Upcoming blu-ray release dates of note

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Upcoming blu-ray releases from mid-January to mid-February.

January 22nd

Kimi no Iru Machi (vol. 5)

I’m a big fan of mangaka Kouji Seo, who often mixes To Love-Ru styled nudity with serious storytelling.  Unfortunately, he’s had a few anime adaptations now, and every one of them has been a dud.  To be blunt, it’s because the adaptations have been, one OVA scene aside, non-nude.  Without the nudity there is no yin to his storytelling yang.

The one instance of nudity occurred in the prequel OVA to this series, and the TV series itself had opportunity for nudity on BD.  But because nobody gives a shit about this anime, most of these volumes have yet to receive blu-ray rips.

So I’m not expecting to see the blu-ray for this show any time close to January 22nd.  However, this is the most promising volume of them all, as episode 10 had a relatively lengthy onsen scene.

January 24th

Walkure Romanze (vol. 2)

Not sure if we’ll get any nudity in this volume, but the previous volume had some.

Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge (vol. 7)

This contains the 13th and final episode, one with a very long and heavily censored bath scene.  This series had nudity in episodes three and ten previously.  It’s very likely to have nudity in this volume.

January 29th

High School DxD New (vol. 5)

Once this becomes available, it will become my top project priority.

FREEZING Vibration (vol. 2)

The first season of this show had no BD changes, and the first volume of the second season is the same story.  However, the special from volume one was quite intense.  My expectation for the remaining specials is set pretty high.

Unbreakable Machine Doll (vol. 2)

If I recall correctly, the blu-ray special on this edition is supposed to be set at a bathhouse.  Nudity hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it would be incredibly surprising if it ended up non-nude given the track record of this series.

Infinite Stratos 2 (vol. 3)

Despite the popularity of this series, BD rips have been slow to hit the interwebs.  I just got my hands on volume two last night, and in the unlikely event anything exciting happens, I’ll be sure to let you know.  I would be mildly surprised if this series stays nipple free the whole way, but I expect nudity if it does occur to be rare.

Strike the Blood (vol. 1)

We already know that a wet T-shirt styled nipple will be more evident in this blu-ray.  Will we get anything else out of this two cour series?

January 31st

Yuushibu (vol. 2)

I thoroughly enjoyed this show.  Fun, relatively original, well animated, and it featured my favorite kind of nudity: the redraw variety.  Every blu-ray volume of this show feels like opening a Christmas present.

February 12th

Sekatsuyo (vol. 3)

Barring redraws, this will be the final volume to provide nudity from the actual TV episodes.  Despite a lack of nudity in the series, this might be the most I have looked forward to blu-ray releases in a good long time.  The lubricated nude female wrestling antics in the specials just seem too good to be true.

Also of note, the second volume for Outbreak Company was released back on the 14th.  I haven’t yet seen a BD rip for it, but have been checking frequently.  If this series does show nipples it would be in the second volume when a thin, lightsaber type beam of light covers the nipple area on an otherwise fully exposed chest.  My guess it that it stays non-nude, though feel. has not been afraid of inserting just one nude scene in an anime.  They’ve done it before.