Viz Announcements from Anime Expo

At this past weekend’s Anime Expo convention, Viz announced its acquisition of North American distribution rights to the upcoming Saishu Heiki Kanojo (“SaiKano”) OAV series and rights to distribute domestic soundtracks for the Inuyasha animation.

Inuyasha movie 3 will be released on domestic DVD on September 6th. The first 100,000 copies will include a bonus trading card game card and copies of the DVD purchased from Best Buy stores will include a bonus movie 3 soundtrack CD.

Inuyasha movie will screen in limited American theatrical release for 4 weeks. There will also be free, limited seating indoor screenings at Wal-Mart stores in 15 cities nationwide including:

Atlanta, GA
Bay Area, CA
Birmingham, AL
Chesapeake, VA
Clarksville, TN
Hammond, IN
Lincoln, NE
Los Angeles, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Quincy, MA
San Antonio, TX
Seattle Area, WA
Secaucus, NJ
Wichita, KS

Source: Anime on DVD