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Puringa
Brigade Leader
I've been very lucky then! I bought it during last week's Discotek sale. I tried buying it in December, but back then it was the only item from the order that was out of stock and it stayed like that for a long time, so I decided to cancel that part of the order and wait until it was discounted again.
awadama
Mad Scientist
I'm not sure if this is any help in gauging timescales, but Ultimate Muscle's release date was 30 May (according to Amazon US anyway) - I ordered it from Otaku and it arrived on 5 June
Discotek's September 2023 line-up is now available to order on Rightstuf.
| Anime | SRP | Audio/Subs | Content | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB Character Go Nagai World | $19.95 | Japanese with English Subs | 3 OVAs | Blu-ray |
| Jeans Blues No Future 明日なき無頼派 | $24.95 | Japanese with English Subs | Film [NIHON NIGHTS] | Blu-ray |
| The Legend of Calamity Jane | $39.95 | English with English Subs | 13 episodes | SD Blu-ray |
| Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation | $24.95 | Japanese with English Subs | Film | Blu-ray |
| Sgt. Frog Seasons 3 & 4 | $59.95 | Japanese with English Subs | 102 episodes | SD Blu-ray |
A few mini-updates. This Saturday at 5:45pm is the Discotek Otakon panel as well as an online streamed extended version for those who can't attend Otakon like us brits. You can view the stream live on their Twitch channel.
In out of print news, Konosuba Season 1 is now no longer available (except for the Steelbook version). Konosuba is one of Crunchyroll's licenses that Discotek was able to release so it's best to speculate that, what has happened with the DVD & combo pack batch from years ago, is now re-occurring here. Below is a list of Crunchyroll titles that I recommend you get sooner than later.
In out of print news, Konosuba Season 1 is now no longer available (except for the Steelbook version). Konosuba is one of Crunchyroll's licenses that Discotek was able to release so it's best to speculate that, what has happened with the DVD & combo pack batch from years ago, is now re-occurring here. Below is a list of Crunchyroll titles that I recommend you get sooner than later.
| Anime Name: | Content: | Year: | Audio: | Released: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel's 3Piece! | Project No.9 TV: 12 episodes | 2017 | Japanese | 31st March $39.95 |
| Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon | Silver Link TV: 12 episodes | 2015 | Japanese | 31st March $39.95 Available in the UK by Anime Ltd |
| Big Order | Asread TV: 11 episodes | 2016 | Japanese | 24th November $39.95 Available in the UK by Anime Ltd |
| Caligula | Satelight TV: 12 episodes | 2018 | Japanese | 25th August $39.95 |
| Isuca | Arms TV: 11 episodes | 2015 | Japanese | 27th October $39.95 |
| Poco's Udon World | Liden Films TV: 12 episodes | 2016 | Japanese | 26th May $39.95 |
| She and Her Cat -Everything Flows- | Liden Films TV: 4 episodes | 2016 | English Japanese | 26th May $24.95 |
| Anime Name: | Content: | Year: | Audio: | Released: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girly Air Force | Satelight TV: 12 episodes | 2019 | Japanese | 28th December $49.95 |
| Konosuba Season 2 | Studio Deen TV: 11 episodes | 2017 | English Japanese | 23rd February $49.95 Available in the UK by Anime Ltd |
| Magical Girl Ore | Pierrot+ TV: 12 episodes | 2018 | Japanese | 25th May $39.95 |
| Anime Name: | Content: | Year: | Audio: | Released: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aho Girl | Diomedéa TV: 12 episodes | 2017 | Japanese | 30th August [1500 UNITS] $29.95 |
| As Ms. Beelzebub Likes It | Liden Film TV: 12 episodes | 2018 | Japanese | 31st May $39.95 |
| Holmes of Kyoto | Studio Seven TV: 12 episodes | 2018 | Japanese | 26th July [1500 UNITS] $39.95 |
| Konosuba Season 1 | Studio Deen TV: 11 episodes | 2016 | English Japanese | 26th April [Steelbook] $69.95 Available in the UK by Anime Ltd |
| Konosuba Season 2 | Studio Deen TV: 11 episodes | 2017 | English Japanese | 27th September [Steelbook] $69.95 Available in the UK by Anime Ltd |
| Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles | Studio Gokumi, AXsiZ TV: 12 episodes | 2018 | Japanese | 29th March $39.95 |
| Ms. Vampire Who Lives In My Neighborhood | Studio Gokumi, AXsiZ TV: 12 episodes | 2018 | Japanese | 22nd February $39.95 |
| Planet With | J.C. Staff TV: 12 episodes | 2018 | Japanese | 30th August $39.95 |
| Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san | DLE TV: 12 episodes | 2018 | Japanese | 29th March $39.95 |
| To Be Hero and To Be Heroine | Studio LAN TV: 19 episodes | 2016 | Japanese Mandarin | 25th October [2000 UNITS] $29.95 |
| Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation | TMS Ent. TV: 25 episodes | 2017 | Japanese | 28th June $39.95 |
Invisible Crane
Adventurer
The Legend Of Calamity Jane certainly stands out given its not an anime but that's okay as Discotek have released various non anime shows. Also did that show ever air in the UK?. I know it aired briefly in the US due to it I think being w bit too violent for Kids WB (which i find weird cause they were airing The New Batman Adventures at the same time and that got pretty dark and a bit violent at times)
awadama
Mad Scientist
Wikipedia claims it aired on POP in the UK in 2003-04, but I don't remember it at all!
Invisible Crane
Adventurer
I don't even remember POP being around as early as then
DISCOTEK PANEL: OTAKON STREAM EXTENDED (JUlY '23) EDITION:
Discotek's yearly Otakon news panel has finally made its appearance, but this time they are giving us two versions - one for those who are currently attending Otakon, and an online version which is the same content but a bit longer as there's restrictions with timing over at Otakon. The online version is also useful as they had streaming issues at the convention in the past.
To recap, here's the currently known titles as of this point:
Announcement #1 | Overman King Gainer
TV Series - Blu-ray (HD)
TV Series - Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on DVD)
OVA Series - Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on DVD)
OVA Series - Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on DVD)
TV Special - Blu-ray (HD)
Film - Nihon Nights Blu-ray (HD)
Status Update #1 | The Bullet Train (新幹線大爆破)
Film - Nihon Nights Blu-ray (HD)
TV Series - Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on DVD)
Film - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on Blu-ray & DVD)
TV Series - SD on Blu-ray
TV Series - Blu-ray (HD)
Announcement #11 (Bonus) | Digimon Movie Collection 1
Film Collection - Blu-ray (HD)
Discotek's October 2023 line-up was revealed during the panel.
Discotek's yearly Otakon news panel has finally made its appearance, but this time they are giving us two versions - one for those who are currently attending Otakon, and an online version which is the same content but a bit longer as there's restrictions with timing over at Otakon. The online version is also useful as they had streaming issues at the convention in the past.
To recap, here's the currently known titles as of this point:
- Aim for the Ace: Another Match
- Blue Comet SPT Layzner
- Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior: Legend of Yuria & Legend of Toki
Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fight - Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior: Zero: Legend of Kenshiro
- Mazinger Z Collection 1 + 2
- Medarot Damashii
- Sgt. Frog Season 5 + 6 + 7
- Urusei Yatsura Collection 3 + 4
- The Wonderful World of Puss 'N Boots
Announcement #1 | Overman King Gainer
TV Series - Blu-ray (HD)
- 2002 series by Sunrise with director Yoshiyuki Tomino, written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, and character designs by Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Japanese (2.0 & 5.1) with English subtitles & English dub
- Complete series
- Blu-ray is an upscale
- This is one of the titles Sentai had from their Sunrise package deal back in 2013 (s-cry-ed was one of those for context).
- Clean OP/ED, Digest Episodes, Making-of featurette, promo clips
TV Series - Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on DVD)
- 1999 series by Carlos Trillo, Carlos Meglia, Network of Animation & TMS Entertainment (this is a Japan-Canada co-production)
- English DTS HD Master Audio 2.0
- First Blu-ray release in the world, with new upscale
- Extras include Original pilot, audio commentaries, liner notes, clean & short OP/EDs, extensive art galleries & tv promo clips
- All rare development documents included
- PDFs are on the disc which requires a PC.
OVA Series - Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on DVD)
- 1989 OVAs by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Buichi Terasawa & Madhouse
- Japanese with English subtitles & English dub
- Brand new high-definition scan from the camera negative (from that vault)
- Both Urban Vision and Manga Entertainment UK English dubs are included.
- Extras include a discussion with Kawajiri and Terasawa from the 80s, plus a brief making-of featurette.
OVA Series - Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on DVD)
- 1988 OVAs by studio Toei Animation
- Japanese with English subtitles & English dub
- All six uncut episodes
- Brand new high-definition scan from the camera negative (from that vault)
- Both Streamline Pictures and Manga Entertainment UK English dubs are included.
- Fun fact: Discotek did release this on DVD many years ago and was out of print.
- Fun fact #2: The UK VHS releases were cut by the BBFC.
- Extras include vintage trailers, recap episode for Episode 3, and a look at all the weird stuff Streamline & Manga did with their VHS release (to hide all of the Japanese-ness as they say).
TV Special - Blu-ray (HD)
- 2006 TV Special by TMS Entertainment
- Japanese with English subtitles
- High-Definition upscale
- Liner notes and commercial spots.
Film - Nihon Nights Blu-ray (HD)
- 2006 film directed by Mamoru Oshii
- Japanese with English subtitles
- First time Blu-ray anywhere in the world.
- Part of the Kerberos Saga (with Jin-Roh lol), and inspired by Episode 99 of Urusei Yatsura
- Also features staff from anime like Shoji Kawamori and Kenji Kawai (also the composer for the film)
- Feature length documentaries on SuperLiveMation, extensive liner notes, theatrical trailer, and a 40 min discussion with Oshii on character development.
Status Update #1 | The Bullet Train (新幹線大爆破)
Film - Nihon Nights Blu-ray (HD)
- The HD transfer has been freshly recoloured shot by shot
- Translation has been drastically improved and redone
- English International Version has been reconstructed with the new color corrected footage.
- Coming your way real soon.
- They showed comparisons with Eureka Entertainment's release.
TV Series - Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on DVD)
- 1974 series by Knack Productions
- Mike Toole's favourite anime
- Japanese with English subtitles
- Native HD transfers from the film masters (not an SD-BD shocker).
- Freshly updated subtitles.
- All 65 episodes are on one disc, length is about 7-10 mins each.
- Liner notes from the DVD release are also included.
- Social media is getting a facelift
- YouTube channel is relaunching
- Expanding to other platforms because Twitter is a mess.
- Discotek now has a TikTok channel.
- They have a Threads account as well.
- Email Newsletter coming soon.
Film - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (HD) (previously released on Blu-ray & DVD)
- 1994 film by Group TAC
- Coming to 4K with HDR10! The disc destroyed Discotek (film dirt almost eradicated)
- HDR helped with the dark spots. One of the best looking UHD HDR anime discs.
- Japanese with English subtitles & every English dub version (US, UK, PG-13 etc.)
- All of the language options and extra features from their previous Blu-ray release are included on the disc.
- 3 newly-added Japanese trailers they found too late for their previous release is now included here.
TV Series - SD on Blu-ray
- 1983 series by TMS Entertainment
- Japanese with English subtitles
- All 45 episodes in Standard Definition and on one SD-BD disc.
- 80s classic shoujo series (Discotek suggests getting shoujo titles sooner than later)
- First time release for the US
- Discotek describes the series as Marmalade Boy x Rose of Versailles
- Brand-new subtitle translation by Australian translator Jonathan Gamra (with Australian slang toned down)
TV Series - Blu-ray (HD)
- 2000 series by Toei Animation
- All 50 episodes for the English Version & Japanese Version (split like Season 1 was).
- Another AstroRes upscale (using the best Japanese footage found) and first-time Blu-ray release in the world.
- English release includes galleries.
Announcement #11 (Bonus) | Digimon Movie Collection 1
Film Collection - Blu-ray (HD)
- Film Collection 1 consists of :
- Digimon Adventure the Movie
- Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!
- Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Landing!!
- Digimon the Movie
- All three films are presented in its original uncut form, with new uncut English dubs featuring the classic cast, and you also have the edited English version that Fox Kids released internationally. So it's 3 films + 1 film edit.
- Sound Cadence was involved with the dub.
- Japanese audio with English subtitles is also included.
- Discotek states:
- the tone of the new dubs is a mix between classic Digimon dubs & a bit more straight.
- The new dubs use the Japanese music.
- Digimon the Movie has the soundtrack.
- There is no short before Digimon the Movie.
Discotek's October 2023 line-up was revealed during the panel.
| Anime | SRP | Audio/Subs | Content | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cybersix | -- | English with English HOH | 13 episodes | Blu-ray |
| Mazinger Z Collection 1 | -- | Japanese with English Subs | 46 episodes | Blu-ray |
| Midnight Eye Goku | -- | English & Japanese with English Subs | 2 OVAs | Blu-ray |
| Urusei Yatsura Collection 3 | -- | Japanese with English Subs | eps 107-149 | Blu-ray |
| The Wonderful World of Puss n' Boots | -- | English & Japanese with English Subs | Film | Blu-ray |
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RaeDra
Straw Hat Pirate
Excellent lineup, lots of good throughout, Street Fighter 2 4K being an excellent example. in addition to getting more Digimon Adventure with 02, it is absolutely wild to me that the Digimon movies are represented in their original forms with a new dub (featuring the original cast who could return) AND 'The Movie' is here with the soundtrack intact (that includes Smash Mouth, Fatboy Slim and The Barenaked Ladies), incredible.
Can't wait.
Can't wait.
This is an interesting panel because half of the announcements were format upgrades which I do appreciate, as it also means a better video presentation.
Crying Freeman is the best announcement in my opinion, because not only is that getting a proper HD remaster, but it's also a classic Anime Nasty title that did go out of print by Discotek Media roughly half a decade ago, so to see the OVAs make its return does spark some hope for a few others out there like Mad Bull 34 if the original masters are found.
Street Fighter II in 4K was unexpected but I did suspect this would happen as I did pickup the Blu-ray earlier in the year. Now they are bringing over the extras but there was no harm owning that Blu-ray just in case. And the benefit of UHD is that it's all-region which makes accessibility much better.
The Bullet Train taking its time I suppose was reasonable given the amount of controversy that came from Eureka's release. No harm double-dipping as Discotek's films are pretty cheap to import.
Lady George is a nice inclusion to the catalogue as a classic 80s shoujo and they did state that if you want to own this type of series that it should be ordered sooner than later so I'll look into it when I can.
The only issue I had was that the hyped up the finale to be something big and to be honest I don't consider Digimon Adventure 02 to be a massive deal as it was pretty evitable that this would be picked up sooner. It's still a good announcement but the best type of announcements are the unpredictable ones, and a perfect example was the one that literally just came after which was the Digimon Movie collection. That's a massive deal given the history of the film's releases and licensing involved so that to me would have made for a big hype finale than what the panel had.
Overall a solid panel and I suppose it could have been bigger in content but they did place half of them forward by a month so what we got was more on the quality over quantity at least.
Crying Freeman is the best announcement in my opinion, because not only is that getting a proper HD remaster, but it's also a classic Anime Nasty title that did go out of print by Discotek Media roughly half a decade ago, so to see the OVAs make its return does spark some hope for a few others out there like Mad Bull 34 if the original masters are found.
Street Fighter II in 4K was unexpected but I did suspect this would happen as I did pickup the Blu-ray earlier in the year. Now they are bringing over the extras but there was no harm owning that Blu-ray just in case. And the benefit of UHD is that it's all-region which makes accessibility much better.
The Bullet Train taking its time I suppose was reasonable given the amount of controversy that came from Eureka's release. No harm double-dipping as Discotek's films are pretty cheap to import.
Lady George is a nice inclusion to the catalogue as a classic 80s shoujo and they did state that if you want to own this type of series that it should be ordered sooner than later so I'll look into it when I can.
The only issue I had was that the hyped up the finale to be something big and to be honest I don't consider Digimon Adventure 02 to be a massive deal as it was pretty evitable that this would be picked up sooner. It's still a good announcement but the best type of announcements are the unpredictable ones, and a perfect example was the one that literally just came after which was the Digimon Movie collection. That's a massive deal given the history of the film's releases and licensing involved so that to me would have made for a big hype finale than what the panel had.
Overall a solid panel and I suppose it could have been bigger in content but they did place half of them forward by a month so what we got was more on the quality over quantity at least.
Dai
Death Scythe
Good to see King Gainer back in circulation after a decade of being OOP. I tracked down the DVDs on eBay last year, so I won't be buying this new upscale, but it's well worth getting for anyone curious about what a Tomino show looks like when the super robot crazy level is cranked up to 11. Here's hoping Brain Powerd will be following soon after.
I'm impressed that they're keeping to a steady 3-month schedule for those UY sets, considering that they're 50 episodes each.
Nice to see some more 90s OAVs resurrected too, even if Freeman isn't among my top picks from the old Manga UK catalogue.
I'm impressed that they're keeping to a steady 3-month schedule for those UY sets, considering that they're 50 episodes each.
Nice to see some more 90s OAVs resurrected too, even if Freeman isn't among my top picks from the old Manga UK catalogue.
Dai
Death Scythe
Hmm, maybe. I do seem to recall the dialogue not making sense at times, but figured that was par for the course in a show where robot cockpits have giant zippers. I doubt a new translation (
) will turn it into Zeta Gundam, to be honest. It's mainly a show to watch for the action scenes.
Girls with Guns
Chuunibyou
I'll be snapping up Lady Georgie in a heartbeat as I'm a big fan of Shoujo anime. I'll also get the Goku Midnight Eye upgrade to Blu-ray, and maybe Cybersix. That will be about it for me.
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Puringa
Brigade Leader
More vintage shoujo is always good! The comparison with Marmalade Boy and Rose of Versailles immidiately grabbed my attention.
I wonder if they're ever going to bother with Candy Candy (1976), especially when they suggest to get shoujo series sooner than later. But that one is probably too long (115eps) to bother.
More classic shonen/seinen is also appreciated. Touch (1985) is very high on my list and a blu ray version of Maison Ikkoku (1986) is also welcome. Very unlikely to happen though... Both are probably too long (around 100eps each). I believe Discotek has also stated already that the license of Maison Ikkoku is too expensive and it's in general too big of a risk due to the poor sales when Viz released the dvd version of that series.
RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
I'd love to see Touch and a licence rescue for MI on Blu-ray!
And I'm really excited for Lady Georgie!