VAP Scraps ‘Urahara’ Anime DVD/BD Release Plans

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The fall 2017 anime series Urahara is having its home video releases in Japan handled by VAP and they previously set a decent schedule for it. The twelve episode series was getting a four-volume release that would have began on December 20th, 2017. The original plan was for the DVDs to be priced at 8,000 yen while the Blu-ray’s, which are listed as limited editions, are priced at 9,000 yen.

That’s all now changed as all the single volume releases have been scrapped in favor of doing a box set. That set is now scheduled for a March 21st, 2018 release where it’ll be priced at 28,00 yen for the DVD set and 3,200 yen for the Blu-ray set. The set is being produced across three discs with extras that include the clean opening, the cast roundtable material, and a cast commentary with the twelfth episode. Pack-in extras include the drama CD and an end-card postcard set of twelve images. So it basically pulls all the singles together into one set with one less disc.

The series was directed by Amika Kubo with Masatsugu Arakawa serving as the chief director. Natsuko Takahashi worked on the series composition while Mariko Fujita worked on character designs. Shirogumi and EMT2 produced the animation.

The Japanese cast includes Sumire Uesaka as Mari Shirako, Manaka Iwami as Kotoko Watatsumugi, Luna Haruna as Rito Sudou, Kokoa Amano as Misa Maruno, Yasunori Matsumoto as Ebifurya, and Riho Iida as Sayumin.

Sumire Uesaka is performing the opening theme song “Antithese Escape” while Luna Haruna is performing the ending theme song.

Plot Concept: Several years from now, the great cities of the world will be destroyed by creatures from another planet. Their next target is…Tokyo’s famed Harajuku district! Only a trio of treasure-seeking shop girls can hope to save the day. But first, do they have what it takes to become members of the PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team?

[Source: Urahara]