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Re: Anime on CD?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:21 pm
by davemerrill
polarisu wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:12 pm I would honestly be interested in seeing if there were any officially licensed VCDs released in the US.

In the 90s, Japanese label "XCENTURY" released a number of Kitty Film titles on VCD. Maison Ikkoku for example, was re-released in 1996. For a relatively short period of time, Japanese prints of popular American movies were also released on VCD. You can see a front and back of an Ikkoku volume:

F: https://i.imgur.com/KGATM4t.png / B: https://i.imgur.com/aqeUmEC.png
I did a little looking and the only official VCD release in North America I could find was Paramount releasing some Star Trek films in that format - under the "CD-i" branding, which is technically a VCD, I suppose? https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/VCD