The official site of Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls has announced that the art book Niθ Art Works Vol. 2 Zoku Adesugata Giga Joukan will bundle a 30-minute Blu-ray OVA, titled Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai After. The OVA is a sequel to the TV anime Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride and takes place one year later.
Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls is a light novel series written by Akira Suzuki with illustrations by Niθ. The first volume was released by Hobby Japan on February 28, 2009, with thirteen volumes currently available in Japan as of December 28, 2012 under their HJ Bunko imprint. There are currently three different manga adaptations based on the Hyakka Ryoran universe published. An online anthology comic was serialized on Hobby Japan’s media website Hobby Channel from June 1, 2010, and sold two volumes as of June 2011; a manga adaptation illustrated by Junichi Iwasaki began serialization in the November 2010 issue of Monthly Comic Alive; and another manga adaptation by Tatara Yano began serialization in Hobby Japan’s online manga magazine Comic Dangan on December 23, 2011.A spinoff manga called Hyakka Ryōran: Sengoku Maidens, illustrated by Yuri Shinano, was serialized in the March 2009 issue of Dengeki Daioh and ended in the March 2011 issue, and released three volumes as of March 2012.
A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by Arms aired on Chiba TV and other networks from October 2010 to December 2010. A second anime season titled Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride began airing on April 5, 2013 with a total of 12 episodes. At Anime Expo 2010, Hobby Japan announced that they are planning to release the light novels in North America in the near future.
Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls synopsis from Haruhichan:
The story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools. Yagyuu Muneakira is a high school student who rebels against his student council with the help of girls who’ve had the names of famous samurai heroes passed on to them.
