Industry News: Aniplex of America A-Kon 2016 Announcements

Just when I thought there wouldn't be any more news from Aniplex for a while, they ended up unveiling two more titles getting English releases from A-Kon 2016.

Here's the small list of titles Aniplex are planning on releasing over the course of the late-Summer/Autumn 2016 season.

In total we have 2 shows getting domestic releases, with English dubs in fact. As mentioned in the previous announcements on Aniplex, this summer also includes Persona 3 the Movie #4 import and domestic releases of Classmates, Nisekoi:, Plastic Memories, Wagnaria!!3, and a re-release of Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Sword Art Online: Extra Edition.

The Asterisk War

Japanese title: Gakusen Toshi Asterisk

Release format: Volumes

Volume 1 Limited Edition

Blu-ray Features

Release Date: September 20th 2016

Spoken Language: Japanese & English

Subtitles: English & Spanish

Episodes: #01-06

Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs

Total Run Time: Approx. 150 min.

Rating: 13UP

Suggested Retail Price: $114.98

Retail Price: $89.98

Bonus Contents

Bonus Previews

Web Previews

Textless Opening

Textless Ending Versions 1 & 2

Textless Prologue

Bonus Materials and Special Package

Soundtrack Remix CD “The Asterisk War Infusion Mix #1” By Composer Rasmus Faber

Deluxe Booklet

Illustration Post Cards

Package Illustrated by Tetsuya Kawakami (Character Design)

Clear Cases with 2-sided Wraps

Volume 1 Standard Edition

Blu-ray Features

Release Date: September 20th 2016

Spoken Language: Japanese & English

Subtitles: English & Spanish

Episodes: #01-06

Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs

Total Run Time: Approx. 150 min.

Rating: 13UP

Suggested Retail Price: $74.98

Retail Price: $59.98

Bonus Contents

Bonus Previews

Web Previews

Textless Opening

Textless Ending Versions 1 & 2

Textless Prologue

Bonus Materials and Special Package

Package Illustrated by Tetsuya Kawakami (Character Design)

Clear Cases with 2-sided Wraps

Volume 2 Limited Edition

Blu-ray Features

Release Date: November 22nd 2016

Spoken Language: Japanese & English

Subtitles: English & Spanish

Episodes: #07-12

Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs

Total Run Time: Approx. 150 min.

Rating: 13UP

Suggested Retail Price: $114.98

Retail Price: $89.98

Bonus Contents

Bonus Previews

Web Previews

Bonus Materials and Special Package

Soundtrack CD “The Asterisk War Expanded Universe #2” By Composer Rasmus Faber

Deluxe Booklet

Illustration Post Cards

Package Illustrated by Tetsuya Kawakami (Character Design)

Clear Cases with 2-sided Wraps

Volume 2 Standard Edition

Blu-ray Features

Release Date: November 22nd 2016

Spoken Language: Japanese & English

Subtitles: English & Spanish

Episodes: #07-12

Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs

Total Run Time: Approx. 150 min.

Rating: 13UP

Suggested Retail Price: $74.98

Retail Price: $59.98

Bonus Contents

Bonus Previews

Web Previews

Textless Opening

Textless Ending Versions 1 & 2

Textless Prologue

Bonus Materials and Special Package

Package Illustrated by Tetsuya Kawakami (Character Design)

Clear Cases with 2-sided Wraps

English Dub Cast:

Ayato Amagiri: Atsushi Tamaru / Erik Scott Kimerer

Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld: Ai Kakuma / Kira Buckland

Claudia Enfield: Nao Toyama / Erika Harlacher

Saya Sasamiya: Shiori Izawa / Sarah Anne Williams

Kirin Toudou: Ari Ozawa / Brianna Knickerbocker

Eishiro Yabuki: Yuuma Uchida / Max Mittelman

Lester MacPhail: Takanori Hoshino / Patrick Seitz

Ernesta Kuhne: Chinatsu Akasaki / Cassandra Lee Morris

Camilla Pareto: Mutsumi Tamura / Cristina Vee

Haruka Amagiri: Mai Nakahara / Michelle Ruff

Silas Norman: Yuuichi Iguchi / Kyle McCarley

Randy Hooke: Nobuyuki Kobushi / Vic Mignogna

Shuma Sakon: Nobuo Tobita / Lucien Dodge

Fan Xinglou: Minami Omi / Cherami Leigh

Ernest Fairclough: Takahiro Sakurai / Vic Mignogna

Dirk Eberwein: Tomokazu Sugita / Kaiji Tang

Kyouko Yatsuzaki: Yuhko Kaida / Johanna Luis

Kouichiro Toudou: Unsho Ishizuka / Richard Epcar

English Voice Director: Chris Cason

Charlotte

Japanese title: Charlotte

Release format: Volumes

Volume 1

Blu-ray Features

Release Date: August 16th 2016

Spoken Language: Japanese & English

Subtitles: English & Spanish

Episodes: #01-07

Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs

Total Run Time: Approx. 170 min.

Rating: 13UP

Suggested Retail Price: $94.98

Retail Price: $74.98

Bonus Contents

Beginning of a New "Destiny" (Interview with the Creators)

Textless Ending

Web Previews

Bonus Materials and Special Package

Collectible Pinup Cards

Box Illustration by Na-Ga (Original Character Designer)

BD Case Cover Illustration by Kanami Sekiguchi (Character Designer)

Volume 2

Blu-ray Features

Release Date: November 15th 2016

Spoken Language: Japanese & English

Subtitles: English & Spanish

Episodes: #08-13 + OVA

Number of Discs: 2 Blu-ray Discs

Total Run Time: Approx. 168 min.

Rating: 13UP

Suggested Retail Price: $94.98

Retail Price: $74.98

Bonus Contents

Textless Opening

Textless Ending

Web Previews

English Bloopers

English Trailer

Bonus Materials and Special Package

Collectible Pinup Cards

Box Illustration by Na-Ga (Original Character Designer)

BD Case Cover Illustration by Kanami Sekiguchi (Character Designer)

English Dub Cast:

Yu Otosaka: Koki Uchiyama / Ray Chase

Nao Tomori: Ayane Sakura / Lauren Landa

Jojiro Takajo: Takahiro Mizushima / Lucien Dodge

Yusa & Misa Nishimori: Maaya Uchida / Ryan Bartley

Ayumi Otosaka: Momo Asakura / Kira Buckland

Outside of these two announcements, there's also some stock updates that I'll bring up in case you're interested. Rightstuf and WTK have received notices that more stock will be available for Kill la Kill: Volume 3 Standard Edition Blu-ray and Otorimonogatari: Nadeko Medsua Blu-ray, so for now just be patient and wait for them to appear in stock on Rightstuf!

So here we have two more dubbed titles; The Asterisk War and Charlotte. Being honest, given how they were promoting the show and the fact that it's been getting high streaming numbers it's no surprise that The Asterisk War would end up with an English dub. Granted what I heard will probably need time for me to settle with but it's good to see more dubbed shows when possible.

Charlotte was a surprise. The show's written by Jun Maeda so many thought it was an automatic dub, but given the show's reception and silence we figured it would end up being subtitle only. So when it was announced that the show would be getting an English dub I was glad, and the trailer gave me some good impressions so far. Curious to see how the dub will turn out in the end when I own the set.

That's it for Aniplex news. The next major convention is Anime Expo in early July so I predict God Eater (given the rumours of a potential dub), Kizumonogatari Part 1 and Owarimonogatari getting releases. Personally I hope Classroom Crisis gets a subtitled release at the very least, but knowing how everyone essentially dropped the show during the first half I doubt we'll see a US release to be honest.