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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#1: Jul 16th 2013 at 8:36:17 PM

So, in light of the large batch of titles Discotek has just announced for release (including the Cardcaptor Sakura movie, the original Devilman show, a Mamoru Oshii OVA called Dallos, Great Teacher Onizuka, Jin-Roh and more), I thought it might be a good idea to make a thread dedicated to them.

Their next big release is the complete series of the original Space Pirate Captain Harlock, which I will definitely buy. I have a few of their releases, and they are high-quality and I love them for it.

Discotek's facebook is here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Discotek-Media/147168055312297?hc_location=stream It is where they announce new acquisitions and release dates.

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#2: Jul 16th 2013 at 11:11:37 PM

When's Monster Rancher coming out?

edited 16th Jul '13 11:11:44 PM by lalalei2001

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#3: Jul 17th 2013 at 8:46:25 AM

All we know is 2014. They don't really announce stuff that far ahead of the release date. Like they announced Captain Harlock's August release date a week or two ago.

Firechick12012 Since: Nov, 2012
#4: Jul 17th 2013 at 2:15:14 PM

Actually, in regards to Monster Rancher, they said the first dubbed set is gonna be released in December 2013. Anyway...I LOVE Discotek Media, even though I only have three movies they released (Sea Prince and the Fire Child and the two Unico movies). I only wish they release Ringing Bell and Fairy Florence (aka Journey to Fairyland) so I can complete my Sanrio movie collection.

Edit: Newsflash. Discotek Media has JUST announced a license for Ringing Bell. Cue my rejoicing and squeeing.

edited 25th Jul '13 2:05:54 PM by Firechick12012

Chris Tenacious D time! from Deth Starr Since: Mar, 2013
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#5: Aug 25th 2013 at 12:29:42 AM

I consider Discotek Media to be the animation equivalent to The Criterion Collection. They always make sure that their releases are of the best quality possible, and the titles they rescue would probably have either faded into obscurity or never see a release in the US.

Since they're currently the main distributers for Lupin III, I hope they rerelease The Castle of Cagliostro, with both the Streamline and Manga Entertainment dubs. They did an awesome job with The Mystery of Mamo, and I would love to see the same job done with The Castle of Cagliostro.

The fact that they've licensed the Mega Man and Cybersix shows me that they're willing to rescue western shows as well, in which case, here's to hoping that they rescue Mighty Orbots.

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#6: Aug 28th 2013 at 7:57:23 PM

And now Discotek has licensed Ghost Stories. It's a comedy series that got a really weird (and not really in a good way) gag dub courtesy of everyone's favorite ADR director, Stephen Foster.

It's kind of an interesting pick.

getchman Since: Apr, 2010
#7: Aug 28th 2013 at 9:59:37 PM

everyone pitched in, not just Foster

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#8: Aug 29th 2013 at 11:19:26 AM

[up][up]Wasn't the original (meant to be) just straight-up horror?

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#9: Aug 29th 2013 at 11:23:20 AM

Yeah. Well, really generic horror.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#10: Nov 10th 2013 at 1:13:55 PM

Discotek is making a bunch of new announcements today, so I'll edit this post to add them as they come.

First announcement: The Fatal Fury TV specials, to be released in 2014.

Lupin the 3rd: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis

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edited 10th Nov '13 1:15:57 PM by Zendervai

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#11: Nov 10th 2013 at 8:36:13 PM

I've got three Discotek DV Ds: The Sea Prince and the Fire Child, Animal Treasure Island, and Taro the Dragon Boy. Eventually I'd like to add a couple more to my collection, like the Unico movies, and maybe Ringing Bell.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#12: Nov 11th 2013 at 8:38:58 AM

[up] Discotek is planning on a double feature release of the Unico movies. They might be blu-ray only though.

What are those movies like anyway? I can't really find much information on them.

edited 11th Nov '13 8:39:26 AM by Zendervai

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#13: Nov 11th 2013 at 8:54:28 AM

Oh, if the double feature is Blu-Ray only, I'll track down the DV Ds instead. I don't know much about the Unico movies. I remember reading—several years ago, so my memory might be off—that the first movie was a compilation of episodes from a TV series that never aired. And then they. . . made a sequel, I suppose?

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#14: Nov 11th 2013 at 9:16:41 AM

I meant the other movies.

I do know one of the Unico movies is a musical. I'm completely serious about that.

Nagneto Master Of Malcontent from Temple Of The Damned Since: Oct, 2013
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#15: Nov 21st 2013 at 2:37:13 PM

BLESS THEM.

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#16: Dec 18th 2013 at 8:11:48 PM

Okay, so Fist of the North Star is getting a complete collection on March 25th, and Ghost Stories is getting released on March 25th too.

Also, Lupin the 3rd: Bye Bye Lady Liberty is getting a release on that day too.

edited 18th Dec '13 8:32:03 PM by Zendervai

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
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#17: Dec 20th 2013 at 9:15:11 PM

Yep. I heard Reed Nelson had leaked that Discotek has gotten the UK dub, although I haven't seen confirmation, myself.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#19: Feb 26th 2014 at 8:06:12 PM

Really? I know Discotek sometimes picks the most random stuff, but really?

johnnysasaki Since: Jun, 2012
#20: Feb 26th 2014 at 11:48:32 PM

School Days is infamous enough to sell well,plus the VN was officially released in English(and Shiny Days MAYBE is coming this year since it's JAST we're talking about,though the Kokoro scenes will probably suffer in the localization...),they will already have lots of publicity to sell this.

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
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#21: Mar 26th 2014 at 7:39:56 PM

Squeee!!!

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#23: Apr 10th 2014 at 6:22:35 PM

Both of those sound really interesting.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#25: Jun 16th 2014 at 1:33:03 PM

Discotek has the licenses for Violence Jack, which is interesting, and also Zombie Loan which is apparently a thing.

Oh, and Shin Mazinger Z Impact, the remake/reimagining thing of Mazinger Z from 2009.

edited 16th Jun '14 4:17:50 PM by Zendervai


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