Source: Sentai press release
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Sentai announced tthat it has acquired the MUSHIBUGYOU (ムシブギョー, 2014-15) OVA collection, based upon the shonen anime series of the same name. Sentai will distribute the three-part OVA to audiences in the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa as well as Latin America.
As giant insects lay waste to the land of Edo, the Insect Magistrate Office gathers powerful warriors to defend the populace from the invading threat. A rookie swordsman named Jinbee Tsukishima seeks to atone for past sins by joining their ranks, but he’ll need to prove his worth if he wants to find redemption and curb the insect infestation.
Produced by Seven Arcs Pictures (TRINITY SEVEN, MUSHIBUGYOU, VIVID STRIKE!), the MUSHIBUGYOU OVA is directed by Takayuki Hamana (ERIN, LIBRARY WARS, ARTE) with character design from Yoshimitsu Yamashita (BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, PHANTOM: REQUIEM FOR THE PHANTOM, SAMURAI FLAMENCO). The OVA stars KENN (AHIRU NO SORA, BEYOND THE BOUNDARY, SPACE BROTHERS) as Jinbee Tsukishima, Rumi Okubo (SABAGE-BU!, ONE WEEK FRIENDS, DEATH PARADE) as Hibachi, Takuya Eguchi (MY TEEN ROMANTIC COMEDY SNAFU, MY LOVE STORY!!, BAKI) as Shungiku Koikawa, Takuma Terashima (KOKORO CONNECT, LOG HORIZON, MEKAKUCITY ACTORS) as Mugai and Yuu Serizawa (REAL GIRL, MAGICAL GIRL SITE, HOW CLUMSY YOU ARE, MISS UENO.) as Tenma Ichinotani.
Sentai will stream the MUSHIBUGYOU OVA in association with select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.
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