Occult Academy Complete Series Standard Edition is Now Shipping to Online Retailers Across North America!

Santa Ana, CA (October 9, 2012) – NIS America is excited to announce today that the horror comedy Occult Academy Complete Series Standard Edition is now available all across North America. In Occult Academy, a group of high school students and faculty will tackle spirits, mysterious creatures, ancient prophecies, and even the myth of the Mayan calendar! These odd but intriguing characters will pursue the twists and turns of the world's greatest mysteries and bring to light hidden stories of untold truths. Occult Academy Complete Series Standard Edition comes packed on 2 Blu-ray discs, a Story Guide leaflet, and includes all the extras from the Premium Edition! Now available at the following online retailers: Right Stuf, The Anime Corner Store, and NISA Online Store.

Occult Academy Complete Series Standard Edition

About the show:
In the year 2012, the world is a wasteland invaded by aliens. Time travelers like Fumiaki Uchida are sent back to the year 1999 in order to destroy the “Nostradamus Key” to prevent the apocalypse. In 1999, Maya Kumashiro, the daughter of the former principal of Waldstein Academy (AKA Occult Academy), returns to the academy to replace her father. Despising her father's obsession with the occult, Maya is hell-bent on running the school into the ground out of spite. Her plan is interrupted when she meets Fumiaki and learns of the forthcoming destruction of the world. They form a pact to look for the key.

About the extras:
- Four bonus short episodes that give a glimpse into Maya's first childhood encounter
with a real, live cryptid!
- Clean opening and ending, clean ep. 13 ending, and Love Machine clip

Cast
Yōko Hikasa as Maya Kumashiro (K-ON!, Infinite Stratos, WAGNARIA!!)
Takahiro Mizushima as Fumiaki Uchida (Angel Beats!, Our Home's Fox Deity)
Minori Chihara as Mikaze Nakagawa (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere)
Yū Kobayashi as Chihiro Kawashima (Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge, Negima)

Produced by
Director: Tomohiko Ito (Death Note, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars)
Studio: A-1 Pictures (WAGNARIA!!, Blue Exorcist, Black Butler, Persona -trinity soul-)

TITLE: Occult Academy Complete Series Standard Edition
ITEM #: OCA-BRD-US-SE
UPC: 813633012582
AGE RATING: Teen
MSRP: $54.99
RELEASE DATE: October 9, 2012
LENGTH: 13 eps / approx. 334 mins
LANGUAGE: Japanese audio, English subtitles
FORMAT: 2 Blu-ray discs

About NIS America
In 2003, NIS America was established in Southern California to bring exciting, one-of-a-kind Japanese culture to North America.
NIS America's team members devote themselves to the fans. Their respect for their fans is at the heart of everything they do.
As an established entertainment publisher in the U.S., NIS America is committed to continuous growth and improvement.
NIS America is a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., a Japanese company famous for its unique line of strategy RPGs with titles such as Disgaea, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom. NIS America has also become a publisher of Japanese anime titles, such as Toradora!, WAGNARIA!!, and Katanagatari.