Sentai Filmworks licenses Love, Elections & Chocolate

[WTK]

EDIT: upon further inquiry with S23, home video license can't be confirmed at this time.

via PR...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SENTAI FILMWORKS LICENSES
“LOVE, ELECTIONS & CHOCOLATE”

HOUSTON, August 29, 2012 — Sentai Filmworks’ is pleased to announce their latest acquisition: Love, Elections & Chocolate. With series composition by Katsuhiko Takayama (ef ~ a tale of memories., And Yet the Town Moves), this series is sure to have the right recipe to win at the polls, and to complete the ticket, music by Elements Garden (Bodacious Space Pirates) and character designs by Hiroaki Gohda (Amagami SS, Please Teacher!) add the icing that tops it all off.

In Japan, participation in extra-curricular activities is as fundamental a part of an education as chalk and gym shorts. However, not all students are overachievers, and for those like Yuki Ojima, groups like the Food Research Club are welcome havens in which to slack-off. But what’s a slacker to do when the radical new candidate for Student Council president announces her intent to get rid of clubs like the FRC? Well, getting the help of the current Student Council president is a good start, but HIS suggestion is so counter-intuitive that it’s crazy: Yuki should run for the Student Council himself? And yet, it’s SO crazy that it just might work! Especially when Chisato, the chocolate-adverse president of the FRC (and Yuki’s best childhood friend,) and members of other targeted school clubs start to join the swelling FRC army. But can this army of goofs and goof-offs coast all the way to political victory? Or will someone have to step up to the plate and take one for the term? They may savor victory, they may taste defeat, but you’re certain to eat up LOVE, ELECTIONS & CHOCOLATE!

Love, Elections & Chocolate will soon be available through select digital outlets.

About Sentai Filmworks:
Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, producing hit series like High School of the Dead, Towanoquon, Samurai Girls, Guin Saga, Needless and Angel Beats as well as high profile theatrical films such as Grave of the Fireflies and Appleseed. Sentai Filmworks’ programs can be found on home video distributed by Ingram Entertainment, Baker & Taylor, Section23Films, The Right Stuf and other good and fine distributors. Digital product offerings may be found at iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Zune Marketplace, Anime Network, Playstation Network, Android Market and YouTube.

www.sentai-filmworks.com
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[Damius]

And yet they have another release this season. Maybe it will be on CR and they will catch up.

[WTK]

via PR...

For Immediate Release

Media Alert: Love, Election and Chocolate starting this Thursday on Anime Network Online

HOUSTON, TX — Aug 29, 2012 — Broadcast and digital distributor Anime Network is pleased to announce its latest online special release: Love, Election and Chocolate. From Director Toru Kitahata (The Big O, Rumbling Hearts), and featuring designs by Hiroaki Gohda (Amagami SS, Please Teacher!) comes a story of childhood crushes, intense political "battles", and deliciously decadent fun!

ABOUT THE SERIES

In Japan, participation in extra-curricular activities is as fundamental as the curriculum itself. Not all students are overachievers; for Yuki Ojima, the Food Research Club is a slacker's haven until a new candidate for Student Council president announces her intent to get rid of clubs like the FRC. To start, Yuki enlists the help of the current chocolate-adverse president who suggests that Yuki run for Student Council himself! Banding with the other goofs and goof-offs, Yuki might coast his way to victory! Whether they savor victory or taste defeat, you're certain to eat up Love, Election and Chocolate!

Language: Japanese w/ English Subtitles

SCHEDULE

Thursdays at 2 PM Eastern
Episodes 1 & 2: August 30th
Episodes 3 & 4: September 6th
Episodes 5 & 6: September 13th
Episodes 7 & 8: September 20th
Episodes 9 & 10: September 27th
Episodes 11 & 12: October 4th

Episode 1 will be available to watch for free.
Episodes 2 - 12 will require a Premium Subscription.

[Damius]

Well, too bad it's taking them too long to catch up... If only they would have get that sooner.

[Buckeye]

So the highest profile title of the season that didn't get a simulcast gets picked up by Sentai. This is one show I was thinking of checking out, but got lost in the backlog of summer titles. I plan to check it out as soon as it is being streamed and possibly continue watching in the fall if it does make it to Crunchyroll.

[WTK]

The first episode is now streaming @ Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/love-election-and-chocolate).