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Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and Domestic Girlfriend Released Monday

On Monday August 10, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, as both a Collector's and a standard Blu-ray. Anime Limited describes the story:

"Three centuries after the Calamity War, a new world order is maintained by the military organization Gjallarhorn, but the seeds of a new conflict are being sown on Mars.

"A private security company accepts a mission to escort the revolutionary leader Kudelia Aina Bernstein to Earth,and the company's child soldiers rise up in revolt against the adults who betrayed them. Among them is Mikazuki Augus, who becomes the pilot of the Gundam Barbatos, a dreadful relic left over from the Calamity War."

Masaru Yokoyama composed the music.

Domestic Girlfriend on Blu-ray, described as follows:

"Natsuo Fuji has a serious crush on one of his teachers, Hina Tachibana, but since he knows he has zero chance of ever being in a relationship with her, he lets his friends talk him into going to a party where he meets Rui. One thing leads to another and then, well, neither of them is a virgin anymore. Unfortunately, it wasn't what they expected, but that's fine.

"Except when Natsuo's father announces that he's getting married again, Natsuo discovers that he's getting two new step-sisters as well. Now there's a problem, because one is his teacher, Hina, and the other is Rui."

The series was Flying Dog.

Manga will release the series How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? on Blu-ray. The story is described as follows:

"Hibiki Sakura's love for food is starting to affect her size. In effort to slim down, she scopes out her local gym only to discover two problems—it's a haven for intimidating body builders, and her classmate Akemi has a weirdly aggressive muscle obsession. After meeting her handsome personal trainer, Machio, Hibiki bites the bullet and starts her quest for a hot bod."

The series is based on Ai Kikuchi (New Game!) designed the characters.

Manga will also release Miyama-Zero's light novel series. The series is described as follows:

"Issei is suddenly attacked in Kyoto by a mysterious fox yokai—whose mother is missing—and it looks like the Chaos Brigade is behind it! Only the Grabbing Dragon and his voluptuous vixens are prepared to face them and get the fox yokai's mother back."

Manga will also release Set 4 of Boruto Next Generations, carrying episodes 40 to 52 of the series.