Industry News: Sentai Filmworks' June 2017 Line-Up
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Sentai continues their weird streak of releases, and now it seems two collector's edition a month is going to be a thing. Oh dear my wallet.
So here's the line-up. We have around 4 new titles, and 1 anime re-release. In addition there's about 2 collector's edition sets in the same month.
June 6th:
Kino's Journey: Complete Collection - DVD - English & Japanese - $29.98
Region: 1 ~ Publisher:
Extras: Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation
June 13th:
Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Complete Collection (Collector's Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $169.98
Region: Geolocked|1 ~ Publisher: Showgate
Extras: Japanese Promos; Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation
CE Extras: Custom Box, Original Soundtrack, Hardcover Booklet; School Emblem Patch; Metal Pins; Art Cards; Long Poster
Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Complete Collection (Standard Edition) - Blu-ray - English & Japanese - $69.98
Region: Geolocked ~ Publisher: Showgate
Extras: Japanese Promos; Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation
Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Complete Collection (Standard Edition) - DVD - English & Japanese - $59.98
Region: 1 ~ Publisher: Showgate
Extras: Japanese Promos; Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation
June 20th:
The Big O: Complete Collection - Blu-ray - English & Japanese - $79.98
Region: Geolocked ~ Publisher: Sunrise
Extras: Japanese Commercials, Promos, interviews; Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation (Most extras are SD quality)
Norn9: Norn + Nonette: Complete Collection - Blu-ray - Japanese - $59.98
Region: Geolocked ~ Publisher: Showgate
Extras: Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation
Norn9: Norn + Nonette: Complete Collection - DVD - Japanese - $49.98
Region: Geolocked ~ Publisher: Showgate
Extras: Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation
June 27th:
School-Live!: Complete Collection (Collector's Edition) - Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $129.98
Region: Geolocked|1 ~ Publisher: Showgate
Extras: Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation
CE Extras: Custom Box, Original Soundtrack, Collector's Booklet; Artcards, Stickers
School-Live!: Complete Collection (Standard Edition) - Blu-ray - English & Japanese - $69.98
Region: Geolocked ~ Publisher: Showgate
Extras: Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation
School-Live!: Complete Collection (Standard Edition) - DVD - English & Japanese - $59.98
Region: Geolocked ~ Publisher: Showgate
Extras: Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation
Grav's Thoughts:
Now this line-up is small, but once again I certainly was not expecting two collector's edition sets in the same month *AND* from these two shows as well. I'm rather pleased to see dubs given to both of these shows but at the same time I'm surprised they're getting the special treatment. I hope Sentai don't over-saturate their special sets with every title they put out.
School-Live! is a nice addition to the line-up and I rather enjoyed that show very much. Chivalry I've been meaning to watch but it had some weird UK streaming location issues (I would have watched it had it been shown on Crunchyroll instead) so it's nice to see a release for that.
The Big O, both seasons in fact, is the first Sunrise rescue title after being rescued more than four years ago I believe. I'm aware this is a very popular show for the North American viewers so I'm looking forward to checking this show out.
This line-up pretty much covers titles that aired during the Summer 2015, Autumn 2015 and Winter 2016 seasons alongside a few catalogue. There's one subtitled only titles, two dubbed titles, one rescue already dubbed from the Bandai era and one rescue already dubbed from the ADV era.
Various:
- The Big O [+ The Big O II]
- Kino's Journey
Summer 2015:
- School-Live!
Autumn 2015:
- Chivalry of a Failed Knight
Winter 2016:
- Norn9: Norn + Nonette
And in case you didn't know already, it's been confirmed that Ushio & Tora will receive a complete 39 episode collection set. That's quite the surprise right there. GATE is already confirmed to get a complete set as well from a while back at a convention. And I'm just still sitting here waiting impatiently for a Monster Musume collector's edition release (if I ever happens, they better).
That's it for the Sentai line-up. Here's the backlog.
Completely Forgotten:
Phi-Brain [Season 3]
Tribe Cool Crew
Spring 2015:
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma (Dub confirmed)
Summer 2015:
Gate [+ Season 2 from Winter 2016 season] (Dub confirmed)
Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls (Dub confirmed)
Ushio and Tora [+ Season 2 from Spring 2016 season] (Dub confirmed)
Autumn 2015:
Haikyu!! Second Season
Spring 2016:
Bakuon!!
Flying Witch
Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
Onigirl
Rin-ne [Season 2]
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
Summer 2016:
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate (Dub confirmed)
Autumn 2016:
ClassicaLoid
Flip Flappers
Girlish Number
Matoi the Sacred Slayer
Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Legend Star
Catalogue titles:
Chihayafuru
Chihayafuru 2
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Movies
Squid Girl
Squid Girl [OVA]
Squid Girl [Season 2]
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