Dark Horse Comics published the Blade of the Immortal manga in North America, and is rereleasing it in omnibus form.
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced on Friday that it has licensed Takashi Miike’s live-action film of Hiroaki Samura’s Blade of the Immortal manga for North America.
Magnet Releasing previously released Miike’s 13 Assassins film in North America.
The film ranked at #6 in Japan in its opening weekend, selling 145,000 tickets and earning 189 million yen (about US$1.68 million).