Aniplex of America Plans to Release Magi: The Kingdom of Magic on Complete DVD Sets

Aniplex of America Plans to Release Magi: The Kingdom of Magic on Complete DVD Sets

Fan Favorite Second Season to be Released Beginning This March!

SANTA MONICA, CA (February 16, 2015) –Fans of the popular fantasy adventure anime series, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic were excited to hear Aniplex of America announce at Katsucon (National Harbor, MD) their plans to release the series on two Complete DVD Sets starting this March. The Complete DVD Set Volume 1 will be released on March 31st and Volume 2 will be released on May 26th. Along with a new English dubbed trailer, Aniplex of America also confirmed several voice actors who will be joining the all-star cast for the highly anticipated second season of the Magi franchise. Pre-orders for both SKUs can be made on the official series homepage (www.Magi-USA.com) beginning today.

In addition to the English cast members including Erica Mendez, Erik Scott Kimerer, Cristina Vee and Matt Mercer who will reprise their roles as the story's main protagonists, Aladdin, Alibaba, Morgiana and Sinbad, all new cast members will be featured in this sequel series including Johnny Yong Bosch as Titus Alexius, Stephanie Sheh as Sheherazade, Kaiji Tang as Ren Koen and Steve Kramer as Matal Mogamett. Aniplex of America also announced the winners of the Anime Expo 2014 Open Auditions, which was a joint project with Bang Zoom! Entertainment, whose voices will be featured on the DVD releases.

The Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Complete DVD Sets will be available for sale in the U.S. and Canada only.

Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Complete DVD Set Volume 1 features:

Disc Specs:
 Languages: Japanese and English
 Subtitles: English
 Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen
 Number of Disc: 3 DVDs
 Episodes: 1-13
 Total Run Time: Approx. 325 min
 Rating: 13UP

Bonus Contents and Special Packaging:
 Textless Opening
 Textless Ending
 Soft Box and 2-Sided Reversible Cover Illustrated by Toshifumi Akai (Character Design)
 2-Sided Deluxe Illustration Board
 Mini Poster
*Bonus contents subject to change.

Product number and UPC bar code:
Title: Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Complete DVD Set Vol. 1
Street Date: 3/31/15
SKU #: AOA-5001
UPC: 856137005124
SRP: $79.98
Store price: $64.98

Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Complete DVD Set Volume 2 features:

Disc Specs"
 Languages: Japanese and English
 Subtitles: English
 Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen
 Number of Disc: 3 DVDs
 Episodes: 14-25
 Total Run Time: Approx. 300 min
 Rating: 13UP

Bonus Contents and Special Packaging"
 Textless Opening
 Textless Ending
 English Version Trailer
 Soft Box and 2-Sided Reversible Cover Illustrated by Toshifumi Akai (Character Design)
 2-Sided Deluxe Illustration Board
 Mini Poster
*Bonus contents subject to change.

Product number and UPC bar code:
Title: Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Complete DVD Set Vol. 2
Street Date: 5/26/15
SKU #: AOA-5002
UPC: 856137005131
SRP: $74.98
Store price: $59.98

All volumes of Magi: The Kingdom of Magic can be pre-ordered and purchased at:

RightStuf: Volume 1: Rightstuf.com/i/aoa5001
Volume 2: Rightstuf.com/i/aoa5002

Official Retailers: www.AniplexUSA.com/retailers

For detailed information, please visit: www.Magi-USA.com

About Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Volume 1:
In order to realize their objectives, the adventurers each embark on a new journey. Aladdin sets his sights on the land of Magnoshutatt to study magic while Alibaba travels to the Leam Empire to challenge the gladiators of the coliseum. Morgiana sets sail towards her homeland of Katarg, and Hakuryu returns to the Kou Empire…

Equipped with a charm to mask his powers of a Magi, Aladdin arrives to Magnoshutatt with another goal—to investigate this nation's relation with the Al-Tharmen—the power behind the “Abnormalities of the World.”

Meanwhile, the royal family of the Kou Empire was in mourning for their Emperor's passing and is shocked when the throne is passed on to someone they had not expected. An ominous cloud loomed over the Empire as the flames of revenge burned within Hakuryu. The Magi of the Leam Empire, Scheherazade, also sensed this threat from across the sea and grew concerned for her people.

Back in Magnoshutatt, Aladdin is hard at training at the academy when he meets Titus Alexius, a prodigy from Leam. But, Aladdin realizes that Titus was also equipped with the same charm!

What is Titus's true identity?! An all new adventure big enough to change the world begins now!

About Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Volume 2:
In their second year at the Academy, Aladdin, Titus and Sphintus are granted Second Class Citizenship in Magnoshutatt and are allowed to venture outside of the campus. There, the group witnesses the harsh realities of racial inequalities and discrimination among the magicians and the humans.

Even though Aladdin is shocked to learn the bitter history between the two races that acted as a catalyst to harbor these prejudices, he is unable to agree with the Academy's Director, Mogamett's vision of building a “country solely for magicians.” Aladdin also concludes that the magicians at Magnoshutatt are somehow connected to Dark Magic after coming into contact with the black rukh in his class.

After learning that Titus defected to Magnoshutatt, the Leam Empire finally declares war. With the powerful Fanalis Corp. leading the attack, the Leam military begins its invasion! As Aladdin stands between the two nations to stop them with his powers as a Magi, some familiar faces come to his aid!

Now with even the Kou Empire entering the war, countless black rukh cover the skies. The clash of nations may be just the beginning of the end of this world!

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STAFF
Original Creator: Shinobu Ohtaka (Shogakukan “Weekly Shounen Sunday” Publishing)
Director: Koji Masunari
Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Series Direction: Ayako Kurata
Assistant Director: Naotaka Hayashi
Character Design: Toshifumi Akai
Chief Animation Directors: Hitomi Ochiai, Asami Komatsu
Concept Design: Shiho Takeuchi
Effect Animation: Takashi Hashimoto
Art Director: Ayu Kawamoto
Prop Design: Haruo Miyagawa
Color Design: Eri Suzuki
Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Sekiya
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
Music: Shiro Sagisu
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Production: MAGI Production Committee

CAST (Japanese/English)
Aladdin: Kaori Ishihara / Erica Mendez
Alibaba: Yuki Kaji / Erik Scott Kimerer
Morgiana: Haruka Tomatsu / Cristina Vee
Sinbad: Daisuke Ono / Matt Mercer
Jafar: Takahiro Sakurai / Lucien Dodge
Masrur: Yoshimasa Hosoya / Keith Silverstein
Yamraiha: Yui Horie / Elizabeth Thomas
Sharrkan: Shotaro Morikubo / Danny Boston
Titus Alexius: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka / Johnny Yong Bosch
Sphintus: Ryota Osaka / Bobby Thong
Myers: Kikuko Inoue / Laura Post
Matal Mogamett: Cho / Steve Kramer
Scheherazade: Maaya Sakamoto / Stephanie Sheh
Mu Alexius: Mamoru Miyano / Ben Pronsky
Lolo: Kisho Taniyama/ Joshua Tomar
Myron: Ayahi Takagaki / Sarah Anne Williams
Toto: Kana Asumi / Cherami Leigh
Ren Hakuryu: Kensho Ono / Darrel Guilbeau
Ren Koen: Yuichi Nakamura / Kaiji Tang
Ren Komei: Satoshi Hino / Ethan Murray
Ren Koha: Tetsuya Kakihara / Mark Allen Jr.
Ren Kogyoku: Kana Hanazawa / Kira Buckland
Ren Hakuei: Nana Mizuki / Johanna Luis
Ren Gyokuen: Miki Ito / Erika Lindbeck
Judar: Ryohei Kimura / Todd HaberkornYunan: Akira Ishida / Max Mittelman

2014 Anime Expo Open Audition Callbacks:
Austin Lee Matthews
Jalen Cassell
Liv Heller
Zach Aguilar

English ADR Director: Tony Oliver

About Aniplex of America Inc.
Aniplex of America Inc. (Santa Monica, California) is a subsidiary of Aniplex Inc. (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a group of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and a leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan. Aniplex of America has launched fan-favorite Blu-ray and DVD releases such as Sword Art Online, KILL la KILL, Bakemonogatari, Durarara!!, Fate/zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the Garden of sinners, Blue Exorcist, Anohana: The Movie, Silver Spoon, NISEKOI, OREIMO 2, Blast of Tempest, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Oreshura, Vividred Operation, and VALVRAVE: The Liberator. The company's ever-growing line-up of shows includes our most recent titles Sword Art Online II, ALDNOAH.ZERO, Persona4 the Golden ANIMANTION, MEKAKUCITY ACTORS, The irregular at magic high school, Mushi-Shi Next Passage, Nanana's Buried Treasure, Your lie in April, World Conquest Zvezda Plot, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and Samurai Flamenco.

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