The hugely popular series Blue Exorcist Season 2 just finished its Kyoto Saga (Impure King) Arc. Now news has come out that Hulu will have exclusive rights to streaming the Blue Exorcist Season 2 english dub. A specific date for its arrival on Hulu has not been announced yet. The english dub originally premiered at Sakura Con back in April.
On the heels of that news, Aniplex Of America has also decided to re-release the entire first season in a single set. For those familiar with the pricing of collecting the set previously, it was very pricey, easily $150 per set. Now a single set will be coming out that will contain the entire 25 episodes plus the OVA in one set. The price is half what it was previously, coming in at $169.98 for the complete set which comes with extras detailed below. I will note however that unlike the previously released limited editions which had the soundtrack, and a booklet with character art, this new set will not have that.
If you haven’t already purchased the series on blu-ray now is the time. You can preorder your copy from Right Stuf Anime today. Check out the full details of the re-release below. The release date is set for June 27, 2017.
SANTA MONICA, CA (May 20, 2017) – Aniplex of America announced that the extremely popular action anime series Blue Exorcist first TV series will be released as a complete box set on Blu-ray for the first time at their industry panel at Anime Central in Rosemont, Illinois today. The box set will feature all 25 episodes plus the OVA episode “Kuro Runs Away from Home” and bonus short animation “Ura-Eku.”
Based on the critically acclaimed manga series by Kazue Kato, the anime series has been credited for boosting sales of the manga series byalmost seven-fold, according to an article on Yahoo! Japan, resulting in an unprecedented first print run of one million copies for their seventh volume by publisher, Shueisha. Voted top 5 Best Anime Series Streaming on Netflix and #1 Best Supernatural Anime of All Timeon Ranker, the series is produced by highly-acclaimed studio A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Your lie in April, Erased).
The box set will feature both the original Japanese dialogue and English dialogue, featuring Bryce Papenbrook (Sword Art Online series,Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) as Rin Okumura, Johnny Yong Bosch (Durarara!!, Gurren Lagann) as Yukio Okumura, and ChristineMarie Cabanos (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sword Art Online) as Shiemi Moriyama for the dub.
Blu-ray Features
- Spoken Languages: Japanese & English
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect ratio: 16:9 widescreen
- Episodes: #1-25 and OVA Episode
- Number of Discs: 6 Blu-ray discs
- Total Run Time: Approx. 590 min.
- Rating: 13 UP
Bonus Features
- Bonus OVA Episode “Kuro Runs Away from Home”
- Bonus Short Animation Ura-Eku”
- Textless Openings & Endings
- Web Previews
- CM & Trailer Collections
- * Bonus contents subject to change.
- * Bonus contents include English subtitles
Special Materials
- Rigid Box with Illustrations by KEIGO SASAKI (Character Design)
- Mini-pinup poster
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