Coming as a surprise to nobody but welcome news in general, FUNimation has announced that they’ve picked up the DVD and Blu-ray rights to the spring 2014 anime series Soul Eater Not!. The series is planned for a summer 2015 release on the two formats and it has been confirmed that it will have an English language dub for it.
The series adapts the spinoff manga of the same name by Atsushi Ohkubo. The production had Masakazu Hashimoto directing it at Bones. Hashimoto was most recently seen directing Tari Tari but has been involved in a few other things over the year as an episode director. He’s done a bit more as a full on movie director working on some Crayon Shin-chan and Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva.
Soul Eater had its anime release done here by FUNimation while Yen Press has been releasing both Soul Eater and Soul Eater Not!.
Plot concept: Get ready to meet the newest class at Death Weapon Meister Academy! Tsugumi Harudori and her outrageous friends make up the NOT class at this stylish school dedicated to training living, breathing weapons and uniting them with the Meisters who’ll wield them! Soul Eater fanatics will be psyched to meet these epic new characters – and catch up with all their favorites from the original series. Don’t miss a minute of the adventure as Tsugumi and her pals weave their own exciting tale of deadly life at DWMA!
