OFFICIAL Anime on Blu-ray (USA releases)

[NormanicGrav]

Originally Posted by kk1

Sleepy Princess is super fun, agreed about the rest except By the Grace..., it's actually an OK SOL isekai. Talentless Nana was surprisingly decent too, just has that unfortunate read the manga ending.

Wonder if there's a chance for a LE in the UK for any of them...

Very unlikely, Funi UK is mainly only going to be covering the bigger titles. Sleepy Princess could get a UK release but it might not be popular enough to warrant a UK exclusive LE treatment (I do think Sleepy Princess deserves an LE at least, Talentless Nana was fun too).

Higurashi could, but I think the BBFC may step in and go 'nope' on some of the violence.

Originally Posted by gloomranger

Warlords of Sigrdrifa

NO ARTWORK AVAILABLE

Well the artwork was already revealed a few months ago which is this so it wouldn't surprise me if they kept it the same:

[Show spoiler]

[gloomranger]

Originally Posted by pikagreg

Adachi and Shimamura
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 (standard, LE)
By the Grace of the Gods
DR.STONE Season 1 (Steelbook)
KING'S RAID: Successor's of the Will Part 1
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
Talentless Nana
Warlords of Sigrdrifa

Funimation February 2022 Solicitations

https://www.funimation.com/blog/2021...season-part-1/

• By the Grace of the Gods – Season 1 – Limited Edition (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital)
• Attack on Titan Final Season – Part 1 – Limited Edition (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital)
• Adachi and Shimamura – The Complete Season (Blu-ray + Digital)
• Attack on Titan Final Season – Part 1 (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital)
• By the Grace of the Gods – Season 1 (Blu-ray + Digital)
• Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU – Season 1 Part 2 (Blu-ray + Digital)
• Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital)
• KING’s RAID: Successors of the Will – Part 1 (Bu-ray + Digital)
• Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table (Blu-ray + Digital)
• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle – The Complete Season (Blu-ray + Digital)
• Talentless Nana – The Complete Season (Blu-ray + Digital)
• Dr. STONE – Season 1 – SteelBook (Blu-ray + Digital)
• Berserk (2016) – The Complete Series – Essentials (Blu-ray + Digital)
• Dragon Ball Z – Seasons 1-3 (Blu-ray) - Walmart exclusive)
• Dragon Ball Z – Seasons 4-6 (Blu-ray) - Walmart exclusive)
• Dragon Ball Z – Seasons 7-9 (Blu-ray) - Walmart exclusive)
• Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko – The Complete Series – Essentials (Blu-ray + Digital)
• My Hero Academia – Season 4 Complete (Blu-ray + Digital)

[pikagreg]

I was not expecting a LE for By the Grace of the Gods but I guess isekai get a free pass for LE sets lol

[gundamcero]

Yup. Figures. Another mid-core isekai gets a limited edition.

Walmart exclusive. lol Get FAWKED

[BigOnAnime]

FUNimation has done so many Dragon Ball Walmart-exclusives over the years, figures they'd continue that...
https://www.blu-ray.com/search/?quic...S&sortby=title
https://www.blu-ray.com/search/?quic...S&sortby=title

The double box sets for the Orange Bricks also were/are Walmart-exclusive.

[gundamcero]

Glad I held onto that 10% off coupon.

Adachi and Shimamura Blu-ray
You saved: $4.39
$39.48

Josee the Tiger and the Fish Blu-ray/DVD
You saved: $2.70
$24.29

Higurashi When They Cry GOU Season 1 Part 2 Blu-ray
You saved: $4.39
$39.48

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Blu-ray
You saved: $4.39
$39.48

Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 1 Blu-ray/DVD
You saved: $4.39
$39.48

Talentless Nana Blu-ray
You saved: $4.39
$39.48

[TolerancEJ]

Thanks! I wasn't sure who was planning to distribute Josee the Tiger and the Fish in North America.

[BigOnAnime]

It was always FUNimation, they screened it in theaters months ago.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-12-14/.174006

[Bobo1313]

Might pick up the DBZ releases, if they are the steelbook discs.

Is the new Higurashi any good?

[kk1]

Originally Posted by gundamcero

Yup. Figures. Another mid-core isekai gets a limited edition

Seriously, ugh whatever method they are using is very flawed.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Berserk 2016 being considered "essential" is insulting

[cooperb21]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

Berserk 2016 being considered "essential" is insulting

Essential just means discounted price and weren't huge sellers. Classics is ones that sold or sell more.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by cooperb21

Essential just means discounted price and weren't huge sellers. Classics is ones that sold or sell more.

Oh so it's like the new version of SAVE releases then?

[MasterAS]

Originally Posted by cooperb21

Essential just means discounted price and weren't huge sellers. Classics is ones that sold or sell more.

Is it though? I personally see it as "hey cool, a way to get certain shows for cheap"

[gundamcero]

Lol. Essential piece of shit maybe.

[BigOnAnime]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

Oh so it's like the new version of SAVE releases then?

S.A.V.E. was replaced by Essentials in 2018, and Anime Classics was replaced by Classics the same year. It's just purely marketing.

On a side-note, some Anime Classics shows were re-released onto Essentials rather than Classics. Those were:

-Burst Angel
-Deadman Wonderland
-Eden of the East
-Freezing
-Freezing Vibration
-Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing
-Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
-Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne
-Witchblade

Nothing from S.A.V.E. got re-released onto Classics.

Originally Posted by cooperb21

Essential just means discounted price and weren't huge sellers. Classics is ones that sold or sell more.

Eh, that's not how it works. Date A Live has sold quite well for FUNimation (the S1 LE sold out in about a year), yet S1 is on Essentials rather than Classics. I'm expecting OniAni to move from S.A.V.E. to Essentials in the near future, and that show completely overperformed. The LE sold out in under a month, there was a second print run, it also quickly sold out, and the show got scalped for nearly a year until it got re-released.

S.A.V.E./Essentials=/=Poor sellers

If that many shows had sold poorly for FUNimation, they'd have gone under years ago. Similarly, there were things FUNimation released straight to Anime Classics that didn't sell that well. All you really need to get from Essentials vs. Classics is that the former is cheaper than the latter, that's it.

[GenPion]

Originally Posted by gundamcero

Lol. Essential piece of shit maybe.

It stands for “just the essentials.”

No slipcover, DVDs, or digital codes. Just the Blu-ray Discs in a standard amaray case.

[gundamcero]

Originally Posted by GenPion

It stands for “just the essentials.”

No slipcover, DVDs, or digital codes. Just the Blu-ray Discs in a standard amaray case.

I'm well aware

[BigOnAnime]

Originally Posted by GenPion

It stands for “just the essentials.”

No slipcover, DVDs, or digital codes. Just the Blu-ray Discs in a standard amaray case.

Worth noting there's a DVD-only Essentials release (why won't they get the Blu-ray rights already, it's been on Blu-ray in Japan since 2011). Also, nearly all Essentials and Classics releases come with a FUNimation Digital Copy (including Berserk), and in many cases, the prior releases never came with one as they preceded those.

There's also an Essentials title that includes DVDs, but that's because Chronicles of the Heroic Knight has no Blu-rays.

[MOONPHASE]

It’s always funny how OniAi wasn’t given a Dub because Funimation never imagined it would do so well. It’s 1 of those times where they would have if they had known.