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Sentai Suits Up with Frenetic Mecha “Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening”

HOUSTON, TX — November 18, 2020 — Sentai announced today that it acquired Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening, the feature-length successor to the popular Majestic Prince anime series, for release in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Team Rabbits returns with even more mecha and combat action. Their leader, Izuru, has fallen into a coma following critical injuries he sustained in a fierce battle with his sworn enemy, Jiart. Now Asagi steps up to command Team Rabbits, but does he have what it takes to live up to his brother Izuru’s legacy? There’s no time for second-guessing as Asagai and Team Rabbits take the ultimate stand against a terrifying new enemy, the likes of which they’ve never faced. Explosive mecha action unfolds against a backdrop of alien warfare and gripping drama in Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening!

Produced by studio Orange (Land of the Lustrous, Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle), Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening is directed by Keitaro Motonaga (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka) with a screenplay from Yoshitaka Shishido (Neuro: Supernatural Detective, Supernatural: The Anime Series). The film stars Shintaro Asanuma (Tsurune, Seitokai Yakuindomo) as Toshikazu Asagi, Hiroki Aiba (Majestic Prince, Prince of Tennis) as Izuru Hitachi, Yoko Hikasa (No Game, No Life, K-On!) as Kei Kugimiya, Yuka Iguchi (Girls & Panzer, To LOVE-Ru Darkness) as Tamaki Irie, Junya Ikeda (After the Rain, Cheating Craft) as Ataru Suruga and Akeno Watanabe (To LOVE-Ru, My Hero Academia) as Ange Kuroki.

Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening will be available on home video and select digital outlets.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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Sentai Gets Candid with “Happy-Go-Lucky Days”

HOUSTON, TX — December 2, 2020 — Sentai announced today that it acquired rights to Happy-Go-Lucky Days, a frank exploration of love, yearning and hidden desire. The feature length animated feature, a compilation of vignettes, is based on the works of Takako Shimura (Wandering Son). Sentai will distribute the picture in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Greenland, Faroe and Aland Islands, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Central America and South America, including Latin America.

Happy-Go-Lucky Days tells three unique stories of young people in Japan from very different backgrounds but who all must grapple with changes, in mind, body and soul, on their bittersweet journey from adolescence. From a forbidden crush, to the wedding of a former lover, to the burgeoning feelings for a childhood friend, each scenario may differ, but they have one thing in common: These are universally frank stories of humanity that will touch the hearts of audiences everywhere.

Produced by LIDENFILMS (Love and Lies, The Heroic Legend of Arsland), Happy-Go-Lucky Days is directed by Takuya Sato (Kase-san and Morning Glories, Strawberry Marshmallow), who also penned the film’s screenplay alongside Yasunori Ide (We Never Learn: BOKUBEN) and Yoriko Tomita (Real Girl, Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond).

The series stars Kana Hanazawa (The Garden of Words, Senryu Girl) as Ecchan, Mikako Komatsu (Blue Spring Ride, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) as Aya-san, Takahiro Sakurai (Hatsukoi Limited, The Fruit of Grisaia) as Mr. Sawa, Seiichiro Yamashita (Girls Beyond the Wasteland, Orange) as Yagasaki-kun, Ibuki Kido (RE-KAN!, Blade Dance of the Elementalers) as Shin-chan, Kaori Ishihara (Waiting in the Summer, Kokoro Connect) as Mika-chan, Ai Fairouzi (Kandagawa Jet Girls, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon) as Sayoko, Saori Hayami (Glasslip, anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day) as Yuri, Mutsumi Tamura (Tada Never Falls in Love, MADE IN ABYSS) as Yoriko-san and Nobunaga Shimazaki (My Love Story!!, Parasyte -the maxim-) as Tanabe-kun.

Happy-Go-Lucky Days will be available on HIDIVE on December 10, 2020 with a home video release and additional digital distribution to follow.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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Sentai Targets “Cagaster of an Insect Cage”

HOUSTON, TX — December 9, 2020 — Sentai announced today that it acquired home video rights to sci-fi anime series Cagaster of an Insect Cage for the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Central America and South America.

The year is 2125 AD. The world was decimated three decades earlier by a devastating pathogen that mutates humans into horrific — and horrifically deadly — giant insects called Cagasters. While on a scavenging mission, Kidow, an Exterminator trained to target and destroy Cagasters, encounters a young girl named Ilie and her father fleeing a vicious Cagaster attack. Kidow must make a fateful decision to deliver Ilie safely to her mother, but Ilie harbors secrets that could forever alter the course of human history.

Cagaster of an Insect Cage is produced by Studio KAI (7SEEDS, Super Cub, Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle) and directed by Koichi Chigira (Full Metal Panic!, LASTEXILE, The Tower of Druaga series). The series stars Yoshimasa Hosoya (Akame ga Kill!, Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Megalo Box) as Kidow, Kana Hanazawa (IS: Infinite Stratos, Senryu Girl, The Garden of Words) as Ilie and Natsuki Hanae (Food Wars!, Outbreak Company, Demon Slayer) as Acht.

The series will be available on home video in March 2021.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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Psyche-Shattering “pet” Series Coming to Sentai

HOUSTON, TX — December 9, 2020 — Sentai announced today that it acquired distribution rights to the sci-fi psychological thriller series, pet. Sentai’s licensed territory includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Nordic Countries, Spain, Portugal and Central and South America.

Hiroki and Tsukasa can manipulate the minds memories of anyone they target. With that power comes a dangerous prospect for those who wield it — madness or even erasure of a person’s entire self. And yet, an intense bond protects their psyches from corruption. But that bond is threatened when a powerful crime syndicate plots to exploit Hiroki and Tsukasa’s gifts to commit horrific crimes. Now they must do the unimaginable if they are to live to see one another again. Is the price of reunion a shattered mind and destruction of everything held dear?

The series is animated by Geno Studio (Kokkoku, Golden Kamuy) and produced by Twin Engine (VINLAND SAGA, Karakuri Circus). Takahiro Omori (Amnesia, Durarara!!) directs with Sadayuki Murai (Knights of Sidonia, Cowboy Bebop) providing series composition. The series stars Kisho Taniyama (High School of the Dead, Psychic Squad) as Tsukasa, Yuki Ono (Chihayafuru 2, Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun) as Satoru and Yasuyuki Kase (Perfect Insider, Soul Eater) as Hayashi. Newcomer Keisuke Ueda (The Royal Tutor, Pet stage play adaptation) stars as Hiroki.

The series will be available on home video in the first half of 2021 before streaming on select digital outlets.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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Sentai Recruits “Cute Executive Officer” to Lineup

HOUSTON, TX — December 22, 2020 — Sentai announced today that it acquired Cute Executive Officer, the delightful short-format anime comedy series based on the manga Youjo Shacho. Sentai will deliver the series to audiences in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and Portugal.

She’s not a genius. She’s not a prodigy. Heck, she’s not even old enough to vote! But somehow Najimu Mujina scored a totally above-average job as the president and “CEO” of the Mujina Company, where she navigates the world of adults with infectious, bright-eyed charm and enthusiasm. Whether it’s golfing with colleagues, negotiating contracts or pestering her executive assistant, Yuki, her hilarious antics are sure to captivate audiences of all ages.

Cute Executive Officer is produced by Project No.9 (Girls Beyond the Wasteland, Ro-Kyu-Bu ~ Fast Break!, Pastel Memories) and is directed by Kazuya Iwata (episode director for Your Lie in April, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, and Etotama). The series stars Rina Hidaka (Alice or Alice, Armed Girl’s Machiavellism, Konnichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables) as Najimu Mujina, Hisako Kanemoto (BanG Dream! 2nd Season, Squid Girl, Kokoro Connect) as Mayu Warito and Sumire Uesaka (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, BanG Dream! 3rd Season, Senryu Girl) as Yuki Karuizawa.

Cute Executive Officer will stream on select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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Dark Fantasy Series “Redo of Healer” Coming to Sentai

HOUSTON, TX — December 28, 2020 — Sentai announced today that it acquired exclusive rights to Redo of Healer, the dark fantasy anime series based on the light novel series written by Rui Tsukiyo. Sentai’s licensed territories include the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greenland, Faroe and Åland Islands, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

In a dark world of monsters, adventurers and mages, some of the most gifted healers are subjugated to brute force even by the hands of their compatriots. But one mage, Kayal, gains the ability to rewind time, turn the tables and right all wrongs.

Redo of Healer is a production of Studio TNK (Kandagawa Jet Girls). It is directed by Takuya Asaoka (episode director DOREIKU: The Animation) with screenplay and series composition from Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Interspecies Reviewers). Jyunji Goto (High School DxD) provides the character design work.

The series stars Yuya Hozumi (My Girlfriend is Shobitch) as Keyaru, Ayano Shibuya as Flare Arlgrande Jioral, and Shizuka Ishigami (Why the hell are you here, Teacher!?) as Setsuna. Minami Kuribayashi (Kämpfer) performs Redo of Healer’s theme song, “Zankoku na Yume to Nemure.”

The series will be available on select digital outlets in Winter 2021, with a home video release to follow.

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About Sentai Filmworks, LLC
A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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“Non Non Biyori” Returns with Third Season Coming to Sentai

HOUSTON, TX — December 29, 2020 — Sentai announced today that it acquired exclusive rights to Non Non Biyori Nonstop, the highly anticipated third season of the charming slice-of-life anime series Non Non Biyori. Since its premiere, Non Non Biyori swelled the hearts of anime fans with endearing characters, engaging storylines and laugh out loud moments. Sentai’s licensed territory includes the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Aland Islands, Portugal, Spain and Latin America.

The cast and main creative team from the earlier installments of Non Non Biyori teamed up again for Non Non Biyori Nonstop! Now fans can rejoin Renge, Natsumi, Komari and former big-city-girl Hotaru as they experience an idyllic life in the Japanese countryside. Fresh excitement brews as someone new moves into the house next door. The students of the tiny, tight-knit Asahigaoka branch school will have to make this newcomer feel welcome, which means audiences are in for more of this series’ signature antics and heartwarming, human moments in the third season of Non Non Biyori!

Non Non Biyori Nonstop is produced by studio SilverLink. (Tanaka-kun is Always Listless, Chivalry of a Failed Knight) and is directed by longtime series director Shinya Kawatsura (Kokoro Connect, Non Non Biyori). Mai Otsuka (The Demon Girl Next Door, Urara Meirocho) provides the series’ character design while Reiko Yoshida (K-ON!, Girls und Panzer) is in charge of series composition.

The third season of Non Non Biyori stars Kotori Koiwai (Real Girl, Gatchaman Crowds) as Renge Miyauchi, Rie Murakawa (Pastel Memories, Tsuredure Children) as Hotaru Ichijou, Ayane Sakura (Kase-san and Morning Glories, BanG Dream! 2nd Season) as Natsumi Koshigaya and Kana Asumi (Kämpfer, Maid Sama!) as Komari Koshigaya.

Non Non Biyori Nonstop will be available on select digital outlets in Winter 2021, with a home video release to follow.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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Sentai Summons All Slackers with “LAIDBACKERS”

HOUSTON, TX — January 14, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired home video and digital sell-through rights for LAIDBACKERS, Japan’s hilarious final theatrical anime of the Heisei era. Sentai will distribute the feature in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America and the Netherlands.

Four former heroes are now living quiet, reincarnated lives in present day Kyoto, Japan. They bask in the warm contentment of being ordinary, modern folk without much important to do. But their idyllic lives are shattered when a precocious elementary schooler who is secretly a reincarnated demon king they once defeated shows up and starts making some serious demands! Now the former heroes must band together with their arch nemesis, because it’s do or die for team LAIDBACKERS!

LAIDBACKERS is a production of Studio Gokumi (The Ambition of Oda Nobuna, Atelier Escha & Logy ~Alchemists of the Dusk Sky~). Kiyomitsu Sato (Nintama Rantaro, Play Ball) and Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Is the Order a Rabbit?, Slow Start) both direct the movie with Makoto Uezu (Aura, Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Cadenza) in charge of the script. Voice talents include Rina Hidaka (Armed Girl’s Machiavellism, Food Wars!) as Harami, Yumiri Hanamori (Grimoire of Zero, The Price of Smiles) as Kumi, Himika Akaneya (Land of the Lustrous, Dance with Devils) as Mai, Yo Taichi (Akame ga Kill!, Princess Principal) as K, Yumi Uchiyama (GATE, Overlord) as Arnelia and Maria Naganawa (Cells at Work!, Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?) as Ran.

The feature will be available on home video in April 2021.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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Sentai Unveils “HERO MASK” for Home Video

HOUSTON, TX — January 21, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired home video rights to the action thriller series HERO MASK, a Studio Pierrot (Tokyo Ghoul, Bleach) production, through a worldwide licensing arrangement (excluding Asia).

Detective James Blood, member of an elite police unit, pushes the edges of law enforcement to bring down the criminal threats and terrorist organizations plaguing a beautiful metropolitan city. When the murder of Crown Prosecutor Monica Campbell crosses his desk, Blood finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy involving LIVE, a two-faced corporate conglomerate with ties to the sordid underworld of human experimentation. With Sarah Sinclair — the only witness to Campbell’s death — at his side, Blood will have to face an army of mask-wearing superhumans to uncover the truth and stop LIVE before its plans can come to dark fruition…

HERO MASK stars Yasuyuki Kase (The Perfect Insider, 91 Days) as James Blood, Yuuko Kaida (The Promised Neverland, A Certain Scientific Railgun) as Sarah Sinclair, Kouki Uchiyama (Amagi Brilliant Park, Haikyuu!!) as Harry Creighton and Junpei Morita (Eureka Seven, Naruto: Shippuden) as Lennox Gallagher. Director Hiroyasu Aoki (assistant director Hunter x Hunter Movie 2: The Last Mission) provides series composition and the script.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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Acclaimed Anime Series “NANA” Coming to Sentai

HOUSTON, TX — January 26, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired NANA, the 47-episode anime series produced by Madhouse and based on the manga by Ai Yazawa (NEIGHBORHOOD STORY, TENSHI NANKA JA NAI) with 40+ million copies sold. The series has been upconverted from its original format to vivid high definition.

Two twenty-somethings seemingly share nothing in common apart from their first name, but a chance meeting on a train bound for Tokyo sets Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki on a collision course with destiny. Nana Komatsu, a love-at-first-sight dreamer, aims to find enduring happiness in the big city. Nana Osaki, neo punk rock vocalist, pursues her burning ambitions of musical stardom and worldwide fame. As their fates increasingly intertwine, they each chase their dreams — until the harsh realities of life in big city Tokyo threaten to tear everything apart.

A production of studio Madhouse (No Game, No Life, Parasyte -the maxim-, DEATH NOTE), NANA is directed by Morio Asaka (Chihayafuru, MY Love STORY!!, Cardcaptor Sakura) with series composition by Tomoko Konparu (Blue Spring Ride, Sunday Without God, Glass Mask) and music by Tomoki Hasegawa (Mysterious Girlfriend X, D.N.Angel, Zan Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei). The series stars Romi Park (Land of the Lustrous, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Shaman King) as punk-rocker Nana Osaki and KAORI (Kaleido Star, Final Fantasy: Unlimited, Pokémon: Advanced Generation) as the cheerful Nana Komatsu.

Sentai is planning an HD version for release on digital outlets with an HD home video release to follow.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentaifilmworks.com.

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“Karakuri Circus” Hits Home Video Spring 2021 from Sentai

HOUSTON, TX — February 5, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it will release Karakuri Circus, adapted from Kazuhiro Fujita’s manga of the same name, for home video this spring. Hailed as one of the best series from the Fall 2018 season, the 36-episode series blends unique artwork, characters and storytelling with gripping action all set within a complex, enigmatic world.

Following his father’s untimely demise, Masaru Saiga inherits the family fortune as well as his father’s company. Too bad he also inherited a target on his back since his unscrupulous relatives want to murder Masaru and take what’s rightfully his! The only thing standing between Masaru and assassination is a sickly clown named Narumi Kato, a white-haired girl name Shirogane who claims she’s Masaru’s guardian, and the mysterious puppet left to Masaru by his father upon his death.

Karakuri Circus is a production of Studio VOLN (I want to eat your pancreas, Ushio & Tora). Satoshi Nishimura (Trigun, Hajime no Ippo) directs the series while Kazuhiro Fujita (Ushio & Tora), the manga’s original creator, and Toshiki Inoue (Death Note, Sword Gai the Animation) provide series composition. The series stars newcomer Chihiro Ueda as Masaru Saiga, Megumi Hayashibara (Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion) as Shirogane and Rikiya Koyama (Fate/stay night, Food Wars!) as Narumi Kato.

The series will be released on home video, including Blu-ray and digital sell through, Spring 2021.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing, and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit http://www.sentai.com/.

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“Babylon” Coming to Home Video from Sentai

HOUSTON, TX — February 11, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired rights to the suspense-filled thriller Babylon, the anime series based on Mado Nozaki’s popular light novels. Sentai plans to release the series on Blu-ray as well as digital sell-through via select outlets.

Zen Seizaki, dedicated prosecutor with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, is assigned a seemly cut-and-dry case of false advertisement on part of a pharmaceutical company. But what starts as a routine investigation soon turns into something much darker, the strange details of the case painting a portrait of corruption and deceit that permeates the mayoral election being run in the newly formed Shiniki District. Soon Seizaki discovers depravity that puts at risk the very fabric of the Japanese justice system — not to mention Seizaki’s own sense of right and wrong.

The anime is a production of studio Revoroot (FLCL Alternative) and directed by Kiyotaka Suzuki (Psycho-Pass 2); Yutaka Yamada (Vinland Saga) provided the series’ musical composition. Babylon features the vocal talents of Takahiro Sakurai (Psycho-Pass) as Shinobu Kujin, Satsuki Yukino (When They Cry) as Ai Magase and Yuichi Nakamura (Jujutsu Kaisen) as Zen Seizaki.

The series will be released on home video, including Blu-ray and digital sell-through, in Spring 2021.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing, and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit http://www.sentai.com/.

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Sentai Bringing “BAKI” to Home Video

HOUSTON, TX — February 16, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired BAKI, the brutal martial arts anime series, for release in a home video complete collection. Sentai’s release will feature the original Japanese with English subtitles together with an all-new English dub.

Five vicious convicts escape death row. They make their way to Tokyo intent on committing violent blood sport. Now they’re after Baki Hanma. With the onslaught looming, Baki must enlist Kaoru Hanayama, Doppo Orochi, Sea King Retsu and Goki Shibukawa, each with his own unique combat ability, if Baki wants to live to brawl another day.

From the mind of the series’ original creator, Keisuke Itagaki, BAKI adapts the “Most Evil Death Row Convicts Saga” of the second manga series. BAKI is produced by TMS Entertainment (Gugure! Kokkuri-san, MEGALOBOX , LUPIN THE 3rd) and directed by Toshiki Hirano (Vampire Princess Miyu, Magic Knight Rayearth, Magic Kaito), with series composition from Tatsuhiko Urahata (GATE, Black Bullet, Monster). The series stars Nobunaga Shimazaki (Waiting in the Summer, My Love Story!!, Black Clover) as Baki Hanma, Takuya Eguchi (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, Mysterious Girlfriend X, 91 Days) as Kaoru Hanayama, Takayuki Sugo (Gintama, Princess Principal, Golden Kamuy) as Doppo Orochi, Rikiya Koyama (Ushio and Tora, GATE, Hajime no Ippo) as Sea King Retsu and Shimada Bin (Saint Seiya, One Piece, Mobile Suit Gundam I) as Goki Shibukawa.

Sentai will make the series available on home video with an all new English-language dub and in original Japanese with English subtitles.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing, and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentai.com.

About TMS Entertainment:
TMS Entertainment (better known as TMS) is one of the world’s largest and most distinguished animation studios. TMS has won recognition from the international filmmaking industry for its highly-acclaimed animation, pioneering techniques and proud commitment to quality. With a dedicated team of development, production and design executives, TMS’s growing reputation is reflected by the versatility, artistry and originality of the programs the company has produced for international markets worldwide.
Established in 1964, TMS has produced more than 200 features, and over 100 TV program series, with a total of 12,000 half hours for global distribution. TMS programs have attained worldwide recognition and continue to strive for excellence.

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Sentai Readies 7SEEDS Season 2 for Home Video

HOUSTON, TX — February 22, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it will be releasing the second season of post-apocalyptic anime series 7SEEDS, based on the award-winning manga of the same name, on home video in Spring 2021.

Season 2 picks up where Season 1 left off. A meteor strike has left the world a shattered shell of what it once was, but a government initiative involving cryogenics has given humanity a fighting chance. To date, the subjects of the 7SEEDS project have survived giant insects, post-apocalyptic weather, ferocious animals, and the greatest danger of all: other survivors, all of whom will do anything to live another day. But the 7SEEDS project’s chosen few aren’t safe yet, and the monumental mission of rebuilding society has only just begun.

A Studio KAI (Cagaster of an Insect Cage, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2) production, 7SEEDS’ second season is directed by Yukio Takahashi (director Dog & Scissors, episode director LASTEXILE -Fam, The Silver-, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit and The Qwaser of Stigmata) while Toko Machida (Akame ga Kill!, Chaika -The Coffin Princess-, Wake Up, Girls!) provides series composition. The series stars the vocal talents of Nao Toyama (GATE, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, KAKURIYO -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-) as Natsu Iwashimizu, Jun Fukuyama (Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions, Assassination Classroom, Maoyu ~ Archenemy & Hero) as Arashi Aota and Yoko Hikasa (BanG Dream! 2nd Season, K-ON!, No Game, No Life) as Hana Sugurono.

7SEEDS is based upon the manga of the same name by Yumi Tamura; in 2007, the manga received the 52nd Shogakukan Manga Award for “Best Shojo (Girl’s) Manga.”

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Sentai Brandishes “SWORDGAI The Animation”

HOUSTON, TX — March 23, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired distribution rights to brutal action series SWORDGAI The Animation for audiences in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Latin America.

In this world, sentient, powerful swords rain death on a powerless populace. Gai Ogata’s parents are murdered by Shiryu, a cursed blade with an endless thirst for blood. From childhood, Gai is transfixed on Shiryu, training as a blacksmith in hopes of someday surpassing the sword’s deadly guile with a creation of his own. But when another tragic turn of events costs Gai his arm, his master repurposes Shiryu into an unconventional prosthetic, binding Gai to the bloodthirsty weapon permanently. Now Gai must learn to control the sword’s most violent impulses before he faces Zsoltgewinn, the legendary sword so powerful that no mere human can wield it — and only one of these legendary blades will come away from the clash victorious.

SWORDGAI The Animation is a production of Production I.G (Haikyu!!, Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell) and DLE (Dog & Scissors, Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san, Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue). It is directed by Takahiro Ikezoe (episode director for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, KenIchi: The Mightiest Disciple, Big Windup!) with series composition from Toshiki Inoue (Ushio and Tora, Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist), the series’ original creator.

The series stars Yuto Uemura (Ahiru no Sora, Run with the Wind, Bungou Stray Dogs) as Gai Ogata, Yuichiro Umehara (GATE, Young Jack Black, Gatchaman Crowds Insight) as Seiya Ichijou and Yuuka Aisaka (Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Sakura Trick, Amagi Brilliant Park) as Sayaka Ogata.

SWORDGAI The Animation will be released on home video.

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Sentai Set to Deal "CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD overDress”

HOUSTON, TX — March 25, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired rights to Bushiroad’s CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD overDress, the latest entry in Bushiroad’s popular “Cardfight!! Vanguard” multimedia franchise, for audiences in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Sentai will begin streaming the series on HIDIVE on April 2, 2021 at 23:40 UTC.

The next installment in the Cardfight!! Vanguard series is here with CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD overDress, an anime series based on the latest set of collectible trading cards released in the “Cardfight!! Vanguard” multimedia project. The series chronicles 15-year-old Yu-yu as he discovers the nocturnal amusement park known as Wonder Hill, where the members of Team Blackout gather to play Vanguard each night. Soon Yu-yu finds himself drawn into epic battles and thrilling action, and as he and Team Blackout fight to maintain their territory, he’ll make new friends and compete for Vanguard supremacy.

An original production created by Bushiroad (BanG Dream!, D4DJ First Mix) and Akira Itou, Kinema citrus (MADE IN ABYSS, Revue Starlight) animates CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD overDress while Satoshi Mori directs. CLAMP (Cardcaptor Sakura, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) provides the series’ character designs. CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD overDress stars Shouta Aoi (DEVILS’ LINE, Carole & Tuesday) as Yu-yu Kondo, Amane Shindo (D4DJ First Mix, Bermuda Triangle – Colorful Pastorale) as Megumi Okura, Yuki Ono (ASSASSINS PRIDE, Beastars) as Danji Momoyama and Yuma Uchida (Ahiru no Sora, Jujutsu Kaisen) as Tohya Ebata.

Sentai will stream the series on HIDIVE beginning April 2, 2021 at 23:40 UTC.

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Sentai Snaps Up Acclaimed “Dororo” Anime

HOUSTON, TX — March 29, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired distribution rights to the critically acclaimed supernatural action series Dororo, based on the manga of the same name by legendary mangaka Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Black Jack). Sentai’s deal includes distribution rights for the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Nordic and Scandinavian countries. Sentai will release the series with an all-new English dub.

During the Warring States period, the young thief Dororo encounters the enigmatic “Hyakkimaru,” a strange, sightless boy who wields fearsome prosthetics in place of his missing limbs. Parts of Hyakkimaru’s body, skin and organs were traded to a group of 12 demons by Hyakkimaru’s father in exchange for power and prosperity, but thanks to a kindly medicine man, Hyakkimaru survived his horrifying ordeal. Now he wanders the land in search of his missing body parts, and together he and Dororo will fight to survive in a demon-plagued, dangerous and unforgiving world.

Dororo is animated by Tezuka Productions (Young Black Jack, The Quintessential Quintuplets) and MAPPA (Ushio & Tora, Inuyashiki); it is produced by Twin Engine (Karakuri Circus, Vinland Saga) and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Hunter x Hunter). Yasuko Kobayashi (Kakegurui, Attack on Titan) provides series composition. The series stars Hiroki Suzuki (Saiyuki musicals, Kamen Rider Decade) as Hyakkimaru, Rio Suzuki (Modest Heroes, Yae no Sakura) as Dororo, Akio Otsuka (Black Jack, Mob Psycho 100) as Jukai and Chie Nakamura (Naruto, Devilman: Crybaby) as Nuinokata.

Sentai is planning to release the series on home video, including Blu-ray and digital sell through, beginning Summer 2021.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentai.com.

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Sentai Brings Home “Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House”

HOUSTON, TX — April 9, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired distribution rights to Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House, the zany, family friendly series based upon the light novel of the same name by Sennendou Taguchi.

Yoshinaga just won the local lottery! Instead of a fabulous getaway or a lifetime supply of her favorite food, she is awarded a stone gargoyle. But things get interesting when she discovers the ‘Gargoyle’ lives! Not only that, he can speak, fly and fire potentially lethal energy beams. Naturally, like any good gargoyle, he is bound to protect the Yoshinaga home from any and all threats. The once mundane, ordinary Yoshinaga household just became a place of magic, excitement and plenty of laughs!

Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House is directed by Iku Suzuki (Yumeiro Patissiere, Happy Lesson, DearS), with scripting and series composition from Takao Yoshioka (The Familiar of Zero, Elfen Lied, Your Lie in April). The series stars Chiwa Saito (Gugure! Kokkuri-san, Bakemonogatari, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) as Futaba Yoshinaga, Kouki Miyata (Trigun, Amnesia, Gravitation) as Kazumi Yoshinaga and Norio Wakamoto (Azumanga Daioh, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Hellsing Ultimate) as Gargoyle.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing, and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit http://www.sentai.com/.

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Sentai Falls for “Earl & Fairy”

HOUSTON, TX — April 13, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired distribution rights to Earl & Fairy (Hakushaku to Yousei), based upon the light novel series of the same name by Mizue Tani, for audiences in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Nordic, Scandinavia.

Lydia Carlton possesses the rare ability to interact and communicate with fairies, supernatural creatures invisible to most humans. Few believe her stories about her occupation as a doctor to these strange beings, but the mysterious and handsome Edgar is in need of her particular expertise. Edgar seeks to become the Blue Knight Earl, or the human ruler of the fairy realm, and he will need Lydia’s help to navigate the deceptively complex world of the fairies and claim the crown he craves.

Earl & Fairy is a production of Artland Studios (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Bokura ga Ita). It is directed by Koichiro Sotome (episode director Mushishi, Kimi ni Todoke, Bokura ga Ita) with character design from Maki Fuji (Destiny of the Shrine Maiden, Blade Dance of the Elementalers, I’ve Always Liked You).

The series stars Nana Mizuki (Princess Tutu, Dororo, ItaKiss) as Lydia Carlton, Hikaru Midorikawa (Diabolik Lovers, Fushigi Yuugi, Shaman King) as Edgar J. C. Ashenbert, Tomokazu Sugita (Tada Never Falls in Love, ClassicaLoid, Gintama) as Raven, and Hiro Yuki (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Witch Hunter Robin, Dragon Ball Z) as Nico. Hikaru Midorikawa also performs the series’ theme song.

Sentai will stream the series in association with select digital outlets.

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Sentai Adds “Seitokai Yakuindomo Movie 2” to Lineup

HOUSTON, TX — April 15, 2021 — Sentai announced today that it acquired distribution rights to Seitokai Yakuindomo 2 The Movie, the second side-splitting film in the Seitokai Yakuindomo anime universe, for audiences in USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and Portugal. Sentai adds the latest film to the franchise lineup that includes the first two seasons and first movie in the Seitokai Yakuindomo series.

The cast of Seitokai Yakuindomo is back and ready to quip! In this companion film that follows season 2 of the zany, irreverent Seitokai Yakuindomo anime series, the Ousai Private Academy student council must again grapple with a mix of double-entendres and doubly potent teen hormones as they integrate boys into a previously all-girls school.

Animated by Studio GoHands (Seitokai Yakuindomo, Hand Shakers, Princess Lover), the film was directed by Hiromitsu Kanazawa (W’z, K, Coppelion), who also penned the screenplay. Makoto Furuta (Azumanga Daioh) provides the film’s character design. The movie stars Yoko Hikasa (No Game, No Life, Domestic Girlfriend, 7SEEDS) as Shino Amakusa, Sayuri Yahagi (To LOVE Ru, Senryu Girl, Karin) as Suzu Hagimura, Shintaro Asanuma (Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Tsurune, Cutie Honey Universe) as Tsuda Takatoshi and Satomi Sato (Is the Order a Rabbit?, K-ON!, Hyouka) as Aria Shichijo.

Seitokai Yakuindomo 2 The Movie will be released on home video and streamed on select digital outlets.

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A Cool Japan Fund portfolio company, Sentai is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Sentai offers thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms and is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Food Wars!, Princess Tutu and Parasyte -the maxim-, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Bloom Into You, Revue Starlight and O Maidens in Your Savage Season, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Big O. For more information, visit www.sentai.com.