Announced as a license acquisition back in May 2013 and hanging in limbo for quite some time, Media Blasters has now set a new date for their Blu-ray release of Yamibou. We’ve seen it dated previously but there were changes with how it was being produced and we suspect that Media Blasters will be on track with it this time. The TV series is now scheduled for a November 15th, 2016 release with the thirteen episode run for $39.99 on Blu-ray. A DVD release came out back in March 2016.
The series is being released as Yamibo: Darkness, The Hat, and Travelers of the Books and will have all thirteen episodes in one collection. The release will be subtitled only and will be priced at $29.98 to compensate for that. The thirteen episode series originally ran in the fall of 2003 and came from Studio Deen. The original work was supported by a short manga that ran during the same period by Root with artwork by Aya Sakurai.
Plot concept: Hatsuki is a highschool student living with her sister, Hatsumi, who she has a huge crush on. On Hatsumi’s 16th birthday, she is suddenly surrounded by a green light and disappears in front of Hatsuki. She manages to follow Hatsumi with the help of a being resembling a fat baby chick (literally), ending up in a place called “The Great Library”, which is full of different worlds stored in books. Hatsumi wasn’t there, though, so the search for Hatsuki’s great love begins and involves traveling from book to book.