The spring 2019 anime adaptation of the Namu Amida Bu! -Rendai Utena- project is getting its home video releases handled by DMM Pictures and they’ve set a solid schedule for it. The twelve-episode series is getting a four-volume DVD and Blu-ray release that began on June 28th, 2019 and we now have a look at the fourth and final volume packaging and design ahead of its September 27th, 2019 debut. Both formats are listed as limited editions with the DVDs priced at 5,800 yen and the Blu-rays at 6,800 yen. Check the schedule below!
Akira Oguro directed the show based on the series composition by Erika Yoshida. Asahi Production handled the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Masaaki Mizunaka as Taishakuten (Śakra), Tomoaki Maeno as Bonten (Brahmā), Tetsuya Kakihara as Dainichi Nyorai (Vairocana), Yūsuke Kobayashi as Ashuku Nyorai (Akṣobhya), Daisuke Hirakawa as Amida Nyorai (Amitābha), Showtaro Morikubo as Shaka Nyorai (Gautama Buddha), Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru), Ryūichi Kijima as Monju Bosatsu (Manjusri), Shun Horie as Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra), Taku Yashiro as Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha), Ayumu Murase as Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya), Yūma Uchida as Kannō Bosatsu (Avalokiteśvara), Kōhei Amasaki as Seishi Bosatsu (Mahāsthāmaprāpta), Kishō Taniyama as Kokūzō Bosatsu (Ākāśagarbha), Kengo Kawanishi as Fudōmyō Ō (Acalanātha), Daiki Yamashita as Karuraten, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Ashura Ō (Asura), and Takeo Ōtsuka as Māra.
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Plot Concept: Long before superheroes, there were legends. One of them begins with Shaka Nyorai, whose bravery and enlightenment once saved humanity forever. But forever is fleeting because Mara, the personification of Earthly desires, forges a corrupt coalition with the devil to again visit wrath and vengeance upon humankind. To counter Mara’s cruel attack, Taishakuten and Bonten, divine beings, must join forces with the Thirteen Buddhas. Can the allied powers of light defeat the vicious onslaught and save humankind in their darkest hour?
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 06/28/19 | Booklet |
| 2 | 07/26/19 | Booklet |
| 3 | 08/30/19 | Booklet |
| 4 | 09/27/19 | Booklet |
[Source: Namu Amida Butsu! -Rendai Utena-]
