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Golden Kamuy and El Hazard Released Monday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday January 24, Funimation will release the first 12-part season of Golden Kamuy on Blu-ray and DVD.
Viz Media, which released the manga in English, described the story:
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.
Hitoshi Nanba (Fate/Grand Order: First Order, Gosick, Heroman, Baki the Grappler, We have always been 10 cm apart.) directed the series at Geno Studio, and Noboru Takagi (Baccano!, Durarara!!, Altair: A Record of Battles, Kuroko's Basketball) handled the series scripts. Kenichi Ohnuki (Gundam Build Fighters, Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, Samurai Gun) designed the characters.
MAN WITH A MISSION performed the show's opening theme song, and THE SIXTH LIE performed the ending theme song.
Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray carrying both the original El Hazard - The Magnificent World seven-part OVA series from 1995, and the four-part OVA El-Hazard 2: The Magnificent World from 1997. The set will also include a 52-page art booklet.
The first OVA series was directed by Hiroki Hayashi and the second series was directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki. The Anime-on-line website describes the series:
"Ancient ruins have been discovered beneath Makoto's high school, but he has bigger things to deal with. He has evidence that the conniving Student Council President, Jinnai, is guilty of election fraud. But before Makoto gets his chance to testify, a strange light from the ruins transports Makoto, Jinnai, Jinnai's sister Nanami, and their history teacher Fujisawa, to a mysterious land... the Magnificent World of El Hazard. There, these four unwitting travellers find a world split by forces of good and evil, where giant insects known as the Bugrom battle against humanity, and beautiful priestesses use magic to harness the power of the elements."
