Well this past weekend had some interesting announcements from Crunchyroll (BERSERK!!) and Viz Media (One Piece Box 3!). Funimation had literally none but Aniplex of America surprised us with some more home release announcements!
Here's the list of titles Aniplex will be releasing over the course of the Summer 2016 season.
In total we have 3 shows getting domestic releases. There's also 1 film getting an import release in August which is for Persona 3 the Movie #4 -Winter of Rebirth-, but that was already announced about a few weeks prior to this moment. Other announcements unveiled early were Classmates (Doukyusei) getting a theatrical release as well as streaming acquisitions for The Asterisk War Season 2 and Haifuri.
Nisekoi: False Love 2
Japanese title: Nisekoi:
Release format: Single Volumes
Volume 1
Blu-ray Features
Release Date: June 21st 2016
Spoken Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Episodes: #1-6
Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs
Total Run Time: Approx. 144 min.
Rating: 13UP
Suggested Retail Price: $74.98
Retail Price: $59.98
Bonus Contents
Textless Opening "Rally Go Round"
Textless Ending "Aimai Hertz"
Textless Ending "TrIGgER"
Textless Ending "Sleep zzz…"
Textless Ending "Matador Love"
Bonus Materials and Special Package
8 Collectible Illustration Cards
Package Illustrated by Nobuhiro Sugiyama (Character Design & Chief Animation Director)
Volume 2
Blu-ray Features
Release Date: August 23rd 2016
Spoken Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Episodes: #7-12
Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs
Total Run Time: Approx. 144 min.
Rating: 13UP
Suggested Retail Price: $74.98
Retail Price: $59.98
Bonus Contents
Textless Opening "Magical Styling"
Textless Ending "marchen ticktack"
Textless Ending "Toriame drop"
Textless Ending "Crayon Cover"
Bonus Materials and Special Package
8 Collectible Illustration Cards
Package Illustrated by Nobuhiro Sugiyama (Character Design & Chief Animation Director)
Plastic Memories
Japanese title: Plastic Memories
Release format: Single Volumes
Volume 1
Blu-ray Features
Release Date: July 19th 2016
Spoken Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Episodes: #1-7
Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs
Total Run Time: Approx. 170 min.
Rating: 13UP
Suggested Retail Price: $89.98
Retail Price: $69.98
Bonus Contents
Staff and Cast Talk Session 1
Staff and Cast Talk Session 2
Web Previews
Bonus Materials and Special Package
Collectible Illustration Cards
Package Illustrated by Chiaki Nakajima (Character Designer)
Clear BD Cases with 2-sided Wraps
Volume 2
Blu-ray Features
Release Date: September 27th 2016
Spoken Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Episodes: #8-13
Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs
Total Run Time: Approx. 144 min.
Rating: 13UP
Suggested Retail Price: $74.98
Retail Price: $59.98
Bonus Contents
Staff and Cast Memorial Message Book
Web Previews
Bonus Materials and Package
Collectible Illustration Cards
Package Illustrated by Chiaki Nakajima (Character Designer)
Clear BD Cases with 2-sided Wraps
Wagnaria!!3
Japanese title: Wagnaria!!3
Release format: Single Volumes
Volume 1
Blu-ray Features
Release Date: June 28th 2016
Spoken Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Episodes: #1-7
Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs
Total Run Time: Approx. 166 min.
Rating: 13UP
Suggested Retail Price: $89.98
Retail Price: $69.98
Bonus Materials and Special Package
Collectible Illustration Postcards
Package Illustrated by Shingo Adachi (Character Design)
Clear BD Cases with 2-sided Wraps
Volume 2
Blu-ray Features
Release Date: August 30th 2016
Spoken Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Episodes: #8-13 + Special Episode
Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs
Total Run Time: Approx. 190 min
Rating: 13UP
Suggested Retail Price: $89.98
Retail Price: $69.98
Bonus Contents
Includes the one-hour special final episode "Lord of the Takanashi"
Bonus Materials and Special Package
Collectible Illustration Postcards
Package Illustrated by Shingo Adachi (Character Design)
Clear BD Cases with 2-sided Wraps
First up we have the second season of Nisekoi. I originally thought that we may never see a release for this season since the time between the simulcast and now was longer than the way its first season was handled. Aniplex nowadays have a tendency to not bother with home releases for shows they feel don't do well in terms of legal streaming. Nevertheless Nisekoi: is now coming to Blu-ray and it's two sets with 6 episodes each instead of 5 episodes like Season 1. The downside is that the OVAs are once again not included this time around.
The second title is for Plastic Memories. A surprise in my opinion since I didn't think it would see a release from Aniplex but it appears that the show itself was rather popular during its simulcast so I guess that helped its chances of release. However it's a subtitle only release so you're out of luck if you wanted an English dub. The series has been licensed in the UK by Anime Limited so a cheaper option will be available.
The third and final new addition to the home release schedule is the third and final season of Wagnaria!!. I'm surprised by this one also. I didn't think Aniplex would actually release it since Mushi-Shi didn't even see a release despite it's popularity from the community. The sets do include the final 1 hour special so have no fear, however the first two seasons will be unobtainable (or close to) by the time this is now on the shelves because the license from NIS America is expiring.
That's it so far from Aniplex for the summer season. For the Autumn season I'm expecting some releases from the Monogatari franchise (most likely Owarimonogatari) and perhaps something from Charlotte since that was rather popular during its stream.
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