruesome animal heads and bone saws – and never lets up from there, as Dr.\u003cbr\u003eFrankenstein (voiced by Nachi Nozawa), his wife and daughter are followed by the\u003cbr\u003etormented creature (voiced by Hosei Komatsu), who is barely able to mutter his own\u003cbr\u003ename (he’s known as just “Franken” in the film.) The hulking, shambling “Franken”\u003cbr\u003eultimately emerges as a pitiable and despairing figure on par with Boris Karloff’s\u003cbr\u003eincarnation from the 1930s (and watch for the scene where he staggers into a church\u003cbr\u003eand compares the wound on his hand to the stigmata on the crucified Jesus!). Newly\u003cbr\u003erestored in 4K from the original camera negative by Deaf Crocodile and Toei Animation,\u003cbr\u003ethis excellent and too-long overlooked Gothic gem takes its place as one of the finest\u003cbr\u003eJapanese animated horror and sci-fi films from the 1980s. In Japanese w\/ English\u003cbr\u003esubtitles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew restoration from the original 35mm original negative based on a new 5K scan by Toei Animation. Digital restoration for Deaf Crocodile by Craig Rogers and Michael Coronado. Restoration color grade by Tyler Fagerstrom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e48-page illustrated booklet featuring:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew essay by film critic Walter Chaw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew essay by animator \u0026amp; filmmaker Dorian Saisse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRare original production art from the film from the archives of Toei Animation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew audio commentary by film historian Arne Venema\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew visual essay by Ryan Verrill and Dr. Will Dodson of Someone’s Favorite Prod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew roundtable with Eisner Hall of Fame comics artist, film historian and author Stephen R. 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