The wait is now over for North American anime fans to get their hands on the Little Busters! anime series, with North American anime publisher Sentai Filmworks confirming their launch of Part 1 in the series on DVD and Blu-ray from today.
Unlike their stream of the series which only featured the Japanese dub, for the first time in the series’ history they have cast an English voice cast. The first part will comprise of 13 episodes, with a second part to be released in the near future comprising of the other half season.
When tragedy struck Riki Naoe as a child, he was rescued from grief over his parent’s deaths when four other kids “recruited” him for their group, the “Little Busters.” Now in high school, Riki and the other Busters are still fast friends, and though their vision of being heroes for justice may have faded, they’d still do anything for each other – which is why Riki is now on TWO special missions.
The not-so-secret one: recruiting new members so the Busters can form a baseball team. Preferably female recruits, as the current dude/babe ratio is an inconvenient 4 to 1. The other mission, though, that’s the strange one. Riki and Rin, the group’s singular girl, are receiving odd messages delivered by cats concerning the existence of a “secret world” and assigning them tasks they have to complete. Were their youthful dreams of being crusaders not so fanciful after all? Or is there something even more vital at stake?
Little Busters! Part 1 is set for release in Australia by Hanabee Entertainment in January 2014.
