Roujin Z on Blu-ray coming to the UK!?!?

Time ago I read an interview on an Italian forum with a representative of Kazé Italy, and as far as I understood the future policy of Kazé is that every new blu-ray that they will release will be good for all their European markets (France, Germany, UK and Italy): 1 edition for all of them (including dubs and subs of these languages), just to limit manufacturing costs. If I'm right the blu-ray of Summer Wars included French, German and Italian languages; Red Line on the contrary is listed having only Italian language (just reporting what is listed on Amazon.it, I don't have those blu-rays).
The representative was talking that Kazé plans to reissue other old movies besides Roujin Z. I really hope they will include Jin-Roh (love that movie) and even Steamboy (not a great movie for me, but for sure great visuals that deserve a blu-ray edition).
This would be a great policy, since they would have a much bigger market, with all the benefits for them (more potential customers = less risks) and for us (lower prices and bigger choice, hopefully).



Teo
 
I had Roujin-Z on VHS years back when it got released in the UK by Manga Video back in 1994 and it was dubbed in English in the UK by Manga Video. Roujin-Z also very briefly had a theatrical run in the UK back in 1994 in the same english dubbed format by Manga Video before it got released on VHS the same year.

To me, I didn't really think much of the film. At first from the front cover and from the synopsis, it came across a being a serious film. But when I watched it, to me it felt much like a comedy or a very strong black comedy. The character designs and the animation is good, but I just didn't like the story and the tone of the film as I was expecting it to be a serious film in which I was dissapointed by.
 
I found Roujin Z to be a real case of 'Emperor's new Clothes', unfortunately.

STILL - exciting to see it get a re-release, if only because it shows a willingness to revisit older titles and - importnatly - give anime fans what they're calling out for.

Whatever next? Wings of Honneamise?

[Trips over the heavy hint he just dropped]
 
I rememebr when Manga first announced Freedom and asked if the had any plans for other Honneamise properties like Jin-roh, or Yukikaze. They flat out said no, I was sad.

I already own Honneamise and the Bandai Freedom, but those two are exceptionally hard to come by.
 
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