The spring 2018 anime series Butlers ~Chitose Momotose Monogatari~ is getting its home video releases handled by Kadokawa and they’ve set a standard plan for it. With the fourth volume coming up in a month or so still we now have a look at the fifth volume that’s landing on November 28th, 2018. The twelve episode series is getting a six-volume release that began on July 25th, 2018. The DVDs are priced at 6,600 yen each while the Blu-ray’s are priced at 7,600 yen. Check the full schedule below!
The series is directed by Ken Takahashi based on the series composition by Megumi Shimizu. Fuko Kosumi is handling the character designs and Silver Link is handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Sachika Misawa as Tenna Kisaragi, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Koumi Jinguji, Takuya Satou as Tsubasa Hayakawa, Tomoaki Maeno as Akira Tachibana, Takuma Nagatsuka as Hotaru Aoba, Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Haruto Hazakura, Chiaki Kobayashi as Kyouichi Sano, Seiichirou Yamashita as Daichi Kurosawa, Noriaki Sugiyama as Takashi Mikuni, KENN as Yuki Fujishiro, Keigo Koumoto as Hikari Kageyama, and Mitsuki Saiga as Ren Shiratori
The opening theme song is “Growth Arrow” from OLDCODEX while the ending theme song is “Hidamari no Niwa -Eternal Garden” from Sachika Misawa.
Plot Concept: Butlers: They are guardians that hold a thousand-year history and a certain fate. Jay lived in peace with his little sister Tenna and a fellow Butler named Hayakawa. However, those peaceful days came to a sudden end. Tenna was swallowed up into the void and Jay was sent a hundred years into the future. What Jay happens to find there is there is now an academy called Koyomi Academy standing in the place where his mansion once stood. Jay took up the name Jinguji Koma and became the student council president of the school as he looks for clues about the past. This was all in order for him to regain his former life. A hundred years’ worth of emotions bring upon reunions and separations. The secrets behind a bloodline that’s lasted a thousand years and their fate… Jay will eventually find out the truth behind this world. A thousand-year-old bloodline and a hundred years’ worth of emotions descend.
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 07/25/18 | |
| 2 | 08/24/18 | |
| 3 | 09/26/18 | |
| 4 | 10/24/18 | |
| 5 | 11/28/18 | |
| 6 | 12/21/18 |
[Source: Butlers ~Chitose Momotose Monogatari~]
