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Complete K-ON! Blu-ray Re-released Monday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday November 15, Funimation will re-release the Complete Blu-ray edition of K-ON! The title was originally released on August 16, but was subsequently recalled due to playback issues. On Funimation's website, the new release is listed as "a reworked version of the previously recalled release."
This is a Limited Blu-ray set including both of the K-ON! TV series by Kyoto Animation, and the 2011 K-ON! movies. The set will also include a five-panel soft digipack, six art cards and a 40-page art book.
The first TV season of K-ON! was broadcast in 2009. Based on kakifly's four-panel comedy manga, it was directed by Naoko Yamada and scripted by Reiko Yoshida, as was the second series and the film.
Sentai Filmworks has previously described the original series:
Being late on the first day is exactly what you'd expect from Yui Hirasawa in her freshman year at Sakuragoaka Girl's High School. The number of clubs fighting over her to join up is decidedly unexpected, and Yui has no clue which club to join: she's not very athletic and knows next to nothing about the liberal arts, but she's determined to do SOMETHING this year. As luck would have it she discovers a flyer for the Light Music Club, and what she thinks will be a carefree ride down easy street suddenly gets turned up to 11 when she finds out that in order to join, she needs to actually learn to play an instrument! With the energetic drummer Ritsu, extra shy bassist Mio, and piano prodigy Tsumugi, it'll be easy to bring her skills up to speed before the Light Music Club gets the axe, but it may take a few licks to get these four new friends in sync and ready to rock!
Funimation will also release Fire Force Season 2 Part 2 as a Blu-ray/DVD. Funimation describes the title:
"After the events at the Oasis, Company 8 race to contain the chaos. But answers about the Holy Sol Temple and the White-Clad's tactics may cripple them. Can they unearth the secrets of the Nether before the world is engulfed in flame and ash once more?"
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