UQ Holder! Has been designed as a successor to Akamatsu’s previous work rather than a standalone franchise, taking place seventy years in the future. To
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UQ Holder! property was picked up by Sentai Filmworks back in 2018 with a quick home video release coming as early as it could. The distributor got their trailer out for it on home video releases but never added it to their YouTube channel until recently, giving us a chance to revisit it and where it stands now. The show is still available on Blu-ray – no DVD was solicited I believe – and you can find it streaming through HIDIVE at the moment.
Check out our review of the series.
Yousuke Suzuki directed it based on the series composition by Ken Akatsu and Shogo Yasutagawa. Masahiro Fujii worked on the character designs while JC Staff handled the animation.