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Eleven Arts, Shout! Factory to Release Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden Film Trilogy on Home Video
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Shout! Factory. The release, under the title Donten: Laughing Under The Clouds - Gaiden: Three Film Collection, will include Japanese and English audio tracks and English subtitles.
The two companies had announced in October 2018 that they were partnering to release anime films on home video.
Eleven Arts Anime Studio previously Right Stuf in August 2018 to publish the Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden film trilogy and the two-part Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern films. Eleven Arts told ANN in October 2018 that Right Stuf would still publish those five total films as previously announced, and that its agreement with Shout! Factory would be for other titles. Shout! Factory and Eleven Arts' announcement on Thursday of the home video release of Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden did not mention any involvement by Right Stuf.
ANN reached out to Eleven Arts regarding the planned screening of the third film in the trilogy in theaters, but a company representative said Eleven Arts could not comment at this time. Eleven Arts had stated in September 2018 that it planned to screen the film in 2019.
Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden: One Year After the Battle, the first film, opened in Japan in December 2017. Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden: The Tragedy of Fuuma Ninja Tribe, the second film, screened both films in the United States (under different English titles) in August 2018.
The third film, Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden: Conspiracy of the Military, opened in Japan in September 2018.
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Sources: Press release, Email correspondence
