New retail listings at Amazon UK have revealed that Anime Limited (otherwise known as All The Anime) are planning to release Standard Edition Blu-Ray releases of Chaika: The Coffin Princess, Kaiji: Against All Rules, Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun and The Legend of Hei during September 2024 within the UK.
Interestingly Anime Limited has yet to make a formal announcement about any of these newly listed titles, and what’s even more surprising is that some of these are rescued (re-licensed) titles from past distributors in the UK. Chaika: The Coffin Princess was originally released on Blu-Ray (and DVD) in the UK via Animatsu Entertainment, while Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun was previously released on Blu-ray (as well as DVD and Collector’s Edition Combo Pack) in the UK; with MVM still selling remaining stock on anime-on-line. The Legend of Hei and Kaiji: Against all Rules [Season 2] are brand new licenses for the UK.
Chaika: The Coffin Princess – Season 1 – Blu-Ray (Amazon UK)
Release Date: 16th September 2024 | SRP: £49.99
12 Episodes on 2 Discs | English & Japanese (with English subtitles)
Synopsis: The year is 1604. On the continent of Verbist, an age of war lasting for three generations finally ended with the fall of the northern nation, the Gaz Empire. In addition to legitimate knights and soldiers, the militant forces sent to battle included wizards, saboteurs, and mercenaries, totaling 620,000. What’s more, three airborne strongholds and massive numbers of magical weapons plus beast and dragon cavalries were added to the ranks, ending in the annihilation of the Gaz Empire, which had been deemed: the root of all evil.
Kaiji: Against All Rules [Season 2] – Blu-Ray (Amazon UK)
Release Date: 16th September 2024 | SRP: £49.99
26 Episodes – 3 Discs | Japanese Audio (with English subtitles)
Synopsis: After the events at the Starside Hotel, Kaiji finds himself in dire straits. The Teiai group captures him and throws Kaiji into an underground forced labor camp. And that’s only the start of his troubles.
Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun – Complete Collection – Blu-Ray (Amazon UK)
Release Date: 23rd September 2024 | SRP: £49.99
12 Episodes – 2 Discs | English & Japanese Audio (with English subtitles)
Synopsis: A funny thing happened when Chiyo Sakura worked up the courage to confess her feelings to her high school crush: he thought she was applying for a job as his art assistant! Because, unbeknownst to Chiyo, Nozaki secretly creates manga under a feminine pen name, and he’s badly in need of help! This is certainly not what Chiyo had hoped would happen but, since it’s at least a chance to get to know him better, she accepts.
Then everything goes sideways when her new boss realizes that he can use his “really a girl” assistant to “research” how girls think and what they find romantic! Can an increasingly frustrated Chiyo pretend to be professional while a clueless Nozaki has all her buttons pushed in the right way for the wrong reasons? It happens when producing the MONTHLY GIRLS’ NOZAKI-KUN!
The Legend of Hei – Blu-Ray (Amazon UK)
Release Date: 9th September 2024 | SRP: £24.99
Film – 1 Discs | English & Mandarin Audio (with English subtitles)
Synopsis: When cat spirit Luo Xiaohei’s home is deforested by humans, he must find a new one. He runs into a group of other spirit creatures who take him under their wing with dreams of reconquering the land they say is rightfully theirs. However, they run into a human known as Wuxian who separates Luo Xiaohei from the other spirits and the two go on a journey, with the cat spirit learning to control his abilities as well as forming his own thoughts on whether or not he should ally with the spirits or the humans.
It’s also worth mentioning that B: The Beginning – Season 2, which was originally expected to be released earlier in the year, is now listed on Amazon UK with a 2nd September 2024 release date. As mentioned, all three titles are currently scheduled for UK release during September 2024, with some available to pre-order on Amazon UK. We expect that additional retail listings will be made available in the coming days, but in the meantime you can see what’s coming out in the near future via our release schedule.