Kadokawa is handling the home video release for the Brave Witches anime series and has set a fairly standard release plan for it. With the series getting a late home video start after some delays, Kadokawa is doing some additional promotion ahead of the debut with the opening sequence now being streamed and available worldwide. The show is getting a six-volume release that begins on February 24th, 2017 where the DVDs are priced at 6,600 yen and the Blu-ray’s at 7,600 yen, all of which are listed as limited editions. Additionally, a “special edition” limited edition release will arrive on August 25th, 2017 that’s not detailed but is so far a single disc with a 24-minute running time, indicating an OVA release.
You can see the original release schedule here.
The show was directed by Kazuhiro Takamura, who also did the character designs, with the overall series composition from Striker Unit. Brave Witches was animated at Silver Link. Shigeki Izumo worked on mechanical design, Tomohiro Yoshida as sound director and Seikou Nagaoka on music.
Yoko Ishida will perform the opening theme song for the series with “Ashita no Tsubasa.”
The Japanese cast includes Ai Kakuma as Hikari Karibuchi, Rie Suegara as Takami Karibuchi, Rie Murakawa as Naoe Kanno, Natsumi Takamori as Nikka Edvardine Katajainen, Kayo Ishida as Waltrud Krupinski, Yumi Hara as Alexandra I Pokryshkin, Haruka Terui as Georgette Lemare, Marin Mizutani as Sadako Shimohara, Hiromi Igarashi as Edytha Rossmann and Rina Satou as Gundula Rall.
Plot concept: In September 1944, allied forces led by the 501st Joint Fighter Wing “Strike Witches” successfully eliminate the Neuroi threat from the skies of the Republic of Gallia, thus ensuring the security of western Europe. Taking advantage of this victory, allied forces begin a full-fledged push toward central and eastern Europe. From a base in Petersburg in the Empire of Orussia, the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing “Brave Witches,” upon whom mankind has placed its hopes, flies with courage in the cold skies of eastern Europe.
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02/24/17 | Drama CD, Clean Opening, Clean Closing |
| 2 | 03/24/17 | |
| 3 | 04/28/17 | |
| 4 | 05/26/17 | |
| 5 | 06/30/17 | |
| 6 | 07/28/17 | |
| SE LE | 08/25/17 |
[Source: Brave Witches]
