{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1a379aeb9ecfdeef37e97789","clusterId":"c_0618b9eda59928781534319b","slug":"gkids-sets-city-the-animation-collector-s-edition-blu-ray-for-december-15","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"GKIDS Sets CITY The Animation Collector's Edition Blu-ray For December 15","summary":"GKIDS announced on Thursday that Kyoto Animation's CITY The Animation, the television anime of Keiichi Arawi's CITY manga, will be released in a Collector's Edition Blu-ray Disc on December 15, sold on its online store. The set carries a 72-page booklet, four art cards, an A3 poster, cut out movies 1-13, previews, TV spots, a team preview, and creditless opening and ending sequences. The series streamed worldwide on Amazon Prime Video in July 2025.","whyItMatters":"For a Kyoto Animation title that ran on a streaming service rather than a physical release, GKIDS is treating the home video edition as the archival version, with the extras that carry the production credits the stream did not.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe set is the second life of a series that reached viewers through Amazon Prime Video in July 2025. Taichi Ishidate directed at Kyoto Animation, with Tamami Tokuyama as character designer and chief animation director, Shiori Yamazaki as art director, and Yota Tsuruoka as sound director. The quartet Piranhans composed the music, with Pony Canyon handling music production. Riho Furui performed the opening theme \u0026#34;Hello\u0026#34; and TOMOO the ending theme \u0026#34;Lucky.\u0026#34; The December 15 release is limited to GKIDS\u0026#39; own store.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"CITY The Animation gets a 13-episode cut out movie set in its Collector's Edition, one reel for each episode. That packaging treats Kyoto Animation's adaptation like a theatrical run, not a TV season.","twitterPost":"GKIDS packages CITY The Animation with 13 cut out movies, one per episode. The physical release is framed like a theatrical run.","threadsPost":"GKIDS is giving CITY The Animation a Collector's Edition with cut out movies 1-13, one for each episode of the series. The set frames Kyoto Animation's adaptation as something closer to a film release than a TV season, even though it streamed on Amazon Prime Video in July 2025.","newsletterBlurb":"GKIDS will put Kyoto Animation's CITY The Animation out as a Collector's Edition Blu-ray on December 15, available through its own online store. The set includes a 72-page booklet, four art cards, an A3 poster, cut out movies 1-13, previews, TV spots, a team preview, and creditless opening and ending sequences. The anime streamed worldwide on Amazon Prime Video in July 2025, directed by Taichi Ishidate at Kyoto Animation.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-15/gkids-offers-city-the-animation-on-bd-collector-edition-on-december-15/.242867\",\"title\":\"GKIDS Offers CITY the Animation on BD Collector's Edition on December 15\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4437,"outputTokens":673,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792120030,"createdAt":"2026-10-16T03:03:36.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:06:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:06:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0618b9eda59928781534319b","canonicalTitle":"News\nGKIDS Offers CITY the Animation on BD Collector's Edition on December 15","representativeArticleId":"a_2ab1562784a1971a456e88d7","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"CITY the Animation\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"GKIDS\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-16T02:03:46.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-16T02:03:46.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-15/gkids-offers-city-the-animation-on-bd-collector-edition-on-december-15/.242867","title":"News\nGKIDS Offers CITY the Animation on BD Collector's Edition on December 15"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["CITY the Animation"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["GKIDS"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}