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Nisekoi and Amnesia Released Monday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday July 20, Manga Entertainment will release Season 1 Part 1 of Nisekoi - False Love on both Blu-ray and DVD, carrying the first ten episodes. The series adapts Naoshi Komi's Nisekoi romantic comedy manga about Raku Ichijō (Kōki Uchiyama), a normal high school student who happens to be the heir to a yakuza group. The attractive but violent transfer student Chitoge Kirisaki (Nao Tōyama), the heir to a rival yakuza group, transfers to his class, and the two must pretend to date to keep a war from breaking out between their families.
Akiyuki Shinbo (Madoka Magica, Bakemonogatari) directed the anime at animation studio SHAFT. Musical duo ClariS will performed the opening theme song "CLICK."
MVM will release the series Amnesia on both Blu-ray and DVD. Based on Idea Factory's otome visual novel of the same name, Amnesia starts with the Heroine awakening in a cafe and realising she has lost her memories. Suddenly a spirit appears in midair and reveals he was responsible for the Heroine losing her memories and that while he shall help her regain them, she must keep her Amnesia a secret. Now the Heroine must work with the spirit and the handsome gents she finds surrounding her life to piece together what really happened.
The anime was produced by Brains Base under the direction of Yoshimitsu Ohashi (Galaxy Angel) with series composition handled by Touko Machida (Karneval, Inari Kon Kon). The series originally aired in 2013 and ran for 12 episodes.
Manga Entertainment will also release Bleach Series 16 Part 1, subtitled 'The Lost Agent,' carrying episodes 343 to 354 of the series.
