VAP Sets Eren the Southpaw Blu-ray Box for September 16
The set is the first home-video collection of the series, arriving roughly five months after the anime's premiere, which signals a fast turnaround for a show from two studios with a packed production slate.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, The Fandom Post, OtakuKart Anime.
VAP will release a Blu-ray box set of the Eren the Southpaw television anime in Japan on September 16, 2026. The three-disc set is priced at 36,000 yen and contains the full series with Japanese audio and no subtitles. On-disc extras include promotional videos and clean versions of the opening and ending theme songs. The physical package adds a special booklet and an original story and manga. The anime, which adapts the manga by writer Kappy and artist nifuni, began its broadcast on April 7, 2026. Toshimasa Suzuki directed the series, with scripts overseen by Taku Kishimoto and character designs by Takayuki Goto. Production was handled jointly by Signal.MD and Production I.G. The cast is led by Shoya Chiba as Koichi Asakura and Yumi Uchiyama as Eren Yamagishi. The opening theme is "Funkin' Beautiful feat. ZORN" by ALI, and the ending theme is "New Walk" by Ima Murasaki. The original manga ran in Shonen Jump Plus starting in 2017 and is complete in 24 volumes, though it has not been licensed in English.
The set was first teased in a now-deleted Twitter post from December 2022 that acknowledged an adaptation was in the works but gave no production details. A live-action drama of the manga had been produced before the anime project was made public.
VAP is handling the Japanese home video release. The three-disc box carries no subtitles and includes the full series run with Japanese audio only. On-disc extras are promotional videos and clean versions of the opening and ending themes. The physical package adds a special booklet and what the distributor calls "an original story and manga."
The cast beyond the two leads includes Yui Ishikawa as Sayuri Kato, Akira Sekine as Akari Kishi, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Yusuke Kamiya, Yurina Amami as Yurina Mitsuhashi, Koji Yusa as Ryuichi, Tarusuke Shingaki as Shun Rukawa, Asaki Yuikawa as Yuko Akane, and Kenichiro Matsuda as Ifu Sakuma.
The manga, originally titled Hidarikiki no Eren, is complete in Japan at twenty-four volumes. It has not been licensed for English distribution.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Anime News Network AnimEigo Schedules Alien Nine Anime Blu-ray Disc for June 9
- The Fandom Post VAP Schedules ‘Eren the Southpaw’ Anime Blu-ray Box Set
- OtakuKart Anime Alien Nine OVA Blu-ray Release Date Confirmed by AnimEigo