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Bucchigiri?! Blu-ray Released on Monday
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On Monday March 3, Crunchyroll will release the series Bucchigiri?! on Blu-ray.
Director Hiroko Utsumi and MAPPA's original "yankee x Arabian Nights" anime centers on Arajin Tomoshibi, who reunites with his previous best friend named Matakara Asamine. Their meeting kicks off a series of battles against strong opponents.
In addition to directing, Utsumi is credited with the original story with series script supervisor and scriptwriter Taku Kishimoto, MAPPA, and TOHO. Takahiro Kagami is serving as character designer and one of the chief animation directors alongside Hiroyuki Saita and Kiminori Itō. Michiru Ōshima is composing the music, and Hiromi Kikuta is the sound director.
Kroi performed the show's opening theme song "Sesame."
Anime Limited will release the series Karakuri Circus on Blu-ray. Sentai describes the story:
Following his father's untimely demise, Masaru Saiga inherits the family fortune as well as his father's company. Too bad he also inherited a target on his back since his unscrupulous relatives want to murder Masaru and take what's rightfully his! The only thing standing between Masaru and assassination is a sickly clown named Narumi Kato, a white-haired girl name Shirogane who claims she's Masaru's guardian, and the mysterious puppet left to Masaru by his father upon his death.
The anime premiered in Japan in October 2018. Studio VOLN (Ushio & Tora, Idol Incidents) animated the television anime series for Twin Engine. Satoshi Nishimura (Ushio & Tora, Trigun, Fighting Spirit) directed the series, and Takahiro Yoshimatsu (2011 Hunter × Hunter, Trigun) designed the characters and served as chief animation director. Toshiki Inoue (Ushio & Tora, Death Note) and original manga author Kazuhiro Fujita handled the series scripts. Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia, Haikyu!!) composed the music.
BUMP OF CHICKEN performed the opening theme song "Gekkō" (Moonlight Rainbow), and Lozareena performed the ending theme song "Marionette."
Crunchyroll will release the "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" ("Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu") arc from Jujutsu Kaisen on Blu-ray and DVD. This arc is the first five episodes of the second TV season of Jujutsu Kaisen, involving the operations of Satoru Geto and Suguru Geto, set before the main events of the TV series.
Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray of the series GATE. Sentai Filmworks has described the story:
When a mysterious gate suddenly appears in Tokyo's Ginza district and begins spewing armed warriors and flying monsters, the world is thrown into turmoil. Although the deadly attack is thrown back by Japan's Self Defense Force, there's now a new and entirely unknown land on the other side of the portal, and Japan is effectively at war with a nation on the other side. Determined to secure peace, the JSDF must send an armed force into the Gate, but ogres, dragons and a ruthless Empire populated by elves, humans, and half-animal warriors aren't the only dangers they'll face. With the resources of two worlds at stake, the balance of power on both sides of the Gate is destabilizing, and betrayal can come at any time, from any quarter. There, trapped right in the middle of the ensuing firestorm, stands officer Yoji Itami and the JSDF's Third Reconnaissance Team as they plunge into the GATE.
The first 12-episode season premiered in July 2015, and was followed by a second season in January 2016.
Takahiko Kyōgoku (Love Live! School idol project) directed the series at A-1 Pictures with series composition by Tatsuhiko Urahata (A-Channel, Black Bullet). Jun Nakai (Silver Spoon, The Sacred Blacksmith) designed the characters, and Yoshiaki Fujisawa (Love Live! School idol project, The Eccentric Family) composed the music. GENCO produced the series.
