Funimation Entertainment Aquires Slayers Revolution/Evolution R

Funimation Entertainment Aquires Slayers Revolution

Flower Mound, TX – December 29, 2008 – FUNimation® Entertainment today announced that it has acquired home entertainment, digital and merchandise rights to the 26-episode fantasy adventure anime series Slayers Revolution from Enoki Films. FUNimation holds the rights to the series in the U.S. and all of its territories in addition to Canada.

The series is directed by Takashi Watanabe, known for his direction of the previous hit franchise Slayers releases including Slayers, Slayers Next and Slayers Try.

About Slayers Revolution
The next chapter of the tale follows the adventures of a young sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions as they cross their land in search of replacing the Sword of Light.

FUNimation Entertainment will release the complete series on DVD in 2010.

Please visit www.funimation.com/slayersrevolution as FUNimation makes one acquisition announcement each day for the ten days leading up to New Year's Eve.

Source: Funimation Entertainment

Update: FuNimation has confirmed that it has also  licensed both Slayers Revolution and its follow-up, Slayers Evolution-R.

Update: Digital Release is 2009 with a Box Set in 2010.