The Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Animation anime series has its home video releases handled by NBC Universal Japan and they’re going for a box set route for it. The show is being done as a series of three box sets with about 16 episodes per set and we now have a look at the full packaging for the third and final set that’s coming up on May 30th, 2019 in both its regular edition form and the limited edition form. The Blu-ray box sets are priced at 24,000 yen each for the regular edition and 26,000 yen each for the limited editions. The DVD side is priced at 9,000 yen each. There are also four single volumes on DVD as a way to tempt people into it that were priced at 1,980 yen each as it covered about three episodes per disc.
The show has Takahiro Ikezoe directing it with Kento Shimoyama handling the series composition. Yuka Aono is working on the character designs for it.
The Japanese cast includes Ayane Sakura as Hayato Hayasugi, Manami Numakura as Akita Oga, Rie Murakawa as Tsuranuki Daimonyama, Yuji Ueda as Shashot, Aana Taketatsu as Azusa Ueda, Tomokazu Sugita as Hokuto Hayasugi, Sora Amamiya as Futaba Mihara, and Hikaru Midorikawa as Shinpei Izumi.
Plot Concept: Hayato and other children will serve as conductors to pilot the Shinkalion. The children must work together with the adults of the “Shinkansen Ultra Evolution Institute” (SUEI) to defeat a monster that looks like a jet black bullet train.
Volume | Date | Extras |
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1 | 01/30/19 | Booklet |
2 | 03/27/19 | Booklet |
3 | 05/30/19 | Booklet |