Industry News: Funimation July 2017 Release Slate

Funimation are offering a few more newer titles this time around from the Spring 2016 season, in addition to three anticipated catalogue shows.

We have 6 new additions to the catalogue as well as one re-release. There's also one limited edition set and one specific title that actually has both the TV & OVA versions bundled together.

New Additions - July 4th:

Hyouka: Part 1 (Episodes 01-11)
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $59.98

Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Kadokawa Pictures

Extras: Episode 11.5, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

New Additions - July 11th:

Kumamiko: Girl Meets Bear: Complete Series
Combo Pack - Japanese - $64.98

Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Kadokawa Pictures

Extras: OVA 1: Day of the First Snow, OVA 2: Natchan's Shocking Debut!, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

New Additions - July 18th:

Record of Lodoss War: Complete OVA Series & Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight: Complete Series
Combo Pack (TV Series is DVD only) - English & Japanese - $84.98
Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Kadokawa Pictures

Extras: Next Episode Previews, Commercials, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Three Leaves, Three Colors: Complete Series
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: Toho Animation

Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

New Additions - July 25th:

And you thought there is never a girl online?: Complete Series (Limited Edition)
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $84.98

Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: NBC Universal Entertainment Japan

Extras: Episode 03 Commentary, Episode 05 Video Commentary, Promo Video, Luce Twinkle Wink "1st Love Story" Music Video Promo, Commercial Collection, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

LE Extras: A Mesh Mouse Pad with Ako character art, Bathroom Wall Cling with Ako character art, and a chipboard box.

And you thought there is never a girl online?: Complete Series (Standard Edition)
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: NBC Universal Entertainment Japan

Extras: Episode 03 Commentary, Episode 05 Video Commentary, Promo Video, Luce Twinkle Wink "1st Love Story" Music Video Promo, Commercial Collection, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Dragon Ball Super: Part 1 (Episodes 01-13)
Blu-ray - English & Japanese - $44.98

Region: A ~ Publisher: Toei Animation

Extras: Catching Up on the Dragon Ball Universe: Sonny Strait & Savannah Ligaluppi, Catching Up on the Dragon Ball Universe: Christopher R. Sabat & Hero D. Sabat, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Dragon Ball Super: Part 1 (Episodes 01-13)
DVD - English & Japanese - $39.98

Region: 1 ~ Publisher: Toei Animation

Extras: None

Re-releases - July 4th:

The Boy and the Beast (Mamoru Hosoda Collection)
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $49.98

Region: A|1 ~ Publisher: NTV

Extras: The Boy and the Beast Exclusive Making Of, Cast Talk: The Best of The Boy and the Beast, Film Countdown Special, Promo Videos, Studio Chizu x ZIP! Collaborations, Original Japanese Trailers, TV Spot Collection, Trailers

CE Extras: Slipcover with special artwork on the covers, Booklet

Grav's Thoughts:

Catalogue:

 - Hyouka

 - Record of Lodoss War / Record of Lodoss War: Chronicle of the Heroic Knight

Summer 2015:

 - Dragon Ball Super

Spring 2016:

 - And you thought there is never a girl online?

 - Kumamiko - Girl Meets Bear

 - Three Colors, Three Leaves

Let's talk about Hyouka. So for those who didn't know about what this show is, it's a 2012 anime series from studio Kyoto Animation based off a light novel series called Koten-bu. The show for some reason never received an English localisation in terms of streaming or other means, which was very odd. It wasn't until around early 2016 when Kadokawa finally made the license available to everyone, so this is the year in which distributors are now starting to release them. Funimation got this show as part as their massive package deal that also included Gosick, Nichijou, Scrapped Princess and a number of other titles that were once available to stream over on Crunchyroll (Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun, The Mystic Archives of Dantalian, Omamori Himari). Overall it's one hell of a package and I wouldn't be surprised if there were more to grab - like those films & OVAs of The Slayers for example. I've had my guess on Hyouka being with Funimation for half a year now and I was wondering what the hold up was (looks like the English dub was the reason, which caught me by surprise since I didn't think the show would work in English). Either way, happy to see that it's finally getting a release.

Record of Lodoss War, I've heard of the name a lot especially with the Dreamcast game I keep seeing at my local game store. This is a 90s OVA series that also received a late 90s TV series (Chronicles of the Heroic Knight) though many prefer the former. Only the OVA series received the Blu-ray treatment in Japan hence why the TV series is DVD only but at least you got a dub for both since they were already made many years ago - I hear Crispin Freeman is part of the dub so that's neat.

Dragon Ball Super is now starting to get a retail release, with the first thirteen episodes for the first part. Basically you'll have to put up with recaps of the Battle of Gods & Resurrection F storyline for the first 2-cour of the show. The real treat apparently begins with the Future Trunks arc which starts at episode 47 (so.. the end of Part 4).

From the Spring 2016 season we have Netoge no Yome, also known as And you thought there is never a girl online?, Kumamiko: Girl Meets Bear, and Three Leaves, Three Colours. Netoge no Yome I did watch and enjoyed a fair bit, its' not the best show but one that I found some form of entertainment value to it. Kumamiko I've heard had a very controversial ending so I'm curious about that. Three Leaves, Three Colours I don't know much but it did get a dub so yeah. Speaking of dubs, only Kumamiko is subtitled only - I guess there's no real loss on that one.

And of course there's Mamoru Hosoda's Boy and the Beast getting a special release. That's all of his films sorted... well unless Funimation licenses the Digimon movie and One Piece Movie 6.

That's basically it for Funimation's July 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

The Tatami Galaxy

Summer 2015:

Junjo Romantica 3

Venus Project -Climax-

Autumn 2015:

Concrete Revolutio

Dance With Devils

Winter 2016:

Fairy Tail Zero

Rainbow Days

Spring 2016:

Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou - The Last Song

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

Crunchyroll Partnership:

91 Days

Ace Attorney

Alderamin on the Sky

Berserk [2016]

Big Order

Bungo Stray Dogs

Gintama [Season 3]

Izetta: The Last Witch

Joker Game

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress [Season 1]

Konosuba [Season 1]

Mob Psycho 100

Myraid Colors Phantom World

Nanbaka

NEW GAME!

Orange

ReLIFE

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

Taboo Tattoo

The Testament of Sister New Devil

Twin Star Exorcist

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

Sunrise Package Deal:

Angel Links

Banner of the Stars

Banner of the Stars II

Crest of the Stars

My-HiME

My-Otome

My-Otome O~S.ifr~

My-Otome Zwei

Passage of the Stars "Birth"

Tales of the Abyss

Witch Hunter Robin

Various:

Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow

Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom

D.Gray-man (Episodes 52-103)

Project Itoh: Genocidal Organ

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