Nozomi Entertainment Announces April 2016 Releases

GRIMES, IA, January 13, 2016 — Anime producer Nozomi Entertainment is pleased to announce the DVD collections of the Magic User's Club! OAV Series and the Magic User's Club! TV Series will be available April 5, 2016. Also coming to DVD from Nozomi Entertainment April 5, 2016 is the Anime Elements release of the Gakuen Alice Complete Collection.

Magic User's Club!
OVA Series DVD Collection

• Directed by Junichi Satō (Sailor Moon, Aria the Animation)
  
• Animation by Triangle Staff (Serial Experiments Lain, Macross Plus)

This Magic Club can do a lot more than card tricks!

Exactly one year ago, aliens invaded Earth. But it wasn't the kind of invasion you'd expect. After descending from space and destroying any opposition, the giant spaceship known as The Bell just... sat there. For a year it's been floating silently over the ocean, quietly observing how Earthlings live. Everyone's pretty much used to it by now.

Everyone, that is, except the Magic User's Club!. They're a small band of misfits who can do actual, honest-to-goodness magic! Their leader, Takeo, doesn't trust the aliens to stay peaceful. He wants to fight the alien menace, but it'll be a tough task when his club consists of a perverted president, a flamboyant VP, a flaky princess, a bumbling new recruit, and her temperamental best friend! Can this motley crew pull it together and save the world?

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Contains All 6 OVA Episodes.

Special Features: Magic User's Club! Karaoke Clip, Behind the Scenes at Studio Triangle, Special Promotional Video, Clean Openings and Closings, Commercials.

Comp. Titles: Magical Warfare, Little Witch Academia, Tokyo Mew Mew

Format: DVD
Pre-Book: 3/8/2016
Street Date: 4/5/2016
SRP: $19.99
Catalog #: NZDVD1618
ISBN: 978-1-57032-629-5
UPC: 7-42617-1618-2-7
Runtime: 180 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Action
Age Rating: TV14
Audio: English (Mono ep. 1-2, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo ep. 3-6), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English
Video: 4:3
Disc Count: 2
Case Qty: 30

Product specifications and content subject to change.


Magic User's Club!
TV Series DVD Collection

• Directed by Junichi Satō (Sailor Moon, Aria the Animation)
  
• Animation by MADHOUSE (Card Captor Sakura, Hunter x Hunter (2011)) and Triangle Staff (Serial Experiments Lain, Macross Plus)

More Misadventures with the Magic User's Club!

The Magic User's Club! is a group of five well-meaning misfits who do more than card tricks – they can use actual magic. And with that magic, they managed to defeat a giant ship from outer space! But their close encounter left an enormous cherry blossom tree right in the middle of the city. It's so big that it blocks out the sun!

Takeo Takakura, the club's noble (but perverted) president, calls a special Sunday meeting to take care of the tree. It seems simple enough, but when magic is involved, nothing ever goes according to plan… What's more, there's a ghostly figure hidden among the branches, watching their every move. Who is this silent specter, and what does he want?

Contains All 13 Episodes.

Special Features: Special Short Film, Clean Openings and Closings, Commercials.

Comp. Titles: Magical Warfare, Little Witch Academia, Tokyo Mew Mew

Format: DVD
Pre-Book: 3/8/2016
Street Date: 4/5/2016
SRP: $39.99
Catalog #: NZDVD1620
ISBN: 978-1-57032-630-1
UPC: 7-42617-1620-2-2
Runtime: 325 minutes
Genre: Comedy, Action
Age Rating: TV14
Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English
Video: 4:3
Disc Count: 3
Case Qty: 30

Product specifications and content subject to change.


Gakuen Alice
DVD Collection
Anime Elements

• Directed by Takahiro Ōmori (Durarara!!, Natsume's Book of Friends, Princess Jellyfish)
  
• Animation by Group TAC (Momo: The Girl God of Death, Black Blood Brothers)

And you thought your school was weird!

Mikan and Hotaru are best friends! (Well, according to Mikan, anyway. Hotaru doesn't seem to care.) Then one day, Hotaru is escorted away in a fancy black car, apparently scouted by a school in Tokyo called "Alice Academy." Crushed at the loss of her favorite pal, Mikan scurries after her, determined to enroll, too!

But Alice Academy is a mysterious place. Can Mikan tough it out in a school where explosions, superpowers, giant baby chicks and axe-wielding teddy bears are the norm? Though it's not as if she has a choice, because once students enter Alice Academy, there is no escape!

\Watch the Trailer

Contains All 26 Episodes.

Special Features: Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Character Bios, Liner Notes, Previews.

Comp. Titles: Card Captor Sakura, Fruits Basket

Format: DVD
Pre-Book: 3/8/2016
Street Date: 4/5/2016
SRP: $34.99
Catalog #: NZDVD1616
ISBN: 978-1-57032-631-8
UPC: 7-42617-1616-2-9
Runtime: 650 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: TV14
Audio:
Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles: English
Video: 4:3
Disc Count: 5
Case Qty: 30

Product specifications and content subject to change.


About Nozomi Entertainment

One of North America's oldest anime publishers, Nozomi Entertainment is dedicated to releasing anime classics and modern favorites. Initially founded in 1987, the studio focused on classic acquisitions such as Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, and other early anime. Today, Nozomi Entertainment is known for its quality releases of treasured titles like The Rose of Versailles, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Space Adventure Cobra, Cat's Eye, ARIA, and much more. Nozomi Entertainment's corporate headquarters are located in Grimes, Iowa. Their licensed products are carried by online and physical retailers throughout North America.