So, broadcaster TBS revealed today on the official K-On! website the details of the
upcoming home video release of the K-On!
movie. The release date, as we already know, is July 18th, and there
will be four different editions: Regular DVD (priced at 3990 yen), Limited
Edition DVD (7560 yen), regular Blu-Ray (7665 yen) and awesomest of all, the
Limited Edition Blu-Ray (9240 yen).
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| Regular edition |
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| Limited Edition |
The Limited Edition will come in a box full of various
K-On! goodies, and will include a
second disc filled to the brim with bonus features. The full list can be seen
at the official site, though be warned that the extras listing contains an
indirect movie spoiler.
Translated bonus feature details, courtesy of ultimatemegax:
The LEs will
come with a small booklet of the storyboards (450 pg), a small version of the
booklet sold in theatres (40 pg), a mini production booklet (24 pg), cords for
a song played in the movie, a 5-piece bromide set, a small version of the
appreciation tickets (5 kinds), and a 3-sided box. They also come with a bonus
disc (BD will get a BD, DVD will get a DVD).
On the bonus
disc are the following features: Yamada Naoko in London (location/scenario
scouting), Tanaka Minami's dubbing report (additional feature of the recording
sessions), a backstage feature of Houkago Tea Time in Universal Studios Japan,
a Houkago Tea Time in TBS press conference, a special program K-On! the movie
navigational program, music recording, stage greetings on opening day, non-text
OP/ED, pre-movie bit about manners, and TV CMs/previews/trailers.
Included on
the feature disc are commentaries by staff, cast, and producers.
And there you have it. The price tag may seem steep –
as is usual for anime in Japan – but seeing how packed with extras the LE is
(149 minutes worth of video extras, three audio commentaries, a box and lots of
physical goods), it should definitely be worth it. For anyone wondering, the
discs will include Japanese subtitles but no English translation of any kind. All
editions will offer 5.1 and 2.0 audio mixes, encoded in Linear PCM for the
Blu-Ray versions and Dolby Digital for DVD.
Two and a half months to go…
Sounds really cool. Bland box art for a release so big though. It's almost indistinguishable from the TV series volumes. This is still the anime release I've been looking forward to the most this year so I can't wait. I want to see this even more than the Code Geass musical
ReplyDeleteThe LE apparently comes in a box, though, so who knows what that will look like. I wonder if it'll be designed to match the boxes for the TV series.
DeleteJuly 18!!!! i'm gonna buy this for sure. I just came back from Japan and didn't expect K-On would also be sO BIG over there (LAWSON cards,bookstores etc. u can see them!) another popular anime is One-piece. I was disappointed when the CD/DVD store said that it wasn't out yet T.T but oh well, just two more months to go~ I cant wait!
ReplyDeleteIndeed. The next few months will be pretty big, K-On! wise.
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