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Aniplex USA to Release Blend S Anime on BD on November 20

Aniplex of America announced at its panel at Crunchyroll Expo on Saturday that it will release the Blend S television anime series in a complete Blu-ray Disc set on November 20.

The release will feature Japanese audio only with English subtitles, and will feature a booklet with Café Stile Menu pages. Video extras include web previews for episodes 2-12, trailers, commercials, and all six textless endings. The release will retail for US$124.98, but Right Stuf is selling the set for US$99.98.

The television anime adaptation of Miyuki Nakayama's Blend S four-panel manga originally premiered in October 2017. Aniplex of America streamed the series on Crunchyroll as it aired.

Aniplex of America describes the series:

Everything's a treat - even being stomped on - in this outrageous working comedy!
At Café Stile, tsundere and imouto (or little sister type) are only a few of the characters the café waitresses must act out. Much to her surprise, new hire, Maika, is asked by the café manager to take on the role of the super sadist?! As she works hard at her new job, she unexpectedly flourishes as a super sadist and...

Ryouji Masuyama (Gurren Lagann Parallel Works' "Drill the Heavens with Your XXX!!!" director, The IDOLM@STER episode director) directed the anime at A-1 Pictures. Go Zappa (Koihime Musō, NAKAIMO - My Little Sister Is Among Them!, Chronicles of the Going Home Club) supervised the series' scripts. Yousuke Okuda (Is the order a rabbit?) designed the characters, and Tomoki Kikuya (Squid Girl, Eromanga Sensei) composed the music.

Sources: Aniplex of America panel at Crunchyroll Expo (Jacob Chapman), Right Stuf