MVM Entertainment did some updating on a few titles and in the midst of it all they also revealed that they apparently have the license for the Nobunaga the Fool anime series. The UK distributor has set both DVD and Blu-ray releases with plans for the first half of it to arrive on October 17th, 2016 while the second half is planned for November 28th, 2016. They’ll be bilingual releases that look to mirror the North American releases.
Sentai Filmworks has released both halves of the season on DVD and Blu-ray and you can read our reviews of the first half and second half.
This 24 show was originally directed by Eiichi Sato (Slayers Next, AD Police) with series composition by Shoji Kawamori (Macross Zero, Aquarion), original character designs by Yone Kazuki (Hakuoki, Hiiro no Kakera) and animation production by Satelight (AKB0048, Bodacious Space Pirates).
The English language cast for the series includes:
- Nobunaga Oda – Scott Gibbs
- Joan Kaguya d’Arc – Juliet Simmons
- Akechi Mitsuhide – Mike Yager
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi – Greg Ayres
- Leonardo Da Vinci – David Wald
- Ichihime – Luci Christian
- Himiko – Krystal LaPorte
- Nobuhide Oda – Luis Galindo
- Nobukatsu Oda – Gabriel Regojo
- Takeda Shingen – Rob Mungel
- Kenshin Uesugi – Clint Bickham
- Chacha – Katelyn Barr
- Hatsu – Sara Ornelas
- Gou – Brittany Djie
- King Arthur – Leraldo Anzaldua
- Alexander – Josh Morrison
- Gaius Julius Caesar – Houston Hayes
- Brutus – Jonathan Gonzalez
- Cesare Borgia – David Matranga
- Charlemagne – Jay Hickman
- Hannibal Barca – Allison Sumrall
- Niccolo Machiavelli – Carli Mosier
- Chadra Gupta – Robert Meek
- Magellan – Mark X Laskowski
- Narrator – Winter Wallace
Plot concept: Long ago, in an age when the cosmos was still known as Chaos, the world was split into two planets, forming the West and East Stars. After years of war and strife, the Western Star has finally become united under a single king, the legendary Arthur. But conflict still threatens to consume all until hope arises in a vision: a vision of a champion who could save the futures of both worlds. Setting forth on a dangerous journey, Joan d’Arc must travel from the West world to the East, seeking the man she believes can use the devices of the great Leonardo Da Vinci and become their savior. But will Nobunaga Oda be the kind of man they are expecting? Will history’s greatest heroes find themselves choosing not a liberator, but a destroyer? Or is Nobunaga’s role that of the Fool from a deck of Tarot, the wild card whose purpose is to invoke change, no matter what the cost? Expect the unexpected as super-technology and giant robots collide with samurai warriors, and a pantheon of characters drawn from across history wage the ultimate battle against the forces of chaos in NOBUNAGA THE FOOL!
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