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March release for Japanese TV Special Blu-ray box set

01/20/2010

CD Japan has a listing for an upcoming Blu-ray box set of 21 Lupin TV specials. It is a pricey set at 84000yen or ~ US$ 911 and will be released March 17.

Three interesting things to note about the set:

  1. The Conan crossover is not included in this set. Make of that what you will.
  2. This year's special is included in the set. That's quite the turnaround -- air in February, released on home video in March.
  3. This appears to be the only way to get this year's special on Blu-ray. CD Japan has the standard regular DVD and regular DVD + CD editions listed. Nary a stand-alone Blu-ray version in sight.

While the price tag is steep, it is slightly cheaper than trying to pick all of the Japanese versions of the specials up individually. Where I have nearly all of the specials already on DVD, I think I'll stick with picking up the DVD+CD version.

Thanks to Buster Darkwings' post in the mania.com anime forums for the heads up.