DVD Peeks: Anthology, Burn-Up Scramble, Cybuster, Hanauyko Maid Team

Here's some info on new releases from anime distributor Geneon Entertainment. They are almost guaranteeably not family entertainment (even if they're only "7 up"), but their plot summaries are here in my column anyway, because they sent me screeners.

Anthology
US$29.98, 75 min, 7 UP

From housewife rumors to bankrupt businesses to changing careers after 30 years, Japan's social customs and expectations can create heavy stress without any more identifiable source than gossip. Rumiko Takahashi (Inu Yasha, Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura) explores three individuals under duress and the bizarre situations that spring from their lives!

Based on the Rumic World anthology manga published in North America by Viz Communications.

Burn-Up Scramble - (V.C) Chicks Combat Crooks!
US$24.98, 100 min, 16 UP

The Warriors are all wet when they go on assignment aboard a luxury cruiser in order to stop a Chinese Mafia leader. Then the girls are finally faced with a real challenge - one that breaks up the group! A new group is formed, but this one is TOO brutal! Rio and Maya must defeat the new members in a wild fight, just in time to save a young girl who has been taken hostage.

DVD Extras for this volume include TV commercials, Club AT-X's Voice Actor's Interview and a line art gallery. Character designs by Toshiharu Murata (Blue Submarine No.6, Hellsing, Gad Guard, Get Backers, You're Under Arrest TV), directed by Hiroki Hayashi (Battle Athletes TV, Bubblegum Crisis TV, El Hazard TV, Magical Project S) and screenplay by Jukki Hanada (Mahoro Matic: Something More Beautiful, Popotan, Hanaukyo Maid Team).
 
Cybuster -  (V.3) The Divine Crusaders
US $24.98, 100 mins, 7 UP

After the arrival of ruthless mercenaries, DC has become a heavily-armed military organization. Meanwhile, Ken and his friends are rushing to build Balcione, the robot that Dr, Frank couldn't complete before his death. When the army of Prescion robots corners Ken and the Cybuster in the Sea of Trees, another Warrior Robot God, Jaifer, emerges bringing with it intense firepower. Surprised by the sudden appearance of Jaifer, Dallas retreats his platoon, but he soon sends his ground unit to Ken's hideout...

Four full episodes of classic giant robot goodness featuring character designs by Takeshi Ito (Macross Dynamite 7, eX-Driver).

Hanaukyo Maid Team -  (V.2) Lost in Kamakura
US$29.98, 100 mins, 16 UP

Things are never the same for Taro when Ryuka joins the maid team at the Hanaukyo mansion after the incident at "Comic Manga Market" - the

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