The summer 2018 season series Jashin-chan Dropkick, aka Dropkick on My Devil, is getting itself some uncommon distribution when it comes to the home video side. While we’ve still got a bit to go before the first set arrives we do now have our first look at the cover artwork for the first set, which is busy but delightfully appropriate. The show is being released in two parts with six episodes each where the DVDs are priced at 18,360 yen each and the Blu-ray’s priced at 20,520 yen beginning on October 29th, 2018. The unusual part? Both of them are done up as DVD-R and BD-R releases, which tends to not fly well with a lot of folks, especially at the price points involved.
The series was directed by Hikaru Sato based on the series composition by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, who worked on the scripts with Momoko Murakami. Makoto Koga worked on the character designs with studio Nomad handling the production.
The Japanese cast includes Aina Suzuki as Jashin-chan, Nichika Omori as Yurine Hanazono, Miyu Kubota as Medusa, Yurie Kozakai as Pekora, Chiaki Omigawa as Minos, Rico Sasaki as Poporon, Riho Iida as Persephone the Second, Natsuko Hara as Mei Tachibana, Kazusa Aranami as Yusa, Miko Terada as Kōji, MAO as Bete.
The property comes from manga creator Yukiwo that began in spring 2012 through the online Comic Meteor site and in print in the spring of 2014 with over nine volumes so far.
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Plot Concept: Jashin-chan Dropkick is a violent slapstick comedy about a delusional gothic lolita, Yurine, who summons a demon girl with the tail of a cobra, Jashin-chan. They’ll have to live together until Yurine finds a way to sent Jashin-chan back to hell, or until Jashin-chan kills Yurine.
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10/29/18 | |
| 2 | 11/26/18 |
[Source: Dropkick on My Devil!!]
