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Funimation to Release Testament of Sister New Devil, Orange Anime on Home Video (Updated)
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Funimation didn't reveal a release date for The Testament of Sister New Devil or The Testament of Sister New Devil BURST.
For both The Testament of Sister New Devil anime, Funimation will offer both Standard and Limited Editions, but the Limited Edition will only be available online. It will feature a chipboard box and an artbook with special "ultra-sexy" artwork that will not be available in physical retail stores.
The first 12-episode season of the television anime received an original anime disc with the seventh volume of the manga.
The anime adapts Fumihiro Kiso.
Orange will ship on a Blu-ray Disc and DVD combo pack this fall. Funimation will offer a limited edition that comes with art cards and an artbook with letters from the English dub cast.
Funimation describes the story:
Second-year student, Naho Takamiya, receives a letter from her future self that warns of a tragedy to befall a shy boy she will come to know. Can Naho and a close group of friends change the future or must they live with a regret that can never be erased?
The 13-episode series premiered on July 3, and Crunchyroll announced in September that Funimation would produce a Broadcast Dub for the series as part of the two companies' new partnership.
The home video release for your name. is slated for 2017. It will include the “final” version of the film, which includes edits to the theatrical release made under the supervision of director Makoto Shinkai. A standard DVD-only edition, a standard Blu-ray/DVD Combo, and a special edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo will be available. The special edition will feature exclusive artwork and materials from the Japanese release and will not be included with the Standard Editions. Funimation will announced more details in the future.
The film your name. fourth highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, the second highest-grossing Japanese film, and the second highest-grossing anime film. As of the end of March, the film had earned 24.8 billion yen (US$229 million) in Japan.
In North America and Canada, the film debuted on April 7, 2017 and earned an estimated total of US$4,676,810 in the United States and Canada after five weeks in theaters. Funimation hosted screenings in the original Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub.
Funimation will release Speed Racer in a collector's edition Blu-ray Disc and DVD combo pack this fall. Unlike Funimation's earlier Mach Go Go Go. The set features the head of Speed Racer with a sound chip.
The 1967-68 car-racing anime Mach Go Go Go was licensed by Trans-Lux and released in the United States in 1967 as Speed Racer. The worldwide rights for the Speed Racer property reverted to dismissed until 2014.
Update: For both The Testament of Sister New Devil anime, Funimation will offer both Standard and Limited Editions, but the Limited Edition will only be available online. It will feature a chipboard box and an artbook with special "ultra-sexy" artwork that will not be available in physical retail stores.
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