The summer 2018 series Encouragement of Climb: Third Season is getting its home video releases handled by SMIRAL and they’ve set a good plan for the show. The thirteen episode series is being released as a three-disc set on Blu-ray only beginning September 28th, 2018. They’re all priced at 6,800 yen eachc.
Yusuke Yamamoto worked as the director and on the series composition for the first two seasons and is back for more as is Yusuke Matsuo who served as the character designer and chief animation director. 8bit is handling the animation production once again as well, which puts all the right pieces of the puzzle back together.
The Japanese cast includes Kana Asumi as Hinata Kuraue, Yuka Iguchi as Aoi Yukimura, Nao Tōyama as Honoka Kurosaki, Yōko Hikasa as Kaede Saitō, and Yui Ogura as Kokona Aoba.
Yuka Iguchi (Aoi), Kana Asumi (Hinata), Yōko Hikasa (Kaede), and Yui Ogura (Kokona) performed the opening theme “Chiheisen Stride” (Horizon Stride) in character. With the ending, Yuka Iguchi (Aoi), Kana Asumi (Hinata) handled that one in character with “Irochigai no Tsubasa” as the title.
The original manga from Siro began back in 2011 in Comic Earth Star and has thirteen volumes released so far. Crunchyroll simulcast all three seasons but no home video pickups were ever made.
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Plot concept: Aoi and Hinata are childhood friends. Aoi prefers staying indoors and is afraid of heights, whereas Hinata is outgoing and loves mountaineering. They both decide to climb a mountain in order to see a sunrise they saw together when they were younger.
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 09/28/18 | |
| 2 | 10/26/18 | |
| 3 | 11/30/18 |
[Source: Encouragement of Climb]
