We started checking out the upcoming release of Magic User’s Club from Nozomi Entertainment yesterday and today and found a little something on it that will please fans. When the release details were brought out previously, fans lamented at the lack of the dub outtakes being ported over from the previous release as those were definitely a draw for fans. While they’re certainly not listed on the packaging or on the menus, as you can see from our link above, they are on the disc. When the third episode finishes out the first disc it goes to a minute long English translated credits sequence. When that finishes, it goes blank for a moment before loading the nearly five minute long series of dub outtakes. So you have to put in a little effort to find this magical gem of an extra.
Both the TV and OVA sets will be available on the same day, April 5th, 2016, and they’ll be very well priced to make it an easy grab for a very fun classic that should be on most people’s shelves. The OVA set is priced at $19.99 for the six episodes that it runs and it will include some pretty good bonus features with Magic User’s Club Karaoke Clip, Behind the Scenes at Studio Triangle, Special Promotional Video, Clean Openings and Closings and Commercials.
The thirteen episode TV series will be priced at $39.99 and that will be spread across three discs and in bilingual form like the OVAs. Extras for this set include the Special Short Film, Clean Openings and Closings and Commercials.
Plot concept: Exactly one year ago, aliens invaded Earth. But it wasn’t the kind of invasion you’d expect. After descending from space and destroying any opposition, the giant spaceship known as The Bell just… sat there. For a year it’s been floating silently over the ocean, quietly observing how Earthlings live. Everyone’s pretty much used to it by now.
Everyone, that is, except the Magic User’s Club. They’re a small band of misfits who can do actual, honest-to-goodness magic! Their leader, Takeo, doesn’t trust the aliens to stay peaceful. He wants to fight the alien menace, but it’ll be a tough task when his club consists of a perverted president, a flamboyant VP, a flaky princess, a bumbling new recruit, and her temperamental best friend! Can this motley crew pull it together and save the world?
