It’s hard to believe but we’re coming up on the fifteen year anniversary of Sister Princess, a series that was certainly an early warning sign for many as to what was to come with the anime market. King Records has revealed a new Blu-ray box set for the series that will arrive on March 1st, 2017 priced at 32,000 yen and ahead of that debut we now have a look at the main cover artwork for the set. It’s a pretty good set in that it’ll contain the original twenty-six episode series plus the thirteen episode RePure series as well. There will be five discs for the first series and three for the second plus a bonus disc that will cover material for both series.
Directed by Kiyotaka Ohata and Ikuji Inada based on the series composition by Masaharu Amiya, it was animated by ZEXCS with character designs by Yasunari Nitta. The Japanese cast includes Kenji Nojima as Wataru Minakami, Yui Horie as Sakuya, Ayako Kawasumi as Chikage, Chiemi Chiba as Hinako, Chiro Kanzaki as Rinrin, Hisayo Mochizuki as Kaho, Hisayoshi Izaki as Minai, Kumiko Yokote as Shirayuki, Nana Mizuki as Aria, Natsuko Kuwatani as Karen, Ryoka Yuzuki as Marie, Ryotaro Okiayu as Akio, Tomoe Hanba as Yotsuba, Uchujin as Mac Yamato and Yumi Kakazu as Haruka.
The series was licensed and released with its first season by ADV Films in 2003 and released on DVD several times. The English dub, which is not included here, was directed by Scott McClennen and the cast included Braden Hunt as Wataru Minakami, Monica Rial as Sakuya, Christine Auten as Mami, Cynthia Martinez as Kaho, Greg Ayres as Taro Yamada, Hilary Haag as Karen, Jessica Boone as Shirayuki, John Swasey as Jeeves, Kira Vincent-Davis as Mamoru, Luci Christian as Yotsuba, Mariela Ortiz as Aria, Nancy Novotny as Rin Rin, Sasha Paysinger as Marie, Serena Varghese as Hinako, Shelley Calene-Black as Chikage and Tiffany Grant as Haruka.
Plot concept: Wataru Minakami is a top student who failed his high school entrance exam because of a computer glitch. He later discovered that he was accepted to Stargazer Hill Academy, which is located at a mysterious place called Promised Island. At the request of his father, Wataru is whisked away to the island, and before he can settle in, a dozen of cute and charming girls start to flock him and claim to be his younger sisters. As Wataru gets closer to his newfound siblings, a deeper mystery as to why they were sent to the island comes to play.
