First Details About New Manga Entertainment DVDs

AnimeNation has confirmed some rather disappointing facts about Manga Entertainment’s upcoming DVD releases of Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh and Bounty Dog. Both DVDs are dubbed only, and Dangaioh is heavily edited.

The insert included in the forthcoming Manga Entertainment Dangaioh DVD explains that, “This feature is comprised of two episodes originally known as ‘The Spiral Knuckle of Tears’ and ‘Gil Burg: Demon of Revenge.'” While the original 1990 American release of Dangaioh from US Renditions included all 3 Dangaioh OAVs uncut and subtitled, the upcoming Manga Entertainment DVD is a “movie” version of OAV episodes 2 & 3, editing the original Japanese series running time of 120 minutes down to a single 70 minute long American DVD. As a result of the heavy editing and alteration, the Dangaioh DVD includes only 2.0 and 5.1 English dubbed audio, no subtitles or original Japanese language audio.

The Manga Entertainment DVD version of Bounty Dog is uncut and unedited, but is presented with 2.0 and 5.1 English dubbed audio only.