TV anime "Ushio-Tora" to be released in 13 BD/DVD volumes!　All volume purchase bonus is a powerful Tora figure!

BD/DVD information was announced for the TV anime "Ushio-Tora," which will start in July.

Ushio-Tora" is an anime work based on the famous manga by Kazuhiro Fujita, which was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1990 to 1996. This is the first TV anime adaptation of the battle story about a boy, Sougetsu Ushio, and a former great monster, Tora, as they try to exterminate ghosts. Directed by Satoshi Nishimura of "TRIGUN" and "The First Step" fame, series composition by Toshiki Inoue of "DEATH NOTE" and "Devil May Cry" fame, and character design by Tomoko Mori of "GARO" (guest character design). The animation production will be handled by MAPPA studio VOLN, and the OP theme song is "Mazuru na Hazardous" by Muscle Shoujo Band, and the ED theme song is "HERO" by Sonar Pocket. The series will consist of 39 episodes of two-cour plus one-cour.

The BD/DVD information has been released, with the first volume to be released on September 30, followed by 13 consecutive months of BD/DVD releases. All volumes will be released in a limited first-run limited edition package in a one-piece box featuring Kazuhiro Fujita's original artwork and a digipak with new anime drawings. A "complete file" containing commentary on each episode and character introductions will also be enclosed. In addition, the first volume will come with a "special collector's binder" that can hold the complete file for all 13 volumes, audio commentary, and a 30-minute video interview between Kazuhiro Fujita and Satoshi Nishimura (director).

The special bonus for purchasing all volumes, which is being diligently worked on, is also revealed. It will be an elaborate figure (prototype sculptor: Ryu Oyama / size: approx. 20 cm high) that recreates the scene in which Tora makes her first appearance. Entry tickets to receive the all-volume purchase bonus are enclosed in the limited edition first pressing of each volume.