The summer 2017 anime series Kakegurui is having its home video releases handled by Avex Pictures and they’ve set a standard plan for it. While we’ve still got a bit to go until the first volume arrives we now have a look at the packaging design as a whole that reveals that the cover we had previously is the slipcover and that the case itself will have different artwork for it. The twelve episode series is getting a six-volume release that begins on October 13th, 2017. The DVDs are priced at 6,000 yen each while the Blu-ray’s are priced at 7,000 yen each.
Yuuichirou Hayashi directed it based on the series composition by Yasuko Kobayashi and character designs by Manabu Akita. MAPPA is on board to produce the animation. The music is being handled by TECHNOBOY’S PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND.
The Japanese cast includes Saori Hayami as Yumeko Jabami, Minami Tanaka as Meari Saotome, Tatsuya Tokutake as Ryouta Suzui, Yuki Wakai as Itsuki Sumeragi, Karin Nanami as Yuriko Nishinotōin, Mariya Ise Midari Ikishima, and Miyuki Sawashiro as Kirari Momobami.
The series has six volumes out so far and is published digitally in English by Yen Press and they have plans to bring it to print later this year.
Plot Concept: Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you’re the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it’s not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It’s reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she’s gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10/13/17 | Picture Drama |
| 2 | 11/10/17 | Clean opening, Opening Picture Contest |
| 3 | 12/15/17 | Picture Drama |
| 4 | 01/12/18 | Ending Concert, Clean Closing |
| 5 | 02/09/18 | Picture Drama |
| 6 | 03/09/18 | Promo & Commercial Collection |
[Source: Kakegurui]
