▁Y mir ▁was ▁distributed ▁exclus ively ▁by ▁online ▁h ob by ▁shop ▁Post ▁Channel . ▁Series ▁ 1 0 ▁( A ld ra ▁and ▁Al ley ne ) ▁- ▁Re leased ▁June ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁At ▁An ime ▁Ex po ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Hob by ▁Japan ▁announced ▁that ▁English ▁transl ations ▁of ▁the ▁game books ▁will ▁be ▁released ▁in ▁North ▁America . ▁There ▁exist ▁English ▁versions ▁for ▁the ▁characters ▁Al ley ne , ▁Mel ona , ▁N ana el ▁and ▁Tom oe . ▁ ▁An ime ▁ ▁An ▁an ime ▁adaptation ▁of ▁Queen ' s ▁Bla de , ▁entitled ▁, ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁AR MS . ▁Direct ed ▁by ▁Kin ji ▁Y osh im oto , ▁the ▁an ime ▁a ired ▁twelve ▁episodes ▁in ▁Japan ▁from ▁April ▁ 2 ▁to ▁June ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁on ▁AT - X , ▁with ▁subsequent ▁broadcast s ▁on ▁Ch iba ▁TV , ▁Sun ▁Television , ▁and ▁Tokyo ▁M X . ▁The ▁series ▁a ired ▁un c ens ored ▁on ▁AT - X , ▁while ▁being ▁heavily ▁cens ored ▁on ▁other ▁channels . ▁Six ▁DVD ▁and ▁Bl u - ray ▁disc ▁volumes ▁were ▁released ▁by ▁Media ▁Factory ▁between ▁June ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁and ▁November ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁each ▁DVD / BD ▁volume ▁containing ▁one ▁of ▁six ▁O V As . ▁A ▁second ▁season , ▁, ▁a ired ▁on