Sword Oratoria: Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side (Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing

The spin-off series to DanMachi took a couple of weeks to arrive from Rightstuf as part of their 32-bit sale, but shipping takes its time as per usual and then you have customs to deal with.

Anywho I finally picked up this set. This release, in particular, is now out of print also.

Sword Oratoria: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria) is a 2017 anime series from studio J.C. Staff and published by Hakuhodo DY MAP/Showgate. The series is based on the light novel series written by Fujino Omori and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura.

Sword Oratoria is a spin-off to the series Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? also written by the same author. It takes place roughly around the same time as the main series’ first season, though it has a lot of changes from the source material which didn’t please fans of the franchise.

Sentai Filmworks has the license for the DanMachi franchise and much like the main series, Sword Oratoria was also released with a limited edition however it’s modeled as a normal DVD sized box set rather than following DanMachi’s unique design. The contents are similar to other Sentai sets in terms of featuring the Original Soundtrack, Hardcover Booklet, and some Art Cards.

The Limited Edition release features all 12 episodes across two Blu-ray and three DVD discs. The audio options available include English and Japanese with English subtitles, and the subtitles are locked during playback. The Blu-ray discs are geo-locked, meaning that they can be played on certain players if their country is set to English (United States) or simply a games console like PS3, PS4, and Xbox One. The DVDs are region locked to the 1 zone NTSC players.

You can order the US release on Amazon in both collectors and standard Blu-ray sets.

Blu-ray Specs:

Languages: English, Japanese
Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Video: 1080p High Definition Native format with 16:9 ratio
Region: A
Geo-Locked Region: United States
Subtitles: English
Locked Subtitles: Yes
Discs: 2

DVD Specs:

Languages: English, Japanese
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0, Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0
Video: 480i Standard Definition in NTSC format with 16:9 ratio
Region: 1
Subtitles: English
Locked Subtitles: Yes
Discs: 3

Plot Synopsis (via Sentai Filmworks):

Contrary to what the adventures of Bell and the Goddess Hestia might imply, not everyone goes into the dungeon of Orario to pick up girls. The veterans of the Goddess Loki’s Familia have lots of reasons for risking life and limb facing the monsters and mayhem lurking within the deadly labyrinth’s multiple levels, but new member and mage Lefiya just wants to prove that she’s worthy to be on the same team as her hero, the famed sword princess Aiz Wallenstein. As for Aiz herself, she’s seeking something that no one else even suspects, and she may find it when trouble comes after her from the previously unreached 59th level! If you thought you knew the Danmachi universe, be prepared to think again as the adventure continues from an all-new point of view in SWORD ORATORIA!