Manga Entertainment UK Summer 2020 Release Schedule

Date: 2020 April 12 19:56

Posted by Joe

The good folks from Manga Entertainment UK have just revealed their Summer 2020 release line up.

Highlights include Is it Wrong to Try to Pick up Girls in a Dungeon? Arrow of the Orion, High School DxD HERO, and the very silly (and equally enjoyable) Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, along with Bungo Stray Dogs.

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Manga Entertainment Summer 2020 Release Schedule



Black Clover
Season 2, Parts 3 and 4!

Season 2 Part 3 Out July 6th
Season 2 Part 4 Out September 7th
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara
RRP £24,99, £19.99

Season 2 Part 3:
Just as the Black Bulls return from the Underwater Temple, they find more trouble brewing in the capital! After learning about the terrorist attacks on the Clover Kingdom, the Diamond Kingdom decides it's time to make their move. Sending their Shining Generals, they prepare an all-out siege on the border town of Kiten. But not even broken arms will stop Asta from jumping into this fight!

Season 2 Part 4:
Even though he couldn't fight Yuno in the final exam, Asta is still chosen to become a Royal Knight! Now, he must take the same determination and heart into a looming battle at the Eye of the Midnight Sun's headquarters!



Fairy Tail
Collections 4 and 5!

Collection 4 Out July 6th
Collection 5 Out August 31st
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed by Shinji Ishihira
RRP £29.99, £39.99

Collection 4
When an unstoppable force descends upon Magnolia and Fairy Tail, the entire town is transported to Edolas, a world where magic is in short supply. There, a power-hungry kingdom plans on draining every last drop of magic from the captured guild - unless someone can stop them fast. As Natsu and the few left behind search for their friends, they discover a parallel plane where a tough-as-nails Lucy runs a bizarro version of Fairy Tail, and Erza is a ruthless enemy who hunts down rogue wizards.

Meanwhile, Carla and Happy stumble upon a cat-filled land where their shocking origins are revealed and a terrible betrayal comes to light. Will Natsu's team be able to save the guild when they can t even trust each other?

Collection 5
The most powerful wizards in Fairy Tail travel to a remote island rich in magic-and history. There, they compete against one another to see who among them deserves to be given the title of "S-Class." But where these wizards go, chaos is sure to follow. Their trials are interrupted when the most powerful of the dark guilds-Grimoire Heart-shows up in search of a legendary wielder of black magic. Once they find him, they'll use his skills to bring death to every corner of the world.

As magic forces converge on the island, one of Fairy Tail's former masters makes an unexpected appearance. If the guild is going to stop Grimoire Heart's devious plans, they'll first have to face their own past.



Fairy Gone
Season 1 Part 1

Out August 3rd
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed By Kenichi Suzuki
RRP £24.99, £39.99

From the director of Drifters, and the creator behind Grimgar, Ashes and Illusions, comes a war-torn world on the brink of calamity. Able to summon fairies as alter-ego weapons, former soldiers become government dogs, mafia members, and even terrorists in search of purpose beyond the battlefield. Who will maintain the peace they all fought for nine years ago?



Bungo Stray Dogs
Seasons 1, 2, and 3!

Season 1 & 2 + OVA Out July 20th
Season 3 Out September 7th
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed By Takuya Igarashi
Season 1 & 2 RRP £39.99, £49.99
Season 3 RRP £24.99, £39.99

Season 1 & 2 + OVA
Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that a beastly white tiger lives inside him-a power that interests the eccentric members of a crimefighting agency. Together with this motley crew, he'll claw through mafia-muddled mysteries, and face a gifted group of Americans who threaten his city!

Season 3
Another chapter of Dazai's past tells how he first partnered with Chuuya, whose own history weaves a shocking truth. Now, the powers controlling Yokohama have formed an alliance, but their unity is jeopardized by the man who sank the Moby Dick! What new duo will step forward to take down this formidable foe?



Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple

Out September 7th
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed By Takuya Igarashi
RRP £12.99, £19.99

A large scale catastrophe is occurring across the planet. Ability users are discovered after the appearance of a mysterious fog, apparently having committed suicide, so the Armed Detective Agency sets out to investigate these mysterious deaths. The case seems to involve an unknown ability user referred to as "Collector," a man who could be the mastermind behind the incident.

Trust and courage are put to the test in order to save the city of Yokohama and ability users across the world from the grip of Collector where the Armed Detective Agency forms an unlikely partnership with the dangerous Port Mafia.



NEW GAME! + NEW GAME!!
Season 1 & 2

Out July 27th
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed By Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
RRP £34.99, £49.99

18-year-old Aoba Suzukaze just landed her dream job at a video game company, but the real world of office culture is challenging for this total noob. From her awkward first day, to her first game's debut-and even training the next new recruit-she's got a lot of skills to level up. But with a little help from her coworkers, she can handle any raid boss in her way.



High School DxD
BorN (Season 3) & HERO (Season 4)

BorN (Season 3) Out September 21st
HERO (Season 4) Out August 3rd
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed By Tatsufumi Itou & Hisatoshi Shimizu
RRP £24.99, £39.99

BorN (Season 3)
Sakura Minamoto dreams of becoming an idol. Unfortunately, reality hits her like a truck, and she dies in a sudden traffic accident. Ten years later, she wakes up in Saga Prefecture, only to find herself a zombie with no memory of her past. While still coming to terms with her demise, she meets a man named Koutarou Tatsumi, who explains that he has resurrected her and six other zombie girls from different eras for the purpose of economically revitalizing Saga by means of an idol group. Assuming the role of an abrasive manager, Koutarou begins scheduling events; the girls go along with it, eventually deciding to name their idol group Franchouchou.

An absurdly comedic take on the idol genre, Zombie Land Saga tells the story of Franchouchou's heartwarming struggle to save Saga Prefecture while hiding their zombie identities and rediscovering their past lives.

HERO (Season 4)
Issei is suddenly attacked in Kyoto by a mysterious fox yokai-whose mother is missing-and it looks like the Chaos Brigade is behind it! Only the Grabbing Dragon and his voluptuous vixens are prepared to face them and get the fox yokai's mother back.



Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Set 4
Episodes 40-51

Out August 10th
On Blu-ray
Directed By Hiroyuki Yamashita & Tatsurou Kawano
RRP £29.99

Mission time! Boruto and Team 7's simple mission becomes a lot more complicated when it turns into a kidnapping case! Shikadai and his team find themselves embroiled in the affairs of the mysterious Byakuya Gang. What are the goals of these masked marauders? Are they just crooks or something more? Then the all-girl team led by Hanabi gets into a hairy situation. Never a dull day in the Leaf Village!



Cop Craft
The Complete Series

Out August 10th
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed By Shin Itagaki
RRP £24.99, £39.99

Fifteen years ago, a hyperspace gate appeared in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, connecting Earth to a strange world filled with fairies and monsters. The city of San-Teresa became a home for over two million of these otherworldly visitors. Unfortunately, the population boom also brought its fair share of problems-drugs, prostitution, and trafficking. To combat the rampant crime lurking in the city's shadows, a new department was established in the San-Teresa Metropolitan Police.

Former JSDF soldier Kei Matoba is one of the best cops that the department has to offer, despite his inclination to occasionally bend the rules. After a fairy trafficking case goes wrong, Kei loses Rick Fury, his friend and partner of four years, setting him on a quest for vengeance. To help him with the case, the department pairs him with Tilarna Exedilika, a noble of the Farbani Kingdom. As one of the Knights of Mirvor, her duty is to rescue the noble fairy that Kei encountered during his last case. Despite his distaste for non-humans, he accepts the arrangement at the request of his superiors. Now, the unlikely duo must come together and overcome their differences in order to return the missing fairy to her country and avenge the death of Kei's partner.



How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
The Complete Series

Out August 10th
On Blu-ray
Directed By Mitsue Yamazaki
RRP £39.99

During a regular after-school grub crawl, gluttonous high schooler Hibiki Sakura is confronted about her ever-expanding waistline by her best friend, Ayaka Uehara. With her attempts at solitary exercise failing miserably, Hibiki decides to join the newly opened Silverman Gym. At her orientation, Hibiki runs into student council president and school idol Akemi Souryuuin.

However, it soon turns out that Hibiki is in for a lot more than she bargained for. Not only is Silverman Gym full of world-renowned bodybuilders and athletes, but to make matters worse, Akemi turns out to be a total muscle fetishist! Grossed out by the scene unfolding before her eyes, Hibiki begins to leave, only to be stopped by trainer Naruzou Machio. Completely enthralled with her newfound Prince Charming, Hibiki signs up as a gym member. Now, as a result of her spur-of-the-moment decision, Hibiki must adapt to her new lifestyle.



Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
The Complete Series

Out August 17th
On DVD, Limited Edition Blu-ray
Directed By Yasuhiro Takemoto
RRP £24.99, £39.99

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid contains anime episodes 1-13 of the anime directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto.

What happens when a drunken promise leads to living with a dragon? That's Miss Kobayashi's new reality when Tohru, her new maid-slash-dragon appears in her life! And if one wasn't enough, in comes Kanna, a little dragon with a big attitude. Soon, Kobayashi has a house full of adorable dragons - one serving tail and the other serving serious moe.



ID INVADED
The Complete Series

Out August 24th
On DVD, Blu-ray, Limited Edition
Directed By Ei Aoki
RRP £24.99, £34.99, £64.99

Welcome to Kura, an organization that investigates crime using the Mizuhanome system which senses the drive to kill. Sakaido is a brilliant detective and pilot of the Mizuhanome. To solve a case, he enters the world of the killer's unconscious mind: the id well. In the shadows of brutal and puzzling cases lurks John Walker, the Serial Killer Creator. Where will Sakaido's pursuit lead?



Astra Lost In Space
The Complete Series

Out August 31st
On Blu-ray
Directed By Masaomi Andou
RRP £39.99

In the year 2063, eight high school students and a kid are flown out to Planet Camp, tasked with surviving on their own for a few days. But shortly after arriving, an ominous glowing orb warps them to an unknown quadrant of space, nearly 5,012 light years away. Now, the only way back home is a slow, dangerous trek across the universe-a journey that'll test them in ways Planet Camp never could.



Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion

Out September 7th
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed By Katsushi Sakurabi
RRP £19.99, £34.99

In the city of Orario, beneath an impossibly tall tower, lies the dungeon. Only adventurers who form partnerships with the gods themselves have any hope of defeating the monsters that lie within. But the dungeon is not the only place where monsters exist. Far from Orario, in the ruins of an ancient city, a new threat arises. To counter this threat, the goddess Artemis has come to Orario in search of a champion-but it's not Ais Wallenstein (the legendary Sword Princess) nor Ottar (the strongest warrior to ever enter the dungeon) that she chooses. Rather it is Bell Cranel, a newbie adventurer partnered with a low-tier goddess.



One Piece (Uncut)
Collections 22 & 23

Collection 22 out July 6th
Collection 23 out September 7th
On DVD
Directed By Kônosuke Uda
RRP £34.99

Collection 22: Armed with newfound strength, the Straw Hats reunite in Sabaody Archipelago and begin their journey to the New World. Heading underwater, they'll have to take on the cantankerous creatures of the deep sea before reaching their next stop-Fish-man Island. After a rough landing scatters the pirates, a good deed earns them an invitation to the royal palace. Everything goes swimmingly until a psychic's prophecy turns the whole island against Luffy and his crew. Backs to the wall, their honorable hosts become their hostages, and the timing couldn't be worse. The New Fish-man Pirates have allied with the infamous Decken to siege the palace.

Collection 23: The story of Luffy and Ace's past is revealed! Years later, after the tragedy at Marineford, Luffy questions his ability to become the King of the Pirates and must choose between reuniting with his crew or joining "Dark King" Rayleigh in training.



Prison School
The Complete Series

Out September 14th
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed By Tsutomu Mizushima,
RRP £24.99, £29.99

When the prestigious all-girls Hachimitsu Private Academy becomes co-ed, five young men are the first males to attend. But the girls aren't so accepting of their new classmates. Despite their best attempts, Kiyoshi and his friends are met with cold shoulders from the girls. So what better way to deal with rejection than a little bit of peeping? When they chance a peak at the girls during bath time, their plan falls apart and they are caught by the Underground Student Council. Unwilling to hear any excuses, the USC enforces an absurd punishment imprisonment! For a month, the boys must live within the school's very own penal system while enduring long, hard, and grueling tasks.

But the work is the least of their worries.

With the sharp crack of a riding crop and the harsh discipline from a stiletto heel, it's going to take more than sheer will power to survive the next month especially when the ladies of the USC have their own secret agenda.



My Hero Academia
Complete Season 2

Out September 21st
On DVD, Blu-ray
Directed By Kenji Nagasaki
RRP £29.99, £34.99

At UA Academy, not even a violent attack can disrupt their most prestigious event: the school sports festival. Renowned across Japan, this festival is an opportunity for aspiring heroes to showcase their abilities, both to the public and potential recruiters.

However, the path to glory is never easy, especially for Izuku Midoriya-whose quirk possesses great raw power but is also cripplingly inefficient. Pitted against his talented classmates, such as the fire and ice wielding Shouto Todoroki, Izuku must utilize his sharp wits and master his surroundings to achieve victory and prove to the world his worth.