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Future Boy Conan, Trinity Blood, Gundam SEED Destiny, More Released on Monday

On Monday, December 19, Anime Limited released the second volume of Future Boy Conan in a 4K UHD + Blu-ray Disc Collector's Edition pack. The release includes English and Japanese audio and English subtitles. The release includes an 88-page book analyzing the series and telling the history of its production.

Anime Limited also released a standard Blu-ray Disc for the entire anime series on Monday.

Anime Limited describes the series:

Twenty years ago, a terrible war fought with magnetic weapons caused the earth's axis to tilt, and earthquakes and tidal waves destroyed civilization. Conan is born into this new world, raised by his grandfather on an isolated island. But his life is forever changed when a mysterious girl named Lana washes ashore, pursued by shadowy operatives who seek to use her in a new scheme to control what's left of the world.

The directorial debut of Academy Award®-winner Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away), Future Boy Conan, is a landmark in animation history. This crackling sci-fi adventure series, beloved worldwide but never before released in the United Kingdom, features a new English language version and 4K digital restoration.

The classic series first aired in 1978.

Anime Limited also released the Collector's Edition for the The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA series on Blu-ray Disc on Monday. The release features English and Japanese audio and English subtitles. The release contains all nine episodes of the Kōichi Mashimo-directed OVA. The Collector's Edition includes a 12-page booklet, four art cards, and an artbox.

Anime Limited describes the OVA:

Six long months have passed. The Raalgon Empire has developed a horrible new type of weapon, and Tylor has been charged with the duty of intercepting them as it is being transported. But when all that could go wrong, does go wrong, the crew members of the Soyokaze find themselves at the mercy of their enemies. As the hours tick down toward their execution, the crew wonders: Has their irresponsible captain misled them? Or is this all a part of some greater strategy?

The OVA released between 1994-1996.

Anime Limited also released a standard Blu-ray Disc for the complete King's Game The Animation series on Monday. The release includes English and Japanese audio and English subtitles.

Anime Limited describes the series:

A class of thirty-two high school students receive texts commanding them to complete strange tasks. Do what the messages say, and more will follow. Fail to go through with them, and face the consequences. Nobuaki Kanazawa has played this game before and knows that these demands must be met. But until penalties for failure become lethal, no one is ready to step out of their comfort zone.

With death around every corner, and as orders and punishments become more and more gruesome, the worst in people manages to tear its way out.

The 12-episode anime series aired in 2017.

Anime Limited additionally released the "Ultimate Edition" Blu-ray Disc set for the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny anime on Monday. The release includes English and Japanese audio and English subtitles. The release includes the Gundam Seed Destiny compilation films on standard definition Blu-ray Disc, which have previously never been released in the U.K. The release includes all 50 episodes of the Gundam Seed Destiny HD Remaster series, the 50-episode original anime on SD Blu-ray Disc, the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed C.E.73: Stargazer OVA on Blu-ray Disc, and bonus extras such as an artbook, poster, art cards, and more.

Anime Limited describes the series:

The year is Cosmic Era 73. The Bloody Valentine War, fought between the PLANTS space colonies and the nations of the Atlantic Federation, has ended and an uneasy truce has settled upon the Earth sphere. With the signing of the Junius Seven Treaty, the world's soldiers have left the battlefield and the grizzly sights of war behind. Many who fought now seek peace and refuge in the shelter of civilian life.

But one boy, Shin Asuka, is finding that incredibly hard. A coordinator who lost his entire family during the Battle of Orb, he now fights with ZAFT in one of their newest machines, the Impulse Gundam. Of course, ZAFT is only developing these machines for defensive applications - or so they claim - but when a group of Federation operatives steal some of these prototype machines, the world is once again plunged towards war.

The first Mobile Suit Gundam Seed television anime aired from 2002 to 2003, followed by Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny from 2004 to 2005. The three-part Mobile Suit Gundam Seed C.E.73: Stargazer anime project followed in 2006.

MVM released the Collector's Edition Blu-ray Disc set of the Trinity Blood anime on Monday. The release includes English and Japanese audio and English subtitles. The release contains art cards, a booklet, and an artbox.

MVM describes the anime:

Centuries ago, Armageddon cast darkness across the world. From that darkness, vampires emerged. Now there are two races, humans and vampires, trembling on the brink of war. Abel Nightroad is a Vatican priest and agent of AX, a special operations group that protects the fragile equilibrium between the two races. Neither human nor vampire, he uses his unique abilities to seek a safe path for all.

The 24-episode anime originally aired in 2005.

Disclaimer: ANN's UK editor Andrew Osmond is co-writing a book that will be included with the second volume of Anime Limited's release of Future Boy Conan. He was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.

Source: Anime-On-Line