VIZ MEDIA BRINGS THE ACTION IN NEW BLU-RAY AND DVD HOME VIDEO EDITIONS FOR THE
SCI-FI FANTASY ANIME SERIES ACCEL WORLD
From
Reki Kawahara, The Creator Of SWORD ART ONLINE, A Bullied Teen Finds
Power And Strength In A Virtual Reality Video Game; Special Premium Art
Booklet Included As A Free Gift With Purchase From Select Online Anime
Retailers
San Francisco, CA, November 20, 2013 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of
anime and manga in North America, invites fans to accelerate with the
home video release of the ACCEL WORLD anime series on DVD and Blu-ray on
November 26th. The new 2-disc set features 12 episodes of
the sci-fi fantasy series, is rated ‘TV-14,’ and carries a DVD MSRP of
$44.82 U.S. / 43.24 CAN; Blu-ray MSRP is $59.97 U.S. / $66.15 CAN.
Preorders are available now through select retailers.
A special 48-page premium art booklet featuring art and character profiles from this popular series and is also included (only while supplies last) as a special free gift with purchase from select online anime retailers including Right Stuf, Anime Pavilion, and Robert’s Anime Corner Store.
ACCEL
WORLD dialogue features include English and Japanese stereo audio,
English subtitles, as well as a character art gallery, clean opening and
closing segments, and the original Japanese broadcast trailers.
In
the year 2046, people use portable devices called Neuro-linkers to
manage their daily lives in virtual reality networks. But advances in
technology haven't managed to do away with bullies, and 13-year-old
Haruyuki Arita finds himself a frequent target. Haruyuki escapes his
miserable life in virtual games – until the day Kuroyukihime, the most
popular girl in school, introduces him to a mysterious program called
Brain Burst and a virtual reality called the Accel World. This set
contains Episodes 1-12 on 2 discs.
“ACCEL
WORLD is the hottest new anime title to join the VIZ Media home video
library and we are very excited to also offer it to buyers with a
gorgeous, full-color bonus art booklet that is only available for a
limited time through select anime retailers,” says Charlene Ingram,
Senior Manager, Animation Marketing. “This series blends a highly
imaginative online game with real world impact and adds a new twist to
one teen’s solution to being bullied. ACCEL WORLD quickly became a fan
favorite since VIZ Media debuted it on the same day as its Japanese
broadcast and we look forward to the series drawing in new and veteran
fans alike with this exciting release that arrives in time for the start
of the holiday season.”
ACCEL WORLD is based on a series of popular light novels written by Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online) and was produced by the famed anime studio Sunrise (TIGER & BUNNY, Mobile Suit Gundam, Code Geass, Cowboy Bebop, KEKKAISHI). Kawahara entered the first novel in the series into ASCII Media Works' 15th Dengeki Novel Prize in 2008 and won the Grand Prize. ACCEL WORLD has also inspired a popular manga series and several video games.
For more information on ACCEL WORLD and other animated titles from VIZ Media please visit www.VIZAnime.com/accelworld.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc.,
Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ
Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English
speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN
JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and INUYASHA, VIZ
Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties
for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ
Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated
television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a
variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and
manga at www.VIZ.com.
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