Yoshihiro Nishimura’s 90s Movie ‘Anatomia Extinction’ Being Released on Blu-ray

Before he made films such as Tokyo Gore Police, Mutant Girls Squad and Helldriver, Japanese cult filmmaker Yoshihiro Nishimura directed a movie titled Anatomia Extinction back in 1995, which eventually spawned his own Tokyo Gore Police. In some ways it’s considered a sort of prequel to that film, and we’ve learned this week that it’s finally coming to Blu-ray this month.

The label Error_4444, “the new home for extreme Asian cinema,” is bringing the film to North American Blu-ray, with pre-orders opening up on their website on March 25, 2021.

Limited Edition Blu-ray contents include:

Limited to 1,000 Copies
New Scan & Restoration of Original 16mm Elements Supervised by Director, Yoshihiro Nishimura
Exclusive Art Cards by Yoshihiro Nishimura
Introduction by Yoshihiro Nishimura
Deleted CGI Opening Sequence
Short Film
Audio Commentary by Yoshihiro Nishimura
Anatomia Extinction & Tokyo Gore Police: A Shared World Broken Down by Yoshihiro Nishimura
Trailer
New English Subtitles Designed by Yoshihiro Nishimura
8-Page Booklet With Essays by Panos Kotzathanasis, Owner of Asian Movie Pulse & Mathilde Block, Genre Films Curator
O-Card Slipcover With Newly Commissioned Artwork
New Sleeve and Reversible Sleeve Art
2 Stickers

In Anatomia Extinction, “a man stands out from the crowd with his bleached blonde hair and disdain for the overflow of humans in Tokyo. Physically sick and tired of being surrounded, the man’s only respite is the warm embrace of a sex worker. However, when the man is targeted by a serial killer known as “the engineer,” he’s given a choice–die by his hand or join him in murdering every last one of the humans he can’t stand.”

The official press release explains, “Both a pointed protest to Japan’s raging overpopulation problem and a superb addition to the body horror sub-genre, Yoshihiro Nishimura’s Anatomia Extinction, a prequel feature to Tokyo Gore Police, is overflowing with excellent blue and reddish hues, queasy practical gore effects and is an excellent capsule of Tokyo in the mid-90’s. Learn from the rats! Anatomia Extinction has been carefully restored from its original 16mm elements and is back for more extermination after 26 years.”

This will be a Region Free release. Head over to Error_4444 to learn more.