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Thursday, 16 February 2017

Industry News: Funimation's May 2017 Line-Up

Funimation have unveiled quite a fair amount of titles for this slate, including a Kadokawa catalog title, a classic series release and a show that was one of the few exclusive to Netflix. Oh, and we also have the Haruhi movie finally.


So here's the line-up. We have around 11 new titles, 3 anime films (+1 which is a TV special), 2 continuing releases, 1 anime re-release, and 1 live-action Japanese film. In addition there's about 4 limited edition sets in the same month.

New Additions - May 2nd:


Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji): The Movie - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $34.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Warner Bros Japan
Extras: Original Trailer, Previews


Garo the Animation: Crimson Moon: Part 2 - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Extras: Textless Songs, Trailers


Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Complete Series (Limited Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $84.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Toho Animation
Extras: OVA 2.5 - Staking Our Youths on the Bath Wall - One More Centimeter, Episode 4 Video Commentary, Trailers
LE Extras: Chipboard box with speciality print, 6 art cards, a 18" x 24" soft-touch poster


Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Complete Series (Standard Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Toho Animation
Extras: OVA 2.5 - Staking Our Youths on the Bath Wall - One More Centimeter, Episode 4 Video Commentary, Trailers


One Piece: Film GOLD - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $34.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Toei Animation
Extras: Place Your Bets on the Straw Hats, Trailers


One Piece: Film GOLD - DVD - English & Japanese - $29.98
Region: 1 ~ Publisher: Toei Animation
Extras: Trailers


One Piece: Heart of GOLD (TV Special) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $34.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Toei Animation
Extras: Trailers


One Piece: Heart of GOLD (TV Special) - DVD - English & Japanese - $29.98
Region: 1 ~ Publisher: Toei Animation
Extras: Trailers

New Additions - May 9th:


Free! Iwatobi Swim Club: Complete Series (Limited Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $69.98
Region: A|B|1 ~ Publisher: ABC Asahi + Crunchyroll
Extras: OVA 1-Makoto's Problem! Recruiting New Members! OVA 2-Rin and Nitori, a Week With Us! Rei's Entry Training! OVA 3-Rei, Theory, and Speedo! The Iwatobi Family! A Distant Tremble! Textless Opening & Closing Songs and Trailers
LE Extras: Chipboard box


Free! Iwatobi Swim Club: Complete Series (Standard Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A|B|1 ~ Publisher: ABC Asahi + Crunchyroll
Extras: OVA 1-Makoto's Problem! Recruiting New Members! OVA 2-Rin and Nitori, a Week With Us! Rei's Entry Training! OVA 3-Rei, Theory, and Speedo! The Iwatobi Family! A Distant Tremble! Textless Opening & Closing Songs and Trailers


Momotaro: Sacred Sailors - Combo Pack - Japanese - $34.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Shochiku
Extras: TBD

New Additions - May 16th:


Divine Gate: Complete Series - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Marvelous Inc.
Extras: Episode 12 Commentary, The Divine Gate Anime Explained in (About) Five Minutes: The Worldview, Promo Videos, TV Spot, Commercials, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, and Trailers


Gangsta: Complete Series (Limited Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $84.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Bandai Visual
Extras: Episode 01 Commentary, Episode 02 Commentary, Episode 9.5, Promo Video, Commercial, Textless Opening, Closing Song, and Trailers
LE Extras: Chipboard box with specialty print, 2 Bastard Night Club cork coasters, Alex Benedetto's Metal Tin


Gangsta: Complete Series (Standard Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Bandai Visual
Extras: Episode 01 Commentary, Episode 02 Commentary, Episode 9.5, Promo Video, Commercial, Textless Opening, Closing Song, and Trailers


Haruchika - Haruta & Chika: Complete Series - Combo Pack - Japanese - $54.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Kadokawa Pictures
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers


The Seven Deadly Sins: Part 1 - Combo Pack - English, Spanish & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A ~ Publisher: Kodansha
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Next Episode Previews, and Trailers

(*Same Current Artwork as Combo Pack*)

The Seven Deadly Sins: Part 1 - DVD - English, Spanish & Japanese - $39.98
Region: 1 ~ Publisher: Kodansha
Extras: None

New Additions - May 23rd:


Dimension W: Complete Series (Limited Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $84.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Bandai Visual
Extras: OVA - Do Robots Dream of Bathhouses, W Gate Online - Rose's Counseling Room, Production Diary, Episode 02 Commentary, Episode 09 Commentary, Promo Videos, Sneak Peak Textless Opening, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, and Trailers
LE Extras: Chipboard box with specialty print, Digipak featuring character art from Japanese volumes, 6 art cards


Dimension W: Complete Series (Standard Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Bandai Visual
Extras: OVA - Do Robots Dream of Bathhouses, W Gate Online - Rose's Counseling Room, Production Diary, Episode 02 Commentary, Episode 09 Commentary, Promo Videos, Sneak Peak Textless Opening, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, and Trailers


Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters: Part 2 (Ep. 122-144) - Blu-ray - English & Japanese - $54.98
Region: A ~ Publisher: Toei Animation
Extras: Episode 131 Video Commentary, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers


Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters: Part 2 (Ep. 122-144) - DVD - English & Japanese - $49.98
Region: 1 ~ Publisher: Toei Animation
Extras: None


One Piece: Collection 19 (Ep. 446-468) - DVD - English & Japanese - $34.98
Region: 1 ~ Publisher: Toei Animation
Extras: Usopp: The Sniper King, Robin's Search, Episode 446 Commentary, Episode 452 Commentary, Episode 462 Commentary, Episode 468 Commentary, Textless Opening and Closing Songs, Trailers

New Additions - May 30th:


The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $34.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Kadokawa Pictures
Extras: Location Hunting, BGM Recording, Special Screening in Kyoto, Special Screening in Tokyo, Cutting, Dubbing, Editing, DVD/BD Commercial, PV Making, Teasers, Trailer, TV Spots, Trailers


Endride: Part 1 - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: NTV
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers


Gosick: Part 1 - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Kadokawa Pictures
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers


Shonen Maid: Complete Series - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: TBS
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers


Speed Racer: Complete Series - Blu-ray - English - $29.98
Region: A ~ Publisher: Tatsunoko Productions
Extras: None


Speed Racer: Complete Series - DVD - English - $24.98
Region: 1 ~ Publisher: Tatsunoko Productions
Extras: None

Grav's Thoughts:

Much like the April slate news, I've changed the format of my industry news line-up posts slightly since I post them on Anime UK News also, it's basically to save myself some time. Funimation's updated website also prevents me from accessing the product pages but thanks to fellow friends I was able to acquire the cover arts for this post.

This line-up pretty much covers titles that aired during the Summer & Autumn seasons of 2015, as well as the Winter & Spring seasons of 2016. A fair amount of them were already dubbed from the Broadcast dub business, but we have one subtitled only release from the Spring 2016 season.

Catalogue:
 - The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
 - Gosick
 - One Piece: Film GOLD
 - One Piece: TV Special Heart of GOLD
 - Speed Racer

Spring 2014:
 - Dragon Ball Kai: The Final Chapters

Autumn 2014:
 - The Seven Deadly Sins

Summer 2015:
 - Gangsta.

Autumn 2015:
 - Garo the Animation: Crimson Moon

Winter 2016:
 - Dimension W
 - Divine Gate
 - Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
 - Haruchika: Haruta & Chika

Spring 2016:
 - Endride
 - Shonen Maid

Dragon Ball Kai continues with Part 2 out of 3 as they are using the International version of the series. There will be 23 episodes per part. One Piece collections continue plus we get both Film GOLD and its TV Special; Heart of GOLD released on Blu-ray in the same month.

Funimation managed to acquire The Seven Deadly Sins which caught everyone by surprise, as many speculated Aniplex would get it. But a while back during an interview I believe, Aniplex prefers to have their catalogue available across multiple platforms instead of just one, so those Netflix exclusive titles won't be acquired by them. I believe the publisher for TSDS is actually Kodansha, who also release the manga version (aka original source material).

Gosick continues the streak of titles acquired from the Kadokawa Pictures package deal, so I bet there's still more to go. And Speed Racer finally gets a release but it seems only the dubbed version is getting solicited first before the Mach Go Go version. Momotaro also receives a release, but I'm going to stick with the upcoming UK release from Anime Limited.

That's basically it for Funimation's May line-up. Here is what's left in terms of backlog.

Completely Forgotten:
Ghost in the Shell: Arise Alternative Architecture
Minami-ke Tadaima
Pretear
Psycho Pass: Extended Edition
Samurai Warriors
The Tatami Galaxy

Summer 2015:
Junjo Romantica 3
Venus Project -Climax-

Autumn 2015:
Concrete Revolutio
Dance With Devils

Winter 2016:
Fairy Tail Zero
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn
Rainbow Days

Spring 2016:
And you thought there is never a girl online?
Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou - The Last Song
Kumamiko - Girl Meets Bear
Three Colors, Three Leaves

Summer 2016:
Cheer Boys!!
D.Gray-man HALLOW
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School: Despair Arc
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School: Future Arc
First Love Monster
Handa-kun
Love Live! Sunshine!!
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet
Puzzle & Dragons X
Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars
Sca-red Rider XechS
SERVAMP
Show By Rock!! Short!!
Tales of Zestiria the X
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Bowl Dance
Time Travel Girl
TSUKIUTA. The Animation

Sunrise Package Deal:
Angel Links
Banner of the Stars
Banner of the Stars II
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
Crest of the Stars
My-HiME
My-Otome
My-Otome O~S.ifr~
My-Otome Zwei
Outlaw Star
Passage of the Stars "Birth"
Tales of the Abyss
Witch Hunter Robin

Various:
D.Gray-man (Episodes 52-103)
Dragon Ball Super
Project Itoh: Genocidal Organ
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