One of the many anime acquired during the Anime Limited 12 Days of Christmas sale. They arrived at home first so I now have them in possession today! This one, in particular, was the last title to be released as it didn’t get dispatched until weeks after the new year.
Snow White with the Red Hair (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime) is a 2015/2016 anime series from studio Bones and published by Hakuhodo DY MaP (Showgate). It is an adaptation of the 2006 manga series written and drawn by Sorata Akizuki, and was given two anime seasons which were technically split cour given the timing. The first season aired during the Summer 2015 season while the second season aired during the Winter 2016 season.
Funimation has the rights to the anime series and dubbed all of the episodes into English. They eventually released the series across two season sets as a standard combo pack. Meanwhile, in the UK, they were released under Funimation UK on Blu-ray only due to the licensor wanting PAL DVD discs (which would bring inferior disc quality for the DVDs). Years later Anime Limited decided to provide a re-release in the form of a complete collection collector’s edition box set exclusive to their shopping store. This set was made available for pre-orders during the 12 Days of Christmas sale.
The official release was initially going to be December 2018 but eventually got pushed back to January 2019 due to delays in stock. The discs and packaging are identical to the original two season sets with some minor changes. The cases are now clear with a disc flap instead of a case that had two disc slots. In addition, the collector’s edition comes with a rigid box to house the two seasons as well as a special booklet exclusive to this particular version.
The discs are based on the Funimation master so there are no differences between the UK & US versions altogether. Both seasons include the original Japanese audio with locked subtitles during playback as well as the English dub. Season 1 includes episodes 1-12 across 2 Blu-ray discs, and Season 2 includes episodes 13-24 across 2 Blu-ray discs. The discs are region locked to B during playback, much like how the US release was region locked to A.
You can order the shop exclusive collector’s edition on Shop AllTheAnime, and also the standard Blu-rays for Season 1 and Season 2 for other retailers (Amazon for instance).
Blu-ray Specs (Season 1):
Languages: English, Japanese
Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0
Video: 1080p High Definition Native format with 16:9 ratio
Region: B
Subtitles: English
Locked Subtitles: Yes
Discs: 2
Blu-ray Specs (Season 2):
Languages: English, Japanese
Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0
Video: 1080p High Definition Native format with 16:9 ratio
Region: B
Subtitles: English
Locked Subtitles: Yes
Discs: 2
Plot Synopsis (via Anime Limited & Funimation UK):
Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Tanbarun, there lived an independent young woman with beautiful red hair. A skilled herbalist by trade, Shirayuki used her knowledge of plants and medicine to heal the people of her city. But when her apple-red hair drew the unwanted attention of the devious Prince Raj, she was left with two options become his unwilling concubine, or leave her home forever. In the dead of night, she cut her hair and escaped to the neighboring kingdom of Clarines where she was found by a kind young man named Zen. The mysterious stranger turned out to be none other than the dashing prince of her newfound kingdom. And with his protection, Shirayuki was finally free to chase her dreams.
Now, she’s set her sights on becoming a royal court herbalist and it will take a lot more than poisoned apples, scheming lords, and challenging exams to stand in her way.
Blu-ray On-Disc Extra Features (Season 1):
Episode 9 Commentary
Episode 11 Commentary
Promotional Videos
Commercial Collection
Textless Opening Song – “Yasashii Kibou”
Textless Closing Song – “Kizuna ni Nosete”
Trailers
Blu-ray On-Disc Extra Features (Season 2):
Episode 16 Commentary
Episode 23 Commentary
Promotional Videos
Commercial Collection
Textless Opening Song – “Sono Koe ga Chizu ni Naru”
Textless Closing Song – “Page ~Kimi to Tsuzuru Monogatari~” (All 3 Versions)
Trailers
Collector’s Edition Extras:
Rigid box with clean artwork, title on spine, and info sheet with the information/logos
32-page Booklet
Snow White with the Red Hair is available on Blu-ray from Funimation UK.
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hey, do you know where I can buy this version at cause on alltheanime they are sold out and I really love this boxset and want to buy it so if you know please tell me thanks!
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Hello! Unfortunately distributor Anime Limited (on behalf of Funimation UK) lost the rights to the series alongside a number of other Funimation titles they licensed over the years including Assassination Classroom, Fairy Tail, Hyouka, Prison School and numerous others. Considering the collector’s edition box and booklet were exclusive to Anime Limited’s shop, the only option you have now is to try and locate the set across various third-party sellers, like eBay, CeX, or over on Anime UK News’ forum marketplace if someone has a spare. I know it’s not the best news to hear, but this came out of nowhere around early April so it was a shock to many UK fans.
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