The summer 2015 anime series Charlotte was picked up by German distributor Peppermint Anime back in March of this year and they had laid some tentative plans for September for the release without any details. They’ve now formalized their release for it with plans for separate DVD and Blu-ray releases that will be done as two sets. The first is scheduled for September 23rd, 2016 while the second for November 25th, 2016, priced at 47 euros for the Blu-ray and 45 for the DVDs. The episodes will be getting a seven/six split across the two sets. Audio options will be the original Japanese language and a new German dub, both of which are done using the PCM format, and it’ll include German subtitles.
Check out our review of the series here.
The property is an original work from Jun Maeda and has original character designs provided by Na-Ga, who did the designs for Angel Beats and Little Busters in their original works. The series was animated by P.A. Works. Yoshiyuki Asai directed the series proper and that the character design adaptation were done by Kanami Sekiguchi.
The cast includes Kouki Uchiyama as Yuu Otosaka, Ayane Sakura as Nao Tomori, Takahiro Mizushima as Joujirou Takajou, Maaya Uchida as Nishimori Yusa and Momo Asakura as Ayumi Otosaka.
Lia and Aoi Tada performed the opening and closing songs respectively for the series with original creator Jun Maeda providing the lyrics and the composition for both songs. Background music for the series was done by ZHIEND with Marina Nakamura doing the vocals for it.
Plot concept: Set in a word in which a small percent of children manifest super powers upon reaching puberty, the series follows the Nouryokusha mono, power bearer, members of the “Hoshi No Umi” Academy student council as they help peers with problems arising from their abilities.
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