Media Blasters to Release DEATH KAPPA: TENTH ANNIVERSARY ATTACK! on 04/14/20

Media Blasters' label Tokyo Shock has announced plans to release a tenth anniversary edition of Tomoo Haraguchi's DEATH KAPPA on Blu-ray and DVD on April 14. Extras are unspecified at the moment (presumably it will contain the extras from the previous release), but they have confirmed it will include the alternate ending found on the Japanese release (Thanks to Kevin Derendorf for that bit of info).

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Death Kappa: Tenth Anniversary Attack! is a live action film directed by Tomo Haraguchi.

From the famed Japanese studio that brought you Gappa: The Triphibian Monster and co-produced by Fever Dreams, the producers of The Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police!

In Japanese folklore, kappa are water goblins closely associated with a certain rural village in Japan. Unfortunately, the area is also home to a militant group of scientific researchers dedicated to developing amphibious super troops based on the legendary kappa of old folktales. When their weird experiments generate deadly results things only get weirder with the appearance of an actual kappa, and the triggering of an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin on a rampage with death in its eyes.

Surprisingly, this is only Nikkatsu Studio’s second foray into the ever popular Kaiju genre. Multi-talented Director and Special Effects wizard Tomo Haraguchi created the epic visual effects for the acclaimed Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 2: Attack of The Legion (1996).