Tetsuo: The Iron Man / Tetsuo II: Body Hammer - Sept. 24

[Kriztoffer Swank]

Edit: Osheet! In my excitement I failed to see this is a British release. If it's Region B-locked, so help me God...

Edit 2 (10/14): Blu-ray.com review

Ho-ly f***, y'all.

Just saw this on the front page:

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8919

These particularly caught my eye:

"Remastered from their original negatives with the Japanese director himself overseeing the restoration process, the films will be available for purchase on September 24th."

"Special Feature: 'The Adventures of Electric Rod Boy' - 45 minute short film"

The first Tetsuo is one of my absolute favorite movies (note my avatar of famous "metal fetishist" opening scene, pulling that pipe through his teeth). Been dyin' to see it in HD. A new transfer from the OCN with Tsukamoto overseeing is a wonderful thing indeed.

Hopefully nobody has the harebrained idea to crop both movies. 4:3 is the only, only way to see them. (Believe me: I have the RaroVideo box which features Body Hammer in widescreen and it's absolutely dreadful, cutting off people's heads and sometimes faces. The UK Tartan DVD is waaaay better.)

As for The Adventures of Electric Rod Boy (or Denchu Kozo no boken), it's friggin' fantastic. Shot in the same frenetic style as the first Tetsuo. Hopefully it'll be HD, but if not, hopefully it'll be a lot better than Raro's transfer, which looks like a rip from a third-generation VHS tape with warped audio that speeds up, slows down, and drops.

I...I don't think I can sleep now, I'm so excited.

It would be a remarkable thing if they included this MTV advert:

Trent Reznor and Shinya Tsukamoto collaborate on a commercial for MTV Japan - YouTube