The home video release plans for the spring 2016 anime series Bakuon!! were set with NBC Universal Japan working as the distributor for the release and we’ve previously seen the main release done. That came out back in 2016 as a six-volume release with limited edition form for both the DVD and Blu-ray sets. Earlier this year we learned that the distributor has reauthored the show down to two discs for this collection with a third disc for the extras that will arrive on December 6th, 2017. It’ll be priced at 22,000 yen and will have a re-edited booklet bringing together what were in the individual booklets. And as we’re now closing in on that release we’ve got a look at the cover artwork for the box and the packaging as a whole, which looks really appealing!
Check out our review of the North American release from Sentai Filmworks.
The announced cast includes Reina Ueda as Hane Sakura, Nao Toyama as Rin Suzunoki, Yumi Uchiyama as Onsa Amano and Rikako Yamaguchi as Hijiri Minowa. The supporting cast includes Unshou Ishizuka as Hayakawa, Yōko Hikasa as Tazuko, Shinichiro Miki as Rin’s father, Mitsuo Iwata as Onsa’s father, Kazusa Aranami as Saruyama-sensei and Azusa Tadokoro as Yume Sakura.
The four main actors will also be performing the ending theme song together for the series, which will be called Buon, buon, Ride On!. The opening theme has now been revealed with Sayaka Sasaki performing the song FEELXALIVE.
The series is set to be directed by Junji Nishimura working off of overall series composition by Kurasumi Sunayama while ISao Sugimoto is handling the designs. TMS Entertainment is behind the animation.
The seventh volume of the manga series landed on March 18th, 2016 and will have a limited edition bundle with the OVA. The series comes from Mimama Orimoto and was launched back in 2011. The manga is not Orimoto’s first as they have several short form books out there over the years prior of varied types, but all playing within familiar tropes.
Plot concept: The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Hane Sakura is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Hane immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license.
Volume | Date | Extras |
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Box Set | 12/06/17 | All Singles Extras |
1 | 06/21/16 | Cast Talk Video, Clean Opening, Clean /Closing, Commercials, Promos |
2 | 07/22/16 | Commercials |
3 | 08/24/16 | Bonus Short |
4 | 09/28/16 | Bonus Short |
5 | 10/20/16 | Bonus Short, Clean Opening, Clean Closing |
6 | 11/18/16 | Bonus Short, Eye-catch Collection |
[Source: Bakuon!!]