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Discotek Media (also known as Eastern Star) is an American entertainment corporation known for licensing, translating, and releasing Japanese anime and live-action movies, adult anime, independent movies, and television series to home video, based in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Despite being formed in 2005, they didn't become active in the anime business until around 2008 (their early output consisted mostly of samurai films with a couple of old Toei anime movies thrown into the mix). The crash of the North American anime industry in the late 2000's[[note]] (it started in 2007 with the sudden shutdown of Creator/{{Geneon}}, accelerated in 2008 with the collapse of Creator/ADVFilms, continued through the 2009 liquidation bankruptcy of Creator/CentralParkMedia [which hadn't released anything since 2006], and finally ended with Creator/BandaiEntertainment's closure in 2012)[[/note]] probably aided the rise of Discotek – with other major distributors going out of business, drastically cutting back, or at least not renewing obscure vintage titles, this left the small startup Discotek free to carve out its own niche.

Since then, they have become quite well known for licensing a lot of vintage anime from the 1970s to the 1990s, along with re-releasing titles whose original licenses have lapsed, and also occasionally licensing more recent series. They are also known for being the current champions of the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' franchise in North America.

Since they're a small company without a lot of resources, their policy originally was to never commission English dubs themselves, though they'll gladly use a preexisting dub if one exists and they can get it. Fans don't seem to care too much since their ''other'' policy is to release their titles completely uncut[[note]] (''Samurai Pizza Cats'' is technically an exception, but even there they're releasing the uncut Japanese version separately, and their later release of ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' follows the same pattern. However, they admitted issues with ''Anime/SonicX'' were likely to prevent its long-anticipated uncut release – see elsewhere on this page)[[/note]] and to use the highest-quality materials they can get their hands on. Basically, any announcement they make will cause underserved parts of the anime fandom to rejoice. In 2015, Discotek commissioned their first English dub; the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' film, ''Anime/GravestoneOfDaisukeJigen''.

They also announced a partnership with streaming site Website/{{Crunchyroll}} to release a few select titles from Crunchyroll's catalogue for home video. In return, some titles from Discotek's catalogue became available on Crunchyroll for streaming. They also have deals with Platform/RetroCrush, a streaming service dedicated to older anime.

They have a [=YouTube=] [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Sjohnson20/featured channel]] where they upload trailers for their upcoming releases.

Compare Creator/TheCriterionCollection, which fills a similar niche in film distribution, complete with noticeably high but still reasonable price tags, Creator/ShoutFactory, who is also known for rescuing obscure television shows (though Discotek focuses more on anime), and Rhino, which fills a similar niche in music.
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!!Titles licensed by this company include:
[[index]]
* ''Manga/ZeroSevenGhost''
* ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' [[labelnote:†]] A sub-license from Crunchyroll.[[/labelnote]][[note]]License has expired, now distributed by Creator/GKids[[/note]]
* ''Anime/EightManAfter''
* ''Anime/AJourneyThroughFairyland''
* ''Anime/AThousandAndOneNights''
* ''[[Manga/MyMonsterSecret Actually, I Am...]]''
* ''Manga/AhoGirl''
* ''Manga/AimForTheAce'' ('73 TV series, the movie, and the first OVA series)
* ''Anime/{{Albegas}}''
* ''Anime/AllPurposeCulturalCatGirlNukuNuku''
* ''AmazingNuts!''
* ''[[Literature/TreasureIsland Animal Treasure Island]]''
* ''Anime/AngelCop''[[note]]First release in North America with uncensored subtitles.[[/note]]
* ''[[Literature/HereComesTheThreeAngels Angel's 3Piece!]]''
* ''Literature/{{Another}}'' (the live-action film)
* ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' (OVA)
* ''Manga/Area88''
* ''Anime/{{Arion}}''
* ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel''
* ''Manga/AsMissBeelzebubLikes''
* ''Anime/AstroBoy'' ('80s TV series)
* ''Anime/{{Astroganger}}''
* ''Anime/AyakashiSamuraiHorrorTales''
* ''Manga/BabelII'' (OVA)
* ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'' (all three seasons)
* ''Anime/{{Bananya}}'' (2nd original English dub)
* ''Manga/BarefootGen''
** ''Manga/BarefootGen2''
* ''Battery''
* ''Anime/BattleAthletes''
* ''Beast Fighter: The Apocalypse''
* ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}''
* ''Bela: Humanoid Monster''
* ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness''
* ''Anime/Berserk1997''
* ''Manga/BlackGod''
* ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' (TV series only. No word on the [=OVA=]s)
* ''Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan''
* ''Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner''
* ''Anime/BlueSubmarineNo6''
* ''Manga/BlueSeed''
* ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo''
* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}''
* ''[[Manga/BoysOverFlowers Boys Before Flowers]]''
* ''Anime/{{Braiger}}'' [[note]]All licenses had expired[[/note]]
** ''Galactic Gale Baxingar''
** ''Anime/GalacticWhirlwindSasuraiger''
* ''Film/TheBulletTrain'' (1975)
* ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' (70's TV series)
** ''Arcadia of My Youth'' (movie)
** ''Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX'' (TV series)
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura: The Movie''
** ''Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie 2''
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (so far several movies and the ''Episode One'' specials that TMS dubbed with Creator/BangZoomEntertainment)[[note]] Despite the series finally being freed from Funimation's name changes, their releases still uses the ''Case Closed'' moniker (as is the case with English releases of ''Conan'' in certain territories), but only on the slip cover, the inside case still uses the ''Detective Conan'' name to get around the legal issues [[/note]]
** ''Episode One'' (TV special)
** ''Sunflowers of Inferno'' (movie 19)
** ''The Darkest Nightmare'' (movie 20)
** ''The Crimson Love Letter'' (movie 21)
** ''Zero The Enforcer'' (movie 22)
** ''The Fist of Blue Sapphire'' (movie 23)
* ''Anime/CasshanRobotHunter''
* ''Manga/CatsEye''
* ''Anime/CBCharaGoNagaiWorld''
* ''Manga/CeresCelestialLegend''
* ''Anime/ChargemanKen''[[note]]one of two titles released in full on their Website/YouTube channel with ''Street Fighter''[[/note]]
* ''Chie the Brat'' (1981 series)
* ''Manga/ChisSweetHome''
* ''Cinderella Boy''
* ''Manga/CityHunter'' (all four TV series, as well as its TV specials, [=OVA=]s and movies)
** ''Anime/CityHunterShinjukuPrivateEyes''
* ''Cleopatra''
* ''VisualNovel/ComicParty''
* ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool''
* ''Literature/CrusherJoe''
* ''Manga/CryingFreeman''
* ''Anime/CuteyHoney''
** ''New Cutey Honey''
** ''Anime/ReCutieHoney''
** ''Series/CutieHoneyTheLive''
* ''Anime/CyberCityOedo808''
* ''Manga/Cyborg009'' (2001 series)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}''
* ''Anime/DaiGuard''
* ''[[Anime/{{Dancougar}} Dancouga]]''
* ''Anime/{{Dallos}}''
* ''Manga/DearBrother''
* ''Manga/DearS''
* ''Literature/DemonCityShinjuku''
* ''Manga/DemonLordDante''
* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness''
* ''Anime/{{Devilman}}'' (both the 70's anime and the 80's OVA)
** ''Manga/DevilmanLady''
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' (''Digimon: Digital Monsters'' Season 1 in English)
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' (''Digimon: Digital Monsters'' Season 2 in English)
** ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie''[[note]]Includes both a remaster of the original CompilationMovie, and brand new uncut dubs for the [[Recap/DigimonAdventurePilot Digimon Adventure pilot]], ''[[Recap/DigimonAdventureMovieOurWarGame Our War Game]]'', and [[Recap/DigimonAdventure02M1TranscendentEvolutionTheGoldenDigimentals the Adventure 02 movie]].[[/note]]
* ''Anime/DinosaurKing''
* ''Manga/DNA2''
* ''Manga/DNAngel''[[note]]License has expired[[/note]]
* ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' (movies 1-5)
* ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'' (1969 anime)
* ''WesternAnimation/DoubleDragon1993''
* ''Manga/DragonHalf''
* ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure''
* ''Literature/EarlAndFairy'' (home video rights only; Creator/SentaiFilmworks has the digital rights)
* ''Manga/EatMan''
** ''Eat-Man '98''
* ''Anime/ElementalGelade''
* ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeDinosaurs''
* ''Fair, then Partly Piggy'' (movie)
* ''Fatal Frame''
* ''[[/index]]VideoGame/FatalFury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf''[[index]]
** ''Anime/FatalFury2TheNewBattle''
** ''Anime/FatalFuryTheMotionPicture''
* ''Manga/FightingFoodons''
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' (the original TV series and movie, plus the ''Legends of the True Savior'' film/{{OVA}} series)
* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca''
* ''The Flying Phantom Ship''
* ''Anime/{{Free}}: Iwatobi Swim Club'' (initially) [[labelnote:•]] A sub-license from Website/{{Crunchyroll}}, who eventually release it themselves on Blu-Ray and DVD with an English dub that debuted on their site.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:‡]] The second season, ''Eternal Summer'', was licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}}, however FUNimation DID eventually release the first season themselves.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/FuseMemoirsOfAHuntress''
* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (streaming rights only; Creator/MediaBlasters has the home video rights)
* ''Anime/{{Futakoi}}''
** ''Anime/FutakoiAlternative''
* ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' (the movies and series)[[note]] Toei actually offered them the TV series years before they licensed it, but they turned it down due to being burned out after finishing ''Fist of the North Star''. It was finally announced in 2018.[[/note]]
* ''Anime/{{Gaiking}}'' (TV series)
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''
** ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFinal'' (the {{OVA}} version; the edited TV version was unavailable)
* ''Anime/GalileiDonna''
* ''Anime/{{Genocyber}}''
* ''Manga/{{Georgie}}''
* ''Manga/GetterRobo'':
** ''Getter Robo Armageddon''
** ''Shin Getter Robo Vs. Neo Getter Robo''
** ''New Getter Robo''
* ''Anime/GhostStories''
* ''Anime/GiantGorg''
* ''Anime/GiantRobo''
** ''Gin Rei''
* ''Literature/GirlyAirForce''
* ''Anime/GodMars''
* ''Anime/GodSigma''
* ''Manga/GokuMidnightEye''
* ''Literature/{{Gokudo}}''
* ''Manga/GoldenBoy''
* ''Anime/GoShogun''
* ''Franchise/Golgo13'' (the ''Golgo 13: The Professional'' anime series, plus the original live-action film)
* ''The Great Passage''
* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka''
* ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics''
* ''Anime/GunBuster''
** ''Anime/DieBuster'' (released under the title ''Gunbuster 2'')
* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' (first series)
* ''Anime/HandMaidMay''
* ''Manga/HanasakeruSeishounen''
* ''Literature/HarukaNogizakasSecret''
* ''Manga/HellsAngels'' (the movie, 3rd original English dub and a collaboration with Creator/TeamFourStar)
* ''Anime/HisCooolSeHaGirls''
* ''Manga/HoneyAndClover''
* ''Anime/HorusPrinceOfTheSun''
* ''Anime/HurricanePolymar'' (live-action film)
* ''Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix''
* ''Literature/{{Inukami}}''
* ''[[Manga/ItazuraNaKiss ItaKiss]]''
* ''Anime/IriaZeiramTheAnimation''
* ''Izumo: Flash of a Brave Sword''
* ''Jeans Blues No Future''
* ''Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade''
* ''Anime/{{Kaiba}}''
* ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail''
* ''Series/KamenRiderBlack''
** ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX''
* ''Literature/KamikazeGirls''
* ''Anime/KarateMaster''
* ''Anime/{{Kekkaishi}}''
* ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' (fourth original English dub and the first English dub done with Sound Cadence Studios).
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' (TV series rescued from Funimation; also includes the ''The Attack of Darkness'' [=OVA=] series)
* ''Anime/KeyTheMetalIdol''
* ''Anime/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' (1997 movie only; TV series licensed by Creator/NozomiEntertainment)
* ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad''
* ''Kiss x Sis'' [=OVA=]
* ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}'' (and this time we have the whole thing [[note]] the second half of the series will be sub only while the first half uses Funimation's dub [[/note]], and to further sweeten the deal, all the music rights have been cleared, thus freeing it from the issues that plagued Creator/{{Funimation}}'s release)
* ''Manga/KoiKoi7''
* ''Literature/KonoSuba''
* ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh''
* ''Anime/{{Kyousogiga}}''
* ''Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion''
* ''Manga/TheLawOfUeki''
* ''Anime/TheLegendOfBlackHeaven''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfCalamityJane''
* ''Film/LegendOfDinosaursAndMonsterBirds'' (sadly, the KTMA-era ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode isn't included)
* ''Literature/LibraryWar''
* ''Anime/LikeTheCloudsLikeTheWind''
* ''Anime/LilyCAT''
* ''Anime/TheLittleMermaid''
* ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland''
* ''Locke the Superman'' (license expired, now licensed by Creator/SentaiFilmworks)
* ''Manga/LoveHina Again''
* ''Manga/LovelyComplex'' (anime series and live-action movie)
* ''Franchise/LupinIII''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIPilotFilm''[[note]] Included as an extra on the DVD release of the first TV series, but not on the Blu Ray remaster. Apparently the pilot film is a separate license from the series.[[/note]]
** ''Anime/LupinIIIPart1''
** ''Film/StrangePsychokineticStrategy'' (live-action)
** ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'' [[note]]The first 79 episodes feature the old Geneon dub and episodes 145 and 155 feature Streamline's ''[[Anime/LupinIIITalesOfTheWolf Tales of the Wolf]]'' dub; all the remaining episodes are subbed-only.[[/note]]
** ''Anime/TheMysteryOfMamo'' (with all four English dubs!)
** ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' [[note]]Discotek Media worked with Creator/{{Disney}} to include the film for The Collected Works of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki UsefulNotes/BluRay box set[[/note]]
** ''Anime/LupinIIIPartIII''
** ''Anime/LegendOfTheGoldOfBabylon''[[note]] Initially they announced the license in 2009, but never released it. Their stated reason was that the Japanese rights-holder wanted extra fees upon release that would make it unprofitable. But eventually they worked things out ''and'' got an English dub produced on top of that![[/note]]
** ''Anime/TheFumaConspiracy''[[note]]License has expired[[/note]]
** ''Anime/LupinIIIByeByeLibertyCrisis''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIMysteryOfTheHemingwayPapers''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIStealNapoleonsDictionary''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIFromSiberiaWithLove''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIVoyageToDanger''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIDragonOfDoom''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIFarewellToNostradamus''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIThePursuitOfHarimaosTreasure''
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheSecretOfTwilightGemini''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIIslandOfAssassins''
** ''Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo''
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheColumbusFiles''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIMissedByADollar''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIAlcatrazConnection''
** ''Anime/ReturnOfTheMagician''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIEpisode0FirstContact''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIOperationReturnTheTreasure''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIStolenLupin''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIAngelTactics''
** ''Anime/LupinIIISevenDaysRhapsody''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIElusivenessOfTheFog''
** ''Anime/LupinIIISweetLostNight''
** ''Anime/GreenVsRed''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConan''
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheLastJob''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIBloodSealEternalMermaid''
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine''
** ''Anime/LupinIIITravelsOfMarcoPoloAnotherPage''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConanTheMovie''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIPrincessOfTheBreeze''
** ''Anime/GravestoneOfDaisukeJigen'' [[note]]Their first original English dub![[/note]]
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure'' [[note]]The English-dubbed version and the subbed version are separate Blu-Ray sets, largely due to the dubbed version being based on the initial Italian airing.[[/note]]
** ''Anime/GoemonIshikawasSprayOfBlood''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIPart5''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIIsLupinStillBurning'' [[note]] Included on the Blu-Ray for ''Part 5''[[/note]]
** ''Anime/LupinIIIGoodbyePartner''
** ''Anime/FujikoMinesLie''
** ''Anime/LupinIIIPrisonOfThePast''
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''
** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''
** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs''
** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection''
** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaDetonation''
* ''Toys/MachineRobo'' (''Revenge of Cronos'', ''Battle Hackers'', and the Leina [=OVAs=])
* ''Manga/MadBull34'' [[note]]License has expired[[/note]]
* ''Anime/MagicKnightRayearth''
* ''VisualNovel/MagicalCanan''
* ''Manga/{{Mahoraba}}''
* ''Anime/MakyouDensetsuAcrobunch'' [[note]]License has expired[[/note]]
* ''Manga/ManabiStraight''
* ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' (both the TV series & the movie)
* ''Anime/MazingerZ''
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger''
** ''Anime/GodMazinger''
** ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' (The TV series and ''Mazinkaiser vs. The Great General of Darkness'')
** ''Anime/ShinMazinger'' [[note]]Originally planned to be released as ''Shin Mazinger Z Impact'', now to be released under the name of ''Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact!'' [[https://www.facebook.com/147168055312297/photos/a.196378827057886.55668.147168055312297/1056994034329690/?type=1&relevant_count=1 as requested by the licensors]][[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'' [[note]] both in English and in Japanese as ''Medarot''[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears''
* ''Anime/{{Memories}}''
* ''Series/MetalHeroes''
** ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan''
** ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan''
* ''MightySpaceMiners''
* ''Manga/MissKoizumiLovesRamenNoodles''
* ''Manga/MissMachiko''
* ''Mitchiri Neko''
* ''Anime/MonColleKnights'' [[note]] both the original Japanese and Creator/SabanEntertainment dubbed versions [[/note]]
* ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}''
* ''Anime/MonsterRancher''
* ''Literature/MrsPepperpot''
* ''Manga/MsVampireWhoLivesInMyNeighborhood''
* ''Manga/NagasareteAirantou''
* ''NewHurricanePolymar''
* ''[[Anime/NGKnightLamune40 NG Knight Lamune & 40]]''
** ''NG Knight Lamune & 40 EX''
** ''NG Knight Lamune & 40 DX''
** ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 FIRE''
** ''VS Knight Lamune & 40 FRESH''
* ''Anime/NieaUnder7''
* ''Anime/NightOnTheGalacticRailroad''
* ''Anime/NightWarriorsDarkstalkersRevenge''
* ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}''
* ''Anime/NinjaSenshiTobikage''
* ''Nutcracker Fantasy''
* ''Anime/{{Nyanbo}}''
* ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'' (1988 series)
* ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer''
* ''Anime/PandaGoPanda'' [[note]]License has expired, now distributed by Creator/GKids[[/note]]
* ''Anime/PhotonTheIdiotAdventures''
* ''Manga/PilotCandidate''
* ''Anime/PlanetWith''
* ''Literature/ThePrincessAndThePilot''
* ''Anime/ProjectAKo''
** Plus Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group, Cinderella Rhapsody, and Final - but NOT Grey Side/Blue Side. The company who owns it is different from the other four and no longer exists.
* ''Manga/ProjectARMS''
* ''Manga/RainbowNishaRokubouNoShichinin''
* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' (the entire TV series, plus a "Special Fan Disc" that contains English dubs of three episodes and the Jump Super Anime Tour [=OVA=])
* ''Manga/RecentlyMySisterIsUnusual'' (the TV series and the live-action movie)
* ''Literature/RequiemFromTheDarkness''
* ''Anime/RingingBell''
* ''Anime/RobotCarnival''
* ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy''
** ''Anime/CombattlerV''
** ''Anime/VoltesV''
** ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''
* ''Anime/RoninWarriors''
* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' [[note]]License rescued from Nozomi Entertainment.[[/note]]
* ''Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs''
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' (movies only, TV series streaming on Netflix with a dub by Creator/SentaiFilmworks)
** ''Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Iris''
** ''Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods''
** ''Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth''
** ''Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle''
** ''Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas''
* ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' [[note]]Both Saban's GagDub and the original Japanese version, titled in English as ''Kyatto Ninden Teyandee''. Initially released in two separate DVD sets. The English version was [[https://www.facebook.com/147168055312297/photos/a.196378827057886.55668.147168055312297/1065509363478157/?type=1 later rereleased on SD Blu-Ray]][[/note]]
* ''Anime/SchoolDays''
* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}''
* ''Anime/TheSeaPrinceAndTheFireChild''
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' [[note]]We're getting all 358 episodes this time.[[/note]]
* '' Manga/ShamanKing ''[[note]]Both 4Kids’ edited English dub and the original Japanese version with the the first six episodes containing the short-lived uncut English dub.[[/note]]
* ''Anime/SherlockHound''
* ''Anime/ShiningTearsXWind''
* ''Film/ShogunsSamurai''
* ''Literature/SisterPrincess''
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
** ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''
** ''Sonic Origins'' [[note]]Work on remastering the ''VideoGame/SonicCD'' cutscenes.[[/note]]
** ''Anime/SonicX'' [[note]]Initially only the 4Kids dub due to the Hulu version's subtitle files being misplaced, leading to the Japanese version releasing ''much'' later[[/note]]
* ''[[Manga/HoshinEngi Soul Hunter]]''
* ''Manga/SorcererHunters''
* ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' (1982 animated film, later rescue licensed the TV series after Creator/NozomiEntertainment's license expired)
* ''Anime/SpaceWarriorBaldios''
* ''Series/StarFleet''
* ''Anime/StellviaOfTheUniverse''
* ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter''[[note]]one of two titles released in full on their Website/YouTube channel with ''Chargeman Ken''[[/note]]
** ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks''
* ''Literature/StrikeTheBlood''
* ''Manga/SubmarineSuper99''
* ''Film/SuicideClub''
* ''Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss''
* ''Anime/SwanLake1981''
* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}''
* ''Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters''
* ''Taro the Dragon Boy''[[note]]License has expired[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia''
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia: The Animation''
* ''Anime/TekkamanBlade II''
* ''Manga/TenjhoTenge''
* ''[[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Tetsujin 28]]'' (both the 1980 & 2004 versions, as well as the 2007 movie and the ''FX'' sequel series)
* ''Manga/ThermaeRomae''
* ''To Be Hero'' and ''[[NewSeasonNewName To Be Heroine]]''
* ''Manga/TokyoUnderground''
* ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'' (compilation movie)
** ''Tomorrow's Joe 2'' (compilation movie)
* ''Manga/TonaGura''
* ''[[Manga/{{Toriko}} Toriko the Movie: Secret Recipe of Gourmet God]]'' (first half of the TV series licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}})
* ''Franchise/TreasureIsland'' (the Creator/OsamuDezaki-directed anime series)
* ''Anime/TrueTears''
* ''Anime/TwilightOfTheCockroaches''
* ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms''
* ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'' (4Kids dubbed version)
* ''Manga/UltraManiac''
* ''Manga/{{Unico}}''
** ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico''
** ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic''
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (the entire classic TV series and its associated [=OVA=]s, plus all six films)
* ''Literature/VampireHunterD: Bloodlust''
* ''Manga/VenusWars'' (license expired, now licensed by Creator/SentaiFilmworks)
* ''Manga/ViolenceJack''
* ''Anime/VirtuaFighter'' (complete series, first 24 episodes previously licensed by Creator/MediaBlasters)
* ''Anime/WickedCity''
* ''Wild 7: Another''
* ''Literature/AWindNamedAmnesia''
* ''Literature/TheWonderfulAdventuresOfNils''
* ''Anime/TheWonderfulWorldOfPussNBoots''
** ''Puss 'N Boots Travels Around the World''
* ''Anime/YouAreUmasou''
* ''Manga/YowamushiPedal''
* ''Manga/ZatchBell'' (distributed the movies; the series was formerly licensed by Creator/VizMedia, well until [[ScrewedByTheLawyers things happened]] anyway[[note]] There was an infamous legal battle involving the series creator, Makoto Raiku and Shogakukan and you can read about that on the ScrewedByTheLawyers entry on the series Trivia page [[/note]] and the short lived dub of the series was later released on DVD by Cinedigm in 2013, but Cinedigm's DVD release is now out of print)
* ''Manga/ZombieLoan''
* ''Anime/ZXIgnition''
[[/index]]

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!!Tropes relating to Discotek Media:

* AdoredByTheNetwork: The entire ''Franchise/LupinIII'' franchise is pretty much this for them, especially considering that they do a lot of license rescues for titles that have otherwise never been officially released in the US.
* BaitAndSwitch: Done with the ''Anime/ProjectAKo'' released. They announced they were canceling their planned upscale of the original. Because they had found the long-thought-lost 35mm masters.
* BetterExportForYou: A lot of their releases that either had subpar upscales in Japan or were never released on blu-ray in Japan either get released in native HD or a better upscale by this company. Examples include ''Street Fighter II'', where the US got an HD blu-ray release, while Japan's stuck with an out of print {{DVD}} release from many years ago in terms of physical media. Another example is ''Digimon'', where Discotek upscaled the SD masters, which, while showing ''slightly'' less picture than Japan's own HD master, has its details MUCH less washed out and more pronounced.
* {{Bowdlerization}}:
** Invoked with their release of ''The Castle of Cagliostro'', which includes a "Family Friendly" version of the Manga dub that removes all of the ObligatorySwearing present in the original Manga dub. This dub was created specifically for this release, and according to Reed Nelson, it's intended to bring the movie closer in tone to the original Japanese script and the Miyazaki movies released by Disney. However, the "fifteened" version is still there too.
** An example that was apparently unavoidable is their DVD release of ''Violence Jack''. [[http://www.discotekmedia.com/violence_jack.htm As pointed out on their website]], the release is uncut for the most part, but contains mosaic censoring over certain scenes in the second episode.
*** Subverted with the upcoming (As of the time of writing) 2022 Blu-Ray release where it's been confirmed the series will be fully uncensored, sans the mosaic censoring, for the first time ever.
** An unintentional example. When they released ''Anime/BlueSubmarineNo6'', unbeknownst to them, the English dub they included was the censored version used when the series aired on Creator/{{Toonami}}. Fortunately, they've re-released it with the uncensored dub in 2016.
** Subverted by their release of ''Angel Cop'', which will be the first release to include uncensored English subtitles (along with the original censored subtitles by Manga Entertainment).
** Played straight with their home release of ''Manga/FightingFoodons'', in which only the dubbed version was released. The company that originally dubbed it, Creator/FourKidsEntertainment, is rather infamous for applying this trope to the many anime they dubbed. There is no word on when or if an uncut subtitled version of the original version, Kakutō Ryōri Densetsu Bistro Recipe [[note]]Martial Arts Cooking Legend Bistro Recipe[[/note]], will ever be released. (Keep in mind that the anime still has no available unofficial fansubs or even raws ripped from the Japanese [=VHSes=] either).
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: They're often an ''official'' version of this. A good number – probably a majority – of their acquisitions had, at some point in the past, been licensed by another company, but the properties then went into limbo for whatever reason (i.e. the license expired and/or the original company that held the US rights to the property went under). Sadly, however, even Discotek isn't safe from this, as most of their early anime and live-action movie licenses such as ''War in Space'', ''Lupin III: Film/StrangePsychokineticStrategy'', and ''Lupin III: Anime/TheFumaConspiracy'' have gone out of print. In some cases, such as the initial four-volume releases of the ''Fist of the North Star'' anime, this is because Discotek put out a more recent rerelease.
** We can add their release of ''Manga/DNAngel'' as well. Like ''Anime/TheFumaConspiracy'' above, it was a series they rescued from this, only for it to go back some time later.
** Some other notable examples include their releases of ''Anime/ProjectAKo'' and ''Anime/AngelCop'', which for the longest time, both titles had botched or low-quality releases[[note]]''Project A-Ko'' due to its original film print having been thought lost by the original producers until recently; while ''Angel Cop'' was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in a cropped, 16:9 aspect for both English and Japanese releases until the 2022 release. This one restoring the original 4:3 ratio the series was animated in since its original VHS release.[[/note]].
* NoDubForYou: Sort of. ''If'' there's no pre-existing English dub for a show or movie they plan on releasing, it almost definitely means they'll be putting it out sub-only. If there ''is'' a dub, odds are good they'll include it [[note]]This includes examples such as ''Fist of the North Star'', ''Super Dimension Century Orguss'', and the Red Jacket ''Lupin the 3rd'' series, where the English dub is partial[[/note]]. If there are DuelingDubs, they might try to get ''all'' of them.
** Apparently, even the existence of a pre-existing dub is still no guarantee they'll include it, as their release of ''Dallos'' demonstrates (though to be fair, the dub for that series wasn't particularly good quality). To a lesser extent, there's their release of the ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' movie, which includes the Streamline dub, but not the Manga dub due to copyright issues with the licensed music soundtrack.
** Averted with their release of ''Anime/GravestoneOfDaisukeJigen'', which included a brand new English dub. Discotek would later follow this up with additional English dubs of other 2010's-era ''Anime/LupinIII'' productions, including ''Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure''. Discotek have since commissioned other dubs, including ''Manga/HellsAngels'' and ''Anime/KemonoFriends''. Many of those dubs were made courtesy of Sound Cadence Studios and Creator/TeamFourStar.
** They were open for a possible dubbed home video re-release of the first season of ''Anime/{{Free}}'' after the initial sub-only release. Crunchyroll, who licensed and dubbed the second season, would produce a dub of the first season with the Funimation cast from and include it on a rerelease of the first season.
** Possibly an inverted example is their DVD and SD Blu-Ray release of ''Sonic X'', which only has the edited [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] English dub — and unlike with ''Samurai Pizza Cats'' and ''Monster Rancher'', there are currently no plans for a separate release of the uncut version with subtitles. That's because 4Kids, when streaming the show subtitled on Hulu, did not provide TMS with the timed subtitle scripts. This means that a subtitled release (or even re-dubbed) would require a complete recreation of the subtitles from scratch, a feat that Discotek isn't sure is worth the time, effort, and cost.[[note]] It doesn't help that ''Sonic X'', at 78 episodes, is a rather lengthy series.[[/note]] The uncut subtitled version was eventually released in April 2023.
** Similarly to the ''Sonic X'' example, their re-release of ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'' only has the English dub with no Japanese track included. However, unlike ''Sonic X'', the English dub was actually recorded first due to the movie [[ShortRunInPeru being released in America and Australia over a year before Japan got it]], making this a straight example.
** Their dedication to the Dub cause is evident with Ninja Robots, scouring archives for the dub, asking fans if they had copies and after exhausting all avenues and coming up with everything but a couple of minutes of audio, completed the dub themselves. Considering the "Mad Movie" like nature of Ninja Senshi Tobikage, this is probably the only series they could have gotten away with that move.

** There are movies that Discotek has mentioned that they would have liked to dub, such as ''Neo Heroic Fantasia Arion'' and ''Anime/YouAreUmasou'', but are unable to because the music and effects tracks, which are required to make dubs, are lost.
* NoExportForYou: ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust''. Fans had been asking for years that the Japanese audio be included on any re-release, but when Discotek requested it, they were denied, the original rights-holder stating that the Japanese track was not to leave Japan.
** Their main market is North America, the UK, West Europe and the Pacific. If you live outside of those regions, chances are any anime they release onto Crunchyroll will not be available to you.
* {{Pastiche}}: The [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71LZ4WgpQvL._SL1093_.jpg box art]] for their DVD releases of the ''Fatal Fury'' TV specials and movie recreates the style of [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/1/15/Ff2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080413223756 the package design]] for the Neo-Geo home cartridges. Similarly, the [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/713t9qVz6uL._SL1079_.jpg box art]] for their release of the ''Mega Man'' cartoon imitates the style of [[http://img.gamefaqs.net/box/0/9/6/22096_front.jpg the box art for the NES games]] (though without Bad Box Art Mega Man, for better or worse).
* SequelFirst: They released ''Diebuster'' (even doing so with the name ''Gunbuster 2'') several years before acquiring the license to the original ''Gunbuster''. Discotek has also licensed ''Tekkaman Blade II'', but has yet to license the first ''Tekkaman Blade''.
** They released several ''Franchise/LupinIII'' specials before they put out the original ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 "Green Jacket"]]'' series. Had negotiations not fallen through, they would have released the third ''Lupin'' movie (''Babylon'') before the first (''Mamo''). But since this franchise runs on NegativeContinuity, it's not too big a deal.
*** However, the ''Manga/CaseClosed'' crossovers, which ''do'' share continuity with each other, were also released out of order: [[Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConanTheMovie the movie]] was released before the [[Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConan TV special]], but in this case the switcheroo was due to the video for the latter being... ''[[https://twitter.com/BradyHartel/status/1530548737810083840 rather messy]]'', so the movie wound up releasing first while the team went work fixing up the TV special.
* TakeThat: When asked if PDF files for ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'''s subtitles would still need downloading, like in a previous release of the series, Discotek responded "We would never freaking do that."
* VanillaEdition: Usually averted, as their releases tend to include at least one extra. The only time this was played straight was with their second release of ''Lupin III (Green Jacket)'', which was cheaper than the previous release, but included none of the rather extensive special features.
** The Blu Ray of the Green Jacket series has most of the extras restored, save for the pilot mentioned above.
** Their upcoming box sets of the original ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' TV series are also a very notable case where Discotek played this trope straight. While you'd think that a release of ''one of the most important anime of the 1980s'' would have to include some sort of bonus feature, especially given that their releases of the films generally averted this trope by at least including a trailer or two, the reason it applies to these sets in particular is because Discotek were ''[[https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1553561706671923200 explicitly not allowed to include any extras at all]]''.

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