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U.K. Blu-ray of The Apothecary Diaries Listed For February 2025

Retail sites are listing a Crunchyroll Blu-ray release of TOHO animation and OLM's anime adaptation of Natsu Hyūga and Touko Shino's The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) light novel series on February 24 2025. The release will be of Season 1 Part 1 of the series, carrying the first 12 episodes.

Norihiro Naganuma (The Ancient Magus' Bride season 1) directed the anime at TOHO animation and OLM, and Naganuma also supervised the scripts. Akinori Fudesaka was the assistant director. Yukiko Nakatani (Go! Princess Precure, Tropical-Rouge! Precure) designed the characters. J-Novel Club publishes the novel series digitally, and it describes the story:

In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there.

Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That's her secret, until she encounters a resident of the palace at least as perceptive as she is: the head eunuch, Jinshi. He sees through Maomao's façade and makes her a lady-in-waiting to none other than the Emperor's favorite consort... so she can taste the lady's food for poison!

Other Crunchyroll Blu-ray releases for February 2025 listed on retail websites include Dead Mount Death Play Part 2 (February 3, carrying episodes 13 to 24); The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic (February 10, pictured); and Horimiya: The Missing Pieces Season 2 (February 10, on both Blu-ray and DVD).