Welcome to the December 2020 solicitations for the US anime home video releases, covering Discotek Media, Funimation, and Sentai.
Each title has been colour-coded to represent which distributor they belong to:
- Red: Discotek Media license (will be updated later from the others)
- Purple: Funimation license
- Blue: Sentai, Maiden Japan licenses
Funimation generally reveals their titles around 14th-16th each month, Sentai generally reveals theirs between 18th-25th each month (though in this case it was the 30th), and Discotek reveals theirs around the first week of the next month.
Disclaimer: Amazon links are also included when available. They are affiliated so if you decide to order them, I’ll earn a small percentage if they ship which will help me with any hauls or small bills.
1st December:
Ajin: Demi-Human OAD Collection (Blu-ray)
SRP: $29.98 – Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 3 OVAs
On-Disc Content: TBD.
Angel of Death (Blu-ray)
Essentials release
SRP: $29.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-16
On-Disc Content: English Dub Commentary (Ep. 1), Japanese Promo Videos, Japanese Commercials, Textless OP/ED Songs.
Double Decker! Doug & Kirill (Blu-ray)
Essentials release
SRP: $29.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-13 & 3 OVAs
On-Disc Content: English Dub Commentary (Ep. 3), Textless OP/ED Songs.
Dr. STONE Season 1 Part 2 (Blu-ray & DVD)
Limited Edition release
SRP: $84.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 13-24
On-Disc Content: Dr. STONE: The Science Guys, English Dub Commentary (Ep. 24), Textless OP/ED Songs.
Limited Edition Extras: Rigid Box with slot for Part 1, 152-page Artbook, 3 Character Keychains, 3 Art Cards and Stickers.
Dr. STONE Season 1 Part 2 (Blu-ray & DVD)
Standard Edition release
SRP: $64.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 13-24
On-Disc Content: Dr. STONE: The Science Guys, English Dub Commentary (Ep. 24), Textless OP/ED Songs.
Notes: Also includes 3 Art Cards (while supplies last).
Outburst Dreamer Boys (Blu-ray)
SRP: $59.98 – Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-11
On-Disc Content: Special: It’s the Destiny of Those Born as Men, Japanese Promos, Clean OP/ED Songs.
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (Blu-ray & DVD)
SRP: $34.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: Film
On-Disc Content: Trailers
8th December:
7 SEEDS Part 1 (Blu-ray)
SRP: $69.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-12
On-Disc Content: Clean OP/ED Songs.
Black Clover Season 2 (Blu-ray)
Catalog Collection release
SRP: $84.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 52-102
On-Disc Content: English Dub Commentary (Ep. 72, 76, 66, 87, 89, 92, 94, 98), Clover Clips Special Edition, Black Clover: Cris George & Clifford Chapin Discuss the Royal Knights Exam, Inside the Episode: Episode 75, 78, 81, 84, 87, 90, 93, 97, 99, and 102, Textless OP/ED Songs.
The Garden of Words (Blu-ray)
Catalog re-release
SRP: $29.98 – English, Spanish & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: Film
On-Disc Content: Japanese & English Commentary, Interviews, Storyboards, English Production Stills, Japanese Trailer, and The Works of Makoto Shinkai
Violet Evergarden (Blu-ray & DVD)
Limited Edition release
SRP: $84.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-13 & OVA
On-Disc Content: Trailers, Textless OP/ED Songs.
Limited Edition Extras: Rigid Box with slot for Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll film, 4 Art Cards, 200-page Artbook and Stickers.
Notes: Funimation release currently does not include the Extended Editions on select episodes.
Violet Evergarden (Blu-ray)
Standard Edition release
SRP: $64.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-13
On-Disc Content: Trailers, Textless OP/ED Songs.
Notes: Funimation release currently does not include the Extended Editions on select episodes.
When Supernatural Battle Became Commonplace (Blu-ray)
Catalog re-release
SRP: $49.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-12
On-Disc Content: Clean OP/ED Songs.
15th December:
Ace Attorney Season 2 (Blu-ray)
Catalog Collection release
SRP: $69.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-23
On-Disc Content: English Dub Commentary (Ep. 7, 15), Textless OP/ED Songs.
Ahiru no Sora Collection 1 (Blu-ray)
SRP: $89.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-24
On-Disc Content: TBD.
Black Clover Seasons 1 & 2 (Blu-ray)
Amazon Exclusive Catalog Collection release
SRP: $189.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-102
On-Disc Content: All on-disc extras included in Season 1 collection and Season 2 collection.
Chidori RSC (Blu-ray)
SRP: $69.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-12
On-Disc Content: Episode 7.5: Nationals are Right Before Us, Japanese Promos, Clean OP/ED Songs.
Dragon Ball Z Season 4 (Blu-ray)
Limited Edition Steelbook release
SRP: $59.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 108-139
On-Disc Content: Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interviews with Matthew O’Hara and Daniel Mancilla, From the Vault: Goku vs. Vegeta Featurette, From the Vault: The World of Dragon Ball Z, Textless OP/ED Songs.
Limited Edition Extras: Steelbook packaging.
Other Notes: Presented in 4:3 aspect ratio using the 30th Anniversary Edition discs. Not a perfect transfer by all means, but better than the Orange Brick HD sets if you ask me.
Dragon Ball Z Season 5 (Blu-ray)
Limited Edition Steelbook release
SRP: $59.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 140-165
On-Disc Content: Inside Dragon Ball Z: Interviews with Sonny Strait and Meredith McCoy, Toei Tour: Raw Footage, Textless OP/ED Songs.
Limited Edition Extras: Steelbook packaging.
Other Notes: See above.
Paranoia Agent (Blu-ray)
Limited Edition Steelbook release
SRP: $59.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-13
On-Disc Content: Satoshi Kon and Susumu Hirasawa’s Paranoia Agent Talk Show, Paranoia Radio Audio Commentary for Episodes 11-13, Director Satoshi Kon’s Hand Drawn Storyboards for Episode 1, Trailer, Promotional Video
Limited Edition Extras: Steelbook packaging.
Paranoia Agent (Blu-ray)
Standard Edition release
SRP: $49.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-13
On-Disc Content: Satoshi Kon and Susumu Hirasawa’s Paranoia Agent Talk Show, Paranoia Radio Audio Commentary for Episodes 11-13, Director Satoshi Kon’s Hand Drawn Storyboards for Episode 1, Trailer, Promotional Video
22nd December:
Akira (4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray)
Limited Edition release
SRP: $59.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: Film
On-Disc Content: Akira Sound Clip (1998), Music for Akira, Kaneda’s Theme, Exodus, Ethnic Meets Hi-Tech, Awakening, Mutation, Requiem, Director Interview, Storyboard Collection, The Writing on the Wall, Original Trailers, Original Commercials, Restoring Akira, Picture, English Voice Over, English 5.1 Audio Mix, Glossary, U.S. Trailer (2013), Trailers.
Limited Edition Extras: Rigid Box, 40-page Booklet.
Note: Due to licensing restrictions, this is the only version that will be available in the meantime. On-disc extras apply to Blu-ray disc only.
Fairy Tail: Final Season Part 3 (Blu-ray)
SRP: $54.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 304-316
On-Disc Content: Fairy Tail Final Season: For the Love of Fairy Tail, Textless OP/ED Songs.
Notes: Also includes 2 Art Cards (while supplies last).
29th December:
Battle Athletes (Blu-ray)
Standard Definition on Blu-ray release
SRP: $49.95 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-26 [TV Series] + 1-6 [OVA Series]
On-Disc Content: TBD.
Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (Blu-ray)
SRP: $29.95 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: Film
On-Disc Content: TBD.
Case File nº221: Kabukicho Part 1 (Blu-ray)
SRP: $64.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-12
On-Disc Content: Digital Gallery, Character Promotional Videos, Web Previews, Textless OP/ED Songs.
Devilman Lady (Blu-ray)
SRP: $59.95 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-26
On-Disc Content: TBD.
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (Blu-ray)
Classics release
SRP: $49.98 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-12
On-Disc Content: English Dub Commentary (Ep. 1, 12) & Video Commentary (Ep. 4), Episode 4.5 – Intermission, Episode 8.5 – Intermission 2, Making of Music, “Even…if” Music Video, Promo Video, Trailers, Textless OP/ED Songs.
GinRei (Blu-ray)
SRP: $24.95 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: OVAs 1-3
On-Disc Content: Staff and Cast Interviews, Love Fight Music Video, GinRei Remix Music Video, Scoring GinRei, Art Gallery.
Lupin the Third: Tokyo Crisis (Blu-ray)
SRP: $24.95 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: Film
On-Disc Content: Translation Notes, Credits Collection.
Thermae Romae (Blu-ray)
SRP: $24.95 – English & Japanese audio with English subtitles
Episodes: 1-3
On-Disc Content: Special Mini Episode, Promos, Clean OP/ED.
Coming Soon:
The following below is what’s currently been listed by the distributors. Crunchyroll titles are noted under [CR] tag.
Winter 2019 Season:
| Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale | TBD |
| Dimension High School | TBD |
| Pastel Memories | TBD |
| Rinshi!! Ekoda Chan | Dubbed |
Spring 2019 Season:
| Namu Amida Butsu! -Utena- | TBD |
Autumn 2019 Season:
| Ascendance of a Bookworm | Dubbed |
| Chihayafuru Season 3 | TBD |
| Food Wars! The Fourth Plate | TBD |
| Kandagawa Jet Girls | TBD |
| No Guns Life Season 1 | Dubbed |
| Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle | TBD |
Winter 2020 Season:
| A3! Season Spring & Summer | Dub in Progress |
| Asteroid in Love | Dubbed |
| BanG Dream! Season 3 | TBD |
| BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defence. | Dubbed |
| A Certain Scientific Railgun T | Dubbed |
| Hatena Illusion | Dubbed |
| If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die | Dubbed |
| Infinite Dendrogram | Dub in Progress |
| Isekai Quartet 2 | Dub in Progress |
| Nekopara | Dubbed |
| number24 | TBD |
| Plunderer | Dubbed |
| SHOW BY ROCK!! Mashumairesh!! | TBD |
| Smile Down the Runway | Dubbed |
| Sorcerous Stabber Orphen | Dubbed |
| Toilet-bound Hanako-kun | Dubbed |
Spring 2020 Season:
| Arte | TBD |
| Bungo and Alchemist -Gears of Judgement- | TBD |
| Fruits Basket Season 2 | Dub in Progress |
| Future Folktales | TBD |
| Gleipnir | TBD |
| Kakushigoto | Dub in Progress |
| Listeners | Dub in Progress |
| Sakura Wars the Animation | TBD |
| Shachibato! President, It’s Time for Battle! | TBD |
| Shironeko Project: Zero Chronicle | TBD |
| TAMAYOMI: The Baseball Girls | TBD |
| Wave, Listen to Me! | TBD |
Summer 2020 Season:
| APPARE-RANMAN! Rebooted Airing after Spring 2020 Delay | Dub in Progress |
| DECA-DENCE | Dub in Progress |
| Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater Rebooted Airing after Spring 2020 Delay | TBD |
| Fire Force Season 2 | Dub in Progress |
| Lapis Re:LiGHTs | TBD |
| Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Season 2 | TBD |
| My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax | Dubbed |
| No Guns Life Season 2 | Dub in Progress |
| Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time | Dubbed |
| Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! | Dub in Progress |
Autumn 2020 Season:
| A3! Season Autumn & Winter | TBD |
| Adachi and Shimamura | TBD |
| Akudama Drive | TBD |
| Assault Lily: BOUQUET | TBD |
| Attack on Titan: The Final Season | Dub Planned |
| By the Grace of the Gods | TBD |
| D4DJ First Mix | TBD |
| Dropout Idol Fruit Tart | TBD |
| Gal & Dino Rebooted Airing after Spring 2020 Delay | TBD |
| Golden Kamuy Season 3 | Dub Planned |
| The Gymnastics Samurai | TBD |
| Higurashi: When They Cry New | TBD |
| Ikebukuro West Gate Park | TBD |
| Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III | TBD |
| KING’s RAID: Successors of the Will | TBD |
| Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear | TBD |
| Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club | TBD |
| Maesetsu! Opening Act | TBD |
| MAGATSU WAHRHEIT | TBD |
| Moriarty the Patriot | TBD |
| Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World | TBD |
| Rail Romanesque | TBD |
| Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle | TBD |
| Strike Witches: Road to Berlin | TBD |
| Talentless Nana | TBD |
| That is the Bottleneck | TBD |
| Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION 2 | TBD |
| Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina | TBD |
Winter 2021 Season:
| Dr. STONE: Stone Wars | TBD |
| Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table | TBD |
| Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Battle of Kimluck | TBD |
| Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies moved to a starter town? | TBD |
Spring 2021 Season:
| Kingdom Season 3 | TBD |
2021:
| Mars Red | TBD |
| The World Ends With You the Animation | TBD |
Movies:
| Aragne: Sign of Vermillion | TBD |
| Attack on Titan: Chronicle | Dubbed |
| Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow | Dubbed |
| Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening | Dubbed |
| Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom | Dubbed |
| BanG Dream! Film Live | TBD |
| City Hunter: .357 Magnum | Dubbed |
| City Hunter: Bay City Wars | Dubbed |
| City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba | Dubbed |
| City Hunter: Goodbye My Sweetheart | Dubbed |
| City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy | Dubbed |
| City Hunter: The Secret Service | Dubbed |
| Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 3 | TBD |
| Free! -Road to the World- the Dream | TBD |
| Goblin Slayer: Goblin’s Crown | Dubbed |
| Heaven’s Lost Property Final – The Movie: Eternally My Master | TBD |
| Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro 4K Ultra HD release | Dubbed |
| Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul | Dubbed |
| Made in Abyss: Journey’s Dawn | Dubbed |
| Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight | Dubbed |
| Overlord: The Dark Hero | TBD |
| Overlord: The Undead King | TBD |
| Sing a Bit of Harmony | TBD |
| Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather | TBD |
| Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling | Dubbed |
| Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter | Dubbed |
| Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever | Dubbed |
| Urusei Yatsura: Only You | Dubbed |
| Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love | Dubbed |
Incoming TV Part Sets:
| 7 SEEDS Season 1 Part 2 | Dubbed |
| Ahiru no Sora Collection 2 | Dubbed |
| Black Clover Season 3 Parts 2-5 | Dubbed |
| Case File nº221: Kabukicho Part 2 | Dubbed |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Part 2 | Dubbed |
| Fairy Tail: Final Season Part 4 | Dubbed |
| My Hero Academia Season 4 Part 2 | Dubbed |
| One Piece Season 10 Voyage 4 | Dubbed |
| One Piece Season 11 | Dubbed |
| RADIANT Season 2 Part 2 | Dubbed |
TV & OVA Series Catalog:
| 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams | TBD |
| Alice or Alice | TBD |
| Between the Sky and Sea | TBD |
| Chronos Ruler | Dubbed |
| City Hunter Season 2 | Subbed |
| City Hunter Season 3 | Subbed |
| City Hunter ’91 | Subbed |
| ClassicaLoid Season 2 | TBD |
| D.Gray-man HALLOW | Dubbed |
| Delinquent Hamsters | Dubbed |
| Dynamic Chord | TBD |
| Genocyber Standard Definition on Blu-ray release | Dubbed |
| Ghost in the Shell: Arise Alternative Architecture | TBD |
| Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! | Dubbed |
| Himouto! Umaru-chan R | TBD |
| Konosuba: God’s Blessing in this Wonderful World! Season 2 | Dubbed |
| Legend of Black Heaven | Dubbed |
| Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine | Dubbed |
| Masamune-kun’s Revenge | Dubbed |
| Medabots Season 3 Standard Definition on Blu-ray release | Dub Only |
| Medarot Standard Definition on Blu-ray release | Subbed |
| Mon Colle Knights Standard Definition on Blu-ray release | TBD |
| Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Season 1 | TBD |
| Ninja Senshi Tobikage | Dubbed |
| Pretear | TBD |
| Psycho-Pass: Extended Edition | TBD |
| Rose of Versailles | Subbed |
| s-CRY-ed | Dubbed |
| Submarine Super 99 | Subbed |
| Symphogear G | Subbed |
| The Thousand Musketeers | TBD |
| Venus Project -Climax- | TBD |
| World Trigger Season 1 | Dubbed |
Bonus: Aniplex of America titles with Funimation involvement:
| January 2019 | Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 1 |
| January 2020 | Darwin’s Game |
| April 2020 | Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 |
| July 2020 | The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited |
| July 2020 | SUPER HXEROS |
| October 2020 | The Day I Became a God |
| October 2020 | The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc |
| October 2020 | Warlords of Sigrdrifa |
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