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Vermeil in Gold UK Collectors Blu-ray Will Be Released on Monday

On Monday March 16, MVM will release a Collectors Blu-ray of the television anime of Kōta Amana and Yōko Umezu's Vermeil in Gold: A Desperate Magician Barges Into the Magical World Alongside the Strongest Calamity (Kinsō no Vermeil: Gakeppuchi Majutsushi wa Saikyō no Yakusai to Mahō Sekai o Tsukisusumu) manga. The Blu-ray will include a 20-page booklet.

The manga centres on Alto Goldfield, a student at a magical academy who aims to become a master of all magic. However, when he is on the verge of failing a class on summoning magic and in danger of being held back a year, he finds an old summoning grimoire. Following its instructions, he inscribes a magic circle, and ends up summoning a powerful demon named Vermeil, who was sealed long ago, and makes her his familiar. However, the voluptuous Vermeil occassionally requires magical energy from Alto, which she claims by kissing him deeply.

Takashi Naoya (Osamake, Val x Love, Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru) directed the anime at Staple Entertainment, with Tatsuya Takahashi (The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles, Domestic Girlfriend) supervising the series' scripts. Matsuo Asami was the assistant director. Kiyoshi Tateishi (Val x Love, Gekidol) designed the characters, with Ayana Togashi as sub-character designer. Tateishi was also the chief animation director, alongside Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Yukiyo Komito, and Atsushi Aono. Hiroyuki Ikeda was the CG director. Hiroki Ozaki was the art director, while Ryoji Nagasaki was the color key artist. Mitsuhiro Kuno was the compositing director of photography, while Tomomi Umetsu was in charge of editing.

Kaori Ishihara performed the anime's opening theme song "Abracada-Boo." Mili performed the anime's ending theme song "Mortal With You."

Amana and Umezu launched the manga in Sqaure Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine in August 2018. Square Enix published the manga's fifth compiled book volume in November 2021.

Anime Limited will release a separate Blu-ray editions of the two seasons of the 2020 series Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.

Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki directed the project at Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts, which continues the continuity of the 2002 series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Russian illustrator Ilya Kushinov (The Wonderland) was the character designer. Nobuko Toda (Sweetness & Lightning, The case files of Jeweler Richard) and Kazuma Jinnouchi Busou Shinki: Moon Angel) composed the music. Toda was best known for composing the music of the Metal Gear Solid series alongside Harry Gregson-Williams, and Toda and Jinnouchi collaborated on the Ultraman anime last year. The pair also composed the soundtracks for the Halo 4 and Halo 5 games.

Millennium Parade, the new creative team led by King Gnu member Daiki Tsuneta, are performing the opening theme song "Fly with me." Vocalists on the track include ermhoi, HIMI, Cota Mori, and Kento Nagatsuka (WONK). Mili are performing the ending theme song "sustain++;."

Crunchyroll will release a new Steelbook Blu-ray edition of Dragon Ball Super: Broly, The film is described as follows:

"Goku is back to training hard so he can face the most powerful foes the universes have to offer, with Vegeta right beside him. But when they suddenly find themselves against an unknown Saiyan, they discover a terrible, destructive force. Locked into battle with the formidable Broly, Goku and Vegeta face their most dangerous opponent yet."