Set for release in November, Sentai Filmworks has changed the cover artwork for the first installment of Little Busters! on DVD and Blu-ray. Originally the release was in question for the Blu-ray version as negotiations were down to the wire, the show ended up getting approval for both formats and we had gotten some preliminary artwork that used familiar pieces from the previous Japanese broadcast and release when it came to the promotional artwork. So the tentative not-final release has looked like this since this summer:
Now Sentai Filmworks has updated what they’re doing with the release and the new artwork as well as the silkscreening for the discs has been revealed, giving us something with more of the cast and the same artwork for bot the DVD and Blu-ray release. Good choice in changing out the artwork or did you want what was originally shown?
Plot Concept: When tragedy struck Riki Naoe as a child, he was rescued from grief over his parent’s deaths when four other kids “recruited” him for their group – the “Little Busters.” Now in high school, Riki and the other Busters are still fast friends, and though their vision of being heroes for justice may have faded, they’d still do anything for each other. Which is why Riki is now on TWO special missions. The not so secret one: recruiting new members so the Busters can form a baseball team. Preferably FEMALE recruits, as the current dude/babe ratio is an inconvenient 4 to 1. The OTHER mission, though… That’s the strange one. Because Riki and Rin, the group’s singular girl, are receiving odd messages, delivered by cats, concerning the existence of a “secret world” and assigning them tasks they have to complete. Were their youthful dreams of being crusaders not so fanciful after all? Or is there something even more vital at stake? Between steeling his courage to talk to girls, dealing with his own narcolepsy and facing his feelings concerning Rin, Riki may just need the strength of a superhero to solve the ultimate mystery of the LITTLE BUSTERS!