FUNimation Entertainment has announced its November 2013 release slate, which includes five titles on Blu-ray:
Akira: 25th Anniversary Edition,
Maken-Ki! Battling Venus: Limited Edition,
Binbo-gami ga! Good Luck Girl!: Limited Edition,
One Piece: Strong World, Movie 10 and
Wolf Children. The first two street on November 12th, while the next three arrive a week later, on November 19th. Tech specs and special features have yet to be revealed.
Akira: 25th Anniversary Edition (Street date: November 12th)
Synopsis: 2019. Neo-Tokyo has arisen from the ashes of a mysterious explosion under Japan's new political system, but the glittering city is built on foundations of poverty, ignorance and despair. Kaneda and his friends, a gang of juvenile delinquents, race a rival group of bikers. While the police attempt to disperse a riot with tear gas, Tetsuo takes the lead and, after disposing of his opponents, nearly runs down what looks to be a 100-year-old baby. Tetsuo is suddenly taken prisoner by agents of the top-secret Akira Project, where he is subjected to a series of tests which unleash his latent psycho-kinetic powers. More powerful than anyone imagined, he escapes, creating a swathe of destruction across the city.
Maken-Ki! Battling Venus (Street date: November 12th)
Synopsis: Takeru Ohyama, a young normal yet perverted minded guy, got accepted and now goes to a school that, unknown to him, was where combat and magic is used. On the first day, he meets again after three years: Haruko Amaya, his childhood friend, Inaho Kushiya, a girl who says she's his fiance, and Kodama Himegami, a blonde who wants to kill him. Finding out that there are many girls there that just don't like him, he is told that everyone there uses a special magic ability while using an item or weapon called a Maken. Later, he finds that no Maken is acceptable for him and doesn't know what to do, since in this school the students get into duels that showcase their magic and combat power, of which he seemingly has none.
Binbo-gami ga! Good Luck Girl! (Street date: November 19th)
Synopsis: Pretty, busty rich girl Sakura Ichiko has been blessed with an inordinate amount of good fortune, so much so that she's actually sucking the fortune from those around her. To correct that massive imbalance, Momiji, a God of Misfortune, has come to Earth to "treat" Sakura—only Sakura isn't so willing to cooperate. As part of an ongoing effort to remedy the problem, Momiji starts living with Sakura.
One Piece: Strong World, Movie 10 (Street date: November 19th)
Synopsis: The tenth film in the
One Piece series. 20 years after his escape from Impel Down, the legendary pirate Shiki "the Golden Lion" reappears causing massive upheaval to the Marines. During his long seclusion, he was able to come up with a scheme to bring the World Government to his knees. On his way to execute the plan, Shiki crosses paths with the Straw Hat Pirates and becomes so impressed with Nami's knowledge of meteorology that he abducts her to forcedly enlist her into his crew. Luffy and the gang end up on a strange land populated with monstrous beasts as they desperately search for Shiki and Nami.
Wolf Children (Street date: November 19th)
Synopsis: Hana is a 19-year-old student who falls in a fairy-tale like love with a "wolf man." Over the course of the 13-year story, Hana gives birth to two children: older sister Yuki, and younger brother Ame, also known as Snow and Rain. At first the family quietly lives in city trying to hide their wolf heritage, but when the children's father suddenly dies, Hana makes the decision to move to a rural town, far from city life. The critically acclaimed
Wolf Children surpassed Hosoda's
Summer Wars at the Japanese box office to become Japan's fifth highest grossing film in 2012, and won numerous awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year and the Audience Award at the New York International Children's Film Festival.