RDG Red Data Girl
FUNimation has announced that they’ve acquired some additional rights for shows that they have previously simulcast that will now be getting home video releases. The release information below is vague for a couple of them and none of the releases indicate what language options will be included, which now becomes a question with each release since FUNimation has opened the door to DVD/BD combo releases. We’ll expect more details in the coming weeks on the titles that are announced.
Date A Live will be getting a release in June – no formats were listed.
Plot concept: 30 years ago, a disaster known as a spacequake obliterated the center of Eurasia without warning, leaving 150 million corpses in its wake. Ever since that day, mankind has lived in constant fear of the spontaneously recurring spacequakes. One day, an ordinary high school boy named Shido Itsuka discovers a mysterious girl at ground zero of a recent spacequake. Shido learns, through the help of his sister Kotori, that the girl is one of the Spirits: mystical creatures responsible for the genesis of the spacequakes. As captain of the anti-Spirit airship Ratatoskr, Kotori recruits Shido to help “seal” the sprits, thus ending their threat to mankind. There’s just one catch: the only way to seal a spirit – is to make her fall in love with you.
RDG Red Data Girl will be getting a DVD-only release in June. This is a Kadokawa title so it’s not a surprise that they are unable to gain high definition rights at the moment.
Plot concept: Based on the manga by Touya Mikanagi and from the studio behind such hits as Deadman Wonderland, Michiko & Hatchin, and the Sacred Blacksmith. Karneval is a dark, twisted sideshow feature that blurs the line between fairy tale and nightmare.
Karenvel will also see a June release but no formats were listed.
Plot concept: Armed with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue, Nai searches for someone dear to him. After a run in with a pick-pocket named Gareki, the two find themselves involved in a government set-up that leaves them wanted criminals. Desperate and on-the-run, Nai and Gareki turn to the country’s most powerful defense organization – “Circus” – for help.
Code: Breaker makes out the best here as it will be getting a DVD/BD combo release in June.
Plot concept: Sakura’s normal day is interrupted by a shocking sight: people burning alive in a blue fire – even as one nearby boy remains unharmed by the flames. When Sakura meets the boy, Rei, at school, she learns he’s no simple transfer student. He’s also a Code:Breaker, a government assassin with strange powers. Troubled by Rei’s deadly secret, Sakura sets out to show him the importance of life.