Well, in a stroke of absolute… accident… it seems Sony as responded to my request for information. Personally, I found the response to be satisfying, as it more confirmed my initial thoughts on the matter, but let me relate it back to you as the Manager for Worldwide Publicity at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment gave it to me.

We do not have a DVD release date set for this title as of now, so whatever story you read unfortunately had the incorrect information.

That’s cool. Makes sense, though it did come from a release list on the Sony Pictures website. But, let me explain to those among you quick to jump at information how these things work. I figured while I was at it, I’d ask if they were planning to dub the film, since this would supply me with a REAL answer as to whether the film would be coming out here any time soon, especially sooner than the Japanese market. The answer makes it clear.

As for the dubbing question, we typically do try to include a dub for the DVD, but again, no plans have been cemented for this DVD, so that is not 100% confirmed either.

So, considering that they haven’t cemented any details regarding the DVD, especially a dub, it seems very unlikely that the date was anything other than a slip up. Generally there is some sort of default information that needs to be entered along with any addition of any title to a database, so that’s what happened, a date was needed so a date was entered. My best guess in this situation is that they meant to put October 2007 as that makes a lot more sense. It will give them time to get a dub cast together and record a dub; it will give them time to add special features, and things like that; and frankly, it just makes a lot more sense. So there’s your answer. A huge thanks to Sony Pictures for taking the time to respond. Maybe I’ve really hit the big time. Haha.