If you know Japanese, or you just like hearing the humble, slightly desperate tone of Shinya Arino’s voice, you may want to track down the Japan Blu-ray special release of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the advertisement for which is appearing in assorted game magazines over there right now.
The Blu-ray release of the film — whose Japanese title translates to “Scott Pilgrim vs. the Evil Ex Army” — includes a commentary track that features director Edgar Wright and Arino, whose humorous attempts at finishing old NES games are chronicled in the series Retro Game Master (now available in streaming English at Kotaku).
The so-called “Ultimate Japan Version” package also includes footage of Wright and lead actor Michael Cera’s publicity tour through Japan and a roundtable discussion with Tomohiro Machiyama, a well-known Japanese film critic and the supervisor of the film’s Japanese-language subtitle package.
