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The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids U.K. Blu-ray Released on Monday

On Monday February 17, Crunchyroll will release The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids on Blu-ray.

Square Enix is publishing the novels' manga adaptation by Makoto Kisaragi on its Manga UP! Global service and through Comikey, and it describes the series:

Rud is a tank of the Hero's Party and is said to have the highest defense ever in history. The party often does labyrinth raids, but to Rud, it means more than just a raid. To cure his beloved sister's illness, he is in search for the wish-granting treasure that might be hidden in those labyrinths. But one day, the arrogant hero kicks him from the party after an unsuccessful raid attempt, blaming it on his skills whose effects he is still unaware of. Without nowhere else to go and nothing to do, he decides to return to his hometown, where his sister is waiting. On his way there, he saves a girl who was being attacked by a monster. Unexpectedly, this girl has an extremely rare skill called "Appraisal". Thanks to her skill, Rud is able to discover the truth behind his unknown skills, which turn out to be very powerful skills. With a defense of 9999 and powerful skills, thus begins the adventure of the strongest tank, Rud!

Mitsutaka Noshitani (A Predator in a Skirt, Even a Dad Still Wants It...) directed the anime at STUDIO POLON. Hitomi Amamiya (Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle was in charge of the series scripts. Taihei Nagai (Even a Dad Still Wants It...Crazy Over His Fingers) designed the characters. Victor Entertainment was credited for music.

Kijima launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in July 2018, and ended it in February 2021. Shufunotomo published the story's first print volume with illustrations by Sando in April 2019, and published the fifth novel volume on February 25.

Crunchyroll will also release The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash on Blu-ray. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed both the novel series and its manga adaptation, and it describes the story:

Young Ivy can't catch a break. Though she has a few memories of her past life, she was reborn into an RPG-like world in the weakest class, and worse, as the weakest rank. As a no-star Tamer, even her parents want nothing to do with her, and she soon realizes she must survive on her own. She learns to live off the land and salvage what she can from other people's leavings. But when Ivy manages to tame Sora, a lowly slime, everything changes for both of them. There's something special about this frail little monster, and Ivy's care will bring out the best in both of them!

Shigeyasu Yamauchi (Boys Over Flowers, Casshern Sins, Dream Eater Merry) was credited as supervising director, while Naoki Horiuchi (episode director for Naruto Shippūden, Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-, The Demon Girl Next Door) was directing the anime at Studio Massket. Katsuhiko Takayama (Looking Up at the Half Moon, ef: a tale of memories, Ga-Rei: Zero) was in charge of series composition. Feng Cheng Hu and Yuki Ikeda were the character designers. Kujira Yumemi (In the Land of Leadale, Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible) composed the music. Lantis was credited for music production.

Honobonoru500 began serializing The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash story in the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2018, where it is still ongoing. TO Books began publishing the story in print with illustrations by Nama, beginning with the first volume in November 2019. TO Books released the ninth novel volume on June 10. Seven Seas Entertainment released the fourth novel volume on September 5.

Anime Limited will release Cagaster of an Insect Cage on Blu-ray. Sentai Filmworks describes the film:

The nightmare that wiped out two thirds of the human race thirty years ago wasn't caused by germs. It was bugs on an entirely different kind of scale: bizarre insects that mutate their victims into half-human creatures that rapidly evolve into rampaging giant monsters! Yet, as unstoppable as the monstrous insects seemed, humanity is as hard to kill as cockroaches, and exterminators like Kidou now spend their lives stalking and killing the creatures called Cagasters. As the brief still-partially human phase is the best time to strike, however, exterminators soon learn to distance themselves, socially and emotionally, from normal people. But when Kidou finds himself suddenly tasked with returning a young survivor to her mother, he starts to realize that his emotions and humanity may not be buried as deeply as he believed in CAGASTER OF AN INSECT CAGE!

While the anime was initially announced in 2018 with GONZO in charge of animation production, the studio transferred a portion of its anime production, intellectual property, and rights management business to the newly formed Studio KAI company, and Studio KAI handled the animation production for Cagaster of an Insect Cage.

Kōichi Chigira (Tokyo Babylon, Full Metal Panic!, Last Exile) directed the anime. Other staff members included Shuuichi Kouyama (Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Black Cat) in charge of series scripts, Akihiko Yamashita (Howl's Moving Castle, Arrietty) designing characters, Hitomi Kuroishi (Code Geass, Shangri-la) as composing the music, and the Okinawa Gonzo company for the 3D CG work.