As the Gods Will | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)
RELEASE DATE: June 5, 2018
On June 5, 2018, Funimation will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD combo for As the Gods Will (read our review), directed by the one, the only Takashi Miike (13 Assassins, Blade of the Immortal).
If you’ve seen the Battle Royale and Hunger Games movies, and you still can’t get enough of teenagers killing one another, then look no further than As the Gods Will (aka As God Says).
In the film, high school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. The last thing he expects is for the gods to answer. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children’s games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat. Who will survive the gods’ games?
As the Gods Will is based on a serialized Japanese comic book written by Muneyuki Kanshiro and illustrated by Akeji Fujimura. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki (Big Man Japan), Mio Yuki (Assassination Classroom), Sota Fukushi (Library Wars), Hirona Yamazaki (Mars), Shota Sometani (Tokyo Tribe), Nao Omori (Outrage Coda) and Lily Franky (Double Life).
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Honestly? Looks a little lame.
Miike is hit and miss for me. But when he hits, he hits.
No one cares. Miike is fav director after Sono, so I’m anticipating this one. Plus teenagers killing each other is always pleasant topic
Wow, never thought this would see a North American release. The last comments on this article are from 2014!
Likewise…but chances are this is a case of striking while the iron’s hot, so that they can market it with the label ‘From the Director of ‘Blade of the Immortal”.