Overseas US: FUNimation Limited Edition, Anime Classics and S.A.V.E./Essentials releases

Updated the FUNimation spreadsheet with the October releases and one November release (Fruits Basket Season One Part One LE). This time October will see 13 releases, 2 Limited Editions, two Classics 2018 releases, and nine Essentials releases.

  • Ai Tenchi Muyo: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Brave Witches: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Chaos;Child: The Complete Series + OVA (Essentials)
  • Convenience Store Boy Friends: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Fruits Basket: Season One (Limited Edition)
  • Goblin Slayer: Season One (Limited Edition)
  • Hundred: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Ouran High School Host Club: The Complete Series (Classics)
  • Psycho-Pass: Season Two (Classics)
  • Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Tokyo Ghoul:re (Limited Edition)
  • Tsuredure Children (Essentials)
  • WorldEnd: What Do You Do At The End Of The World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us? (Essentials)

Also updated the Hetalia releases with the upcoming 10th Annivarsary editions.

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Updated the FUNimation spreadsheet with the November releases, 12 in total (1 Limited Edition, 1 steelbook and 10 Essentials releases)

  • Fruits Basket: Season One Part One (Limited Edition) was already in the spreadsheet, but has been updated
  • Gosick: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Hyouka: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Izetta: The Last Witch: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Juni Taisen: Zodiac War: Season One (Essentials)
  • Pop Team Epic: Season 1 (Essentials)
  • Recovery of an MMO Junkie: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Shomin Sample: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Shonen Maid: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Valkyrie Drive - Mermaid: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Yu Yu Hakusho: The Complete Second Season (Steelbook)
  • Zillion: The Complete Series + OVA (Essentials)

Also updated the following existing entries;
  • Blood Blockade Battlefront (Limited Edition) added complete season 1 & 2 release
  • Bungo Stray Dogs: Complete Season One (Limited Edition) added complete season 1 & 2 release
  • Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (Limited Edition) added regular edition release
  • Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Part One (Limited Editon) added Part Two release

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Update the spreadsheet to add all December releases, which gives us 10 Essentials releases, one Classics release and one release which comes in a rigid box.

  • 18if: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Hand Shakers: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Heavy Object: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Hetalia: Seasons 5-6 -World Party Edition- (not in the LE catalogue but comes in a rigid box, which also houses the Season 1-4 - World Party Edition-)
  • KADO: The Right Answer (Essentials)
  • Kiddy Girl-AND: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Kiss Him, Not Me!: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Koro Sensei Quest!: Quest 1&2 (Essentials)
  • Snow White With The Red Hair: The Complete Series (Classics)
  • The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K.: Season One (Essentials)
  • Tsukigakirei: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Yona of the Dawn: The Complete Series (Essentials)

Also adjusted all four Is This a Zombie? entries to mention the new complete collection.
And finally also adjusted the release dates for Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor: The Complete Series and Seven Mortal Sins: The Complete Series as both were pushed back three months from their original September release window.

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Update the spreadsheet to add all January 2020 releases. Pretty busy month as we see three Limited Editions (two real ones and a steelbook), two re-releases in a Classics version and nine Essentials releases.

  • Alice & Zoroku: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Clockwork Planet: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Concrete Revolutio: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Dagashi Kashi: Season Two (Essentials)
  • D-Frag! Complete Series (Essentials)
  • GAMERS!: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Knight's & Magic: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Saiyuki Reload Blast (Essentials)
  • Space Dandy: The Complete Series (Classics)
  • Spice and Wolf: The Complete Series (Classics)
  • SSSS.GRIDMAN: The Complete Series (Limited Edition)
  • Tsugumomo: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Yu Yu Hakusho: The Complete Third Season (Steelbook)
  • ZOMBIE LAND SAGA: Season One (Limited Edition)

Also adjusted Berserk: Season 1 (Limited Edition) to add the complete series release. The same goes for Space Dandy: Season 1 (Limited Edition) and Spice and Wolf: Season Two (Limited Edition) to mark the Complete Seasons 1 & 2 Classics 2018 version releases.


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Updated the spreadsheet to add all February 2020 releases. Mostly Essentials releases again (seven for February 2020), but we also get two and no less than 4 (that's FOUR yes) Limited Editions.

  • A Sister's All You Need: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Code Geass: Lelouch Of The Re;Surrection (Steelbook)
  • Code:Realize ~Guardian Of Rebirth~: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Endride: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Fruits Basket: Season 1 Part 2 (Limited Edition)
  • Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World-: the Animated Series (Essentials)
  • Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: The Complete Series (Classics)
  • Radiant: Season One (Limited Edition)
  • ReLIFE: Final Arc (Classics)
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Season One: Part Two (Limited Edition)
  • The Royal Tutor: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Unbreakable Machine-Doll: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Wanna Be The Strongest In The World: The Complete Series + OVAs (Essentials)


Also updated the Limited Edition of Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Part One to add the complete collection release. And also two S.A.V.E. editions, Unbreakable Machine-Doll and Wanna Be The Strongest In The World to mark that there's an Essentials release coming.


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And as always, not always mentioned, i want to thank @NormanicGrav for his posts in the '[Overseas] Anime News & Announcements' thread and his excellent blog posts which help me to collect the correct titles.
 
Before the festivities start, i'll update the spreadsheet with the March releases from FUNimation 'special' editions. Again a serious batch of Essentials releases (16 in total, a record i guess), also three Limited Editions and one Steelbook will see the light of the day in March.

  • Anime-Gataris: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Appleseed XIII: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Aquarion: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Aquarion EVOL: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Aquarion Logos: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Aria the Scarlet Ammo: Season One (Essentials)
  • Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2 (Limited Edition)
  • Black Clover Season 2 Part 3 (Limited Edition)
  • Garo Crimson Moon: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Garo Vanishing Line: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • King's Game: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Konohana Kitan: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Ping Pong: The Animation (Essentials)
  • Tales of the Abyss: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • The Silver Guardian: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Trickster: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Urahara: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Wise Man’s Grandchild: The Complete Series (Limited Edition)
  • Yamada’s First Time: B Gata H Kei: The (Uncensored) Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Yu Yu Hakusho Season 4 (Steelbook)

Also updated all old S.A.V.E. editions where a new Essentials release is coming in March, that are the following; Appleseed XIII, Aquarion, Aquarion EVOL, Aria the Scarlet Ammo, Ping Pong: The Animation, and Yamada’s First Time: B Gata H Kei.

Only thing not yet in the spreadsheet is the region codes for the Wise Man's Grandchild title, as that's not even available yet on the FUNimaton site.


Link to the Google Spreadsheet
 
Only thing not yet in the spreadsheet is the region codes for the Wise Man's Grandchild title, as that's not even available yet on the FUNimaton site.


Link to the Google Spreadsheet

Region codes for Wise Man's Grandchild is currently A & 1 (must be Kadokawa's doing like High School DxD HERO last year). Fire Force has the most intriguing DVD regions that I have ever seen - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
 
Updated the Google spreadsheet to add the 12 upcoming April titles from FUNimation in the 'special' releases. Ten s.a.v.eing re-released into the new Essentials editions, and we also see another Classics release after a while and finally there's also a Limited Edition coming in April.
  • Ben-To: Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Black Blood Brothers: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • BlazBlue: Alter Memory: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Blood-C: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Casshern Sins: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Cat Planet Cuties: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • C - Control Money Of Soul And Possibility: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Chaos;Head: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Date A Live: Season One (Essentials)
  • Fruits Basket: The Complete Original Series from 2001 (Classics)
  • Tales of Zestiria the X: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets: Season 1 (Limited Edition)

Did some other updates to; Twin Star Exorcists to mark there is a complete series release in April and the forgotten Part 2-4 releases :oops: And also updated all S.A.V.E releases to mark there will be a new Essentials release. Finally FUNimation website confirms region codes for Wise Man's Grandchild as NormanicGrav mentioned above.


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Updated the Google spreadsheet with the upcoming May releases. May sees three Limited Editions (one pushed back from April), one Classics 2018 release and eight Essentials of which seven are S.A.V.E re-releases.

  • Code:Breaker: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Devil May Cry: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Eureka Seven: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Eureka Seven AO: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Fractale: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • King of Thorn: The Movie (Essentials)
  • Okami-san and Her Seven Companions: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • OVERLORD II: Season 2 (Classics 2018 version)
  • Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets (Limited Edition)
  • The Rising of the Shield Hero: Season 1 Part 1 (Limited Edition)
  • The Rising of the Shield Hero: Season 1 Part 2 (Limited Edition)

Updated Black Clover: Season 2 Part 3 (Limited Edition) to include the upcoming regular Season 2: Part 4, Eureka Seven: Part One (Limited Edition) to signal a Essentials release, Overlord II: Season 2 (Limited Edition) to signal for the Classics 2018 version release, and The Quintessential Quintuplets to mark the updated release date. And finally also updated the old S.A.V.E. titles getting a new Essentials release; Code:Breaker, Devil May Cry, Eureka Seven, Eureka Seven AO, Fafner, Fractale, King of Thorn, Okami-san and Her Seven Companions (would actually be easier to say Teasing Master Takagi-san is the only real Essentials release).


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A bit later than I expected, but anyways I've updated the Google spreadsheet with the upcoming June releases. June sees 11 (3 delayed from previous months) re-released S.A.V.E. editions as Essentials editions and two Limited Editions.

  • Black Clover: Season 2 Part 5 (Limited Edition)
  • Heroic Age: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Karneval: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Michiko & Hatchin: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Mob Psycho 100 II (Limited Edition)
  • Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Robotics;Notes: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Sengoku Basara -Samurai Kings-: Seasons One & Two (Essentials)
  • Sengoku Basara -Samurai Kings-: The Last Party (Essentials)
  • Senran Kagura Ninja Flash!: Complete Series (Essentials)

Updated Re:ZERO Starting Life Another World Season 1 Part 1 (Limited Edition) to mark the new release of the complete set. And also updated some delayed releases; Tales of Zestiria the X: The Complete Series (Essentials) from April to June, Eureka Seven: The Complete Series (Essentials), and Eureka Seven: AO The Complete Series (Essentials) from May to June. And finally also updated Black Clover: Season 2 Part 3 to mark the release of Part 4 and 5.

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Added some July 2020 releases to the Google spreadsheet. In fact all re-releases of the older S.A.V.E. editions.

  • Shakugan No Shana: Season I (Essentials)
  • Shakugan No Shana: Season II (Essentials)
  • Shakugan No Shana: Season III (Essentials)
  • Shakugan no Shana: S OVA Series (Essentials)
  • Shakugan no Shana: The Movie (Essentials)
  • Strike Witches: First Season (Essentials)
  • Strike Witches: Second Season (Essentials)

Also updated Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Complete Series (Essentials) and Fafner: The Complete Series + Movie (Essentials) as both have been postponed from May to July.

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Added the August and September releases in the Google spreadsheet.

August
  • Fuuka: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • ISLAND: The Complete Series (Essentials)

September
  • ARIFURETA: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest: Season One (Limited Edition)
  • Cowboy Bebop: Complete Series (Steelbook)
  • Fire Force: Season 1 Part 2 (Limited Edition)
  • Free! -Dive to the Future-: Season Three (Essentials)
  • HANEBADO!: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Hinamatsuri: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Nichijou: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Sakura Quest: The Complete Series (Essentials)

And finally updated Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series (Limited Edition) to mark the new steelbook release, also updated Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Season Two (Limited Edition), My Hero Academia: Season Two Part One (Limited Edition) and My Hero Academia: Season Two Part Two (Limited Edition) to add the complete edition release. Also updated Free! Dive to the Future to mark the release of a new Essentials edition.

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Added the October releases in the Google spreadsheet. A mediocre month (or cheap one, depending on your preference) for those who hunt on the Essentials releases as we only see one, but those in for LE's will be able get two of those and also two steelbook releases will the see the light of day in October with Your Name being a re-release.
Only Dr. STONE isn't up on the Rightstuf or even FUNimation site (heck part one isn't even listed there yet) so UPC and region code is unknown as of yet.

  • Dr. STONE: Season One Part Two (Limited Edition)
  • ID: INVADED: The Complete Series (Limited Edition)
  • Lord Of Vermilion: The Complete Uncut Series (Essentials)
  • One Piece: Stampede (Steelbook)
  • Your Name (Steelbook)

Also updated the Your Name Limited Edition release to signal the new Steelbook release.

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Only Dr. STONE isn't up on the Rightstuf or even FUNimation site (heck part one isn't even listed there yet) so UPC and region code is unknown as of yet.

  • Dr. STONE: Season One Part Two (Limited Edition)
  • ID: INVADED: The Complete Series (Limited Edition)
  • Lord Of Vermilion: The Complete Uncut Series (Essentials)
  • One Piece: Stampede (Steelbook)
  • Your Name (Steelbook)

Also updated the Your Name Limited Edition release to signal the new Steelbook release.

Link to the Google Spreadsheet
Yeah Dr. STONE got delayed immediately after it was officially revealed. I suspect it was supposed to be scheduled for November or December instead.
 
Added the November releases in the Google spreadsheet. This monts sees one Limited Edition, one Classics re-release and two Essentials re-releases. And also the first three seasons of Dragon Ball Z in steelbook format.

  • Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered But Overly Cautious (Limited Edition)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Season 01 (Steelbook)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Season 02 (Steelbook)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Season 03 (Steelbook)
  • Magical Girl Raising Project: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • The Testament of Sister New Devil: Seasons One & Two (Classics)
  • Ulysses Jeanne D'Arc And The Alchemist Knight: The Complete Series (Essentials)

Also updated the Limited Editions of My Hero Academia: Season Three Part One and The Ancient Magus Bride to add the complete release. Also updated The Testament of Sister New Devil: Season One and The Testament of Sister New Devil BURST: Season 2 to mark the new Classics release.

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Added the December 2020 and January 2021 special releases to the Spreadsheet

December 2020
  • Akira (Limited Edition)
  • Angels of Death: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Double Decker! Doug & Kirill: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Season 04 (Steelbook)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Season 05 (Steelbook)
  • Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (Classics)
  • Paranoia Agent (Steelbook)
  • Violet Evergarden (Limited Edition)
January 2021
  • Chain Chronicle The Light of Haecceitas: Complete Series + 3 Movies (Essentials)
  • Conception: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Season 06 (Steelbook)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Season 07 (Steelbook)
  • Fruits Basket: Season Two Part One (Limited Edition)
  • Meiji Tokyo Renka: The Complete Series (Essentials)
  • Nanbaka: The Complete Series (Essentials)

Updated Dr. STONE: Season One Part Two (Limited Edition) with correct release date, region code and UPC, Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (Limited Edition) to mark the Classics release, both Fruits Basket LE's to note that these are custom sized and not regular Blu-ray case size releases. Added the old Akira Steelbook release, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Part One (Limited Edition) to mark the complete regular release. Also updated Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Part One (Limited Edition) as the regular complete edition was missing there.

And to conclude also update the Size column to mark the Steelbook releases for some releases where these were wrong/missing and updated some missing region codes for older releases, most notably for the September releases.

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Added the meager February 'special' releases. This time around no Essential releases at all.

  • My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Steelbook)
  • My Hero Academia: Season Four Part Two (Limited Edition)

Also added My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (Steelbook) which for some i've forgotten.


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