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Second Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War U.K. Collector's Blu-ray Released on Monday

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Also releases of Berserk TV series

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On Monday April 14, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, as both Collector's and standard Blu-ray editions. The Collector's Edition will include a 76-page booklet. The volume is described as follows:

"The blood war between Soul Reapers and Quincies has finally begun. News of the sudden attack by the Quincies reaches Ichigo, propelling him to the battle. However, the Soul Reapers are slaughtered one after another by the invaders, led by Yhwach, the father of all Quincies. Meanwhile, Uryu uncovers the truth hidden in his grandfather's diary and comes to understand his purpose in this world. The battle enters a new phase as Yhwach names his successor, stirring controversy among his subjects. The time of separation looms in the air as darkness shrouds the Soul Society."

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SPY x FAMILY as a Limited Blu-ray/DVD, as well as standard Blu-ray and DVD editions. The Limited edition will contain an art book, three art cards, an acrylic standee and a pin set. Ajnime-on-Line describes it as follows:

"Yor and Twilight may keep their identities a secret from one another, but the telepathic Anya knows all! Now as they board a cruise, Yor must stop assassins from reaching their target, while Twilight figures out…What does a good dad do on vacation?"

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Samurai Champloo, including four art cards. MVM describes the story:

"Mugen's a buck wild warrior: violent, thoughtless and womanizing. Jin is a vagrant ronin: mysterious, traditional, well-mannered and very strong. These two fiercely independent warriors couldn't be more different from one another, yet their paths cross when Fuu, a ditzy waitress, saves them from being executed when they are arrested after a violent swordfight. Fuu convinces the two vagrant young men to help her find a mysterious samurai "who smells of sunflowers." And their journey begins."

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Crunchyroll will release a Blu-ray of the television A Sign of Affection (Yubisaki to Renren). Crunchyroll describes the anime's story:
"With these hands, I want to tell you that I love you…Yuki, a deaf college student, is struggling one day when an upperclassman from her school, Itsuomi, helps her out. Itsuomi isn't put off at all by her lack of hearing and interacts with her naturally. As he gradually opens up a new world to her, Yuki begins to develop feelings for Itsuomi... Thus begins the pure love story of Yuki, a deaf college girl, and Itsuomi, her upperclassman who travels the world with her."

Am I Actually the Strongest?) composed the music.

Morishita launched the manga in 2023.

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Crunchyroll will release the first season of Seven Seas Entertainment released the manga in English, and it described the story:

"Aijo Rentaro tried and tried again, but after asking a hundred girls out on a date, he was rejected every single time. In desperation, he prays for guidance...only to be told by a god that his rejections were due to some cosmic error! Now the god is going to set things right by making sure that Aijo gets one hundred dates. Except, as things often do with gods, the dates come with a catch: one hundred girls are destined to be Aijo's soulmate, and unless he returns their feelings each and every time, they'll die in horrible accidents! Sure enough, girls start confessing their love to Aijo left and right. But how is he supposed to choose?! He doesn't want to kill anyone! When he looks at each potential soulmate, it feels like a bolt of lightning. Can someone really love a hundred other people? This hilarious romantic comedy takes the harem concept to a wild extreme!"

Weekly Young Jump magazine in December 2019 and it is ongoing.

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MVM will release the first two seasons of the 2022 version of Urusei Yatsura, including the first 23 episodes. Anime Limited describes the series:

"Ataru Moroboshi is known for his incredibly bad luck, so when alien invaders challenge a random human to battle for the future of the Earth, guess who they pick? But to everyone's shock, unlucky Ataru inexplicably manages to defeat his beautiful, electrically charged, and bikini-clad opponent, Lum — and in the process, he mistakenly convinces her he wants her hand in marriage."

Fruits Basket) composed the music.

Musical artist performed both the opening theme song "AIUE" (A-B-C-D) and the ending theme song "Tokyo Shandy Rendezvous."

The manga series ran in OVA) series.

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Crunchyroll will release the second TV season of To Your Eternity on Blu-ray. Anime-on-line described the story:

"Time es, and the immortal Fushi can no longer run from the Nokkers nor fight them alone. An entire city s his battle, and Fushi is forced to make painful sacrifices, unaware that losing everything will reveal the strength he had all along."

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MVM will release the 25-part series Dark Gathering. Anime-on-line describes the story:

"Keitaro hates ghosts, but much to his horror, they're drawn to him like moths to a flame. After spending years as a shut-in to avoid spectral catastrophe, he finally musters the courage to re society and get a part-time job as a tutor to the child prodigy Yayoi. Yayoi isn't just an academic genius, though. She's a talented psychic medium hell-bent on finding the malevolent spirit behind her mother's disappearance, and she's determined to drag ghost-magnet Keitaro into her terrifying world of grotesque supernatural phenomena."

The manga centers on Keitarō Gentōga, who has the ability to be a spirit medium. In junior high school, he got someone else wrapped up in a spirit possession incident, and he has been a shut-in for more than two years. As he reintroduces himself to society as a private tutor, he meets a genius girl named Yayoi Hōzuki. Yayoi is instantly able to tell that Keitarō has skill as a spirit medium, and she invites him to go with her to a haunted location. The two then start their journey capturing evil spirits.

releasing the manga in English.

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MVM will release a Steelbook Blu-ray edition of the 1997 Berserk TV series, including four art cards. Anime-on-line describes the series:

"In the castle of Midland, a new king has come to power through treachery and violence. His demonic agents terrorize the citizens relentlessly, until the night when a battle weary soldier known as the Black Swordsman come to destroy them. However, his true motives and unrelenting grudge against the king are buried in the past - when a young mercenary named Guts ed the charismatic, graceful, and deadly Griffith and the Band of the Hawk. The wheels of fate were set in motion, and between the strength of Guts' anger and Griffith's ambition, the face of their country will never be the same again."


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