Toei is digging into its archives a bit with a title that’s getting a Blu-ray release with the She, The Ultimate Weapon property. Scheduled for a September 12th, 2018 release, it’ll have the TV series and OVA priced at 24,000 yen. The set will include a deluxe booklet while on-disc extras include the special talks that were done, the clean opening and closing sequences, interviews, the TV spots, and the game opening along with various promos. An audio drama is also being included.
With this originally being a show that was done digitally in letterbox like other Gonzo shows that have not gotten proper Blu-ray treatment because the source materials don’t allow it, Toei talks about how this is upgraded into HD from the SD material using a special process for the upconversion.
Check out our review of the series and our Ten Years Later retrospective.
Plot concept: Not every soldier wants to fight. Not every weapon wants to be used. But when an unexpected force attacks their city, the hopes and dreams of students Shuji and Chise are shattered by the fires of war. Surviving the bombing after a mysterious defender decimates the attackers, Shuji discovers Chise in the ruins. But she is no longer the girl he has always known. Changed and twisted by military experiments, she has been altered into something no longer completely human. And even worse, though they both fight to deny it, the things that made her the person she was are slowly beginning to fade away. Can a human soul exist inside a device that was created to kill? And can any heart continue to feel love for something that is only a shell of the person it once was? The question will be answered as a young schoolgirl is transformed into the ultimate engine of mass destruction in SHE- THE ULTIMATE WEAPON!
[Source: Saikano]
