The three-part OVA, which follows a young biker who is thrown into a dangerous conspiracy, gets its home entertainment debut on November 12; can be preordered now.
Anime distributor AnimEigo has announced the film series Megazone 23 will release on Blu-ray on November 12.
Making its debut in 1985, Megazone 23 ignited the Japanese Original Video Animation (OVA) boom. It was soon joined by a sequel and a 2-part spinoff that takes place centuries later.
The new release from AnimEigo compiles the complete Megazone 23 trilogy, along with an array of bonus features that includes the original ADV Films commentary track; ADV Films English dub tracks for all 3 parts (4 episodes); UK dubs for Megazone 23 Part III; an English subtitled Japanese commentary track with illustrator Gaku Miyao and producer Hiroki Sato; line art galleries; liner notes by noted anime author Giles Poitras, and more.
The creative team on the film series includes Noboru Ishiguro (Macross, Yamato), Ichiro Itano (creator of the “Macross Missile Massacre”), Miyao Gaku (Devil Hunter Yohko), Haruhiko Mikimoto (Macross, Gunbuster), Hideaki Anno (Evangelion), Kenichi Yatagai (Bubblegum Crisis), Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed), Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (Dirty Pair), Emu Arii (Bubblegum Crash), Shiro Sagisu (Evangelion), Koji Morimoto (The Animatrix), Nobuteru Yuki (Vision of Escaflowne), Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshihiro Hirano (Vampire Princess Miyu), Yasuomi Umetsu (Kite), and Hiroyuki Kitazume (Gundam).
In Megazone 23, the year is 1985 - at least, Shogo Yahagi thought it was. The young biker was out living it up on the streets of Tokyo when a deadly encounter with a mysterious motorcycle sent him speeding into danger. With a shadowy cabal now hot on his heels, Shogo realizes he's stepped into the deep end of a conspiracy that's about to tear his reality asunder.
Megazone 23 Blu-ray Edition Features:
- Megazone 23 Parts 1-3
- Complete ADV Films dub for all 3 parts (4 episodes)
- Megazone Part II International Version
- Streamline Pictures dub for Megazone 23 Part 1
- UK dub for Megazone 23 III
- Original ADV Films commentary track
- Japanese commentary with Gaku Miyao & Hiroki Sato
- Original Japanese promos (now soft-subtitled)
- Original US and UK Promos
- Color and line art galleries
- Liner notes by Giles Poitras
Pre-orders for Megazone 23 are available now.
Source: AnimEigo
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