With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013
With Dada Chen at NYAFF 2013

Monday, October 06, 2014

GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET will be available tomorrow

© oceanus / 2013 Gargantia on the verdurous Planet Committee
 VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES THE HOME MEDIA
RELEASE OF ANIME SCI-FI ADVENTURE SERIES 
GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET

Complete 13-Episode Animated Series Created
By Famed Production I.G. Studio Released In
Beautifully Packaged Blu-Ray/DVD Combo
Pack Editions Filled With Premium Extras

VIZ Media delivers to fans the home media release of the verdant animated sci-fi adventure – GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET – on a special Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and a standard DVD edition tomorrow, October 7th.

The renowned anime studio Production I.G. created this 13-episode series that blends beautiful character and production design with a moving story about a young soldier’s adventures on a strange and mysterious planet.

VIZ Media gives GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET a collection-worthy treatment with a 16x9 widescreen presentation and the inclusion of 2 bonus OVA episodes. The home media releases feature premium packaging with an O-Card for the DVD edition and an illustrated chipboard box with a full-color 2-sided Amaray™ wrap and a special GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET art book included with the Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack. Dialogue options include Japanese and English dubbed audio tracks along with English subtitles for both editions. Also included are clean opening and closing segments and the official promotional trailers and broadcast TV commercials. DVD MSRP: $44.82 U.S. / $51.99 CAN; Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack MSRP: $69.99 U.S. / $81.99 CAN.

In the distant future, Ledo, a young soldier from space wakes up and finds himself marooned on an ocean planet. Growing up in space, and knowing nothing but battle, he is a stranger in a strange land, full of odd customs and a foreign language, but he’s not alone. Starting a new journey on this verdurous planet, Ledo must find a way to survive and reconcile the fact that he may never be able to return home.

“GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET is a gorgeous and thrilling series that will resonate with fans on every level,” says Charlene Ingram, Senior Manager, Animation Marketing. “The characters are beautifully designed and rendered, and the lavish and imaginative animation brings humanity's long lost home world to life in a vivid way that is mesmerizing to watch and enjoy. GARGANTIA will make a wonderful addition to any collection, and we look forward to ardent fans as well as legions of new viewers enjoying this extraordinary anime adventure.”

For more information on GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET or other anime titles available from VIZ Media, visit: www.VIZ.com.

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