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Hanabee Entertainment Surprises @Con 2013 with New Acquisitions
posted on by Jon Hayward
The following announcements were made at the Hanabee screening held at @Con today and then immediately posted on the official Hanabee facebook / twitter s.
Kids on the Slope
It's the summer of 1966 and Kaoru Nishimi has moved to live with relatives in Kyūshū. Karou is no stranger to moving between towns and schools, his family has lived that way for years but it has left Karou preferring his own company. When Kaoru starts at his new school he meets the school's notorious bad boy, Sentaro Kawabuchi, who quickly sets Karou on a new path through the fun of Jazz and becomes Karou's first real friend.
Kids on the Slope is based on No. 6) as Sentarō Kawabuchi.
The series has since been streamed in North America by MVM in June on Blu-ray.
Image © Yuki Kodama, Shogakukan/KIDS ON THE SLOPE Committee
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Mysterious Girlfriend X is a adaptation of Afternoon magazine in 2006. The series follows the relationship between Akira Tsubaki and Mikoto Urabe which forms after a series of unlikely events involving Urabe's sleeping in class, a premonition and Tsubaki tasting Urabe's drool. After tasting Urabe's drool Tsubaki falls ill the next day with a inexplicable fever, but after five days Urabe shows up at Tsubaki's door and forces him to consume some more of her drool. She soon explains that Tsubaki is suffering from love sickness and he can no longer be apart from her, so he must now consume a little of Urabe's drool each day. However Urabe's drool comes with a curious talent, it can transmit emotions. This is just the beginning of the mysteries surrounding Urabe, the Mysterious Girlfriend X.
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The series originally ran in 2012 for 13 episodes. simulcast the series around the world and Sentai Filmworks have acquired the rights for Mysterious Girlfriend X's North America release.
Hanabee Entertainment will be releasing both the Blu-ray and DVD on the 5th of June 2013 with both English and Japanese dubs. The announcement was made at @con and on facebook.
Image © Riichi Ueshiba - Kodansha / Kazamidai high school 2-nen A-gumi
Dusk maiden of Amnesia
Teiichi Niiya (Yumi Hara - Takane Shijō in IDOLM@STER) who soon reveals herself as the ghost of the girl who dies in the building. However Yūko does not have any memories and cannot how she dies so Teiichi decides to help Yūko investigate by looking at the school's seven mysteries surrounding Yūko and they slowly uncover the truth behind the gruesome legend.
Dusk maiden of Amnesia was created (written and illustrated) by Aki Okui contributed the ending theme song "Karandorie."
The series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks and has since been streamed in North America but no home video release date has been announced.
Hanabee Entertainment made the announcement at @con and through facebook with the following details. Hanabee will release Dusk Maiden of Amnedia on the 5th of June 2013 on Blu-ray and DVD with both English and Japanese dub.
Image © Maybe / Square Enix, Dusk maiden of Amnesia Project.
