Section23 Films, Houston-based distributor of ADV Films, Maiden Japan and Sentai Filmworks anime, has announced its November 2013 release slate, which features six titles:
Hiiro no Kakera: Season 2,
Mobile Police Patlabor TV: Collection 3,
Nakaimo: Complete,
Little Busters!: Complete,
High School of the Dead OVA, and
La Storia della Arcana Famiglia: Complete.
Hiiro no Kakera: Season 2 (Street date: November 5th)
Official Synopsis: After battling dangerous creatures once existing only in legend, Princess Tamaki begins to deal with her uncertain future as the new Tamayori Princess. Once she claims her rightful place as the protector of the universe, high school will seem like a breeze. But whether she lives to accept that future is another matter altogether. Her five guardians -- handsome, powerful young men of great power and undeniable loyalty -- have vowed to sacrifice everything to protect her. But are any of them able to deal with a traitor in their midst? And how can anyone deal with such important issues while still carrying a high GPA? Sorcery and school conflict collide in the gorgeous and thrilling
Hiiro no Kakera ~ The Tamayori Princess Saga.
The Blu-ray release of Hiiro no Kakera: Season 2 includes all 13 second season episodes, as well as English & Japanese audio with English subtitles. Exact technical specifications and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.
Mobile Police Patlabor TV: Collection 3 (Street date: November 5th)
Official Synopsis: With Kanuka having returned to New York, the search is on for her replacement as Ohta's backup, and the pressure on Shinshi to step up is so severe that he contemplates leaving for a civilian job. At the same time, the powers that be are taking the opportunity to make some other sweeping changes as well, introducing an experienced new member to the team in the form of Takeo Kumagami. However, the addition of another female to the SV2 is the least of Noa's problems, as a new series of stunning Labor-related crimes rapidly escalates into an all out war against the Mobile Police. Unlike any previous encounters, the SV2 are now up against a superior form of Labor and possibly even better pilots! And just to make the disaster complete, the Police Chief's proposed new economic move to cheaper Labors may ultimately result in the scrapping of Division 2's Ingrams. As the terrifying Griffin stalks the streets and skies of Tokyo, the Second Special Vehicles Division must fight a battle for survival on multiple fronts in the third riveting volume of
Mobile Police Patlabor TV.
The Blu-ray release of Mobile Police Patlabor TV: Collection 3 includes episodes 25-36, as well as English & Japanese audio with English subtitles. Exact technical specifications and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.
Nakaimo: Complete (Street date: November 12th)
Official Synopsis: Is insanity hereditary? Shougo Mikadono's beginning to think so, because the terms of his late father's will seem crazy and following them may drive Shougo bonkers as well. Oh, it sounds simple at first: before Shougo can claim his
very large inheritance, he just has to start attending a certain new school and find a nice girl to marry. It's a little unromantic, but perfectly do-able, right? After all, all the girls seem quite friendly, so all Shougo has to do is find one he has something in common with. Except, and here's the kicker, it turns out that Shougo has
way too much in common with one of them, because she's actually his long lost sister! And he has no idea which one she is! Will Shougo meet and court his Miss Right without committing something very morally wrong? Can he find his future bride without slipping into the wrong set of genes? And if his little sister does reveal herself, just how much will be revealed and under what circumstances? Find out as family planning takes on a whole new meaning.
The Blu-ray release of Nakaimo: Complete includes all 13 episodes, as well as English & Japanese audio with English subtitles. Exact technical specifications and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.
Little Busters!: Complete (Street date: November 19th)
Official Synopsis: When tragedy struck Riki Naoe as a child, he was rescued from grief over his parent's deaths when four other kids "recruited" him for their group: the "Little Busters." Now in high school, Riki and the other Busters are still fast friends, and though their vision of being heroes for justice may have faded, they'd still do anything for each other. Which is why Riki is now on two special missions. The not so secret one: recruiting new members so the Busters can form a baseball team. Preferably
female recruits, as the current dude/babe ratio is an inconvenient 4 to 1. The
other mission though, that's the strange one. Because Riki and Rin, the group's singular girl, are receiving odd messages, delivered by cats, concerning the existence of a "secret world" and assigning them tasks they have to complete. Were their youthful dreams of being crusaders not so fanciful after all? Or is there something even more vital at stake? Between steeling his courage to talk to girls and dealing with his own narcolepsy, Riki may just need the strength of a superhero to solve the ultimate mystery of the
Little Busters!
The Blu-ray release of Little Busters!: Complete includes all 13 episodes, as well as English & Japanese audio with English subtitles. Exact technical specifications and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.
High School of the Dead OVA (Street date: November 26th)
Official Synopsis: When an unplanned stop on a deserted island gives Takashi, Saeko and the rest of the ragged band of survivors a chance to expose themselves to something other than zombie bites for a change, they're more than ready to take a break and let their hair down. Discovering the remnants of an old beach store, the entire group strips to swimsuits and sets out to make the uninhabited island inhabitable, but they're unaware that this seeming paradise is actually just the dead calm before the storm. Because sometimes the recently deceased aren't the only problems that can lie buried in the sand, and as the swimwear comes off and the inhibitions come down, a kink in the island's food chain sets a truly shocking series of events into motion. You won't believe what comes out next, but suffice it to say that the deserted island may not be so deserted after all.
The Blu-ray release of High School of the Dead OVA includes the 16-minute Drifters of the Dead OVA, as well as English & Japanese audio with English subtitles. Exact technical specifications and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.
La Storia della Arcana Famiglia: Complete (Street date: November 26th)
Official Synopsis: Things are
not going well for Felicitá. For years, the island of Regalo, has been protected by her father's "organization," the Arcana Tarocco, whose success is due in no small part to the members' unusual skills with Tarot Cards, not to mention the more usual guns and knives. But now, unexpectedly, her father has decided to retire and, while the fact that his position will be filled by the winner of a series of duels doesn't worry Felicitiá, the fact that he's decided to throw
her into the contest as part of the prize certainly does. Especially since some of the contestants are her cousins, which is keeping things in the family
way too much! Fortunately, our lady shark has two aces up her sleeve: as the head of the Swords Division, she's eligible to compete for herself; and with her favored Card, The Lovers, she can snoop into the minds of her would be suitors cum rivals. It's just too bad they have their own card tricks. Roll the Batchelorette, the Sopranos and that crazy gypsy from the fair into an insane anime calzone, half-bake thoroughly and you've got a lot of spicy mayhem ahead.
The Blu-ray release of La Storia della Arcana Famiglia: Complete includes all 12 episodes, as well as English & Japanese audio with English subtitles. Exact technical specifications and special features have yet to be detailed. Cover art is not final.