UK distributor Anime Limited is putting the finishing touches on their ultimate edition for Wolf’s Rain that’s scheduled for May 28th, 2018. With just 1,000 units being made, it’s definitely a limited release (there’s a regular edition Blu-ray as well) so it looks like it could sell out fairly quickly overall. The Region B release now has its packaging showcased to the right and the distributor has now detailed what’s inside, saying:
- Much like our Eureka Seven Ultimate Edition release, the entire contents of this will come packed in a bespoke mailing box so the contents can be packaged and stored safely.
- There will be a rigid case that will house a digipack containing four Blu-ray discs and 9 art cards.
- On the four Blu-ray discs themselves you’ll find the complete series of Wolf’s Rain – this being 26 episodes plus the 4 OVA episodes that conclude the story. All the episodes will have both English and Japanese (with English subtitles) audio options.
On the fourth disc specifically there will also be some additional content as well. That being –- Two Japanese cast interviews (featuring comments from (Mamoru Miyano (voice of Kiba), Kenta Miyake (voice of Tsume), Hiroki Shimowada (voice of Toboe), Akio Suyama (voice of Hige), Unshou Ishizuka (voice of Quent Yaiden), Takaya Kuroda (voice of Darcia), Kaho Koda (voice Cher Degré), Mitsuru Miyamoto (voice of Hubb Lebowski), Arisa Ogasawara (voice of Cheza))
- A Japanese staff interview with comments from Masahiko Minami (Producer), Kazuhiro Wakabayashi and (Sound Director)
- Plus Japanese promotional material including the Pilot Film, two Promo Films and television promotional videos.
- There’s even the textless version of the opening song “stray” and two textless versions of the closing song “gravity”.
- The 9 Art cards will showcase some of the beautiful art created for the series. (You can get a better look at those in another visual below.)
- You’ll also get three, yes three, A3 posters that will be rolled up in their own tube to ensure safe transit with the other contents. (Again, referring back to our Eureka Seven Ultimate Edition as an example.) The three images themselves that will be present on the poster showcase some of the gorgeous art created for the series. One will be portrait whereas the other two designs will be landscape. (See visual above for a preview of those.)
- And is if that wasn’t enough you’ll also get a 100 page art book that has been specially curated for our release! If you’ve been following our releases in general, let alone Ultimate Edition releases, you know we try to take advantage of every single piece of art we have at our disposal and this book is no exception! The book itself will be split into four sections total: Characters, Concept Artwork, Settings and The Art of Wolf’s Rain.
The series originally aired in 2003 and saw a Toonami broadcast in 2004. The show was directed by Tensai Okamura based on the script by Keiko Nobumoto and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto. Animation production was headlined by BONES.
The Japanese cast includes Akio Suyama as Hige, Hiroki Shimowada as Toboe, Kaho Kouda as Cher Degre, Kenta Miyake as Tsume and Mamoru Miyano as Kiba. The English language adaptation was produced by Animaze with ADR director Mary Elizabeth McGlynn with David Fleming handling translations and Lia Sargent working with McGlynn on the ADR scripts. The main cast includes Crispin Freeman as Tsume, Johnny Yong Bosch as Kiba, Joshua Seth as Hige, Kari Wahlgren as Cher Degre and Mona Marshall as Toboe.
Plot Concept: Paradise—a legend, a myth, and a hopeless dream in a world that has become a wasteland. It is not meant for everyone, only the wolves thought to be extinct yet still roam the lands. When the Flower Maiden awakens, the path to the end will open.
Kiba, a lone white wolf, wanders into a poverty stricken city on a quest. The scent of Lunar Flowers and the will to find Paradise is all he has. Along the way, he runs into other outcast wolves—Tsume, Hige, and Toboe, each with their own story and troubles. Fate bringing them together, they seek out the Flower Maiden, Cheza, and their way to Paradise. But, doing so is no simple matter. Up against a world that fears them and a man with mysterious abilities, their journey is overrun with challenges and worse—sacrifices. With limited time, they must fight to protect Cheza against everyone who seeks her and discover the hidden path to their destiny.
This group of broken souls will form a pack and take their journey to the doors of Paradise. But is it worth the end of the world?