Santa Ana, CA (February 3, 2012) – NIS America is excited to announce today that the horror comedy Occult Academy Complete Series Premium Edition will be available in North America this May. In Occult Academy, a group of high school students and faculty will tackle spirits, mysterious creatures, ancient prophecies, and even the myth of the Mayan calendar! These odd but intriguing characters will pursue the twists and turns of the world’s greatest mysteries and bring to light hidden stories of untold truths. Occult Academy Complete Series Premium Edition comes packed on 2 Blu-ray discs in NIS’s highly praised collectible packaging, along with a hardcover art book. Preorder at select online retailers: Right Stuf, The Anime Corner Store, Anime Pavilion, Anime Castle, and NIS America’s Online Store.

About Occult Academy:

In the year 2012, the world is a wasteland invaded by aliens. Time travelers like Fumiaki Uchida are sent back to the year 1999 in order to destroy the “Nostradamus Key” to prevent the apocalypse. In 1999, Maya Kumashiro, the daughter of the former principal of Waldstein Academy (AKA Occult Academy), returns to the academy to replace her father. Despising her father’s obsession with the occult, Maya is hell-bent on running the school into the ground out of spite. Her plan is interrupted when she meets Fumiaki and learns of the forthcoming destruction of the world. They form a pact to look for the key.

About the bonuses—art book and bonus tracks:

- 36-page art book with exclusive artwork, draft designs, and an occult encyclopedia! The art book is uniquely laid out and filled with handwritten liner notes. With this art book you’ll be able to dive even deeper into the world and lore of Occult Academy!

- Four bonus short episodes that give a glimpse into Maya’s first childhood encounter with a real, live cryptid!
- Clean OP/ED, clean ep. 13 ED, and Love Machine clip

Starring

Yoko Hikasa as Maya Kumashiro (K-ON!, Infinite Stratos, WAGNARIA!!)

Takahiro Mizushima as Fumiaki Uchida (Angel Beats!, Our Home’s Fox Deity)

Minori Chihara as Mikaze Nakagawa (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere)

Yu Kobayashi as Chihiro Kawashima (Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge, Negima)

Produced by

Director: Tomohiko Ito (Death Note, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars)
Studio: A-1 Pictures (WAGNARIA!!, Blue Exorcist, Black Butler, PERSONA -trinity soul-)