Discotek Media, aka, that company that keeps releasing those old anime

Double post for bump.

Super Dimension Century Orguss and Itazura Na Kiss have been licensed too.

Orguss is one of the two companion shows to Macross, but it didn't go into Robotech.

Also, it has a pretty awesome opening.

Oh, and Flame Of Recca.

edited 17th Jun '14 3:40:31 PM by Zendervai

I've gotta say, these guys must be awesome and that they have earned my respect. I say this because of the fact that they release obscure anime to home video when these particular anime are about to go into obscurity, and that they are willing to get the highest possible quality masters for these anime.

I actually forgot whether Media Blasters had dropped Rayearth or not. Guess we know now!

IGPX has also been rescued, among a few other titles.

edited 21st Nov '14 4:45:35 PM by PikaHikariKT

Sweet, IGPX was one of those shows I always looked forward to back when it was on.

How exactly do they hear a request for one anime to be brought over to the Anglosphere?

Bunch of stuff announced today with a bunch more announcements planned for after the holidays. Most notable are Lupin III: Gravestone of Daisuke Jigen (with a dub in the works!) and both seasons of Yowamushi Pedal.

More new announcements!

(Deep breath): Night On The Galactic Railroad, the Darkstalkers OVA, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, the Street Fighter II theatrical film, the Street Fighter II US cartoon, Robot Carnival, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club Season 1 (Yes really, Funimation has season 2), Recently My Sister Is Unusual, Strike The Blood, Seha Girls, Galilei Donna, Arpeggio Of Blue Steel, Shining Tears X Wind and lastly, Earl and Fairy.

Discotek now has some sort of partnership with Crunchyroll for titles that no one else picked up but that did really well streaming, I guess. Too bad "Recently my Sister is Unusual" got in there since that show is...urgh.

edited 3rd Feb '15 7:56:45 PM by Zendervai

Dangit, almost had me with Arpeggio, but it looks like all the new stuff is subtitled only.

They're considering a dubbed rerelease with Free...heck, that's practically not an option if they want to avoid angry fangirls; they'll HAVE to enlist Funi's help.

The Crunchy partnership makes me cross my fingers that at the very least they'll pick up Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki.

edited 3rd Feb '15 8:43:14 PM by PikaHikariKT

They're also licensing the Sega Hard Girls anime.

So...Discotek licensed Kemono Friends some time ago, and it was released on Blu-Ray just recently. Not only did they commission a complete English dub for it, they even hired actual zookeepers to narrate the informational eyecatches and sent donations to various wildlife organizations. Wow, they've really come so far, and I'm so proud of them!

Wow. Talk about going the extra mile. That dedication.

How do I convince them to do Rose Of Versailles and give it a dub this time around? That anime REALLY deserves a gosh darn dub!

Oh, and check out the Kemono bloopers someone posted on You Tube while you're at it. They're hilarious! Highlights include:

• The cast abusing the Chungus meme to high heaven.
• Amanda Lee's You Tube career constantly being mentioned.
• Royal Penguin (voiced by Amanda Lee aka AmaLee) referencing various memetic songs such as I'm on a Boat, the Cha Cha Slide, and Despacito.
• Serval saying "Peace out, home skillets!"
• Moose shouting "EVERY WOMAN IS MY TARGET!!"
• Lucky Beast saying "Yeet" in a deadpan voice.
• The black Cerulean saying stuff like "My Waifu!!" and "Kawaii!" in a deep, creepy, low pitched masculine voice.
• Serval using the famous "Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?" line from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia only replacing egg with Japari Bun.

Edited by TwilightPegasus on Oct 14th 2019 at 3:02:08 PM

Well I'm looking forward to see them do the work for the Ninja Senshi Tobikage. A lot of people pitched in to help finds the dubs used in Asia/Middle East. A guy from Kuwait pitched it by sending the recorded episodes done in English.