AnimEigo confirmed Wednesday that the Blu-ray Disc reissue of the Mega zone 23 anime trilogy has been moved to November 12, after a November 10 date was beforehand listed.
The brand new launch contains all the trilogy together with further options corresponding to:
Mega zone 23 began with a 1985 anime motorbike robotic that popularized the collection authentic video animation (OVA) market. The late anime director Noboru Ishiguro (House battleship Yamato, The legend of the galactic heroes) labored collectively together with his Macros And Valley worm character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto (Gunbreaker, Kabaneri of the Iron Fort), mechanical designer Shinji Aramaki (Genesis climber Mospeada, Bubblegum disaster, Apple seed movie director) and different robotic veterans mecha animation. There have been two sequels since then OVA tasks in 1986 and 1989.
AnimEigo beforehand launched one Kickstarter marketing campaign for Mega zone 23 Omega Version, a Blu-ray Disc launch of all three elements of the anime, in August 2019. The marketing campaign reached its $100,000 objective in the future after launch. The Omega Version Blu-ray Disc shipped in March 2021.
AIC introduced in April 2021 that it had entered into an settlement to amass partial possession of the copyrights of the Megazone 23 franchise Toei Companywith the 2 firms now sharing joint possession.
AIC And Toei Company had been each engaged on the Megazone 23 restart venture. The venture included each Megazone 23 SIN – remaking each Megazone 23 And Megazone 23 Half II authentic video anime – and the deliberate model new one Megazone 23 XI follow-up. AIC launched crowdfunding campaigns for promotional movies for the 2 tasks in 2017, and each campaigns achieved their targets.
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