Anme9 have announced the US DVD and Blu-Ray releases of 'First Squad' for the 17th January, 2012. Directed by Yoshiharu Ashino, the film follows a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities who are drafted in during the opening days of World War II to fight the German army.
Synopsis
Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast is a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.
Artwork and trailer are below, and you can preorder both versions now from YesAsia.com.
