New York, NY (August 25, 2004) � Central Park Media announced its DVD releases for November, which includes Munto, a magical adventure from the Key Animator of Grave of the Fireflies and Akira and the Animation Director of New Kimagure Orange Road - Summer's Beginning. Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack: Parasite will also be available in November.

Both DVDs will have audio tracks in both English and Japanese with English subtitles, a pre-order date of October 11, 2004, and a street date of November 9, 2004.

Munto

Second sight is a curse for Yumemi, a psychic schoolgirl who just wants to be normal. But she's about to discover the true value of her gift, when Magical King Munto arrives in her world, with enemies in hot pursuit! Munto's realm is linked to ours by magic, but that power is fading, and his world is on the brink of death. Yumemi is the only Earthling with the power to save his people... if she can only find the courage to use it!

DVD features:
Art gallery
Character sketches
Backgrounds
Japanese trailer
Japanese TV warning with SD (super-deformed) characters
Anime and graphic novel previews
Running time: 50 minutes
Genre: Action/Adventure Fantasy
Rating: 13UP
Catalog #: USMD 2452
SRP: $19.99
UPC code: 7-19987-24522-8

Black Jack: Parasite

A sinister tree lurks over a village, sheltering the inhabitants for a terrible price. Victims are plagued by voices, then driven to madness and death. When renegade surgeon Black Jack operates on the latest casualty, he discovers a horrifying parasitic plant. Does the tree's spirit seek to possess a human host?

Running time: 50 minutes
Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: 13UP
Catalog #: USMD 2381
SRP: $19.99
UPC code: 7-19987-23812-1

Central Park Media has been a leading supplier of anime in the United States since 1990. The company currently manufactures and distributes three home entertainment lines, each offering anime product for a distinct and discriminating audience: U. S. Manga Corps, Central Park Media and Software Sculptors. With exclusive rights to hundreds of book, video and music products, the company has become a leader in integrated media, as well as a leading publisher of graphic novels under its CPM Press label. Central Park Media also carries a broad array of documentaries released under its CPM label, as well as live-action Japanese feature films under its Asia Pulp Cinema label.