Coming to R1: Galaxy Express 999 and Rose of Versailles

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Re: Coming to R1: Galaxy Express 999 and Rose of Versailles

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In other old-school news, Maiden Japan has licensed the original Patlabor OVA series for U.S. distribution...it will be released on Bluray, too. Is this the first North American BD release of a pre-1990s anime that's NOT a film?

http://www.fandompost.com/2013/01/15/ma ... y-release/
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llj wrote:In other old-school news, Maiden Japan has licensed the original Patlabor OVA series for U.S. distribution...it will be released on Bluray, too. Is this the first North American BD release of a pre-1990s anime that's NOT a film?

http://www.fandompost.com/2013/01/15/ma ... y-release/
I'm not entirely sure what the first North American Blu-Ray release of a pre-1990s anime (non-film) is, but I can confirm that Funimation's DragonBall Z Level Sets (1.1 and 1.2) beat this release to the North American market.
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Re: Coming to R1: Galaxy Express 999 and Rose of Versailles

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I am satisfied with the Patlabor OVA series that USMC already released. I'll pass on that one, but I can imagine that since those older releases are out of distribution, they may have become scarce and in need of a re-release.
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Kame-Sen'nin wrote:
llj wrote:In other old-school news, Maiden Japan has licensed the original Patlabor OVA series for U.S. distribution...it will be released on Bluray, too. Is this the first North American BD release of a pre-1990s anime that's NOT a film?

http://www.fandompost.com/2013/01/15/ma ... y-release/
I'm not entirely sure what the first North American Blu-Ray release of a pre-1990s anime (non-film) is, but I can confirm that Funimation's DragonBall Z Level Sets (1.1 and 1.2) beat this release to the North American market.
Good call. I was thinking of a bunch of obscure stuff when the obvious example was in front of me. :lol:
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llj wrote:
Kame-Sen'nin wrote:
llj wrote:In other old-school news, Maiden Japan has licensed the original Patlabor OVA series for U.S. distribution...it will be released on Bluray, too. Is this the first North American BD release of a pre-1990s anime that's NOT a film?

http://www.fandompost.com/2013/01/15/ma ... y-release/
I'm not entirely sure what the first North American Blu-Ray release of a pre-1990s anime (non-film) is, but I can confirm that Funimation's DragonBall Z Level Sets (1.1 and 1.2) beat this release to the North American market.
Good call. I was thinking of a bunch of obscure stuff when the obvious example was in front of me. :lol:
To be fair, DragonBall Z began airing in 1989, so I think most of us (myself included) tend to associate it with the nineties and the original DragonBall with the eighties.
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