Above, "Rodan" is one Japanese classic to be offered in new streaming service.It has been announced that five Japanese movie companies have started "Maru Maru Eiga," a service to deliver Japanese classic films through Actvila Corp's "acTVila Video" video delivery service for TVs on March 26, 2009.
The films are also delivered through "acTVila Video Full," which supports HDTV video.
The five companies are are Kadokawa Pictures, Inc., Shochiku Co., Ltd., Toei Co., Ltd., Toho Co., Ltd. and Nikkatsu Corp. Each will select classic and hit films from their libraries of 12,000 movies and deliver six of them each month. The selected films will be available for purchase for six months.
The price (which includes tax) is ¥630 (approx US$6.45) for an HDTV film and ¥420 for an SDTV film. Prices are subject to change.
The movies to be made available in April 2009 include "The Inugami Family," "Yogoreta Eiyu (Dirty Hero)," "Casshern," "Battle Royale," "Daigaku no Wakadaisho (Bull of the Campus)" and "Eagle and Hawk."
In May, "Gamera," "Giant Space Monster Girara," "The Yakuza Wives," "Message from Space," "Giant Sky Monster Radon" and "Gappa, the Triphibian Monster" will be available.
Viewers will not be able to copy the movies to DVD or other media.
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