Viz Media continues to grow and change with what they’re doing compared to just a couple of years ago and the latest piece that they’re working through is the August 20th release of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan second DVD/BD release. The company is promoting the concluding half to the first season of the series, which they also simulcast, that ran in the fall season of 2010. It was followed up in the summer of 2011 with another 24 episode season that adapts the work by Hiroshi Shiibashi, which ran for 25 volumes between 2008 and February of 2013.
Plot concept: The Nura Clan faces a new threat: the 88 Demons of Shikoku, led by Inugamigyobu-Tanuki Tamazuki! Tamazuki sets his plan in motion to weaken the Nura Clan by targeting their key source of power-the local deities of Ukiyoe Town. In the absence of Supreme Commander Nurarihyon, Rikuo’s resolve to become the Third Heir is put to the test, as he must unite the clan to face Tamazuki and his malicious weapon the Devil’s Blade!
