Discotek Media announced a slate of new releases and project updates the other day. This Tweet is the start of that thread, which I shall summarize below.
Gunbuster!
— 💿Discotek Media is at Otakon! (@discotekmedia) August 7, 2021
On Blu-ray!
Japanese with English subtitles.
Plus we are doing a brand new English dub with our friends at @SoundCadence.
We're announcing this a bit early, look forward to more in the future! pic.twitter.com/gLYUvqyySH
Summary:
- Machine Robo: Revenge of Chronus: "An English subbed release for the first time! This also includes the Leina Stol in Wolf Sword Legend & Lightning Trap: Leina & Laika OVAs. This is another one with a good set of extras." All 47 episodes on Blu-Ray, in SD-BD, early 2022.
- July releases (i.e. out already): Mahoraba, City Hunter 2 Set 1, Daimos, Black Rock Shooter, & Lupin the Third: Return of Pycal
- August releases (i.e. NOW): Kenichi Season 1, Mitchiro Neko, Daltanious, Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics Season 2, & Lupin the Third Part 3.
- September releases: Super-Dimension Century Orguss, Braiger, Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare, City Hunter 2 Set 2, Fatal Fury OVAs.
- October releases: Shaman King (English dubbed), Sgt. Frog Season 1, Lupin the Third Part 5, Hajime no Ippo Collection 3, City Hunter: The Complete 1st Series
- Robot Carnival coming out on 4K HD
- Steady work is being done on the Project A-ko Blu-Ray.
- Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (a.k.a. Ronin Warriors) is coming out on Blu-Ray. "The TV series & all 3 OVA series! The entire Ronin Warriors dub has been newly synced to the gorgeous remaster! And it is coming this year!" Yes, both the dub and the sub are on these discs, so you can watch like you did when RW was on daytime TV or you can watch the original material to see how much better (or worse) it was.
- They're expanding their Tokukatsu stuff also.
- They're releasing Honey Flash: The Live. BIG deal, first Blu-Ray release ever.
Discotek continues to show that they respect their customers, know what they want, and are willing to give it to them. I have yet to be disappointed by Discotek's releases, so I put them with Sentai Filmworks in the group of Western middlemen that aren't utter pieces of shit (unlike Funimation, Crunchyroll, and Netflix) and thus I have no problems buying from them when I can afford it- and goddamn is that an issue because Blu-Rays of anime are not cheap.
Yes, I've gone and added a bunch of these to my anime Wish List at Amazon; my birthday is just about two months away, so I'm getting them in order for that and Christmas.
And with Super Robot Wars 30 including classic Super Robot teams like Combattler V and Voltes V, now is the time to snag those Blu-Rays from Discotek before they go out of print again.
Discotek has been knocking it out of the park for the last few years. Gunbuster and Ronin Warriors were big gets. At this point, there are a paltry few classic anime left to rescue from obscurity. Nonetheless, I eagerly await seeing what they'll come out with next.
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