FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
###RIGHT STUF, Inc. and NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT Announce: Exclusive Blu-ray and DVD Releases of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM MS IGLOO, GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT: DECEMBER SKY, and MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM WING, and Blu-ray releases for SOUND OF THE SKY and JUNJO ROMANTICA
GRIMES, IA, March 12, 2017 — New details were announced by anime distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and anime producer Nozomi Entertainment during Right Stuf’s panel at Naka-Kon 2017 in Overland Park, Kansas. Details were provided for the Sunrise/Right Stuf releases of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM MS IGLOO, GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT: DECEMBER SKY, and MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM WING. Nozomi Entertainment also provided details for the JUNJO ROMANTICA BLU-RAY COLLECTION and revealed the release date for the SOUND OF THE SKY BLU-RAY COLLECTION.
RIGHT STUF EXCLUSIVES
Right Stuf, Inc. and Sunrise Inc. are excited to announce that the following Mobile Suit Gundam sequel series titles will be released in 2017: Mobile Suit Gundam MS Igloo, Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky, and Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.
About Mobile Suit Gundam MS Igloo
Universal Century 0079 - The prototype Weapons Men Dream of Consume their Blood and Tears!
It has been some half a century since human beings migrated to space due to the overpopulation of Earth. In Universal Century 0079, Side 3, the farthest cluster of colonies from Earth, began a war of independence against the Earth Federation Government. This was the beginning of a massive and tragic war that would later be called the One-Year War…
Mobile Suit Gundam MS Igloo will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in 2017 featuring Japanese audio with English subtitles. This will be Mobile Suit Gundam MS Igloo’s first ever Blu-ray release in North America!
About Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky
Their war has not yet ended…
It is Universal Century 0079, at the end of the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. The space colonies of Side 4, or Moore, were previously destroyed by a Zeon attack, and many colonists lost their lives. Side 4 became a shoal zone filled with the wreckage of destroyed colonies and warships, lit by constant flashes of lightning due to collisions between electrified debris. It soon came to be known as the “Thunderbolt Sector.”
The Moore Brotherhood, an Earth Federation Forces unit made up of surviving citizens from Moore, set out to exterminate the Zeon forces in the Thunderbolt Sector in order to reclaim their homeland. To halt the Federation advance, the Zeon forces deployed their own Living Dead Division, which was established to collect combat data on soldiers with prosthetic limbs.
Io Fleming, though part of the Moore Brotherhood, hates being tied down by his homeland and family history. Daryl Lorenz, having lost his legs in earlier battles, is now an ace sniper of the Living Dead Division. When they confront each other on the battlefield, they will reach a mutual realization. These two are destined to kill each other.
Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in 2017 featuring English and Japanese audio with English subtitles.
About Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Mankind has moved into space. Thousands of people live on giant orbiting space colonies called “Sides.” However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of revolutionaries builds five robotic weapons called Gundams and plans to send them to Earth to begin their fight for independence. Piloted by five young men, these Gundams carry the colonists’ hopes and dreams of freedom of the colonists with them as they descend to Earth to begin Operation Meteor!
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in 2017 featuring English and Japanese audio with English subtitles. This will be Mobile Suit Gundam Wing’s first ever Blu-ray release in North America!
NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT BLU-RAY RELEASES
Nozomi Entertainment is excited to announce that Sound of the Sky and Junjo Romantica will be released on Blu-ray in 2017. Both Sound of the Sky and Junjo Romantica will be available on Blu-ray in North America for the first time ever.
About Sound of the Sky
In a lonely corner of the world, on the edge of No Man’s Land, sits Clocktower Fortress. It’s home to the 1121st Platoon of the Helvetian Army, and their newest member is a 15-year-old volunteer named Kanata Sorami, who enlisted to learn how to play the bugle. When she was a child, Kanata was saved by a beautiful soldier and found inspiration in the clear, golden sound of her trumpet. From that day forward, Kanata decided music would be her life. As the other platoon members train her how to be a bugler and a soldier, Kanata’s enduring optimism will inspire them to look for happiness and beauty, even in a world haunted by war.
Sound of the Sky will be released on June 6, 2017 on Blu-ray for the first time ever in North America featuring Japanese audio with English subtitles.
About Junjo Romantica
Three very different couples caught up in a storm of pure romance! Romantica: Misaki is struggling to prepare for his college entrance exams, so his brother arranges for a private tutor. But Misaki’s nightmare is just beginning when his tutor, Usami, comes on to him! How will Misaki ever manage to pass his exam? Egoist: Just when Kamijou’s life is at its lowest, he has a chance meeting with a man who never lets anything hold him back: Nowaki. His name means “typhoon,” and he’s about to take Kamijou on a whirlwind ride that will turn everything upside down. Terrorist: Miyagi always seems to shrug off the cares of the world with a joke and a smile. But even he has problems, although he doesn’t let them show. Foremost is Shinobu, a relentless young man who’s adamant that they’re destined to be together.
Junjo Romantica will be released on Blu-ray in 2017 for the first time ever in North America featuring Japanese audio with English subtitles.
About Right Stuf, Inc.
Founded in 1987, Right Stuf, Inc. is among North America’s largest distributors and retailers in the anime and manga marketplace. One of the industry’s original pioneers, Right Stuf operates one of the trade’s most recognized Internet storefronts, rightstufanime.com. Right Stuf also works in a variety of media vehicles including video streaming, podcasts and special publications. Also under the Right Stuf corporate umbrella is print publisher Right Stuf On-Demand, and video production labels Nozomi Entertainment, Lucky Penny Entertainment, and 5 Points Pictures.
Visit www.rightstufanime.com for additional information.
About Nozomi Entertainment
One of North America’s oldest anime publishers, Nozomi Entertainment is dedicated to releasing anime classics and modern favorites. Initially founded in 1987, the studio focused on classic acquisitions such as Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, and other early anime. Today, Nozomi Entertainment is known for its quality releases of treasured titles like The Rose of Versailles, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Space Adventure Cobra, Cat’s Eye, ARIA, and much more. Nozomi Entertainment’s corporate headquarters are located in Grimes, Iowa. Their licensed products are carried by online and physical retailers throughout North America.
Visit www.nozomient.com for additional information.
About Sunrise Inc.
Sunrise Inc., a Namco Bandai Group Company, is an animation production studio which produces smash hit anime series like the original Mobile Suit Gundam, and all of the subsequent series in the Gundam franchise, as well as Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Code Geass, TIGER & BUNNY, and many more. The company is located in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan and was established in 1972. The President and CEO is Mr. Yasuo Miyakawa.
Visit http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp for additional information.
