Tag: Discotek Media

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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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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[Sneak Peak] David Kaye on the Fatal Fury OVAs & Film

Hero Club

The following clip is a preview for our staff member, Zeltrax Millennium’s next interview, which releases on his birthday. So, in this upcoming interview, Zeltrax will be talking with the iconic voice actor, David Kaye. Many people should recognize him for his extensive work with Transformers having voiced Megatron in Beast Wars and the Unicron Trilogy. However, David Kaye also performed as the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime in Transformers Animated. Also, another notable role of David Kaye’s that fan should recognize is time as Inuyasha’s brother Sesshomaru.   Whereas, the…

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Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu Ep 87 – Destroy All Decks! A Godzilla TCG & Unused Kaiju!

Hero Club

Welcome to an all-new episode of Hero Club’s first original podcast, “Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu!” Today’s episode is us trying to ride out our Godzilla hype-train following King of the Monsters. However, with the new Godzilla Card Game, and us talking about the Tristar cartoon our Godzilla hype-train may continue. Yet, another high begins drawing up on us, as a lot of new Power Rangers items were also revealed recently. We have things like new Heroes of the Grid expansions, a SDCC Lightning Collection release, and more! Hopefully this does…

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Discotek Media Announces MegaBeast Inspector Juspion Home Video Release Date

Pak Hanu

Disctotek Media has updated their official Facebook page with the home video release details for MegaBeast Inspector Juspion. For those who not aware, the company initially announced that they licensed the series at Otakon 2018. The series aired in Japan as apart of Toei’s Metal Hero series under the name Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion. The series premiered in March 1985 and ended in March the following year with a total of 46 episodes.   MegaBeast Inspector Juspion will be released on SDBD this August with a list price of $49.95 and is currently available at Rightstuf…

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Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier SDBD Release Date Announced

Pak Hanu

Discotek Media has updated their official Facebook page with the release details for the SDBD release of Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier. For those who are not aware, Discotek announced that they would be releasing the series on SDBD at Otakon 2017. the series will be released on SDBD on July 25, 2019. Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Solider is an anime series that premiered in Japan in 2001 and also aired on Toonami in 2003.  The series was a retelling of the original 1964 Cyborg 009 manga series. https://www.facebook.com/Discotekmedia/photos/rpp.147168055312297/2602551369773941/?type=3&theater The series will retail for $69.95 although it is…

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Discotek Media Announces October 2018 Blu-ray Releases

Pak Hanu

Discotek Media has recently updated their official Facebook page with the announcement of some upcoming Blu-ray releases. The new announced licensed home video releases will be released on October 30. Those who are interested can pre-order their copies at Rightstuf. The new releases include: Goshogun   Coming October 30th 2018! The Goshogun TV series on Blu Ray! Rightstuf pre-order link: https://www.rightstufanime.com/Goshogun-Blu-ray Japanese with English subtitles, 1080p, Region A. Former soldier Shingo Hojo, French spy Remy Shimada, and Bronx gangster Killy Gagley aren’t exactly your “hero of justice” types. They’d rather be flirting, bantering,…

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Otakon 2018: Discotek Media Anime Home Video Releases

Pak Hanu

Over the weekend, Discotek Media updated their twitter page with the several new Anime home video release announcements that was first revealed at Otakon 2018. Now, while most of these newly licensed home video releases do not have set release dates it is still great to see several fan favorites among the upcoming releases.   The new releases include: Six God Combination Godmars God Mars is heading to SDBD!! 64 episodes in standard definition, subtitled in English! pic.twitter.com/TCeeKJF9FF — 💿Discotek Media (@discotekmedia) August 12, 2018 Chōdenji Machine Voltes V VOLTES V is coming to…

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Discotek Media Licenses Space Wolf Juspion & Message From Space: Galactic Wars

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Today at Otakon, Discotek Media announced during their panel that they acquired the license for the fourth Metal Hero series, Space Wolf Juspion. For those unaware, the Metal Hero series are tokusatsu programs produced by Toei. In addition, a handful of these series were adapted in America by Saban Brand as VR Troopers and the Big Bad Beetleborgs. However, Juspion was one of the many to not be adapted, but managed to become an internationally known series.   Space Wolf Juspion’s summary via Wikipedia: While reading the Galaxy Bible, Ejin learns…

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