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Ao Haru Ride Manga to Bundle Original Anime DVD
posted on by Karen Ressler
The June issue of original anime DVD. Future issues of the magazine will reveal more information on the anime's contents.
In addition, the magazine's next issue will also bundle a " DVD volume 1," including a promotional video for Ao Haru Ride, as well as cast talks and drawings by Sakisaka.
A drama CD featuring the anime's cast was already slated for release with the limited edition of the 10th compiled volume of the manga on on May 23. Sakisaka wrote the original story in the drama CD. The CD will also have cast comments at the end of the CD.
According to the magazine, the manga currently has more than 5.84 million copies in print.
The television anime adaptation will premiere in July and will star:
Chisaki, Guilty Crown's Inori) as Yūri Makita, Futaba's friend who likes Kō.
Shūko Murao, a "lone wolf" who likes Tanaka-sensei.
Hunter x Hunter's Phinks) as Aya Kominato, who loves events and is interested in Shūko.
Hozuki no Reitetsu's Momotaro) as Yōichi Tanaka
Ao Haru Ride revolves around Futaba, a girl who was in love with a boy named Kō Tanaka in middle school. However, after a misunderstanding, their relationship as friends ends when he transfers schools over summer vacation. In high school, her world is turned around once again when she meets Kō again, this time under the name of Kō Mabuchi.
Sakisaka began her Ao Haru Ride manga in the magazine in 2011, and Shueisha is shipped the ninth compiled volume in Japan last month. The manga was also Strobe Edge manga in North America.
A live-action film adaptation is also slated for December.
