Fate/Grand Order fans can rejoice, as the hit popular animated series Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia will be released next year 2021 on special Blu-Ray Box Sets!
The series is based on the Fate/Grand Order Role-Playing Mobile Video Game developed by Delightworks and published by Aniplex. Fate/Grand order is a turn based tactical RPG. Players of the game are assigned the role of “Master”, and they must control characters called “Servants”. Players can command and control these “Servants” to battle enemies in the game.
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What is special about these “Servants” is they are based on mythological, literary, and historical figures from many cultures throughout history. The mobile game was a huge success and gained a cult following with fans. It spawned a franchise that included animated films, the anime adaptation called Babylonia, manga, stage plays, an arcade game, and a virtual experience.
Fate/Grand Order Goes Anime In Babylonia
The Fate/Grand Order anime series is an adaptation of the Babylonia chapter from the mobile game. The anime consisted of twenty one episodes and a TV Special. The plot focuses on the ancient fortress city of Uruk. Uruk is the final battleground and safe haven of humanity. Uruk is in the brink of destruction after three goddesses and countless demonic monsters try to ravage Uruk. The series focuses on two main characters Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight. Together these two heroes find that their scared city or Uruk is being ravaged and must defend the fortress city and humanity’s last safe haven.
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia was created by author Kinoko Nasu and game developers Type-Moon. The series was directed by Toshifumi Akai and produced by Shizuka Kurosaki. The series was written by Futa Takei, Chiaki Nagai, Ukyo Kodachi, Yuichiro Higashide, and Hikaru Sakurai. Music was composed by Keita Haga and Ryo Kawasaki. Cloverworks Studio was in charge of production. Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia Box Set 1 is scheduled to release on Blu-Ray on March 30, 2021 while Box Set 2 will release also in Blu-Ray on June 29, 2021.
SANTA MONICA, CA (November 18, 2020) – Aniplex of America is thrilled to announce that the action-packed Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia will be receiving two Blu-ray box set releases in 2021. Each box set will be housed in a sleek box featuring an exclusive illustration by character designer Tomoaki Takase (Occultic;Nine, Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend) containing three Blu-ray discs with PVs, CMs, textless opening and endings, as well as web previews.
Box set I features the first half of the series (episodes 00-11) in both the original Japanese and English audio, plus recap episodes I and II in Japanese, along with a special booklet showing comments from the Japanese cast about the characters they play and information about the show’s setting of Mesopotamia. Box set II includes the latter half of the series (episodes 12-21) in both Japanese and English audio along with the Episode 16 special ending in Japanese, and an exclusive booklet. Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia Blu-ray Box Set I will be available March 30, 2021, and Blu-ray Box Set II will be released June 29, 2021.
Featuring the awe-inspiring animation production by CloverWorks (The Promised Neverland, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai), Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia captures the story of the seventh Singularity by Kinoko Nasu (TYPE-MOON) featured in the international sensation and mobile game Fate/Grand Order. Directed Toshifumi Akai (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic) with lead character design by Takashi Takeuchi (Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works], Fate/Zero), the series finds main characters Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight in the ancient land of Uruk, which is on the brink of destruction after the appearance of three goddesses and countless Demonic Beasts.
The Japanese cast features Nobunaga Shimazaki (Free!, Black Clover), Rie Takahashi (Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs, Laid-Back Camp), Kenichi Suzumura (Gintama, Fire Force), Maaya Sakamoto (Black Butler, The Garden of Sinners), Tomokazu Seki (Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]), Takahiro Sakurai (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion), and Yu Kobayashi (Attack on Titan, Gintama).
In the English cast, Griffin Burns (anohana –The Flower We Saw That Day-, DEVILMAN crybaby) andErica Mendez (KILL la KILL, The Promised Neverland) lead the cast as Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight with Xander Mobus (PERSONA5 the Animation, Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga), Erika Harlacher (I want to eat your pancreas, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba), David Earnest (Fate/Zero, KILL la KILL), Robbie Daymond (Sailor Moon, Cells at Work!), Marianne Miller (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, FLCL Alternative) as supporting cast members. The English dub features the work of ADR script writer Laura Stahl (The Misfit of Demon King Academy, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon) and veteran ADR Director Tony Oliver (Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]) at the helm.
The Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia Blu-ray Box Set I & II areaccepting pre-orders now at online retailer RightStuf Anime (https://www.rightstufanime.com).
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia Blu-ray Box Set I includes:
<Disc Specs>
· Spoken Languages: Japanese & English
· Subtitles: English
· Aspect ratio: 16:9 HD Widescreen 1920x1080p
· Episodes: 12 episodes ( #00-11)
· Number of Discs: 3 discs
· Total Run Time: approx. 290 min.
· Rating: 13 UP
<Bonus Content>
· Textless Opening & Endings
· PVs
· CMs
· Web Previews
· Recap I The Beginning of the Journey
· Recap II Battle of the Souls
* Bonus content subject to change.
* Bonus content includes English subtitles.
< Bonus Materials & Package>
· Special Booklet
· Package Illustrated by Tomoaki Takase (Character Design)
* Bonus materials subject to change.
Product number and UPC bar code:
| Title | Street Date | SKU # | UPC | SRP | Store Price |
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia Blu-ray Box Set I | 3/30/2021 | AOA-14301 | 816546023867 | $149.98 | $119.98 |
Retailer Link: https://www.rightstufanime.com/Fate-Grand-Order-Absolute-Demonic-Front-Babylonia-Box-Set-I-Blu-ray
| Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia Blu-ray Box Set II includes: |
<Disc Specs>
- Spoken Languages: Japanese & English
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect ratio: 16:9 HD Widescreen 1920x1080p
- Episodes: 10 episodes ( #12-21)
- Number of Discs: 3 discs
- Total Run Time: approx. 236 min.
- Rating: 13 UP
<Bonus Content>
· Textless Opening & Ending
· Episode 16 Special Ending
· PVs
· CM
· Web Previews
· Recap III Final Battle
* Bonus content subject to change.
* Bonus content includes English subtitles.
< Bonus Materials & Package>
· Special Booklet
· Package Illustrated by Tomoaki Takase (Character Design)
* Bonus materials subject to change.
Product number and UPC bar code:
| Title | Street Date | SKU # | UPC | SRP | Store Price |
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia Blu-ray Box Set II | 6/29/2021 | AOA-14302 | 816546023874 | $124.98 | $99.98 |
Retailer Link: https://www.rightstufanime.com/Fate-Grand-Order-Absolute-Demonic-Front-Babylonia-Box-Set-II-Blu-ray
About Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia :
A seventh Singularity has been discovered in ancient Mesopotamia in the year 2655 B.C.
The land of Uruk, governed by the wise King Gilgamesh after he returned from his quest for immortality, was grand and prosperous until three goddesses and countless Demonic Beasts appeared. These enemies have brought Uruk to the brink of destruction. With a Rayshift—a method of traveling across both time and space—Fujimaru and Mash journey to the land of Uruk, where they encounter the fortress city of Uruk and the Absolute Demonic Front, where a terrible battle against the fearsome onslaught of the Demonic Beasts rages. There, the citizens of Uruk, who live their lives to the fullest despite facing an existential threat, continue to fight for their future. Deities and Demonic Beasts attack with terrifying force, and mankind pushes back with all its might… This is the era where humans and gods are destined to part ways.
For more information, please visit: https://anime.fate-go.us/ep7-tv
STAFF
Original Story: Kinoko Nasu / TYPE-MOON
Lead Character Designer: Takashi Takeuchi
Director: Toshifumi Akai
Assistant Director: Miyuki Kuroki
Character Design: Tomoaki Takase
Assistant Character Design: Shota Iwasaki
Creature Design: Megumi Kono
Design Work: Kota Michishita, Masaaki Takiyama
Chief Animation Director: Yuichi Oka
Prop Design: Kota Michishita
Action Directors: Megumi Kono, Toya Oshima
Technical Director: Yohei Miyahara
Art Setting: Yoshinori Shiozawa
Art Directors: Hisayo Usui, Satoru Hirayanagi
Color Setting: Kazuko Nakashima
Director of Photography: Yuya Sakuma
3DCG: GEMBA
3D Directors: Hisashi Egawa, Toru Shinozaki
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Music: Keita Haga, Ryo Kawasaki
Sound Director: Yoshikzazu Iwanami
Production: CloverWorks
ADR Director: Tony Oliver
ADR Script Writer: Laura Stahl
CAST (Japanese/English)
Ritsuka Fujimaru: Nobunaga Shimazaki / Griffin Burns
Mash Kyrielight: Rie Takahashi / Erica Mendez
Romani Archaman: Kenichi Suzumura / Xander Mobus
Leonardo da Vinci: Maaya Sakamoto / Erika Harlacher
Fou: Ayako Kawasumi / Abby Trott
Gilgamesh: Tomokazu Seki / David Earnest
Enkidu / Kingu: Yu Kobayashi / Marianne Miller
Merlin: Takahiro Sakurai / Robbie Daymond
Ana: Yuu Asakawa / Melissa Fahn
Ishtar: Kana Ueda: Mela Lee
Quetzalcoatl: Aya Endo / Gloria Garyua
Jaguar Warrior: Miki Itou / Julie Ann Taylor
Siduri: Yumi Uchiyama / Lauren Landa
Ushiwakamaru: Saori Hayami / Laura Stahl
Musashibou Benkei: Tetsu Inada / Chris Tergliafera
Leonidas I: Shin-ichiro Miki / Ray Chase
Gorgon: Yuu Asakawa / Melissa Fahn
Ziusudra: Jouji Nakata / Crispin Freeman
Tiamat: Aoi Yuki / Melissa Fahn
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