During Funimation's Otakon 2018 industry panel, the company announced the home release dates for several anime. Anime fans can expect 12 new home releases this November.

Funimation announced the release of Angel Links the complete series, Black Clover Season 1 Part 2, Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series the complete series, Starblazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Part 2, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door Steelbook Edition, ReLIFE Final Arc OVAs, One Piece Collection 23, A Sister's All You Need. the complete series, Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond the complete series, Garo -Vanishing Line- Part 1, Tales of the Abyss the complete series, and King's Game the complete series.

Angel Links is a 1999 series about a 16-year-old girl who takes over the family business of defending outer space trading companies from pirates. It had a home release before, but its license expired following Bandai Entertainment's closure in 2012. Funimation picked up the title in 2013, and now, the series is once again up for sale. Black Clover is a 2017 anime about a boy who's born without magical powers in a world of wizards but still aspires to be crowned the Wizard King. Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series is a 2017 series about a young traveller who journeys across the world with a talking motorcycle.

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is the 2013 remake of the 1974 Space Battleship Yamato, a science fiction space opera. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door continues the critically acclaimed story from 1998's Cowboy Bebop. Releasing in 2001, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie is already out on DVD, but Funimation is releasing a version with a fancy steelbook case. As the name implies, ReLIFE Final Arc is the last story arc from the 2016 ReLIFE anime, a series about a 27-year-old man who participates in a scientific experiment that allows him to relive his high school life all over again.

1999's One Piece is one of those anime series that seem like its never going to end, encompassing one of the longest, but most engrossing, stories about a young man's quest to be the next Pirate King. Airing in 2017, A Sister's All You Need. is a slice-of-life comedy following a young novelist with a sister complex and his assortment of friends who are just as strange as he is. The 2018 follow-up to Blood Blockade Battlefront, Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond revolves around the detective organization known as Libra who use their supernatural gifts to combat the monsters that stalk their city.

Garo -Vanishing Line- is a 2017 series about a group of knights who hunt down monsters called Horrors. Tales of the Abyss is the 2008 anime based off of the 2006 PS2 game of the same name. The story follows a young swordsman who must escape a religious organization that wants to use him to fulfill an ancient prophecy. King's Game is a horrifying 2017 series, taking inspiration from the cell phone visual novel of the same name. It follows a high school class that is forced to play "the game," where failing to follow the orders they each receive as text messages from a mysteries stranger--regardless of what they are--results in death. The class tries to fulfill the orders, which range from completing a marathon to forced sexual intercourse, to different levels of success, all while trying to discover the king's identity and a way out of the game.

The full details of Funimation's home release schedule is outlined below.

Funimation Home Release Schedule

Angel Links - The Complete Series

• Available on DVD and Digital


• Street date: 11/06/18

Black Clover - Season One Part Two

• Episodes 11-19


• Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital


• Includes Yuno acrylic keychain


• Street date: 11/06/18

Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series - The Complete Series

• Available on Blu-ray and Digital


• Street date: 11/06/18

Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - Part 2

• Episodes 14-26


• Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital


• Fits inside the Star Blazers 2199 - Part 1 Limited Edition box


• Street date: 11/06/18

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door SteelBook Edition

• In theaters this summer for a special limited release on August 15-16


• First ever Cowboy Bebop SteelBook release in the U.S.


• Available on Blu-ray


• Street date: 11/13/18

ReLIFE Final Arc - OVAs

• A collection of four OVAs


• Available on Blu-ray and DVD


• Street date: 11/13/18

One Piece - Collection 23

• Episodes 541-563


• Available on DVD


• Street date: 11/13/18

A Sister's All You Need. - The Complete Series

• Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital


• Street date: 11/13/18

Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond - The Complete Season

• Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital


• Street date: 11/20/18

Garo -Vanishing Line- - Part One

• Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital


• Street date: 11/20/18

Tales of the Abyss - The Complete Series

• First time on Blu-ray; available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital


• In Subtitles Only


• Street date: 11/27/18

King's Game - The Complete Series

• Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital


• Street date: 11/27/18