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GKIDS Offers CITY the Animation on BD Collector's Edition on December 15

GKIDS announced on Thursday that it will release Kyoto Animation's CITY The Animation, the television anime of Keiichi Arawi's CITY manga, in a Collector's Edition Blu-ray Disc that will be available exclusively on its online store on December 15.

The release will include a 72-page booklet, four art cards, an A3 poster, cut out movies 1-13, previews, TV spots, team preview, and the clean opening and ending animation sequences without onscreen credits.

The series streamed worldwide on Amazon Prime Video in July 2025.

Taichi Ishidate (Violet Evergarden, Beyond the Boundary) directed the anime at Kyoto Animation. The anime was the first non-sequel anime for Kyoto Animation in six years.Tamami Tokuyama (animation director for Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest Arc, key animator for Liz and the Blue Bird) was the character designer and chief animation director. Shiori Yamazaki (background art for Violet Evergarden: The Movie, Sound! Euphonium The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day) was the art director. Additionally, Kana Miyata was the color designer, Hiroki Ueda was s the director of photography, Tatsunori Kase was the 3D director, and Yōta Tsuruoka was the sound director. The members of the quartet Piranhans composed the anime's music. Pony Canyon wasin charge of music production.

Singer-songwriter Riho Furui performed the opening theme song "Hello," and singer-songwriter TOMOO performed the ending theme song "Lucky."

Kyoto Animation describes the anime:

This town, is not just a normal town.There's laughter, love and emotional moments.An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents!Exciting stuffs come one after another. Welcome to CITY.

Arawi (Nichijou, Helvetica Standard) launched the manga in Kodansha's Morning magazine in September 2016, and ended the series the first time in February 2021. Kodansha published the 13th and then-final compiled book volume in April 2021.

Vertical (now Kodansha USA) published the entire series in English. The manga is also available on Kodansha's K MANGA service.

The manga returned in Kodansha's Morning magazine in December 2024. The manga ended again with its 15th volume in December 2025.

Source: Press release