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Coming Next Year: Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau DVD/Blu-ray Box with OVA Details

Before even reaching its official anime release, plans are already made for the release of a Blu-ray/DVD BOX for the upcoming fantasy series, “Children of the Whales” a.ka. “Kujira no Kora wa Sajō ni Utau.” The set will also have a special edition which will be broken into two volumes and will be released on January 26, 2018 and March 23, 2018 respectively.

“Children of the Whales” is a fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Abi Umeda. It was first released in June 2013 and currently has 9 nvolumes under its built. Running its serialization

The tale of the series tells of a world where flying islands are the norm and travel along a seemingly endless sea of sand. In this story the hero is Chakuro is a 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island. On this island, a high percentage of its residents are both blessed and cursed with saimia, something which grants a person with great powers, but as a consequence, draws the, nearer to death every time they use.

The story of this work truly takes off when Chakura and his friends make the discovery that there are in afact other flying islands and thus begins the exploration tale of a younng man and his friends.

The cast for the series include the following people:

Natsuki Hanae as Chakuro
Manaka Iwami as Rikosu
Yuichiro Umehara as Ōni
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Suō
Mikako Komatsu as Ginshu
Daiki Yamashita as Ryodari
Hiroshi Kamiya as Shuan

With the staff they include:

Director: Kyōhei Ishiguro
Studio: J.C. Staff,
Scripts: Michiko Yokote
Character Designer: Haruko Iizuka
Art Director: Toshiharu Mizutani
Art Studio: Moon Flower.
Composer:Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Color Key Artists: Miyuki Ishida
Photography Director: Yoshio Ookouchi

For now, details for the contents of the first volume has already been released. First off, there will be manga illustrations done by Umeda, bonus CDs and booklets to be part of the volume. Also included in the set are a new OVA with its draft by Umeda and an audio drama and commentary who’s drafts were also taken charge of by Umeda. As for the box packaging, the design was made by character designer Haruko Iizuka.

Source: Comic Natalie

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