The summer 2018 anime series Island is getting its home video releases handled by SMIRAL in Japan and they’ve set a solid schedule for it. We’ve got a bit to go before the first volume hits but the preview for that volume has landed which gives hint at the overall tone and style that it’s looking at. The series is getting a four-volume release on Blu-ray only where they’re priced at 9,200 yen each beginning on September 28th, 2018. No details in regards to extras have been revealed yet.
Keiichirou Kawaguchi directed it based on the series composition by Naruhisa Arakawa. Kousuke Kawamura worked on the character designs for it while Studio feel handled the animation.
The Japanese cast includes Yukari Tamura as Rinne Ohara, Kana Asumi as Karen Kurutsu, Hibiku Yamamura as Sara Garandou, Yui Nakajima as Mei Tandori, Tomoyo Takayanagi as An Hatoma, Takako Tanaka as Emiri Sunada, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Setsuna Sanzenkai, Rina Satou as Kuon Ohara, and Takamasa Mogi as Tarō Harisu.
Yukari Tamura performed the opening theme song “Eien no Hitotsu” while Asaka is performing the ending theme song.
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Plot Concept: The island of Urashima sits on the ocean far, far away from the mainland. The island is so lush and beautiful that one might mistake it for paradise, but the people there are trapped by a complex past and long-established traditions. Long since abandoned and all but forgotten by the mainland, the people of the island are ready to give up hope. But then, a young man named Setsuna who calls himself a “time traveler” washes up on the island. Setsuna has lost all of his memories except for a certain mission that he must fulfill. On Urashima, he meets three girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, and begins to work toward changing the island’s future. The story of a young man and the three girls he meets on an island full of mysteries and exclusive customs is about to be unraveled…
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 09/28/18 | |
| 2 | 10/26/18 | |
| 3 | 11/30/18 | |
| 4 | 12/28/18 |
[Source: Island]
