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Tuesday, 28 August 2018

Industry News: Sentai Filmworks December 2018 Release Slate

Maiden Japan joins the SD on Blu-ray bandwagon meanwhile we have a couple more 'complete collection' re-releases.


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 December 2018 release slate features the following:
 - 1 new dubbed releases
 - 2 Standard Definition on Blu-ray releases
 - 5 Blu-ray only releases

4th December:


Akame ga Kill!: Complete Collection
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English & Japanese
Distributor: Sentai Filmworks
Suggested Retail Price: $89.98
Regions: US Geolock
Extras: Clean Opening & Closing Animation, AkaKill! Theater, Japanese Promos


Den-noh Coil: Complete Collection
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English & Japanese
Distributor: Maiden Japan
Suggested Retail Price: $89.98
Regions: US Geolock
Extras: Clean Opening & Closing Animation

11th December:


Dive!!: Complete Collection
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: Japanese
Distributor: Sentai Filmworks
Suggested Retail Price: $59.98
Regions: US Geolock
Extras: Clean Opening & Closing Animation


Princess Tutu: Complete Collection
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English & Japanese
Distributor: Sentai Filmworks
Suggested Retail Price: $69.98
Regions: US Geolock
Extras: Clean Opening & Closing Animation, TV Specials, Outtakes, Ballet For Beginners, Etude, In The Studio, Mr Cats Love Lesson, Chapter Of The Egg Suite, The Path To Tutu, Vorfinale, Staff & Voice Actor Commentary, Japanese Pre-Production Promotional Video


Space Runaway Ideon: Complete Collection
Format: Standard Definition on Blu-ray
Audio: Japanese
Distributor: Maiden Japan
Suggested Retail Price: $49.98
Regions: US Geolock
Extras: Japanese Promos
Notes: Includes Movies 1 & 2

18th December:


Takunomi: Complete Collection
Format: Blu-ray
Audio: English & Japanese
Distributor: Sentai Filmworks
Suggested Retail Price: $49.98
Regions: US Geolock
Extras: Clean Opening & Closing Animation


Xabungle: Complete Collection
Format: Standard Definition on Blu-ray
Audio: Japanese
Distributor: Maiden Japan
Suggested Retail Price: $49.98
Regions: US Geolock
Extras: Clean Opening & Closing Animation, Japanese Promos
Notes: Includes the Movie

Grav's Thoughts on the Release Slate:

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

Catalogue:
Space Runaway Ideon
Xabungle

Summer 2017:
Dive!!

Winter 2018:
Takunomi

We have no limited editions this month which is expected given it's the Christmas season (and as you should know already, Sentai's LEs tend to get delayed a lot), but instead we see the introduction of Standard Definition on Blu-ray for the Maiden Japan titles from Sunrise.

That's right, both Space Runaway Ideon and Xabungle will be released as an SD on Blu-ray title. Discotek have done these sort of things so it's not completely new to us, but it's interesting to see Maiden Japan do the same. Both do contain their films if you're wondering.

Also included is one of the Amazon Prime NoitaminA titles called Dive!! which aired during the Summer 2017 season. Sentai managed to get Scum's Wish from the same programming block so it's no stranger to them. The series will be subtitled only on Blu-ray.

Aside from that we also have Takunomi coming to Blu-ray with an English dub. Sentai announced a bunch of English dubs at their recent conventions so that will please the dub fans a lot.

And lastly we have complete collection sets for Akame ga Kill! and Den-noh Coil, plus a Blu-ray version for Princess Tutu which is 'remastered in HD' apparently.

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 [Dubbed]
Himouto! Umaru-chan R
Hozuki's Coolheadedness (Season 2)
Just Because! [Dubbed]
Land of the Lustrous [Dubbed]
My Girlfriend is ShoBitch [Dubbed]

Winter 2018:
DAMEPRI Anime Caravan
Hakumei and Mikochi
Mitsuboshi Colors [Dubbed]

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

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