Sentai Filmworks Licenses Gakuen Basara


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Sentai Filmworks announced that they acquired the rights to Gakuen Basara in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The series will hit digital outlets for the Fall 2018 season, followed by a home video release.


Sentai Filmworks announced that they acquired the rights to Gakuen Basara in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. The series will hit digital outlets for the Fall 2018 season, followed by a home video release.

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Sentai Filmworks Scores “Gakuen BasaraSamurai High School”

HOUSTON, TX October 1, 2018 – Sentai Filmworks announced today that it acquired exclusive rights to Gakuen BasaraSamurai High School, the spoof spinoff of CAPCOM’s wildly popular franchise, Sengoku Basara, for the USA, Canada and Latin America.

Anyone who thinks warring samurai and violent power plays in feudal Japan were rough business must have missed Monday mornings in this modern high school! The winds of change have come for the students of Basara Academy. Due to the suspension of their current student council president, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a new leader must be chosen. Two prominent first-year athletes prepare to battle for the chance to rule the school: baseball eliteMasamune Date and soccer star Yukimura Sanada. However, it’s not all fun and games as the two also have to fight other rivals for the top spot. From fierce food-eating contests to brutal sports challenges, who will have what it takes to be the new student council president?

The series is produced by Brain’s Base (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFUNatsume’s Book of Friends). Minoru Ohara (Neon Genesis EvangelionLupin III: Episode 0 ‘First Contact’ movie) will direct the series with Kouji Miura (Examurai SengokuGunparade Orchestra) in charge of series composition. Character design is led by Haruhito Takada (Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management BluesFullmetal Alchemist) and Naoki Aisaka (Naruto ShippudenMobile Suit Gundam Seed) as chief animation director.

The series will soon be available to stream on select digital outlets for the Fall 2018 simulcast season with a home video release to follow.

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About Sentai Filmworks, LLC

Sentai Filmworks is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing, and curating one of the industry’s most diverse libraries of top trending and classic titles. Offering thousands of hours of content across both traditional and digital platforms, Sentai is dedicated to bringing captivating stories and iconic characters directly from Japan. With hit series that include MADE IN ABYSS, Land of the Lustrous, Big O,and Akame ga Kill!, Sentai’s catalog continues to grow with new favorites like Sword Oratoria: Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side, Princess Principal, and FLIP FLAPPERS, as well as classic anime series such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes. For more information, visitwww.sentaifilmworks.com.

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