New Media Blasters Title Announcements

Media Blasters has announced several new titles scheduled for release in July, including at least one new license announcement.

The first of two volumes of eX-Driver will premier on dubbed VHS and bilingual DVD on July 30th containing 3 of 6 OAV episodes. Created by Kousuke (Ah! My Goddess, You’re Under Arrest) Fujishima, eX-Driver is an action/adventure drama about a team of teen “eX-Drivers” in the not-too distant future that have the licenses and skills to drive manual, gasoline powered cars when normal cars are all robot controlled. The eX-Driver’s job is to stop runaway auto-cars before they cause crashes or accidents.

In a surprise announcement, the first 4 of 13 episodes of last year’s Cosmo Warrior Zero TV series will also premier on dubbed VHS and bilingual DVD on July 30th. A Captain Harlock side-story, Cosmo Warrior Zero tells the story of Harlock’s former best friend, Admiral Warrius Zero, who is ordered to hunt down and capture the renegade space pirate.

Mainstream titles scheduled for release in July include Berserk volume 2, Gokudo volume 3, and Rurouni Kenshin volume 20: Soulless Knights, containing episodes 83-86 of 95.

The adult titles Spy of Darkness and Oni-Tensei, featuring all 4 OAV episodes on one disc, will debut on DVD in July as well.

The eX-Driver DVD will retail for $24.95 while all of the other aforementioned titles except Oni-Tensei will retail for $29.95 on DVD. Oni-Tensei will retail for $39.95 although it’s the same running time as Gokudo and Cosmo Warrior Zero, and 25 minutes shorter than the Berserk DVD.