Tag: Blu-Ray Release

Discotek Media Licenses Kamen Rider Black for North American Distribution

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Recently, Distock Media hosted their “A Very Spooktacular Discotek Day” livestream to announce their upcoming home media releases. However, their stream kicked off with a bang, as their next title under their Toku Time label is Kamen Rider Black! Yes, Kamen Rider Black is joining Discotek Media’s library, and not joining the Shout! Factory line-up of releases. For those unaware, the series is the eighth installment in the long-running Kamen Rider franchise, having aired from October 4, 1987 to October 9, 1988. The series spans across 51 episodes, two television…

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Discotek Media Announces Space Sheriff Gavan the Series on Blu-Ray

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Recently, Discotek Media announced at their Otakon 2022 panel that they will be distributing another Metal Hero series on Blu-Ray. Now, this time the company will be distributing the original Metal Hero series, Space Sheriff Gavan! For those unaware, the entire Metal Hero franchise began with this show in 1982 and it consisted of 44-episodes. The series stars legendary tokusatsu actor and stuntman, Kenji Ohba as the titular character. Whereas, the series premise is about an intergalactic cop named Retsu Ichijouji who transforms into Gavan to battle crime syndicates. However,…

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Shout! Factory Announces Kamen Rider Kuuga & Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman on Home Video

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Earlier today, the Shout! Factory booth accidentally revealed that the company will be releasing two new tokusatsu home video releases. However, they quickly fixed their mistake, even though it was too late, to officially make the announcement at their panel. Now, Shout! Factory’s first announcement was that they will be physically releasing Kamen Rider Kuuga on Blu-Ray. For those unaware, the company previously made the series available for streaming through their site, Pluto TV, and Tubi in 2020. Surprisingly, Shout! Factory exclaimed that they underestimated the demand for physical media,…

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Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 1 Coming to Blu-Ray

Ben Odinson

Good morning heroes! Today, we got some amazing news coming from Discotek Media, as they are releasing a digitally remastered Digimon Digital Monsters Season 1. Now, it will be upscaled to 1080p thanks to AstroRes with two separate releases. The first being the original Saban dubbed version being released in late 2022, and then the uncut Japanese version will follow later. Whereas, I cannot believe that this first season is getting a remaster. Especially since the Digimon fans I know outside of the Hero-Club staff oddly feel as though they…

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Constantine: The House of Mystery Trailer

Ben Odinson

We have the trailer for the upcoming DC Showcase- Constantine: The House of Mystery which is set to be a rated R animated film. It is set to come out sometime in 2022, there’s no actual date for when it is set to come out on Blu-Ray and Digital. Not much else to really say about the trailer, it’s John Constantine dealing with some magical hi-jinks. A typical day for the practitioner of magic as he likes to call himself. Also in this showcase we have animated shorts including The…

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Mill Creek Entertainment Officially Announces Gridman the Hyper Agent Blu-Ray Set

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Yesterday, Mill Creek Entertainment the distributor of the Ultra Series, officially announced the release for Gridman the Complete Series set. Now, this set was rumored to be in production since Mill Creek Entertainment acquired the Ultra Series library in 2019. In addition, its release was recently leaked through a listing found on the online retailer, Deep Discount. Nevertheless, North American fans will finally have a chance to own the original Gridman series on Blu-Ray this Summer. Titled, Gridman the Hyper Agent, this Blu-Ray set will include the original 39 episodes of Tsuburaya Productions’…

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Arrow Video Announces The Daimajin Trilogy (Limited-Edition Blu-Ray)

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Yesterday, UK home video distributor Arrow Video announced that they will be releasing The Daimajin Trilogy in North America. The release will feature all three Daimajin films fully restored in high definition 1080p on Blu-Ray. In addition, the films will be presented in dual-audio with its original Japanese, and English dubs. Furthermore, each of the three films will feature optional subtitle tracks. Also, the set will contain various bonus features for its differing English dubs, commentary tracks, and interviews with staff. Whereas, bonus features will have film historians looking in-depth…

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Gundam Build Divers North American Blu-Ray Announced

Michael Lederhos

Today at their Virtual Momocon Panel, RightStuf and Nozomi Entertainment announced that they will be releasing Gundam Build Divers to Blu-Ray in North America! The 2018 anime series wasn’t previously announced by Nozomi like other Gundam series Blu-Rays so this is quite a surprise to fans. Also a surprise is to see Nozomi Entertainment producing this release as the series was streamed on Funimation Now. This had led to fan speculation that Funimation would release the Blu-Ray as they had done for Gundam: Iron Blood Orphans. The set will feature all 25 episodes, the Bang Zoom English Dub and a plethora of bonus features! Check out all the details…

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Mill Creek Entertainment Announces Neo Ultra Q the Complete Series

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Last night, Mill Creek Entertainment officially announced their next Ultra Series release, Neo Ultra Q the complete series. Now, this upcoming title was not previously teased through promotional material. However, its confirmation is an awesome and unexpected surprise. For those unaware, Neo Ultra Q is billed as the second season to the original Ultra Q series from 1965. Whereas, the 2004 series, Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy began as a sequel, but eventually was revealed to be an alternate universe. Neo Ultra Q is the 24th installment in the overall franchise,…

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Gundam Build Fighters Special Build Disc NA Blu-Ray Announced

Michael Lederhos

Nozomi Entertainment and RightStufAnime have revealed the next Gundam Blu-Ray release for North America. Hailing from the world of Build Fighters, we have the Gundam Build Fighters Special Build Disc. This collection includes the post-series specials for Gundam Build Fighters and Gundam Build Fighters Try. A very similar release, with the same name, was released in Japan in 2018. Gundam Build Fighters Special Build Disc Blu-Ray Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars The Try Fighters have been invited to a tropical island to be test pilots for Nielsen Labs! Shia, Minato and Gyanko have been invited, too. But there’s trouble in paradise……

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