The winter 2018 anime series Slow Start is getting its home video release handled in Japan by Aniplex and they’ve set a familiar schedule for it. The sixth and final volume of this series is coming up on August 29th, 2018 and the cover artwork for that is now out, which is pretty appealing in all the right ways. The twelve episode series is getting a six-volume release that began on March 28th, 2018. Both formats are listed as limited editions with a second disc where the DVDs are priced at 6,000 yen and the Blu-ray’s at 7,000 yen.
Hiroyuki Hashimoto is set as the director and working from the series composition by Mio Inoue. Masato Yasuno is handling the character designs and A-1 Pictures will be working the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Reina Kondou as Hana Ichinose, Ayasa Itou as Tamate Momochi, Tomomi Mineuchi as Eiko Tokura, Maria Naganawa as Kamuri Sengoku, Manami Numakura as Kiyose Enami, Maaya Uchida as Hiroe Hannen, and M.A.O as Shion Kyōzuka, and Yoko Hikasa and Rikiya Koyama as Hazuki and Takeru Ichinose.
The property has been serialized in Manga Time Kirara as a four-panel series since the summer of 2013 and has four volumes out so far.
Plot Concept: Hana Ichinose is a normal 16-year-old high school student. However, there is something different about her: She enrolled in high school one year late! Her classmates are unaware of this, and Hana will have to work hard to catch up with everyone else.
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 03/28/18 | Bonus CD, Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Previews, Promos, Commercials |
| 2 | 04/25/18 | Bonus CD, Previews |
| 3 | 05/30/18 | Bonus CD, Previews |
| 4 | 06/27/18 | Bonus CD, Previews |
| 5 | 07/25/18 | Bonus CD, Previews |
| 6 | 08/29/18 | Bonus CD, Previews |
[Source: Slow Star]
