With the new TV series lined up, it’s little surprise that Kdokawa is coming back for another round of getting some sales for the original Steins;Gate anime series. The distributor has a complete Blu-ray box set that came out last week on April 25th, 2018 release priced at 18,000 yen and we’ve got the full packaging look for it now as it includes the TV series and the movie. It looks like it’s including some of the etras from beforeextras promos and trailers, but not any other bonus material from the single disc releases before.
Check out our review of the first part of the series.
Originally airing in 2011, the series was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki and Takuya Sato based on the series composition by Jukki Hanada. Kyuta Sakai served as the character designer and chief animation director with White Fox handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Asami Imai as Kurisu Makise, Mamoru Miyano as Rintarō Okabe, Halko Momoi as Faris Nyannyan, Kana Hanazawa as Mayuri Shiina, Saori Goto as Moeka Kiryū, Tomokazu Seki as Itaru Hashida, Yu Kobayashi as Ruka Urushibara, and Yukari Tamura as Suzuha Amane.
Plot Concept: The eccentric mad scientist Okabe, his childhood friend Mayuri, and the otaku hacker Daru have banded together to form the “Future Gadget Research Laboratory,” and spend their days in a ramshackle laboratory hanging out and occasionally attempting to invent incredible futuristic gadgets. However, their claymore is a hydrator and their hair dryer flips breakers, and the only invention that’s even remotely interesting is their Phone Microwave, which transforms bananas into oozing green gel. But when an experiment goes awry, the gang discovers that the Phone Microwave can also send text messages to the past. And what’s more, the words they send can affect the flow of time and have unforeseen, far-reaching consequences—consequences that Okabe may not be able to handle…
[Source: Steins;Gate]
