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Arifureta Released Monday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday November 16, Manga Entertainment will release the series Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest as a Limited Blu-ray/DVD, as well as separate Blu-ray and DVD editions.
The series adapts Ryo Shirakome's light novel series. Funimation described the story:
Hajime Nagumo and his high school class are suddenly summoned to a fantastical land as heroes. But while most of his classmates have powerful stats and abilities, Hajime does not. Underappreciated and unprepared, he tumbles into the depths of a monster-infested dungeon where voracity and sacrifice are his only options. To thrive in this savage world, he'll have no choice but to welcome the abyss.
Kinji Yoshimoto (Unbreakable Machine-Doll, Seven Mortal Sins, Genshiken 2) directed the anime at WHITE FOX and asread. Chika Kojima (Big Order) was the character designer, adapting Takayaki's original designs for animation. Shoichi Sato (Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!, Shakugan no Shana episode scriptwriter) and Kinji Yoshimoto (Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin, The Seven Mortal Sins) supervised and wrote the series' scripts. Ryō Takahashi (Citrus, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.) composed the music.
Anime Limited will release a standard Blu-ray edition of Kyoto Animation's series Sound! Euphonium, carrying the 13 episodes of the first TV season as well as the fourteenth OVA episode.
