The fall 2017 anime series Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond has its home video releases being handled by TOHO and they’ve set a standard schedule for it. As we’re just about ten days from when the third volume arrives, we now have a finalized look at it with the full packaging, slipcover, and cover proper. The twelve episode series is coming out as a six-volume release that began on December 13th, 2017 where the DVDs are priced at 5,800 yen and the Blu-ray’s at 6,800 yen. Check the full schedule below.
The series was directed by Shighito Takayanagi with Yasuko Kamo on the scripts. Toshihiro Kawamoto is the character designer and Bones produced the animation.
The show comes from the manga of the same name by Yasuhiro Nightow, who made a name for himself early in the previous decade with his Trigun work. The manga began in 2009 and has nine volumes released so far, with six of them out in North America through Dark Horse Comics. The first season of the anime adaptation was produced by Bones with Rie Matsumoto directing based on scripts by Kazunao Furuya and character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto.
The Japanese cast includes Daisuke Sakaguchi as Leonardo Watch, Rikiya Koyama as Klaus Von Reinhertz, Kazuya Nakai as Zapp Renfro, Yu Kobayashi as Chain Sumeragi, Hikaru Midorikawa as Zed O’Brien, Ai Orikasa as K.K., Banjou Ginga as Gilbert F. Altstein, Mitsuru Miyamoto as Steven A. Starphase and Yūma Uchida as Sonic Speed Monkey.
Plot Concept: Produced by Studio Bones (Fullmetal Alchemist, Space Dandy, Soul Eater) and created by Trigun writer Yasuhiro Nightow, Blood Blockade Battlefront brings compelling characters and dynamic plotlines together for one unforgettable adventure. After a breach between Earth and the netherworld opens up over New York, humans and creatures from other dimensions become trapped in an impenetrable bubble that surrounds the city. Forced to coexist in a new city known as Salem’s Lot, the shaky peace between humanity and the netherworld creatures is protected by an underground group of super humans known as Libra. When a case of mistaken identity brings not-so-ordinary delivery boy Leonardo Watch face-to-face with this group, he joins their ranks hoping to help prevent the destruction of the world by a group of monsters and madmen lead by a powerful being known as the King of Despair.
Volume | Date | Extras |
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1 | 12/13/17 | Booklet, Audio Commentary, Clean Opening, Promos, TV Spot |
2 | 01/17/18 | Booklet, Audio Commentary, Pre-Screening Video, Clean Closing |
3 | 02/14/18 | Booklet, Audio Commentary, DVD/BD Spots |
4 | 03/14/18 | Booklet, Audio Commentary, DVD/BD Spots |
5 | 04/11/18 | Booklet, Audio Commentary, DVD/BD Spots |
6 | 05/16/18 | Booklet, Audio Commentary, DVD/BD Spots |
[Source: Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond]