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The Slime Diaries Blu-ray Released on Monday

On Monday March 6, Crunchyroll will release a Blu-ray edition of The Slime Diaries, a spinoff from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. Crunchyroll describes the story:

"In between slaying monsters and negotiating with neighboring countries, Rimuru Tempest has his hands full attending to his kingdom alongside day-to-day matters. But whether it's expanding the farms in the summer heat or shoveling snow in the chilly winter, no task is too big for Rimuru and his friends."

The anime premiered in April 2021. Yuji Ikuhara, the CG producer for the main That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime anime, directed The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime at 8-Bit, with Tsutomu Kasai, the executive producer for the main anime, as assistant director. Kotatsumikan oversaw the the series scripts, and Risa Takai (Time Bokan: The Villains Strike Back, Time Bokan 24 episode animation director) and Atsushi Irie (Steamboy, Freedom) were the character designers. R.O.N (FLCL Progressive, FLCL Alternative, Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka) composed the music.

MVM will release a Blu-ray of Aria the Origination, the third Aria series, following the original Aria the Animation and its sequel, Aria the Natural.

The Blu-ray contains the 13 TV episodes of Aria the Origination, the extra "5.5" OVA episode, and also the OVA Aria the Avvenire. MVM describes the series:

"As winter melts into spring, Akari, Aika and Alice continue to work hard to become Neo-Venezia's top gondoliers. Aika starts to take on more responsibility around Himeya; Alice travels up the challenging canal near Hope Hill; even Akari spends a day working on a huge gondola called a traghetto! But there's still so much to learn... and the final test to become a Prima, which once seemed so far off in the future, might not be so far off anymore."

Anime Limited will release a standard Blu-ray edition of the first half of Gundam Seed (the HD Remaster edition), carrying the first 24 episodes of the series.