Good day there, and Completely satisfied New Yr! A brand new 12 months means a number of thrilling planning and looking out ahead to what 2025 has in retailer right here at Anime Restricted – and boy do we now have a lot to speak about all year long – however let’s begin small… whereas final month we talked you thru a few of our preliminary pre-order plans for January we did depart some gaps, and now could be the time to fill them… and the way! We don’t imply to blow our personal trumpet*, however you received’t wish to miss them.
©2013 Shinichi Ishizuka, Shogakukan
We hope you’re able to fill the remainder of your month with some terrific movie pre-orders – an ideal setup for our massive January theatrical launch, as Naoko Yamada’s lovely, emotional and uplifting The Colours Inside involves cinemas across the UK. Make sure to e-book your tickets at this time!
With all that mentioned and completed, let’s drill into the remainder of our January pre-orders!
*We all know it’s not a trumpet
Welcome to Demon College! Iruma-kun Season 1 Normal Version Blu-ray
To start out out, we already introduced this one again in December, however no hurt in reminding you that Welcome to Demon College! Iruma-kun is on its option to the UK on Blu-ray!
“Suzuki Iruma, human, 14, someday finds himself taken in opposition to his will into the world of demons. So as to add to his predicament, his doting proprietor and self-appointed “Grandpa” is the chair-demon at his new college. So as to survive, Iruma should cope with a haughty pupil who challenges him to a duel, a woman with adjustment points, and so many extra scary beings! Can this final pacifist dodge the slings and arrows which might be flung his approach? As he struggles frantically, Iruma’s innate kindness begins to win over his enemies.”
Our launch incorporates the complete 23-episode first season throughout three Blu-ray discs. Pre-orders open this Thursday, sixteenth January – we are able to’t wait so that you can get your fingers on this one!
Product: Welcome to Demon College! Iruma-kun Season 1 Normal Version Blu-ray
Launch date: twenty seventh January 2025
SRP: £44.99
Pre-orders open: Thursday sixteenth January 2025
Tekkonkinkreet Collector’s Version Blu-ray/DVD
Subsequent on the docket is the return to the UK of 1 unbelievable movie, lastly supplied with the Collector’s Version therapy that it deserves – TEKKONKINKREET. Primarily based on a manga by the inimitable Taiyo Matsumoto (Ping Pong), directed by Michael Arias with music by English digital music act Plaid, this movie is a real sensation for the thoughts and senses.
“From the creators of Animatrix comes this visually-stunning anime movie primarily based on a preferred Japanese manga written by Taiyo Matsumoto. In Treasure City, the place the moon smiles and younger boys can fly, life could be each light and brutal. That is by no means more true than for our heroes, Black and White, two avenue urchins who watch over the town, doing battle with an array of old-world Yakuza and alien assassins vying to rule the decaying metropolis.”
Our Collector’s Version launch incorporates the movie on each DVD and Blu-ray, saved inside an Amaray case. Additionally included is a 28-page booklet completely full of manufacturing art work, from ideas by way of to characters and storyboards to key frames – an unmissable peek into the creation of an extra movie.
To spherical issues off, our launch is housed inside a inflexible slipcase, sporting an unique piece of art work from Taiyo Matsumoto himself!
Our pre-orders for this Collector’s Version open on Thursday twenty third January – you already know what to do, the selection is black and white…
Product: TEKKONKINKREET
Launch date: twenty fourth February 2025
SRP: £39.99
Pre-orders open: Thursday twenty third January 2025
Blue Big Collector’s Version Blu-ray
Now, right here’s one you’ve been asking us about for a while now, ever since its theatrical launch final 12 months which so lots of you completely adored. Now, not less than, we are able to reveal our plans for Blue Big on Blu-ray, and we couldn’t be extra excited!
As a place to begin, you would possibly discover one thing just a little totally different in regards to the slipcase measurement for this one – given the musical heritage of this movie, we wished to shake issues up barely, so whereas this Collector’s Version launch is similar peak as a typical set, your eyes don’t deceive you, and this slipcase is certainly wider. This offers it the identical sq. dimensions as a vinyl document, however with a smaller measurement footprint – consider it as like a mini-vinyl set… solely with a Blu-ray inside.
It’s not only a Blu-ray disc inside that placing case nonetheless – we’ve additionally crafted an unique A3 “gig” poster, added in a sticker sheet to make using a number of the enjoyable logos and iconography the film has to supply, and each single unit may also include a serialised, numbered artwork card.
All this, and we haven’t even gotten to the beautiful 64-page booklet but – it’s one other good purpose for the particular dimensions of this launch, permitting us to cram it stuffed with content material. In addition to an entire set of character designs, we now have interviews throughout the movie’s manufacturing crew, together with the director, producer, music producer, color and artwork crew and the gig scene particular administrators. It’s an ideal perception into the manufacturing of a narrative that’s difficult to translate to the large display, and gives you an entire new appreciation on the way it was attainable.
Blue Big rounds off our pre-order slate for January, with Early Hen pre-orders opening on thirtieth January 2025.
Product: Blue Big
Launch date: twenty fourth February 2025
SRP: £59.99
Pre-orders open: Thursday thirtieth January 2025
BLEACH Half 4 Blu-ray
Earlier than we depart you, we are able to rapidly verify that our subsequent quantity of the unique BLEACH shall be touchdown within the UK this March, with pre-orders opening at first of February, as you proceed in your quest to fill that beautiful first Collector’s Version field!
This newest quantity of the sequence incorporates episodes 84-111 throughout its 4 discs, contained inside an Amaray case with O-card. As per earlier volumes, our first print run incorporates an unique set of three artwork playing cards inside!
Product: BLEACH Half 4
Launch date: twenty fourth March 2025
SRP: £49.99
Pre-orders open: Thursday sixth February 2025
Effectively, that’s your whole set for the remainder of January, and just a little bit past. We’ll be displaying you what February has in retailer very quickly as soon as we’ve finalised a couple of issues, however optimistically it’ll be an (ahem) slam dunk of a month! We’ll see you then, however till then we hope you’re excited for these newest incoming pre-orders!
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