Saga of Tanya the Evil (Blu-ray) Unboxing

Saga of Tanya the Evil (幼女戦記, Youjo Senki) is a 2017 television anime series based on Carlo Zen’s light novel series with illustrations by Shinobu Shinotsuki. The series was produced by Studio NUT, and the staff credits include director Yutaka Uemura, writer Kenta Ihara, character designer Yuji Hosogoe, and music composed by Shūji Katayama. The series was first aired in Japan on January 2017 during its Winter 2017 season, and published by Kadokawa Pictures.

Background:

“A little girl with blonde hair, blue eyes, and porcelain skin fights on the front lines of a brutal war set in a fantasy world. What others don’t know is that she’s a reincarnated Japanese office worker who, in his former life, had a ruthless desire to climb the corporate ladder in hopes of retiring to a cushy corner office. After death, Being X decides to give him one last chance to surrender – and Tanya Degurechaff is born.

However, Tanya is as stubborn and coldhearted as she was in her former life. Furthermore, her goals remain the same – find a way to retire to a cushy life. Instead, she constantly finds herself being tested on the front lines of the most hostile situations because Being X is determined to win her over, at any cost. Both parties are equally stubborn, and could it be that both are equally evil?”

Plot Synopsis via Manga Entertainment, January 2020.

Saga of Tanya the Evil is an isekai series which I know many are starting to hate the term now, but what surprised me the most was that it was animated by a new studio and this was their first project which actually turned out pretty well. The anime series did receive a film sequel but since then there hasn’t been any new works for the franchise.

Crunchyroll has the English rights for the anime series (and also the film but at the moment only the series gets more focus) while Funimation provided the English dub and home video distribution. Manga Entertainment in the UK brought the series over due to demand since it was one of those titles that never got brought over when it was first released in the US on Blu-ray back in late 2018. It took a while but I’m glad that it had received a release in the end.

Regular Edition & On-Disc Contents:

Distributor: Manga Entertainment
Released: 27th January 2020

This regular edition release for Saga of Tanya the Evil contains the entire series (12 episodes) across two Blu-ray discs, which were encoded and authored by Funimation. The audio options available include Japanese with English subtitles and the Funimation English dub. The white subtitles are locked during playback, and the disc region is restricted to B for Blu-ray players.

Blu-ray Specs:

Languages	English, Japanese
Audio	English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0
Video	1080p High Definition Native format 16:9 aspect ratio
Region	B
Subtitles	English
Locked Subtitles	Yes
Discs	2

Blu-ray On-Disc Extra Features:

Disc 2:

• Textless Opening Song “JUNGO JUNGLE”
• Textless Closing Song “Los! Los! Los!”
• Promo Videos
• Commercials

Unboxing Photos:

Final Notes:

Saga of Tanya the Evil is available to own on Blu-ray from Manga Entertainment across multiple retailers. You can order the complete season on Blu-ray and DVD on Amazon UK.