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1st 2 Gargantia Episodes Offered on 8,000 Blu-rays Before Airing
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The official website for the Gargantia on the Verdurous Planetanimeannounced on Friday that Bandai Visual will give away 8,000 free copies of the first two episodes on Blu-ray Disc at this month's Anime Contents Expo. Bandai Visual's booth will distribute the Blu-ray Discs on March 30 and 31 — one week before its broadcast premiere on April 7. The booth will also give away exclusive face masks (popular during Japan's pollen season) and exclusive pamphlets. An Android live wallpaper app and an iOS wallpaper iOS app will be offered for free "soon."
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