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Gundam: The Witch From Mercury U.K. Steelbook Blu-rays Are Released on Monday

On Monday October 7, the retailer HMV will release a two-part Blu-ray Steelbook edition of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo), as a limited edition exclusive to the store. The Steelbooks are released by Crunchyroll; prior to this, all Gundam anime home releases in the UK for the last decade were released by Anime Limited. The story is described on the HMV site as follows:

"A.S. (Ad Stella) 122 - An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry. Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world."

Hiroshi Kobayashi (Kimi no Iru Machi, Kiznaiver, Spriggan) directed the anime at Bandai Namco Filmworks/Sunrise, with Ryo Ando (Interviews with Monster Girls, Double Decker! Doug & Kirill) as co-director. Ichirō Ōkouchi (Code Geass, Princess Principal, Sk8 the Infinity) was credited for series composition and as scriptwriter. Mogumo was credited for the original character designs, and Marie Tagashira, Juro Toida, and Hirotoshi Takaya drew those character designs for animation. Takashi Ohmama (Castle Town Dandelion, Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight AXIS) composed the music.

Elysian Film Group will release a Steelbook Blu-ray edition of Hayao Miyazaki's film The Boy and the Heron. (Other home editions of the film are already available.)

Anime Limited will release a Blu-ray edition of the 2004 horror series Elfen Lied. carrying the 13 episodes of the TV series across two Blu-ray discs. Anime Limited describes the story:

"Lucy is a psychopathic killer with powers beyond any humans. Nyu is a helpless child with no memories. Both could not be farther apart, but both find themselves inside the same body. Two students that have taken in Nyu find their world being turned around as the government sets out to kill Lucy. A strange story of romance and chaos as innocence and darkness collide in a series like nothing you've ever seen."

The series was directed by Mamoru Kanbe, the future director of Kimi to Boku and The Promised Neverland, animated by the Arms studio, and adapted from the manga by Lynn Okamoto.

MVM will release a Blu-ray of Season 4 Part 2 of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, carrying parts 12 to 22.

Crunchyroll will release the series The Great Cleric on Blu-ray. Vertical licensed the manga, and it described the story:

"The manga based on the hit light novel series (Japanese title: Seija Musō), about an ordinary salaryman who cheats death and now must find his way in another world—as a great healer.Showtaro Morikubo as Kōun-sensei."

Masato Tamagawa (The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt) directed the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab and Cloud Hearts. Keiichirō Ōchi (Peach Boy Riverside) was in charge of series composition. Guonian Wang (Prince of Stride: Alternative) designed the characters. Nasuo☆ performed the opening theme song "Bagu-chan" and Yuki Nakashima performed the ending theme song "A New Day."

Crunchyroll will also release Volume 34 of One Piece on both Blu-ray and DVD.