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Iwa-Kakeru! Climbing Girls U.K. Blu-ray Released on Monday

On Monday June 9, Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray of the television anime adaptation of Ryūdai Ishizaka's original Iwa-Kakeru! -Climbing Girls- manga

The story centres around girls who compete in sport climbing, particularly climbing artificially constructed walls while making full use of one's mind and body. First-year high school student Konomi Kasahara discovered this sport at Hanamiya Girls' High School after training her mind with puzzle games during junior high school. Her life changed the moment she stumbled across her new school's climbing wall, which led her into the school's climbing team.

Tetsuro Amino (Broken Blade, Macross 7, Shiki) directed the Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls- anime at BLADE, and Tōko Machida (Lucky Star, GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class) was in charge of the series scripts. Frontier One's Yoshihiro Watanabe (Heaven's Lost Property, The Testament of Sister New Devil) designed the characters, and Tsubasa Ito composed the music.

Anime Limited will also release a Blu-ray of Ichigo Animation and Mamoru Oshii's anime series Vladlove.

In the series, Mitsugu Bamba is a high school girl who is crazy about donating her blood, to the point that she feels compelled to visit a local blood bank despite the unfriendly nurse. One day, Mitsugu encounters a beautiful girl there who looks like she has come from overseas. The girl is so pale that she appears ready to faint. Instead, she suddenly starts trashing the blood bank. The girl then loses consciousness and so Mitsugu takes her home...

Oshii is the executive director and is credited with the original work, and Junji Nishimura (Ranma ½, You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture, True Tears) is directing the anime. Kei Yamamura (The Next Generation -Patlabor-) is penning the scripts with Oshii. Issei Aragaki (Monogatari Series key animator/episode animation director) is designing the characters.

Anime Limited will also release a Blu-ray of the television anime of Kei Ii's Woodpecker Detective's Office (Kitsutsuki Tantei-Dokoro) mystery novel. Muse Asia describes its story:

It is the end of the Meiji Era.
The genius poet Ishikawa Takuboku, who's struggling financially, starts a detective business out of his lodging in response to a certain murder case.
He calls it the Woodpecker Detective's Office. "The ghosts of the Twelve-Story Tower in Asakusa," "the man-eating figure who wanders the streets on snowy nights"...
Takuboku involves himself in one bizarre case after another with his hometown acquaintance, Kindaichi Kyosuke, as his assistant.

Shinpei Ezaki (Monster Strike The Movie, Hanebad!, Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation) was chief director of the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Tomoe Makino (episode director for Tsuredure Children, Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū, Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto) directed the series. LIDEN FILMS is also credited with production alongside Tôhoku Shinsha. Taku Kishimoto (91 Days, Silver Spoon, Haikyu!! three seasons) oversaw the series scripts, and manga creator Kaoru Saki is credited with the original character designs. Shuichi Hara (Lost Song, Alice in the Country of Hearts: Wonderful Wonder World) adapted those character designs for animation, and MONACA composed the music. Yōji Shimizu was the sound director.

Anime Limited will also Naruto Collector's Edition Set 3, including a 32-page booklet. It will carry episodes 111 to 165 of the series. The set is described as follows:

"The mission to rescue Sasuke begins! First, Naruto's ninja classmates face the deadly skills of the Sound Ninja Four! Choji, Neji, Kiba, and Shikamaru fight for their lives to save their friend. Then Naruto squares off against his rival when he clashes with Sasuke at Final Valley! This is the first of their epic fights and a turning point in the series. Watch young legends in the making in the fan-favorite battles that will shape their destinies!"

In addition, Anime Limited will also release a Blu-ray of the standard fifth volume of Naruto, carryng episodes 111 to 137 of the series.

Anime Limited will also release a Blu-ray of the television anime of Shinya Komi and HiRock's EX-ARM manga

Yoshikatsu Kimura, who has worked on the live-action 20th Century Boys and Ajin films, directed the anime at the studio Visual Flight. Tommy Morton oversaw the series scripts, and Sō Kimura composed the music. The manga's crime battle story centers on high school student Akira Natsume. Only his brain is saved when he is involved in a traffic accident, and it later becomes part of an advanced weapon. Akira cooperates with the police's EX-ARM countermeasure division in order to regain his lost memories and body.

Anime Limited will also release Date A Live V. The new cast includes Aya Endō as Mio Takamiya, a beautiful young girl who is a mysterious existence. She has a connection to Shido's past. Koushi Tachibana launched the original light novel series in March 2011 with illustrations by Tsunako.

Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray edition of ABCiee Working Diary. The anime's story centers on Abciee, a cryptid who was attracted by radio waves to come to Osaka's Nakanoshima sandbank (where the real-life ABC headquarters is located) five years ago. As a new employee in the "Ebishi" (wordplay on ABC and Abciee) TV station, she struggles to improve herself with the help of friends and colleagues.

Ryōsuke Aoike (Akindo Sei Little Peso, Kaiju Step Wandabada) directed the anime. Rie Izawa wrote the script, and Shigezō Kamimura composed the music. Fanworks produced the anime. Fumiya Fujii performed the theme song, "Happy Boshūchū."

Crunchyroll will release a Blu-ray edition of Gods' Games We Play. Yen Press is releasing the novels in English, and it describes the story:

When the gods grow bored, they decide to spice up their eternal existence by challenging all takers in an ultimate battle of wits! Of course, these deities are capricious, unfair, and incomprehensible at the best of times, so winning is virtually impossible for a mere mortal. Even so, things are bound to get interesting when a former goddess and a genius human boy team up in a bid to win the game to end all games!

Tatsuya Shiraishi (episode unit director for Overlord II, Overlord III) directed the anime at LIDEN FILMS (Call of the Night, Hanebado!). NTL was in charge of the series scripts. Yoshihiro Watanabe from Frontier One was the character designer, and Gin from Busted Rose composed the music at Pony Canyon. AliA performed the anime's opening theme song "NewGame," and Hina Tachibana, the voice of Pearl Diamond in the series, performed the ending theme song "I'm GAME!"

Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray edition of A Destructive God Sits Next to Me. It is the television anime adaptation of Arata Aki's manga, in which Seri Koyuki, a high school student, tries to avoid strange people because he knows he will just end up being the the straight man to their antics. Enter Kabuto Hanadori, Koyuki's classmate who has chūnibyō (second-year middle school syndrome) and claims his eyepatch seals his god of destruction alter ego. Everything about Hanadori exudes the need for a straight man to keep him in check, and sure enough, Koyuki is drawn in.

Atsushi Nigorikawa (Love Tyrant, Between the Sky and Sea, Anime De Training! Ex) directed the anime at EMT Squared. Natsuko Takahashi (Love Tyrant, My Love Story!!, The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar) handled the series composition, Yūki Nakano (key animator for Kan Colle, Nisekoi - False Love) designed the characters, and Kanako Hara composed the music. The vocal duo all at once performed the opening theme song "Take mo' Chance," and idol unit AŌP performed the ending theme song "Freedom de Muda ni Muteki!!"