The summer 2017 anime series Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu is having its home video release plans handled by Aniplex Japan and they’ve started to set the plans for it. The first volume of the show, containing the first episode, has been set for a July 26th, 2017 release priced at 4,320 yen for both the DVD and Blu-ray releases. It looks like all the releases will be listed as limited editions.
Toshiyuki Hirai will be directing it at ufotable and Hideyuki Fukasawa is on board to handle the music.
The Japanese cast includes Ryouhei Kimura as Izuminokami Kanesada, Kento Hama as Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki, Junya Enoki as Horikawa Kunihiro, Seiichirou Yamashita as Aizen Kunitoshi, Tooru Sakurai as Tonbokiri and Soma Saito as Namazuo Toushirou.
The opening theme song is being performed by Soma Saito while Kalafina will be handling the ending theme song.
Plot concept: The year is 1863 as the tumultuous samurai era is coming to an end, Japan is split between the pro-shogunate and anti-shogunate factions. The fate of the world is threatened as an army of historical revisionists are sent from the future to alter the course of history. In order to bring these forces down and protect the real history, two sword warriors, spirits who are swords brought to life by Saniwa (sage), rush to Edo. The polite and thoughtful Horikawa Kunihiro and the short tempered yet skillful Izuminokami Kanesada, who served the same master, confront the invading army along with a lively gang of other warriors including Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki, Yagen Toushirou, Tombokiri, and Tsurumaru Kuninaga.
| Volume | Date | Extras |
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| 1 | 07/26/17 | Booklet, CD |
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[Source: Katsugeki]
