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Made in Abyss 2nd TV Season U.K. Collector's Blu-ray Released On Monday

On Monday October 20, MVM will release a Collector's Blu-ray edition of Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun. This edition will contain four art cards, a 72-page special booklet and a 232-page storyboard book.

The series follows on the first TV season of Made in Abyss and the feature film Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul. MVM describes the story:

"No one has ventured into the sixth layer of the Abyss and remained unchanged. No one returns from their Last Dive, and no one knows what happened to those who delved further. Even with the possession of a White Whistle, an ominous specter hovers above Riko, Reg and Nanachi as they advance down to the sixth layer, the Capital of the Unreturned.

"The pathways are more treacherous, the environment harsher, and the creatures even more dangerous, but the most unsettling thing of all is the ruins of the Golden City. Here each of the delvers will be forced to forge their own destinies and paths as they investigate the city's mysterious origins and the strange beings who still dwell there. The answer to their questions, as always, lies somewhere ahead, down and forward."

Crunchyroll will release the series ODDTAXI on Blu-ray. The story follows Odokawa, an eccentric, reticent 41-year-old taxi driver who has no relatives and does not have much to do with others. He does have conversations with his customers, including a college student who wants to go viral, a nurse hiding a secret, an unsuccessful comedian, a street rough, and an up-and-coming idol. These conversations lead him to a girl who has disappeared.

Manga creator Kadzuya Konomoto (Seto Utsumi) wrote the anime. Baku Kinoshita directed the anime with Norio Nitta as the assistant director. Kinoshita and Hiromi Nakayama designed the characters. Kōhei Yoshida was the recording director at Pony Canyon Enterprise. PUNPEE VaVa OMSB were in charge of the music, and Pony Canyon was in charge of music production with collaboration by Summit, Inc. P.I.C.S. and OLM produced the anime. P.I.C.S. was also credited for the original work and planning. Skirt (singer-songwriter Wataru Sawabe's solo project) and rapper/DJ PUNPEE performed the show's opening theme song "Odd Taxi," and Suzuko Mimori performed the ending theme song "Sugarless Kiss."

Crunchyroll will also release three separate Steelbook Blu-ray editions of the first three seasons of Overlord - Overlord, Overlord II and Overlord III. The Steebook of the first season is pictured right.