Yasuhiro Yoshiura's Time of Eve will be available on Blu-ray with official English subtitles, AnimEigo announced. The Blu-ray will include the theatrical version of Time of Eve, as well as the original six-episode web series produced by Studio Rikka and DIRECTIONS, Inc. The release specifications are as follows:
$24.99Feature Movies and 6-Episode Anime SeriesShort Movies – Picky and Underwater LanguageInterviews with Voice Actors Jun Fukuyama, Kenji Nojima, Rie Tanaka, Rina SatoA Newly Filmed Interview with Writer/Director Yasuhiro YoshiuraFilm Short Behind the ScenesOpening Day FootageOfficial Trailer1080p/2010 Total 106 minutes/English 2.0 DTS-MA/Japanese 2.0 DTS-MA/English, English SDH, Spanish, French, English German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (traditional) Russian and Japanese Subtitles/Dual Layer/AVC @ 17 MBPS/Region Free
Pale Cocoon (2005) and Aquatic Language (2002) were also animated by Studio Rikka and directed by Yoshiura. The original web anime Time of Eve was streamed from August to September 2008, with episodes ranging from 15 to 27 minutes long. The theatrical version was released in 2010. AnimEigo describes the plot:
The time of New Year's Eve is set in a time when humanoid robots are everywhere and every house has a servant. Some people treat them with contempt, while others are haunted. One day, two high school boys stumble upon a mysterious cafe that offers a third option: talk to them, without prejudice or even full knowledge of who is a robot and who is not. human. Shocked and confused by this experience, the boys find themselves learning more about the world and themselves than they could have imagined.
The staff includes:
Original Story/Screenplay/Director: Yasuhiro YoshiuraProducer: Tom NagaeCharacter Design: Ryusuke ChayamaMusic: Tohru OkadaEnglish Dubbing Director: Michael Sinterniklaas
The Blu-ray release will be released on December 10. Pre-orders are available now.
Source: Press release
©2009/2010 Yasuhiro Yoshiura/DIRECTIONS, Inc.
