Sentai Filmworks revealed the home video plans yesterday for Angelic Layer as part of their Sentai Selects lineup and today they’ve brought out the formal acquisition announcement for it. With plans for a November release, the company has picked up the 26 episode series for a DVD collection that arrives on November 24th, 2015 for $49.98 on DVD.
Based on the manga from CLAMP, the series as animated by studio Bones (Full Metal Alchemist, RahXephon, Halo Legends, Ouran High School Host Club) with direction by Hiroshi Nishikiori (Azumanga Daioh, A Certain Magical Index, Jyo-Oh-Sei). Series composition and scripting was supervised by Ichiro Okouchi (Azumanga Daioh, Code Geass, Negima!), musical duties were performed by Kouhei Tanaka (One Piece, Sakura Wars, Assassination Classroom), and character designs were adapted by Takahiro Komori (Darker Than Black, Scrapped Princess).
Plot concept: 12-year-old Misaki Suzuhara has just gotten involved in Angelic Layer, a battling game using electronic dolls called angels. Even as a newbie, Misaki shows advanced skills as she meets new friends and enters Angelic Layer tournaments to fight the greatest Angelic Layer champions of the nation.
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