The mobile game Azur Lane was announced back in September 2017 to be on track for an anime adaptation that began on October 3rd, 2019 and saw a simulcast and simuldub with Funimation. The series is set for a November 24th, 2020 Blu-ray release from Funimation and now we’re getting a new taste of overseas distribution set up for it. Australian distributor Madman Entertainment has now scheduled it for a February 17th, 2021 debut where it’ll be a Blu-ray only release priced at $64.95. The bilingual set will be spread across two discs and include the clean opening and closing sequences as its extras.
The series has Tensho directing at Bibury Animation Studio, which he founded. Jin Haganeya in on board to handle the scripts while Masayuki Nonaka is serving as the character designer and chief animation director.
The Japanese cast includes Yui Ishikawa as Enterprise and Mai Nakahara as Akagi along with Yui Horie, Yō Taichi, Maria Naganawa, and Nozomi Yamane reprising their roles as Belfast, Ayanami, Laffey, and Javelin from the game.
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Plot Concept: After repelling an alien menace, the Azur Lane global alliance was supposed to settle into an era of peace. But the temptation to wield Siren technology causes Iron Blood and Sakura Empire to betray Azur Lane, starting an all-out battleship girl war!
