Discotek Media has made a very welcome pickup to get back into the marketplace with The Twelve Kingdoms back in March. Ahead of the upcoming home video release, Crunchyroll is now streaming the complete series in both its original Japanese language with English subtitles as well as the previously created dub. Availability for it is limited to where Discotek has a license, which is the US and Canada.
The distributor has set a May 28th, 2019 release date for the complete series on Blu-ray where it’ll be priced at $89.95. It’ll have the 45-episodes in bilingual form with both Japanese and English language tracks. No extras are listed at the moment for the 990-minute set.
Media Blasters previously released the series on DVD and Blu-ray in bilingual form in North America.
Plot concept: Upon being confronted by a mysterious stranger, Youko is told of her destiny and pulled away into another world. Thus begins Youko’s perilous journey to the kingdom of Kei on an epic road of espionage, terror, and betrayal. The mystic world of The Twelve Kingdoms assails her with one challenge after another. Will Youko embrace her destiny?
