French anime distributor Kaze has updated its site with multiple announcements today about some upcoming Blu-ray releases that will certainly entice fans. The Region B Blu-ray releases have some things that have yet to be announced in the US or in similar form, and will likely be some time in coming after the problems and shutdown of Bandai Entertainment. Of note is that in April and June, the company will be releasing the two Fate/Stay Night sets at 50 Euros each, or roughly $65 by current pricing standards. The series was originally released in the US by Geneon Entertainment.
Need something else to entice and frustrate you? How about the first season of Code Geass on Blu-ray, but with only French subtitles? It’ll contain French and Japanese language tracks and will retail for 100 Euros.
- Season 1 – 05/02/2012
May 16th will see the release of another Blu-ray release, one that has at least had a DVD release in North America, with the first of three Blue Exorcist sets being released. The page indicates Japanese language with French subtitles.
- Box 1 (of 3) – 5/16/2012
And if that’s not enough, 5 Centimeters Per Second will have a release in March in France, Germany and Italy with relevant language tracks for those areas.
- French release – 3/7/2012 | Amazon FR listing
Language: Japanese, French, Italian, German
Subtitles: French, Italian, German, Dutch - German release
- Italian release – 3/7/2012
You can find discussion on all of these releases in our forum here.
