Welcome to this week's Movie/Music news roundup, containing new Japanese and Hong Kong Video and Music releases from this week listed at Play-Asia.com. Around 100 new items are covered in this week, including new J-Pop, Anime as well as Japanese, Hong Kong and Western movie releases and much more.

Valkyrie, Tom Cruise's historical action has garnered much praise. For those who have missed its cinema showings, you can now watch it on your HD TV. The Blu-Ray disc edition of the movie is available, feel the oppressive political atmosphere and the absolute need of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to succeed in his mission.

Due to the Golden Week Holidays in Japan, a scarce amount of movies and music are coming, but with this block buster and the array of existing games we have, we sure can keep you entertained until the game makers come back from their much deserved break.

J-Pop Music releases (32)

ENKA Music releases (1)

Anime Soundtracks & Drama CDs (4)

Hong Kong Version Music releases (3)

Blu-ray Disc Movies (34)

HD DVD Movies (1)

Anime & Animation (8)

Hong Kong Version Movie releases (15)

Non-Japanese Movies / Japanese Version (2)

J-Pop DVD releases (3)

UMD™ Video & Music (2)

J-Pop Music releases (32)

Baby Smile - 15th Anniversary (~Sophia)	JPN	US$ 11.99
Baby Smile [CD+DVD] (~Sophia)	JPN	US$ 18.49
Black Hole (~Penicillin)	JPN	US$ 14.49
Black Hole [CD+DVD Limited Edition Type A] (~Penicillin)	JPN	US$ 21.99
Black Hole [CD+DVD Limited Edition Type B] (~Penicillin)	JPN	US$ 21.99
Daijobu Dayo / Silhouette (~Yutaka Mizutani)	JPN	US$ 14.49
Danzai (~Kaela Kimura)	JPN	US$ 13.49
Don't Worry Be Happy (~Kazuyoshi Saito)	JPN	US$ 14.49
Don't Worry Be Happy [Limited Edition] (~Kazuyoshi Saito)	JPN	US$ 14.49
Eki - Kimi Ni Aitai (~Anny Pump)	JPN	US$ 13.49
Eki - Kimi Ni Aitai [Limited Edition] (~Anny Pump)	JPN	US$ 18.49
Exit Trance Presents Aerodynamic Best 2	JPN	US$ 24.49
Kosetsu Minami No 40 Kyoku (~Kosetsu Minami)	JPN	US$ 49.49
Love Hurricane (~Eiko Kano)	JPN	US$ 11.99
Love Hurricane [CD+DVD Limited Edition] (~Eiko Kano)	JPN	US$ 18.49
Mokkorina Macchorina (~Otoko No Roman)	JPN	US$ 26.99
Moment (~Float 11)	JPN	US$ 30.99
Mugen No Hane / Sha La La [CD+DVD Limited Edition] (~Hideaki Takizawa)	JPN	US$ 19.49
Parallel Lives (~Nothing's Carved In Stone)	JPN	US$ 29.49
Polo Shirts No Koro - Seshun No Torikoboshi (~Kosetsu Minami)	JPN	US$ 33.49
Pulling From Above (~Mi-gu)	JPN	US$ 29.49
Quake News #3	JPN	US$ 11.99
Sha La La / Mugen No Hane (~Hideaki Takizawa)	JPN	US$ 11.99
Sha La La / Mugen No Hane [CD+DVD Limited Edition] (~Hideaki Takizawa)	JPN	US$ 19.49
Space Rhythm 1 (~Micro)	JPN	US$ 18.49
Super Eurobeat Vol.197 King of Eurobeat	JPN	US$ 30.99
Times [CD+DVD Limited Edition Jacket A] (~Hiroshi Tamaki)	JPN	US$ 61.99
Times [Jacket B] (~Hiroshi Tamaki)	JPN	US$ 34.49
We All (~Hideaki Tokunaga)	JPN	US$ 35.99
We All [CD+DVD Limited Edition Type A] (~Hideaki Tokunaga)	JPN	US$ 46.99
We All [Limited Edition Type B] (~Hideaki Tokunaga)	JPN	US$ 38.49
Yo A Ke - Ryoma Hisho (~Masashi Abe)	JPN	US$ 14.49

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ENKA Music releases (1)

Enya (~Miyuki Kawanaka)	JPN	US$ 36.49

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Anime Soundtracks & Drama CDs (4)

Exit Trace Presents R-25 Speed Anime Trans Best 4 - Ghibli Edition 2	JPN	US$ 24.49
Kimi Shinitamo Koto Nakare (Shangri-la Intro Theme) (~May'n)	JPN	US$ 13.49
Macross F / Macross Frontier Drama CD: Hime Dora Dora 2 (~Yuichi Nakamura, Aya Endo, Ai Nakajima)	JPN	US$ 23.49
Phantasm - End Prophecy [CD+DVD] (~Phantasm)	JPN	US$ 39.49

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Hong Kong Version Music releases (3)

愛異想 (~Amber Kuo)	HK	US$ 14.40
聽聽 (~Rachel Kar)	HK	US$ 13.40
精選蔡琴 [2CD] (~Tsai Chin)	HK	US$ 17.40

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Blu-ray Disc Movies (34)

Bleak House (~Anna Maxwell Martin, Denis Lawson, ...)	US	N/A
Blu Sea Trilogy: Dolphins / The Living Sea / Coral Reef Adventure	US	N/A
Dexter: The Complete Second Season (~Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, ...)	US	N/A
Dog Soldiers (~Thomas Lockyear, Sean Pertwee, ...)	US	N/A
Elton John: The Red Piano (~Elton John)	US	N/A
Event Horizon (~Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, ...)	US	N/A
Face Off (~John Travolta, Gina Gershon, ...)	US	N/A
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (~Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, ...)	US	N/A
From A Place Of Darkness (~John Savage, Travis Schuldt, ...)	US	N/A
驚世真言 (~Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, ...)	HK	US$ 13.09
Ghost Town (~Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni, ...)	US	N/A
Grease (~John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, ...)	US	N/A
Heroes of World Class (~Kevin Von Erich)	US	N/A
Imax: Amazon (~Linda Hunt (voice actor), Jesse Corti (voice actor))	US	N/A
Imax: Journey Into Amazing Caves (~Liam Neeson, Gordon Brown)	US	N/A
Imax: The Magic Of Flight (~Tom Selleck)	US	N/A
Incendiary (~Ewan McGregor, Matthew Macfadyen, ...)	US	N/A
It Could Happen To You (~Red Buttons, Nicolas Cage, ...)	US	N/A
Last Chance Harvey (~Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson)	US	N/A
Next (~Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, ...)	US	N/A
Paycheck (~Uma Thurman, Ben Affleck, ...)	US	N/A
Roxanne (~Shelley Duvall, Daryl Hannah, ...)	US	N/A
Saturday Night Fever (~John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, ...)	US	N/A
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (~Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, ...)	US	N/A
The Day The Earth Stood Stil - Theatrical Feature & Original Blu-ray Complete Box [Limited Edition] (~Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, ...)	JPN	US$ 99.49
The Day The Earth Stood Still (~Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, ...)	JPN	US$ 61.49
The Last Word (~Winona Ryder, Ray Romano, ...)	US	N/A
Top Gun (~Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, ...)	US	N/A
壯志凌雲 [特別版] (~Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis)	HK	N/A
Tropic Thunder (~Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, ...)	US	N/A
Twilight (~Kristin Stewart, Robert Pattinson, ...)	US	N/A
華爾基利暗殺行動 (~Tom Cruise, Jeffrey Lyons)	HK	US$ 28.40
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling (~Ellen Albertini Dow, Robert Blanche, ...)	US	N/A
乜都得先生 (~Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel)	HK	US$ 23.40

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Anime & Animation (8)

Clannad After Story 6 (~Mai Nakahara, Ryo Hirohashi, ...)	JPN	US$ 77.49
Clannad After Story 6 [Limited Edition] (~Mai Nakahara, Ryo Hirohashi, ...)	JPN	US$ 98.49
Ghost Slayers Ayashi Part 2	US	N/A
Gurren Lagann Set 03	US	N/A
Gurren Lagann Set 03 [Limited Edition]	US	N/A
Kirarin Revolution Third Tour Stage7	JPN	US$ 61.99
Skip Beat Vol. 4 (~Katsuyuki Konishi, Mamoru Miyano)	JPN	US$ 80.99
Wolf’s Rain Perfect Collection	US	N/A

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Hong Kong Version Movie releases (15)

烈血風雲 [永恆的經典] (~Norman Chu Siu Keung, Gordon Lau Kar Fai)	HK	N/A
短暫的生命 (~Maggie Shiu Mei Kei, Tong Ling, ...)	HK	US$ 13.40
魔間迷蚣 (~Larry Casey, Margaret Cash, ...)	HK	US$ 11.40
聖訴 (~Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, ...)	HK	US$ 14.40
驚世真言 (~Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, ...)	HK	US$ 13.09
驚世真言 (~Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, ...)	HK	US$ 14.40
再愛你一次 [韓國電視劇集１－２２集完]	HK	US$ 49.40
孽吻 (~Kim Kyeong-ik, Yoon Mi-kyeong, ...)	HK	US$ 7.40
買起曼克頓 [永恆的經典] (~Carrie Ng Ka-Lai, Lui Chi Yin, ...)	HK	N/A
色慾L世代 [第五季] (~Jennifer Beals, Mia Kirshner, ...)	HK	US$ 37.40
壯志凌雲 [特別版] (~Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis)	HK	N/A
華爾基利暗殺行動 (~Tom Cruise, Jeffrey Lyons)	HK	US$ 28.40
武術之少年行 [dts] (~Sammo Hung, Liu Feng Chaio, ...)	HK	US$ 13.40
乜都得先生 (~Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel)	HK	US$ 23.40
乜都得先生 (~Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel)	HK	US$ 12.40

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Non-Japanese Movies / Japanese Version (2)

The Day The Earth Stood Stil - Theatrical Feature & Original Blu-ray Complete Box [Limited Edition] (~Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, ...)	JPN	US$ 99.49
The Day The Earth Stood Still (~Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, ...)	JPN	US$ 61.49

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J-Pop DVD releases (3)

Ai Otsuka Love Letter Tour 2009 - Channel Keshite Ai-chan Neru - At Zepp Tokyo On 1st Of March 2009 (~Ai Otsuka)	JPN	US$ 61.99
Birth 20090123 (~Kaori Kawamura)	JPN	US$ 47.49
Mai Kuraki Live Tour 2008 - Touch Me (~Mai Kuraki)	JPN	US$ 64.49

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