Media Blasters News from Otakon

At this past weekend’s Otakon Convention Media Blasters confirmed tentative plans to begin releasing live action sentai/tokusatsu programs in America next year.

Media Blasters again stated that there’s a possiblility for more Berserk animation sometime in the future, but there are no concrete plans for more Berserk anime right now.

Media Blasters presently has no plans to publish English translations of Japanese genre novels.

The first Giant Robo DVD will be released in a single DVD edition, and in a special edition that includes a big “eye” that will open to reveal slots to hold the four Giant Robo DVDs.

The first DVD volume of Gokusen will be released in a special edition that includes a replica of Kumiko Yamaguchi’s nylon track suit jacket.