Aniplex To Release Magi: The Kingdom of Magic on DVD

Aniplex of America Plans to Release Magi: The Kingdom of Magic on Complete DVD Sets

Fan Favorite Second Season to be Released Beginning This March!

SANTA MONICA, CA (February 16, 2015) –Fans of the popular fantasy adventure anime series,Magi: The Kingdom of Magic were excited to hear Aniplex of America announce at Katsucon (National Harbor, MD) their plans to release the series on two Complete DVD Sets starting this March. The Complete DVD Set Volume 1 will be released on March 31st and Volume 2 will be released on May 26th. Along with a new English dubbed trailer, Aniplex of America also confirmed several voice actors who will be joining the all-star cast for the highly anticipated second season of the Magi franchise. Pre-orders for both SKUs can be made on the official series homepage (www.Magi-USA.com) beginning today.

In addition to the English cast members including Erica Mendez, Erik Scott Kimerer, Cristina Vee and Matt Mercer who will reprise their roles as the story’s main protagonists, Aladdin, Alibaba, Morgiana and Sinbad, all new cast members will be featured in this sequel series

including Johnny Yong Bosch as Titus Alexius, Stephanie Sheh as Sheherazade, Kaiji Tang as Ren Koen and Steve Kramer as Matal Mogamett. Aniplex of America also announced the winners of the Anime Expo 2014 Open Auditions, which was a joint project with Bang Zoom! Entertainment, whose voices will be featured on the DVD releases.

The Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Complete DVD Sets will be available for sale in the U.S. and Canada only.

Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Complete DVD Set Volume 1 features:

<Disc Specs>

Languages: Japanese and English

Subtitles: English

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen

Number of Disc: 3 DVDs

Episodes: 1-13

Total Run Time: Approx. 325 min

Rating: 13UP

<Bonus Contents and Special Packaging>

Textless Opening

Textless Ending

Soft Box and 2-Sided Reversible Cover Illustrated by Toshifumi Akai (Character Design)

2-Sided Deluxe Illustration Board

Mini Poster

*Bonus contents subject to change.

Product number and UPC bar code

Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Complete DVD Set Volume 2 features:

<Disc Specs>

Languages: Japanese and English

Subtitles: English

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen

Number of Disc: 3 DVDs

Episodes: 14-25

Total Run Time: Approx. 300 min

Rating: 13UP

<Bonus Contents and Special Packaging>

Textless Opening

Textless Ending

English Version Trailer

Soft Box and 2-Sided Reversible Cover Illustrated by Toshifumi Akai (Character Design)

2-Sided Deluxe Illustration Board

Mini Poster

*Bonus contents subject to change.

Product number and UPC bar code

All volumes of Magi: The Kingdom of Magic can be pre-ordered and purchased at:

For detailed information, please visit: www.Magi-USA.com

About Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Volume 1:

In order to realize their objectives, the adventurers each embark on a new journey. Aladdin sets his sights on the land of Magnoshutatt to study magic while Alibaba travels to the Leam Empire to challenge the gladiators of the coliseum. Morgiana sets sail towards her homeland of Katarg, and Hakuryu returns to the Kou Empire…

Equipped with a charm to mask his powers of a Magi, Aladdin arrives to Magnoshutatt with another goal—to investigate this nation’s relation with the Al-Tharmen—the power behind the “Abnormalities of the World.”

Meanwhile, the royal family of the Kou Empire was in mourning for their Emperor’s passing and is shocked when the throne is passed on to someone they had not expected. An ominous cloud loomed over the Empire as the flames of revenge burned within Hakuryu. The Magi of the Leam Empire, Scheherazade, also sensed this threat from across the sea and grew concerned for her people.

Back in Magnoshutatt, Aladdin is hard at training at the academy when he meets Titus Alexius, a prodigy from Leam. But, Aladdin realizes that Titus was also equipped with the same charm!

What is Titus’s true identity?! An all new adventure big enough to change the world begins now!

About Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Volume 2:

In their second year at the Academy, Aladdin, Titus and Sphintus are granted Second Class Citizenship in Magnoshutatt and are allowed to venture outside of the campus. There, the group witnesses the harsh realities of racial inequalities and discrimination among the magicians and the humans.

Even though Aladdin is shocked to learn the bitter history between the two races that acted as a catalyst to harbor these prejudices, he is unable to agree with the Academy’s Director, Mogamett’s vision of building a “country solely for magicians.” Aladdin also concludes that the magicians at Magnoshutatt are somehow connected to Dark Magic after coming into contact with the black rukh in his class.

After learning that Titus defected to Magnoshutatt, the Leam Empire finally declares war. With the powerful Fanalis Corp. leading the attack, the Leam military begins its invasion! As Aladdin stands between the two nations to stop them with his powers as a Magi, some familiar faces come to his aid!

Now with even the Kou Empire entering the war, countless black rukh cover the skies. The clash of nations may be just the beginning of the end of this world!

www.Magi-USA.com

STAFF

Original Creator: Shinobu Ohtaka (Shogakukan “Weekly Shounen Sunday” Publishing)

Director: Koji Masunari

Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino

Series Direction: Ayako Kurata

Assistant Director: Naotaka Hayashi

Character Design: Toshifumi Akai

Chief Animation Directors: Hitomi Ochiai, Asami Komatsu

Concept Design: Shiho Takeuchi

Effect Animation: Takashi Hashimoto

Art Director: Ayu Kawamoto

Prop Design: Haruo Miyagawa

Color Design: Eri Suzuki

Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Sekiya

Editing: Akinori Mishima

Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta

Music: Shiro Sagisu

Animation Production: A-1 Pictures

Production: MAGI Production Committee

CAST (Japanese/English)

Aladdin: Kaori Ishihara / Erica Mendez

Alibaba: Yuki Kaji / Erik Scott Kimerer

Morgiana: Haruka Tomatsu / Cristina Vee

Sinbad: Daisuke Ono / Matt Mercer

Jafar: Takahiro Sakurai / Lucien Dodge

Masrur: Yoshimasa Hosoya / Keith Silverstein

Yamraiha: Yui Horie / Elizabeth Thomas

Sharrkan: Shotaro Morikubo / Danny Boston

Titus Alexius: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka / Johnny Yong Bosch

Sphintus: Ryota Osaka / Bobby Thong

Myers: Kikuko Inoue / Laura Post

Matal Mogamett: Cho / Steve Kramer

Scheherazade: Maaya Sakamoto / Stephanie Sheh

Mu Alexius: Mamoru Miyano / Ben Pronsky

Lolo: Kisho Taniyama/ Joshua Tomar

Myron: Ayahi Takagaki / Sarah Anne Williams

Toto: Kana Asumi / Cherami Leigh

Ren Hakuryu: Kensho Ono / Darrel Guilbeau

Ren Koen: Yuichi Nakamura / Kaiji Tang

Ren Komei: Satoshi Hino / Ethan Murray

Ren Koha: Tetsuya Kakihara / Mark Allen Jr.

Ren Kogyoku: Kana Hanazawa / Kira Buckland

Ren Hakuei: Nana Mizuki / Johanna Luis

Ren Gyokuen: Miki Ito / Erika Lindbeck

Judar: Ryohei Kimura / Todd Haberkorn

Yunan: Akira Ishida / Max Mittelman

2014 Anime Expo Open Audition Callbacks:

Austin Lee Matthews

Jalen Cassell

Liv Heller

Zach Aguilar

English ADR Director: Tony Oliver

About Aniplex of America Inc.

Aniplex of America Inc. (Santa Monica, California) is a subsidiary of Aniplex Inc. (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a group of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and a leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan. Aniplex of America has launched fan-favorite Blu-ray and DVD releases such as Sword Art Online, KILL la KILL,Bakemonogatari, Durarara!!, Fate/zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the Garden of sinners, Blue Exorcist, Anohana: The Movie, Silver Spoon, NISEKOI, OREIMO 2, Blast of Tempest, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Oreshura, Vividred Operation, and VALVRAVE: The Liberator. The company’s ever-growing line-up of shows includes our most recent titles Sword Art Online II, ALDNOAH.ZERO, Persona4 the Golden ANIMANTION, MEKAKUCITY ACTORS, The irregular at magic high school, Mushi-Shi Next Passage, Nanana’s Buried Treasure, Your lie in April, World Conquest Zvezda Plot, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and Samurai Flamenco.

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