Media Factory has laid out the release plans for another summer 2014 anime series with Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance this week. The twelve episode series is getting a still standard six volume release that begins on October 8th, 2014. The Blu-ray releases will be priced at 7,000 yen per release while the DVDs will be priced at 6,000 yen, each of them containing two episodes. The releases will also come with an original OVA short that’s done by the original author, Yu Shizumi, as well as there being an audio commentary track for the main episodes and the clean opening and promotional video. The first-press edition extra includes a 32 page piece of the novel by the original author, a TRPG rule book a special 24 page series booklet and a CD with four tracks on it for the first volume.
This action fantasy series is directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Destiny of the Shrine Maidens, High School DxD) with series composition by Takao Yoshioka (Demon King Daimao, Elfen Lied), character design by Maki Fujii (Seraphim Call, Shattered Angels) and animation production by TNK (School Days, Cosplay Complex).
Sentai Filmworks has picked up the digital and home video rights for this series in North America while Crunchyroll is simulcasting it as well.
Plot concept: The prestigious Areishia Spirit Academy has trained generation after generation of pure maidens in the art of spirit contracting. *At this esteemed school, young ladies of noble birth gather to receive an education reserved for the most elite of students, and fulfill their dreams of earning the coveted position of elementalist. But this society of young elite ladies is soon turned on its head by the arrival of Kamito Kazehaya, an unintentional pervert who stumbles upon academy student Claire in the middle of her own very sacred, very nude, spirit contracting ritual! Not only does Kamito get an eyeful, but an earful as well when he finds out that he’s unintentionally stolen the spirit Claire was trying to contract, leading to a very startling revelation: not only is Kamito an elementalist, but he’s the only male elementalist in the world! Now, forced to enroll in the all-girl Areishia Academy, Kamito’s about to learn more than he bargained for about magic and the opposite sex. And with this many ladies around, things are sure to get feisty!
