Industry News: Crunchyroll x Funimation June 2018 Release Slate

Yes in case you ask Re:ZERO is happening. But we also have some more interesting additions such as another Japanese live-action film, some new releases for the Berserk, Black Butler & My Hero Academia franchises and much more.

Prepare your wallets.

The June 2018 release slate features the following:

 - 7 Crunchyroll licensed anime titles
 - 2 Funimation licensed anime titles (plus 3 continuing releases)

 - 1 live-action Japanese film
 - 1 live-action Japanese TV Series

Due to the constant confusion over what regions the shows are exactly, I've added a 'Regions (not final)' note for the select Crunchyroll titles. The others I can expect to be completely region locked otherwise.

June 5th:

As the Gods Will (Live-Action)

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $34.98

Regions: A|1 ~ Publisher: TOHO

Extras: Original Japanese Trailers, Trailers

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $34.98

Regions: A|1 ~ Publisher: Aniplex

Extras: Trailers

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic

DVD - English & Japanese - $29.98

Regions: 1 ~ Publisher: Aniplex

Extras: Trailers

My Hero Academia: Season 2 Part 2 (Limited Edition)

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $84.98

Regions: A|1 ~ Publisher: TOHO Animation

Extras: San Diego Comic-Con: IGN Interview, Inside the Episodes, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers
Extras (LE): Box to hold series & all contents, Roll-up Pencil case, 4 Character Magnets, an Acrylic Chibi Deku Keychain, 40-page Artbook, 10 Collectible Holographic Trading Cards

My Hero Academia: Season 2 Part 2 (Standard Edition)

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Regions: A|1 ~ Publisher: TOHO Animation

Extras: San Diego Comic-Con: IGN Interview, Inside the Episodes, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

June 12th:

Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor: Complete Series

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + Kadokawa Pictures

Extras: Web Previews, Promo Videos, Commercials, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Berserk: Complete Season 2

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + NBC Universal Ent. Japan

Extras: Episode 12.5, Commercials, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

D.Gray-man: Season 4 Part 2 (Episodes 91-103)

DVD - English & Japanese - $39.98

Regions: 1 ~ Publisher: TV Tokyo?

Extras: Episode 94 Video Commentary, Episode 99 Commentary, Episode 103 Commentary, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers.

June 19th:

Dragon Ball Super: Part 4 (Episodes 40-52)

Blu-ray - English & Japanese - $44.98

Regions: A ~ Publisher: Toei Animation

Extras: Dragon Ball Super: An Interview with Sean Schemmel, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Dragon Ball Super: Part 4 (Episodes 40-52)

DVD - English & Japanese - $39.98

Regions: 1 ~ Publisher: Toei Animation

Extras: Trailers

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World: Part 1 (Episodes 1-12 - Limited Edition)

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $84.98

Regions (not final): A|1 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + TV Tokyo

Extras: Re:ZERO ~Starting Break Time From Zero~ #1-11, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Extras (LE): Box with speciality print, 40-page Artbook, 6 chibi bookmarks, 20" x 30" standard pillowcase featuring characters Rem and Emilia.

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World: Part 1 (Episodes 1-12 - Standard Edition)

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Regions (not final): A|1 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + TV Tokyo

Extras: Re:ZERO ~Starting Break Time From Zero~ #1-11, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

The Royal Tutor: Complete Series

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + TV Tokyo

Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Seven Mortal Sins: Complete Series

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + NBC Universal Ent. Japan

Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

June 26th:

Clockwork Planet: Complete Series

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + Kodansha

Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Kenka Bancho Otome -Girl Beats Boys-: Complete Series

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $34.98

Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + EMON

Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Prison School (Live-Action): Complete Series

Combo Pack - Japanese - $49.98

Regions (not final): A|1 ~ Publisher: ???

Extras: Trailers

Sakura Quest: Part 1 (Episodes 1-13)

Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98

Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: TOHO Animation

Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Grav's Thoughts:

An okay line-up to be honest. Nevertheless so here's a quick recap on what season they began airing:

On-Going Part Titles:

D.Gray-man (Part 4 of 4 from S3 to S4 as a whole)
Dragon Ball Super (Part 4 on-going)
My Hero Academia Season 2 (Part 2 of 2)

Spring 2016:
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Part 1)

Winter 2017:
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic

Spring 2017:
Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
Berserk Season 2
Clockwork Planet
Kenka Bancho Otome -Girl Beats Boys-
The Royal Tutor
Sakura Quest (Part 1)
Seven Mortal Sins

So we have 3 instances of 'I fucking called it' moments with this line-up. Re:ZERO didn't really count as one since we weren't sure if they would release it either in June or later into the Summer. The dub was expected of course, because Anime Limited confirmed its existence back in December.

The first instance was As the Gods Will. I mentioned this in the previous release slate but basically I was aware of Funimation's involvement with the US distribution of the film a long time ago. They distributed it at festivals alongside Parasyte and we hadn't heard much since. My suspicions raised when Parasyte randomly got released in the May 2018 slate. On another note, I am rather happy to see it get released in the end. The As the Gods Will franchise has grabbed my interest for years.

The second instance is the Berserk 2017 release not getting a limited edition. Now while I have sadly missed out on the limited edition release of the 2016 adaptation I was rather cautious on how Funimation would handle the franchise. To recap, Tales of Zestiria the X got a limited edition for its first cour then got a standard only release for its second cour. Basically I figured they might pull that tactic again for Berserk and they did. It's a shitty move altogether but Funimation have been like that for god knows how long these days.

The third instance is My Hero Academia pretty much getting a limited edition for each cour. Now this is great for the fans of the franchise, but bloody hell this is overkill. Season 1 is out of print already so I expect these to sell also but there's a lot of useless tat with these sets no offence. Seriously a booklet and artcards would be enough to keep the fans happy. Oh, and have fun spending SRP $84.98 for each cour (which is currently at around 5 thanks to Season 3).

Now let's go through the other titles in the line-up. More Crunchyroll titles are in like Akashic Records which I enjoyed a lot more than others did, Seven Mortal Sins for research purposes (should be uncensored also), Clockwork Planet was re-scheduled for this month's slate, plus Kenka Bancho Otome and Royal Tutor also seeing a release. These lot were all dubbed during its simulcast run.

Sakura Quest I figured was a Funimation title all along given it was announced as a simuldub before Crunchyroll began their streaming announcements. I've heard its not as good as Shirobako though.

Meanwhile we have the Black Butler movie, the final cour of D.Gray-man prior to the HALLOW series, more Dragon Ball Super, and live-action Prison School series also seeing a release.

That's it for the month of June. Here are the list of remaining titles (with the Crunchyroll titles not-final but have been distributed in some form):

Completely Forgotten:

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Alternative Architecture

Minami-ke Tadaima

Pretear

Psycho Pass: Extended Edition

The Tatami Galaxy

Prior to 2015:

Miss Monochrome the Animation [Dubbed]

Summer 2015:

Miss Monochrome the Animation (Season 2)

Venus Project -Climax-

Autumn 2015:

Concrete Revolutio

Komori-san Can’t Decline!

Magical Somera-chan

Miss Monochrome the Animation (Season 3)

The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst [Dubbed]

Winter 2016:

Konosuba [Not confirmed, but clearly obvious]

Ojisan and Marshmallow

Ooya-san wa Shishunki!

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

Spring 2016:

Big Order [Dubbed]
Cerberus

Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou - The Last Song

Shonen Ashibe: Go! Go! Goma-chan

Twin Star Exorcist

Summer 2016:

Ange Vierge
D.Gray-man HALLOW [Dubbed]

Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya Drei!!

The Highschool Life of Fudanshi

Hitorinoshita – The Outcast
Hybrid×Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia [Dubbed]

Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet [Dubbed]

Autumn 2016:

Bloodivores

Brave Witches [Dubbed]

Bungo Stray Dogs (Season 2) [Dubbed]

Dream Festival

Lostorage Incited WIXOSS

Magical Girl Raising Project

Miss Bernard Said

Nanbaka [Dubbed]

Poco’s Udon World

Winter 2017:

Chain Chronicle -The Light of Haecceitas- [Dubbed]

Forest Fairy Five

Fuuka [Dubbed]

Gabriel DropOut

Gintama (Season 4)

Idol Incidents

Kemono Friends

Konosuba (Season 2) [Not confirmed, but clearly obvious]

MARGINAL#4 Big Bang

Masamune-kun's Revenge [Dubbed]

Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club

Nanbaka (Season 2) [Dubbed]

Piacevole!

Saga of Tanya the Evil [Dubbed]

Schoolgirl Strikers

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju: Descending Stories

Spring 2017:

Alice & Zouroku [Dubbed]

Love Tyrant [Dubbed]

The Silver Guardian [Dubbed]

WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? [Dubbed]

Summer 2017:

18if [Dubbed]

A Centaur's Life [Dubbed]

Classroom of the Elite [Dubbed]

Convenience Store Boy Friends [Dubbed]

GAMERS! [Dubbed]

Hina Logic - from Luck and Logic [Dubbed]

Knight's and Magic [Dubbed]

My First Girlfriend is a Gal [Dubbed]

NEW GAME! (Season 2) [Dubbed]

THE REFLECTION [Dubbed]

Restaurant to Another World [Dubbed]

Saiyuki Reload Blast [Dubbed]

Tsuredure Children [Dubbed]

Autumn 2017:
The Ancient Magus' Bride [Dubbed]
Animegataris [Dubbed]
Black Clover [Dubbed]
Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond [Dubbed]
Code:Realize: Guardian of Rebirth [Dubbed]
Dies Irae [Dubbed]
Garo -VANISHING LINE- [Dubbed]
Juni Taisen: Zodiac War [Dubbed]
King's Game the Animation [Dubbed]
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World [Dubbed]
Konohana Kitan [Dubbed]
Love Live! Sunshine!! (Season 2) [Dubbed]
Recovery of an MMO Junkie [Dubbed]
A Sister's All You Need [Dubbed]
Urahara [Dubbed]

Winter 2018:
Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls [Dubbed]
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card [Dubbed]
Citrus [Dubbed]
Dagashi Kashi (Season 2) [Dubbed]
DARLING in the FRANXX [Dubbed]
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody [Dubbed]
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens [Dubbed]
Hakyuu Houshin Engi [Dubbed]
The Junji Ito Collection [Dubbed]
Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko [Dubbed]
OVERLORD II [Dubbed]
The Silver Guardian (Season 2) [Dubbed]
Teasing Master Takagi-san [Dubbed]
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (Season 2) [Dubbed]

Sunrise Package Deal:

Angel Links [Dubbed]

Banner of the Stars [Dubbed]

Banner of the Stars II [Dubbed]

Crest of the Stars [Dubbed]

Passage of the Stars "Birth"

Tales of the Abyss

Witch Hunter Robin [Dubbed]

Various:

Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow

Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom

Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution

Gintama (Season 3 Part 2) [Dubbed]
Monster Hunter Stories: Ride-On (Parts 3-4) [Dubbed]

Puzzle & Dragons X (Part 3) [Dubbed]
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Part 2) [Dubbed]
Sakura Quest (Part 2) [Dubbed]