Overseas Region 2 Compatible DVDs

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So we know about Blu-ray, but what about DVDs? This thread will provide a list of every legitimate title with Region 2 compatibility from USA and Australia. None of these are Bootlegged versions nor will there be any. The titles in the list below are for those who would rather have the original speed rate (no 4% speedup), have certain extras or personally would like to get the title when the UK doesn't have one available. These titles are available to purchase from sites that provide international delivery like RightStuf and Amazon USA or are UK based like United Publications and Amazon UK. Not much point in adding Region 2 titles from Japan when only the Blu-ray versions would normally have the possible English Subtitles or Dub, if there are any I'll make them known.

For US Region B Compatible Blu-ray, check out this thread and this for the Bypass titles.

From USA (NTSC Region 1 Zone):
Mainly Funimation is the only company that will allow Region 2 compatibility but if there are others I'll try and make it known.

New/upcoming titles (Noted to be R2 compatible):
November:
Dragonar Academy: Complete Collection
Fafner: Complete Collection (TV & Movie)

January:
Kingdom: Season 1
Noein ~to your other self~: Complete Collection

February:
Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
Free! Eternal Summer: Complete Collection

Discotek Media/Eastern Star:
Despite being stated Region 1 on the packaging, it seems that many of their DVD releases are in fact region free. Here's a batch of titles that everyone on AUKN have purchased and tested.

Bokurano: Complete Collection
Crying Freeman: Complete Collection
Dallos: Complete Collection
DearS: Complete Collection
Fist of the North Star: Collection 1
Fist of the North Star: Collection 2
Fist of the North Star: Collection 3
Fist of the North Star: Collection 4
Fist of the North Star the Movie
Lupin the Third: Part 1: Complete Collection 'The Complete First TV Series' [Original Release]
Mad Bull 34: Complete Collection
Mazinger Z: Collection 1
Mazinger Z: Collection 2
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Complete Collection
Super Dimension Century Orguss: Complete Collection

Funimation:
This company tends to hold the UK rights for Blu-ray, DVD or just Blu-ray. Here's a batch of titles that have been released with Region 2 compatibility, note however that most of these titles are combo packs which are the only way to get them.

Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero: Complete Collection
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Aria the Scarlet Ammo: Complete Collection
Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts: OVA Collection
Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts: Season 1
Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts: Season 1 [S.A.V.E.]
Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts: Season 2
Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts: Season 2 & OVA [S.A.V.E.]
Bamboo Blade: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Ben-To: Complete Collection
Blue Gender: Complete Collection (TV & Movie) [Classic Line]
Chaos;Head: Complete Collection
Chaos;Head: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Chobits: Complete Collection [Classic Line]
Corpse Princess: Shikabane Hime : Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
D-Frag!: Complete Collection
Dance In The Vampire Bund: Complete Collection
Dance In The Vampire Bund: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Dragon Ball GT: Complete Collection [Yellow Brick]
Dragon Ball GT: Season 1 [Yellow Brick]
Dragon Ball GT: Season 2 [Yellow Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 1 [Orange Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 2 [Orange Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 3 [Orange Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 4 [Orange Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 5 [Orange Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 6 [Orange Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 7 [Orange Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 8 [Orange Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 9 [Orange Brick]
Dragon Ball Z: Movie Collection 1 (Films 01-05)
Dragon Ball Z: Movie Collection 2 (Films 06-09)
Dragon Ball Z: Movie Collection 3 (Films 10-13)
Dragon Ball Z: Rock the Dragon Collection
Eden of the East: Complete Collection [Classic Line]
Eden of the East: King of Eden
Eden of the East: Paradise Lost
El Cazador de la Bruja: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance
Fafner: Complete Collection
Fafner: Complete Collection (TV & Movie) [S.A.V.E.]
Fafner the Movie: Heaven and Earth
Fairy Tail: Collection 1
Fairy Tail: Collection 2
Fairy Tail: Collection 3
Fairy Tail: Collection 4
Fairy Tail: Collection 5
Fairy Tail: Part 1
Fairy Tail: Part 2
Fairy Tail: Part 3
Fairy Tail: Part 4
Fairy Tail: Part 5
Fairy Tail: Part 6
Fairy Tail: Part 7
Fairy Tail: Part 8
Fairy Tail: Part 9
Fairy Tail: Part 10
Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess
Freezing: Complete Collection
Freezing: Season 1 [Anime Classics]
Freezing Vibration: Complete Collection
Fruits Basket: Complete Collection
Fruits Basket: Complete Collection [Classic Line]
Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends: Complete Collection
Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends: Complete Collection [Classic Line]
Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends NEXT: Complete Collection
Heaven's Lost Property Forte: Complete Collection [Classic Line]
Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork
Hero Tales: Complete Collection
Hetalia Axis Powers: Complete Collection [Classic Line]
Hetalia World Series: Complete Collection
Hetalia: The Beautiful World: Complete Collection
Hetalia: Paint it, White
High School DxD: Complete Collection
High School DxD New: Complete Collection
Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians: Complete Collection
Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xectuor & Shugaku Toshi Keppu-roku: Complete Collection
Initial D: First Stage: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Initial D: Second and Third Stage: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Jormungand: Complete Collection
Jormungand: Perfect Order: Complete Collection
Kodocha: Season 1 [S.A.V.E.]
Kodocha: Season 2 [S.A.V.E.]
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes: Complete Collection
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes: Part 1
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes: Part 2
Master of Martial Hearts: Complete Collection [Classic Line]
My Bride is a Mermaid: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Nabari no Ou: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
OniAi: Complete Collection
Okami-san and Her Seven Companions: Complete Collection
Phantom: Requiem for a Phantom: Complete Collection
Phantom: Requiem for a Phantom: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Ping Pong the Animation: Complete Collection
Psycho Pass: Season 1 Part 1
Psycho Pass: Season 1 Part 2
PUCHIM@S: Petit iDOLM@STER: Season 1
PUCHIM@S: Petit iDOLM@STER: Season 2
Rideback: Complete Collection
Robotics;Notes: Part 1
Robotics;Notes: Part 2
The Sacred Blacksmith: Complete Collection
The Sacred Blacksmith: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Sands of Destruction: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Sankarea: Undying Love: Complete Collection [Broadcast Version]
Sankarea: Undying Love: Complete Collection [Uncut Version]
Sgt. Frog: Season 1
Sgt. Frog: Season 1 Part 1
Sgt. Frog: Season 1 Part 2
Sgt. Frog: Season 2
Sgt. Frog: Season 2 Part 1
Sgt. Frog: Season 2 Part 2
Sgt. Frog: Season 3
Sgt. Frog: Season 3 Part 1
Sgt. Frog: Season 3 Part 2
Strike Witches 2: Complete Collection
Strike Witches 2: Complete Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike
Tokyo Ghoul: Season 1
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: OVA Collection [S.A.V.E.]
Unbreakable Machine Doll: Complete Collection
We Without Wings: Complete Collection

From Australia (PAL/NTSC Region 4 Zone):
Sony Universal have somehow included Region 2 compatible titles for a certain few. Note these haven't been tested.

Sony Universal:
A Certain Scientifc Railgun: Parts 1 & 2 (NTSC format)
Serial Experiments Lain: Complete Series (NTSC format)
Texhnolyze: Complete Series (NTSC format)

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Re: Overseas Region Free Legal DVDs

The old Bandai Visual Wings of Honneamise DVD that was part of the BD/DVD combo is Regions 1/2

Note that MVM's Red Garden and Pumpkin Scissors disc are the Funimation SAVE releases, NTSC with an MVM logo stuck on the front and locked to Region 2. You're getting the exact same discs, but for another region.

Gankutsuou, Geneon single volumes are Region 1
Welcome to the NHK first Funimation release R1
Ouran High School Host Club first release R1
Ah My Goddess Season 2 first Funimation release R1
School Rumble S2 Funimation collection R1
School Rumble OVA Region 1
Taken from the back covers...

Believe it or not, there are actually some legitimate Region All releases out there...

The Mecha Masters Collection, from Central Park Media (I bought it from TRSI) is coded Region All, that's MD Geist, Genocyber, and Cybernetics Guardian.
Roujin Z from CPM is Region All
A.Li.Ce from Artsmagic is Region 0

The Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino OVA is Region 1 and 2 (only says Region 1 on the box, but worked on my R2 laptop drive)
Niea_7 from Geneon/Pioneer is Region 1 and 4
 
Re: Overseas Region Free Legal DVDs

Just Passing Through said:
Believe it or not, there are actually some legitimate Region All releases out there...
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Hence why I mentioned 'it's possible' because there are indeed legitimate titles out there I just didn't know which ones haha.

But thanks for the additional info on those titles. :thumb:
 
Re: Overseas Region Free Legal DVDs

FUNImation's original Kiddy Grade DVDs were weird - the first few volumes were 1,2+4, the middle ones were 1+4 and I think they went to Region 1 only at the end. FUNimation had the UK rights and eventually distributed here through Revelation so there's no good reason to take Region 2 off their discs. It was an issue for me as I'd been lending them to a friend who only had an R2 player, who then had to wait for the UK release.

Rightstuf's Boogiepop Phantom discs were All Region - I found out after grabbing the set at random to check whether a new player was multi-region, then being surprised when I tried to play an actual R1 disc later.
 
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Shiroi Hane said:
FUNImation's original Kiddy Grade DVDs were weird - the first few volumes were 1,2+4, the middle ones were 1+4 and I think they went to Region 1 only at the end. FUNimation had the UK rights and eventually distributed here through Revelation so there's no good reason to take Region 2 off their discs.
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They were distributed through MVM not Revelation.
 
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demonix said:
Shiroi Hane said:
FUNImation's original Kiddy Grade DVDs were weird - the first few volumes were 1,2+4, the middle ones were 1+4 and I think they went to Region 1 only at the end. FUNimation had the UK rights and eventually distributed here through Revelation so there's no good reason to take Region 2 off their discs.
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They were distributed through MVM not Revelation.
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I've got a few of those early DVD volumes, KIddy Grade 2,3, and 7 are marked as Regions 2 and 4 on the case, as indeed are Fruits Basket volumes 1 and 3 (only have check discs for the other volumes, but I'd guess they'd be the same.
 
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demonix said:
They were distributed through MVM not Revelation.
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You are quite right.
For that matter, I think MVM had more autonomy in their relationship with FUNi than Revelation did.
 
NormanicGrav said:
Shakugan no Shana (Season 3 Part 1)
Shakugan no Shana (Season 3 Part 2)
Shakugan no Shana Movie
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Shana III is region 1 only. I can't be bothered to find my copy of the movie to test it but I've no doubt that it's region 1 only too.
 
Mangaranga said:
NormanicGrav said:
Shakugan no Shana (Season 3 Part 1)
Shakugan no Shana (Season 3 Part 2)
Shakugan no Shana Movie
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Shana III is region 1 only. I can't be bothered to find my copy of the movie to test it but I've no doubt that it's region 1 only too.
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I was actually referring to the upcoming Region 4 editions. :wink:
Not to worry, the first post is currently updating.
 
I don't get it. Are the titles given (give or take) all playable on R2 dvd's but only purchasable abroad. If so WTF.

In all seriousness though many of the titles given were and are available here anyway.
 
The Aria the scarlet ammo blu-rays are zone A only since funimation mucked up the second disc (and listing BD zones isn't needed for US releases since there's already a dedicated thread for those).
 
LtDiscotek said:
Isn't Golgo 13 supposed to be region free? Or am I getting confused? Probably.
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Depends on which version of Golgo you're referring to, the Sentai Filmworks version is Region 1 only (like all of their releases). Really the only company now that allows some compatibility to UK and Australia on DVD is Funimation.
 
NormanicGrav said:
LtDiscotek said:
Isn't Golgo 13 supposed to be region free? Or am I getting confused? Probably.
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Depends on which version of Golgo you're referring to, the Sentai Filmworks version is Region 1 only (like all of their releases). Really the only company now that allows some compatibility to UK and Australia on DVD is Funimation.
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Didn't Discotek release one of the movies? I'd be curious to see if someone can test that.
 
LtDiscotek said:
NormanicGrav said:
LtDiscotek said:
Isn't Golgo 13 supposed to be region free? Or am I getting confused? Probably.
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Depends on which version of Golgo you're referring to, the Sentai Filmworks version is Region 1 only (like all of their releases). Really the only company now that allows some compatibility to UK and Australia on DVD is Funimation.
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Didn't Discotek release one of the movies? I'd be curious to see if someone can test that.
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The only movies I'm aware of are Queen Bee and The Professional, if there's more I'll have a look when I have time.
 
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