While Funimation brought out their home video version of Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid back in April 2018, Madman Entertainment has now revealed their pickup of the rights to it for Australian audiences. The set is scheduled for a January 16th, 2019 debut as a DVD/BD combo. Priced at $69.95, it has the thirteen episode run and is expected that the extras will include the clean opening and closing sequences as well as the seven bonus mini-episodes from the Japanese home video release.
Check out our review of the series.
The work comes from Coolkyoushinja with six volumes to its name so far. The series was directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto based on the series composition from Yuka Yamada and character designs by Miku Kadowaki.
The Japanese cast includes Mutsumi Tamura as Kobayashi, Yūki Kuwahara as Tohru, Maria Naganawa as Kanna, Yūki Takada as Eruma, Minami Takahashi as Rukoa, Emiri Katou as Riko Saikawa, Yuuko Gotou as Georgie Saikawa and Kaori Ishihara as Magatsuchi Shouta.
The show was directed by Kyle Phillips with scripts from Jamie Marchi. The main cast includes Leah Clark as Miss Kobayashi, Sarah Wiedenheft as Tohru, Jad Saxton as Kanna, Garret Storms as Fafnir, Jamie Marchi as Lucoa, and Jeff Johnson as Takiya Makoto.
The opening theme “Aozora no Rhapsody” was performed by fhána while the group Choro-gonzu, which is made up of the voice actresses from the show, performed the ending theme “Ishukan Communication.”
Seven Seas picked up the rights to the series back in December 2015.
Plot concept: Miss Kobayashi is your average office worker who lives a boring life, alone in her small apartment–until she saves the life of a female dragon in distress. The dragon, named Tohru, has the ability to magically transform into an adorable human girl (albeit with horns and a long tail!), who will do anything to pay off her debt of gratitude, whether Miss Kobayashi likes it or not. With a very persistent and amorous dragon as a roommate, nothing comes easy, and Miss Kobayashi’s normal life is about to go off the deep end!
