Houston-based anime distributor Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks have detailed the Blu-ray release of
Flowers of Evil: Complete Collection. The 13-episode Hiroshi Nagahama anime series is based on the Shûzô Oshimi manga of the same name, and streets on July 8th.
Synopsis: Darkness lurks everywhere, in every human heart, and sometimes it takes just a second of weakness for it to take root. For Takao Kasuga, that germination begins when his obsession with his beautiful classmate Nanako meets the opportunity to "borrow" her used gym clothes. Unfortunately, his loathsome act of laundry theft is witnessed by Nakamura, the strange girl who sits behind him in class. Soon, Nakamura's own dark obsessions begin to hook their twisted tendrils into Takao's miserable existence.
Blackmailed into a "contract" under the threat of having his guilt revealed to his entire class, the former bookworm who could spend hours reading Beaudelaire's "The Flowers of Evil" now finds himself entwined in Nakamura's growing fantasies as she leads him down the garden path to damnation. As their blossoming relationship becomes ever darker, even the seemingly innocent Nanako is pulled into the nightmare. Just what are Nakumura's ultimate plans, and will the increasingly trapped Takao really be willing to carry them out? What you sow, you must ultimately reap, and there's certain to be a harrowing harvest ahead.
The Blu-ray edition of
Flowers of Evil features series episodes 1-13, 1080p video, a Japanese lossless audio track and English subtitles. No English dub is available and no supplemental content is included.