We learned last month that the 2006 anime TV series Zegapain is getting a new compilation film produced, which is scheduled for an October 15th, 2016 theatrical launch as Zegapain ADP. While that feature will celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the original project with new scenes added, we were also told to expect the TV series getting a new box set release. That’s now been scheduled for a planned August 31st, 2016 release that will be priced at 32,000 yen.
The set will include a booklet, a new video extra from the Sunrise Festival 2015 event, the clean opening and closings, the eleventh episode with the original ending, various promos, and a gallery. We’re also getting the audio commentary that was created for the 2010 release with this set.
Sentai Filmworks acquired the TV series for release back in 2013 as part of its pickup of multiple Bandai Entertainment licenses.
Plot concept: Kyo, an avid swimmer tries his best to keep the high school swimming club going, which is pretty hard when he’s the only member. Facing the prospect of the club being closed by the student council, he tries to enlist beautiful Misaki to act in a promo video, shot by his good friend Ryoko, in a bid to start a recruitment drive. She agrees but only if he pilots a mecha under the wing of Celebrum, a resistance organisation fighting to destroy Deutera Areas formed on Earth by the aliens Gards-orm. He agrees but finds it all strangely familiar as if he’s done it before…
[Source: Zegapain]
