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Discotek Media is going to release the last of the giant robot anime series that I really wanted. Blue Comet SPT Layzner will be released on Blu-ray December 26, 2023. https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=33449

Latest info on possible Alita sequel - https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a2614 ... e-trailer/

Laurine White - Still here in March 2023, still have health problems, but thanks to an operation, at least I've stopped losing weight. Also cataract surgery earlier this year. Before, I could read without glasses; now I need glasses to read. I haven't been to the last few Sac Anime-cons; either the ...

Eastern Star (Discotek Media) is releasing the giant robot anime TV series, Psycho Armor Govarian, on Blu-ray (SDBD) on February 25, 2020. According to Wikipedia, the series was originally aired from July 6, 1983 to December 38, 1983, 26 episodes. More about the series at https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Hoping I'm not just posting some news already here. The Xabungle Blu-ray has episodes 1 - 50 and the movie. Pre-order discount at https://www.rightstufanime.com/Xabungle-Blu-ray Space Runaway Ideon has episodes 1 - 39 and movies 1 - 2. Pre-order discount at https://www.rightstufanime.com/Space-Runaw...

Laurine White is still around, but I'm not active here, spend time now posting on an Asian film forum. I'm still at the same addy. The last Anime Sacramento show at my house was in January 2016. I was already slowing down, but was talked into a Prevnar13 shot by my doctor in Oct '16. That may have r...

The sweepstakes offer was on the pre-order page yesterday morning. I just checked and the sweepstakes offer is gone already.

BUT... I Googled the Anime Expo sweepstakes and it's on http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=14103044011
Deadline to enter the contest is April 25, 2016.

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but the Dororo Anime TV Series from 1969 is now available on DVD for pre-order on Amazon - it will be released on April 26, released by Eastern Star (Discotek Media). The series was based on a manga by Osamu Tezuka. Dororo was also made into a Japanese li...

Some good discounts right now on Discotek pre-orders at
http://www.rightstufanime.com/category/ ... STERN-STAR

Super Dimension Century Orguss DVD marked down from $69.95 to $45.48.
Robot Carnival DVD is discounted to lower than the price on Amazon - $17.97

It's not old-school, just a reboot, but on July 28th, Funimation will release a combo-pack of 009 Re:Cyborg The Movie, the 2012 anime feature film by Kenji Kamiyama. I've been looking for this one, based on an interesting Youtube trailer.

http://shop.funimation.com/The-Movie_57