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Azur Lane and Chidori RSC Released Monday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday April 12, Manga Entertainment will release the 12-part series Azur Lane on Blu-ray and DVD. This is the television anime of Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi's Azur Lane smartphone game. Manga Entertainment described the series:
"After repelling an alien menace, the Azur Lane global alliance was supposed to settle into an era of peace. But the temptation to wield Siren technology causes Iron Blood and Sakura Empire to betray Azur Lane, starting an all-out battleship girl war."
Tensho (Grisaia, Rewrite, Kinmoza!) directed the anime at Bibury Animation Studio, the studio he founded in 2017. Jin Haganeya (Demonbane game scenario, Kamen Rider Gaim scripts, Guilty Crown scripts) was in charge of the the series scripts.
MVM will release the series Chidori RSC (Rifle is Beautiful) on Blu-ray, the television anime of Akki Sarumi's Rifle is Beautiful four-panel manga. The manga's story follows Hikari Kokura, an incoming high school student who is excited to join her school's shooting club. When she gets there, she learns that the club has been shut down, and she must revive it.
Masanori Takahashi (When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, For Whom the Alchemist Exists) directed the series at Studio 3Hz. Tatsuya Takahashi (Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko, Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles) was in charge of the script and series composition. Ken Mukaigawara (Ange Vierge, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online) designed the characters and was chief animation director.
Manga Entertainment will also release Hetalia World Party Seasons 5 and 6 on Blu-ray. Manga Entertainment describes the series:
"What's more fun than Germany squatting in a dandelion patch? How about the Axis boys joining the witchcraft club? Any way you slice the spaghetti, every cute boy enjoys a little quality bath time, and Turkey! and Greece can't wait to start splishing and splashing. And in between the fun, there's something super special—little America in a totally adorable flashback that is going to make your heart swell."
Anime Limited will release a standard edition of the series Charlotte on Blu-ray.
