Industry News: Sentai Filmworks November 2018 Release Slate

Sentai brings back another classic series with a Premium collection set, plus they have a new label dedicated to kid-friendly shows.

As a brief reminder, there will be no DVD versions for any brand new releases and re-releases. To ensure consistency select titles that have sequel contents (whether it's a second series or a second film) will keep the DVD option for now.

The November 2018 release slate features the following:

 - 1 limited edition release

 - 3 new dubbed releases

 - 5 Blu-ray only releases
 - 2 DVD-only releases

6th November:

Negima!?: Complete Collection

Format: Blu-ray

Audio: English & Japanese

Suggested Retail Price: $89.98

Regions: US Geolock

Extras: Spring & Summer OVAs

Patlabor: Mobile Police: Complete Collection

Format: Blu-ray

Audio: English (TV & Movies only) & Japanese

Suggested Retail Price: $129.98

Regions: US Geolock

Extras: Deleted Scenes; English Dubbed Episodes of Griffon Ressurected, SCHAFT'S Counterattack, The Greatest Showdown in History, and GAME OVER; MINIPATO 1, 2 & 3; Clean Opening Animation and Clean Closing Animation
Notes: Contains TV Series, Movies 1-3, and both The Early Days & The New Files OVA Series

13th November:

Gatchaman Crowds: Complete Collection

Format: Blu-ray

Audio: English & Japanese

Suggested Retail Price: $99.98

Regions: US Geolock

Extras: Clean Opening & Closing Animations
Notes: Contains Season 1 & 2

20th November:

Hello Kitty & Friends: Let's Learn Together: Collection 1

Format: DVD

Audio: English & Japanese

Suggested Retail Price: $19.98

Regions: 1

Extras: Clean Opening Animation and Clean Closing Animation

Hello Kitty & Friends: Let's Learn Together: Collection 2

Format: DVD

Audio: English & Japanese

Suggested Retail Price: $19.98

Regions: 1

Extras: Clean Opening Animation and Clean Closing Animation

K-On!: Complete Collection (Limited Edition)

Format: Blu-ray

Audio: English & Japanese

Suggested Retail Price: $279.98

Regions: US Geolock

Extras: Clean Opening Animation and Clean Closing Animation, 16 Shorts
Notes: Contains Season 1 & 2 plus K-On! The Movie
Extras (Exclusive to LE): Box, Original Collection Soundtrack, 3 Booklets, Limited Edition Guitar Picks, 6 Art Cards, Pin Set, Sticker Set, Keychain

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! The Movie: Take on Me

Format: Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack

Audio: English & Japanese

Suggested Retail Price: $39.98

Regions: US Geolock

Extras: Clean Opening Animation and Clean Closing Animation; 4 Japanese Promo Videos, 3 Kotatsu Photo Session Shorts

27th November:

UQ Holder!: Complete Collection

Format: Blu-ray

Audio: English & Japanese

Suggested Retail Price: $69.98

Regions: US Geolock

Extras: 3 OVAs, 2 Japanese Promos; Episode 1 Advance Screening Event, Clean Opening & Closing Animations

Grav's Thoughts on the Line-Up:

So for the month of November we have a couple titles.

Catalogue:

Hello Kitty & Friends: Let's Learn Together
Negima!?

Autumn 2017:

UQ Holder!

Winter 2018:
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! The Movie: Take on Me

So let's start off with K-On!. This is the first catalogue limited edition release since their very first one with High School of the Dead back in 2014. That's a long time ago by current standards so it's interesting to see Sentai backtrack rather than focus on the newer titles in this instance. Honestly despite the price-tag the offering is pretty good, we have the entire series to date plus the shorts that weren't included before. In addition there are 3 artbooks (1 for Season 1, 1 for Season 2 and 1 for the film) as well as a soundtrack (looks like a compilation of sorts) and a couple mini-tidbits with a rather nice box in total.

Next we have the return of Negima!? aka the second series. This is coming back in Blu-ray form after Funimation once released the series on DVD. The OVAs are also included for those interested in them. In addition the next series UQ Holder! is also coming to home video though this is the only 'new' addition to the release slate that is from a previous season.

We have Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! The Movie: Take on Me making its way to home video pretty soon also since the other TBS films took a while in the past. And finally we have more complete collection sets with Gatchaman Crowds (no director's cut episode fyi) and the entire Patlabor franchise in one collection.

Oh and there's Hello Kitty as part of Sentai Kids. I would laugh out loud if they manage to get Aggretsuko into this label.

Here is what's left of the catalogue:

Completely Forgotten:

Phi-Brain (Season 3)

Tribe Cool Crew

Autumn 2016:

Haikyu!! (Season 3) [likedly to be Dubbed]

Spring 2017:

Sagrada Reset

Autumn 2017:

ClassicaLoid (Season 2)

Dynamic Chord

Girl's Last Tour

Himouto! Umaru-chan R

Hozuki's Coolheadedness (Season 2)

Just Because!

Land of the Lustrous

My Girlfriend is ShoBitch [Dubbed]

Winter 2018:

DAMEPRI Anime Caravan

Hakumei and Mikochi

Mitsuboshi Colors

Takunomi.

Spring 2018:

Alice or Alice

Cutie Honey Universe

Devils Line [Dubbed]

DOREIKU the Animation [Dubbed]

Real Girl [Dubbed]

Tada Never Falls In Love [Dubbed]

Summer 2018:
100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
Mr. Tonegawa Middle Management Blues [Dubbed]
Revue Starlight [Dubbed]
The Thousand Musketeers

Catalogue titles (Sunrise deal):

Argentosoma

Betterman

Brain Powered

Infinite Ryvius

Kurokami: The Animation

Overman King Gainer

s-CRY-ed

Sacred Seven

The Girl Who Leapt Through Space

Z-MIND

Zegapain