Funimation’s looking to get January off to a good start as the month is usually a quiet one and there’s some very fun things coming out. The distributor has the first season of Berserk coming out as well as Kabaneri while also delivering the goods on Ace Attorney and The Morose Mononokean. Time Travel Girl is the only subtitled-only release for this month and we also get a really great day when all the My-Hime and related projects land for fans to revisit in high definition for the first time.
Ace Attorney Part One – BD/DVD Combo – 1/23/18 – $64.98
Special Features: Ace Attorney Outtakes: Part 01, Episode 12 Commentary, Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Plot Concept: As a brand-new defense lawyer, Phoenix Wright is learning what it means to be a true defender of justice. But when his mentor is murdered, things go downhill fast! With all evidence pointing to the victim’s sister Maya, it’s up to Phoenix to use all his wit and powerful shouting to prove her innocence. Which is easier said than done when up against Miles Edgeworth, the genius prosecutor.
Berserk Season One – BD/DVD Combo – 1/16/19 – $64.98
Berserk Season One – BD/DVD Combo – LE – 1/16/18 – $84.98
Special Features: Promo Videos, Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Plot Concept: Peer into the dark once more—the Black Swordsman roars again! Branded for death and hunted by demons forevermore, Guts embarks on a journey to escape his fate and get his revenge on the man he once considered a friend. With his monstrous blade, Dragonslayer, he and a band of unlikely allies will face danger unlike any they’ve ever experienced before. The answers he seeks lie shrouded in the night.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress The Complete Series – BD/DVD Combo – 1/16/19 – $64.98
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress The Complete Series – BD/DVD Combo – LE – 1/16/18 – $84.98
Special Features: Promo Videos, Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Plot Concept: The world is overrun with Kabane, infected humans with an appetite for flesh. While the last of humanity has retreated into fortress-like stations connected by armored trains, some remain as hopeful as Ikoma. Servicing the trains for a living, Ikoma uses his spare time to build a weapon that could defeat the Kabane. Unapologetically optimistic, he eagerly awaits the day when he can test it. When a train is hijacked by the Kabane, he may finally get his chance. But an unexpected turn of events puts him in a situation that will test not only his weapon but his own humanity.
Morose Mononokean The Complete Series – BD/DVD Combo – 1/16/18 – $64.98
Special Features: Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Plot Concept: Ashiya Hanae’s life is turned upside down when he’s possessed by a yokai! His only help comes in Abeno Haruitsuki, a handsome young man known as the “Master of the Mononokean.” But his aid comes at a price, one that has Ashiya working as his assistant to pay it off! Can they stop bickering with each other long enough to help the yokai trapped in this world?
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches The Complete Series – BD/DVD Combo – 1/9/18 – $64.98
Special Features: Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Plot Concept: Suzaku High School has a big secret, one that punk Ryu Yamada finds himself tangled in after a literal run-in with honor student Urara Shiraishi. Through an accidental kiss the two find themselves in one bizarre body swap. And it becomes a trick they can’t help but use!
My-Otome Zwei + My-Otome – OVA Complete Collection BD/DVD Combo – 1/9/18 – $44.98
Special Features: Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Plot Concept: Discover more about the power of Otome in two exciting OVAs. After the battle of Windbloom, Arika and her friends face another threat when a strange new creature appears. In the sub-only prequel, catch a new story where the powers of HiME and Otome combine, and Arika and Nina’s mothers have their own adventure!
My-Hime The Complete Series – BD/DVD Combo – 1/9/18 – $64.98
Special Features: Character Featurettes, Textless Closing Episode 15, Episode 26 Director’s Cut Ending, Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Plot Concept: Mai Tokiha thought she had enough trouble in life between taking care of her ailing brother and transferring to a new school. But when she saves a mysterious girl wielding a sword, everything changes. A power awakens within her and she becomes a HiME, a battle princess! But she’s not alone with this power—eleven other girls share her fate, and the burden is a heavy one.
My-Otome The Complete Series – BD/DVD Combo – 1/9/18 – $64.98
Special Features: Otome Clips, My-HiME Movie Trailer, My-Otome vs. My-HiME, Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Plot Concept: While traveling the world in search of her mother, Arika Yumemiya stumbles upon Windbloom Kingdom where a new dream awaits her. Here, the academy of Garderobe turns girls into powerful warriors known as Otome—and Arika wants in! But becoming an Otome could be more than she bargained for. Dangers and secrets await as she chases her new destiny!
Time Travel Girl Complete Series – SUB Only – 1/2/18 – $44.98
Special Features: Textless Opening & Closing Songs
Plot Concept: Mari Hayase is on a mission to go back in time and meet eight of the most prominent scientists and inventors in history. With the help of her two friends Waka Mizuki and Jun Mizuki she’ll find herself up close and personal with famous figures like Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and so many more! What’s her purpose and mission? Hopefully not getting stuck in the past!
