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Log Horizon U.K. Blu-rays Will Be Released on Monday

On Monday June 30, Crunchyroll will release separate Blu-ray editions of Log Horizon Season 1 (pictured right), Season 2 (pictured below left) and Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table (pictured below right). Season 1 is described as follows:

"Upon the release of the Elder Tales expansion, 30,000 players are transported into the game's universe. To survive, Shiroe ditches his solo playstyle to form the guild Log Horizon. But in this world, there are real consequences worse than death."

Season 2 is described as follows:

"Months after the Apocalypse, the players of Log Horizon have thrived thanks to food, music, and adventuring. Now in an alliance with other guilds, Shiroe leads a quest for treasure to support the city. But what awaits them is a raid boss unlike any other."

Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table is described as follows:

"Shiroe and his friends' forging of the Round Table has brought order and prosperity to its people. But fracturing alliances and the menace of Genius monsters threaten to destroy all they've built. Can faith be restored, or is destruction certain?"

Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray of Sing "Yesterday" for Me." The coming-of-age story follows a university graduate named Rikuo who has not been able to find permanent employment after college, a mysterious woman named Haru who has a pet crow, and Rikuo's former university classmate Shinako.

Yoshiyuki Fujiwara (GJ Club, New Game!, Plastic Memories) directed the anime at Dōga Kōbō. Jin Tanaka (Laid-Back Camp, Kirakira ☆ Precure a la Mode, Cinderella Nine) wrote the scripts. Junichirō Taniguchi (Natsuyuki Rendezvous, Tada Never Falls in Love) designed the characters. Masanori Tsuchiya (New Game!, Tada Never Falls in Love, Azur Lane) was the sound director. DMM.futureworks produced the project.

Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray of I★CHU: Halfway Through The Idol. Liber Entertainment Inc. released the original "love rhythm adventure" game for iOS and Android in summer 2015. The game features 42 voice actors in the main story, performing original songs. In the game's story, a famous talent agency called Ailedore has created an academy called Etoile Vio School to train budding idols. Players play as both a teacher and producer for the students.

Hitoshi Nanba (Golden Kamuy both seasons, Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart.) directed the series at Lay-duce. Yoshimi Narita (Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart., DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-) was the series' script supervisor. Mina Ōsawa (Given, School Babysitters) designed the characters. Reiko Iwasawa (Code Geass) was credited for colour design, and Yoshiaki Dewa (Gamers!) composed the music. Liber Entertainment Inc. was credited with the original work, Ailedore Public Relations Department was credited as manufacturer, and Twin Engine produced the series.

Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray of EX-ARM. The 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.

Yoshikatsu Kimura, who 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. Osaka "pop punk band" AIRFLIP performed the theme song "Rise Again." The band Dizzy Sunfist performed the show's ending theme song "Diamonds Shine."

Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray of Naruto Volume 6, carrying episodes 138 to 165.