The spring 2016 anime series Super Lovers has gotten its home video release information with Kadokawa distributing the show. The ten episode series is getting a five volume release that begins on June 17th, 2016. The DVDs are priced at 6,600 yen each and the Blu-ray’s are priced at 7,600 yen. The first two volumes have been detailed a bit and the first volume also has its finalized packaging revealed.
Shinji Ishihara directed the show based on the composition by Yoshihiko Nakamura. Miki Takihara worked on the character designs and the series was animated by Studio Deen.
The cast includes Junko Minagawa as Ren Kaidou, Tomoaki Maeno as Haru Kaidou, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Aki Kaidou, Takuma Terashima as Shima Kaidou, Ayumu Murase as Ikuyoshi Sasaki, Jun Fukushima as Junzen Kurosaki, Atsuko Tanaka as Haruko D. (Daniela) Dieckmann, Yoko Soumi as Mikiko Kasiwagi, Ryoko Shiraishi as Kiri Kondo, Ryotaro Okiaru as shirou Takamura, and Mitsuki Saiga as Kiyoka.
The series comes from Miyuki Abe which began back in 2009 and it has five volumes released in Japan so far. The tenth volume of the manga series will be getting a bundled anime episode with it and that’s scheduled for January 1st, 2017.
Plot concept: While spending summer with his mother, Haru meets Ren, a boy newly adopted by his mother. Getting along with Ren isn’t easy as Haru’s goal is to “civilize” him by the time summer ends. Their relationship slowly improves as Haru spends more time with Ren, and in return Ren steadily warms up to him. Can they really become a “family” at the end of summer?!
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 06/17/16 | Drama CD, Clean Opening |
| 2 | 07/22/16 | Clean Closing |
| 3 | 08/19/16 | |
| 4 | 09/23/16 | |
| 5 | 10/21/16 |
[Source: Super Lovers]
