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Bikini Warriors Franchise Gets 2nd OVA Project
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The November issue of Shonengahosha's Young King Ours magazine revealed on Saturday that Hobby Japan's Bikini Warriors franchise is getting a second original video anime (OVA). The magazine issue also revealed a new Bikini Warrior named Black Knight, designed by AKIRA.
The Bikini Warriors anime adapts Hobby Japan and Megahouse's fantasy figure line of the same name. The television anime, a series of 12 four-minute episodes, premiered in July 2015. Funimation streamed the series as it aired in Japan。
Funimation describes the anime:
Prepare yourself for an adventure of epic proportions. With warriors so skilled at battling questionable slimes and taming tumescent tentacles, there's no need for all that bulky armor. Brought to you by some of the masters of the female form, Bikini Warriors features character designs by Rei Hiroe (Black Lagoon), Tony Taka, Odanon (Queen's Blade), and Hisasi. All your favorite RPG classes beginning with the athletic Fighter, elegant Paladin, and enchanting Mage-are busting the min/max barriers for maximum blood loss! Are you equipped Unsheathe your sword and prepare for battle!
Funimation released the anime on DVD and Blu-ray Disc with an English dub on December 6.
The first two-episode OVA (pictured above right) shipped in Japan on December 7. The release included the two new OVA episodes and a "hyper sexy edition" of six of the 12 episodes that aired on TV.
A smartphone browser game titled Bikini Warriors: Monster no Gyakushū (Bikini Warriors: Monster's Counterattack) for GREE and Ameba launched in August.
