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U.K. Home Releases of My Dress-Up Darling and Konosuba! Film on Monday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday December 4, Crunchyroll will release Blu-ray and DVD editions of My Dress-Up Darling. Keisuke Shinohara (Black Fox, A3! Season Spring & Summer) directed the anime at CloverWorks. Yoriko Tomita (As Miss Beelzebub Likes, Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose) was in charge of the series scripts. Kazumasa Ishida (Kiznaiver, Saekano the Movie finale character design assistant) designed the characters and served as chief animation director. Takeshi Nakatsuka (Magical Girl Ore, Brothers Conflict) composed the music, and Akiko Fujita was the sound director.
Square Enix Manga & Books publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:
"Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Wakana Gojō passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Marin Kitagawa, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmate into her secret hobby: cosplay."
The manga launched in Young Gangan in January 2018.
Crunchyroll will also release Blu-ray and DVD editions of the film Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! Kurenai Densetsu (KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! Crimson Legend).
The film is based on Natsume Akatsuki's KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! light novel series. Crunchyroll describes the film:
"A video game-loving shut-in, Satou Kazuma's life should've ended when he was hit by a truck, but through a twist of fate, he ends up reincarnating in another world--and dragging the troublemaking goddess, Aqua, the wildly dorky mage, Megumin, and the unrelentingly delusional lady knight, Darkness, with him."
Takaomi Kanasaki returned from the previous two anime seasons to direct the film at J.C. Staff (Studio DEEN animated the two TV anime series). Makoto Uezu returned to write the scripts, Koichi Kikuta again adapted Kurone Mishima's original character designs for animation, and Masato Kōda returned to compose the music. Machico returned to perform the film's theme song. Ai Kayano, Rie Takahashi, and Sora Amamiya also returned to perform the ending song for the film as their respective characters. The film's cast reprised their roles from the previous anime.
Crunchyroll will also release a Blu-ray edition of the series Beast Tamer. The story follows Beast Tamer Rein, who is banished from the hero's party, because he can only use animals. He becomes an adventurer and meets a cat girl, who is part of the strongest species.
Atsushi Nigorikawa (A Destructive God Sits Next to Me) directed the anime at EMT Squared. Takashi Aoshima (Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!) handled the series scripts. Shuuhei Yamamoto (Between the Sky and Sea) designed the characters. Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia), Arisa Okehazama (Jujutsu Kaisen), and Naoyuki Chikatani composed the music. MADKID performed the opening song "Change The World," while Marika Kōno performed the ending song "LOVE＆MOON."
Crunchyroll will also release a Blu-ray edition of More than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers. The manga centred on third-year high school student Jirō Yakuin, who gets saddled with his gyaru classmate Akari Watanabe for the class's "marriage training" project about practicing to be a married couple. Jirō is the complete opposite of Akari, but the two know that if they do well they will be able to switch partners to end up with their respective crushes, and so they force themselves to act like the perfect married couple.
Takao Kato (To Love-Ru, Pandora Hearts, Upotte!!) served as the chief director, and Junichi Yamamoto (Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen, Monster Girl Doctor) directed at Studio Mother. Naruhisa Arakawa (Kingdom, Twin Star Exorcists, Upotte!!) was in charge of the series scripts, and Chizuru Kobayashi (Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne, Pandora Hearts) designed the characters. Liyuu performed the opening theme song "TRUE FOOL LOVE," and Nowlu performed the ending theme song "Stuck on you."
Crunchyroll will also release a Blu-ray of the second 13-part season of Classroom of the Elite.
