Sentai Filmworks Adds Himouto! Umaru-chan

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Source: Sentai Filmworks
Summary:

Sentai Filmworks announced that they acquired the domestic rights to Himouto! Umaru-chan. The company will release the title to digital outlets in the near future, with a physical edition planned for a later date.

No details on either release were announced.

Sentai Filmworks announced that they acquired the domestic rights to Himouto! Umaru-chan. The company will release the title to digital outlets in the near future, with a physical edition planned for a later date.

No details on either release were announced.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES “HIMOUTO! UMARU-CHAN”

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HOUSTON, JULY 9, 2015 – Sentai Filmworks is proud to announce its latest acquisition, Himouto! Umaru-chan, as part of its Summer 2015 anime season lineup. Based on the original manga series by Sunkaku Head, the series reveals the secret life of 16-year-old Umaru, whose schoolmates believe to be beautiful, kind, intelligent and practically perfect in every way.  Only her brother Taihei knows the real Umaru, who lives on snack foods, refuses to help with the chores and spends all her time sleeping and watching TV… until the day a classmate catches her in the act, and Umaru must come up with an even bigger lie to conceal the truth!

Directing the twelve episode series is Masahiko Ohta (Love Lab, Brighter Than The Dawning Blue, Mitsudomoe) while series composition is provided by Takashi Aoshima (Sabagebu! – Survival Game Club-, Love Lab, Indian Summer).  Aya Takano (Polar Bear’s Cafe) adapts the character designs from Head’s originals, Yasuhiro Misawa (Love Lab, Kokoro Connect, Arcana Famiglia) provides the music and Doga Kobo (Engaged to the Unidentified, Another, Koihime Muso, Majestic Prince) is in charge of overall animation production.

Himouto! Umaru-chan is scheduled for a July 2015 release and will soon be available through select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.

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About Sentai Filmworks, LLC
Sentai Filmworks curates one of largest and most beloved anime and genre programming libraries, containing thousands of hours of content released across traditional and digital media platforms.  With hit series that include Parasyte –the maxim–, Log Horizon, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Persona 4: The Animation, and Akame ga Kill!, Sentai’s catalogue continues to grow with new favorites such as MY love STORY!! and Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Visit www.sentaifilmworks.com for more information.
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