Forum - View topicNEWS: Discotek Adds Locke the Superman Anime
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walw6pK4Alo
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Must have been cheap, because while it may have been popular in the VHS days (I doubt it), I've only come across it twice in any recent time span. Once when I was searching Ishiguro projects (and that was a sequel OVA), and another time when the Destroy All Podcasts guys likened it to Cosmo Police Justy. There's also that Mike Toole article, but I hadn't read it until just a minute ago. It's definitely not some old warm nostalgic title that people remember well like some of the other shows these guys have brought back from the depths.
Back to Toole's article, I'm sad I missed it because I would have enjoyed talking about Leda and that it would be awesome to see it licensed again. The remaster is gorgeous, the lines are sharp and colors pop. It's probably one of the most visually attractive OVAs from that era. |
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Surrender Artist
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I did not see that one coming.
I had heard the title once or twice over the years, but I knew nothing about it until I read Mike Toole's column about anime that were never released on DVD. I'll certainly consider it; the film could be interesting to watch, I find things from that era particularly interesting, and I'd like to reward DiscoTek for good behavior. |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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The only time I've ever heard that name (Locke) before was during Final Fantasy III. I first played this game several years after 1994 Square Enix (back in those days, Square Soft owned Final Fantasy, as everyone knows, Enix and Square soft merged years ago.)
While I did recently (year or so ago) bought this game for my Nintendo Wii, It's actually been over an entire decade since I last heard that name come up at all. Last time I talked about Final Fantasy III was during the time Enix was it's own company and had forums. What are the chances of me finding an anime series with the same name of a Final Fantasy character that has only been used once in Final Fantasy games released so far? Here is link to the Final Fantasy character, Locke, just to show anyone who hasn't played Final Fantasy 3 some basic information. http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Locke_Cole On topic: As anyone could guess, this is the first time I've ever heard of this anime. I forgot that Discotek is still around, I've only heard news of them maybe once or twice. Nice work though Discotek, don't really hear news of any company picking up older series from the 80's that never went into dvd form. |
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enurtsol
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Haha, most Gringos probably haven't heard of this!
Used to be, you'd often encounter Locke in discussions about the most powerful beings in the world, along with Goku, Cthulhu, various Marvel and DC characters pre-retcon, etc. Last edited by enurtsol on Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:48 am; edited 1 time in total |
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R.G.
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Did you know that this was renamed Locke the Superpower in order to avoid confusion with a certain Man of Steel . . .
(and possible lawsuits from DC as well) |
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Myaow
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~*~No horrible Hong Kong dub, no buy~*~
Just kidding. Discotek is such a rock star among licensors! |
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kawaiibunny3
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I'm honestly hoping it comes with that old wacky dub
I mean c'mon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsKP4v7FcGg I'll still buy it regardless, but y'know, it would make a nice bonus. love you lots Discotek~<3 |
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Chrno2
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AH SHEEEEEEEET!!! Now we can replace the donated VHS tape we have. Now they should grab 'Cosmo Justy' and 'Ai City'. More classics Discotek.
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Lord Geo
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I was planning on watching the Locke animes soon, but it looks like I'll wait for Discotek's release now. Hopefully the other three Locke animes will come after this one.
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chojinnlocke
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YES!!!!! I own the Japanese DVD but it doesn't have subs (ouch that one was expensive!)
I do hope they include the terrible dub as well. My brother and I used to use the line "You Can't imagine the deadly time I had on that hellhole Star!" when we had a bad day at work or school. And "You're Quite CRAZY!!" is my Xbox tagline. So far, only a few people have gotten it. I wish Diskotek would give Dallos a sub release as well. |
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TheHTRO
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Moreover, before CPM had it, it was released by Celebrity Home Entertainment under their "Just For Kids" imprint under the very name you mention. EDIT: Anime Nation is saying that Best Film and Video released it in 1995. However, I can't be sure if it was them instead of CHE, or if they licensed it after CHE but before CPM. |
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JuicyB
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Never heard of this one, but I'm interested. I've got a weakness for these old anime movies.
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Lord Geo
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Discotek answered this on Facebook. Locke will be a dual-audio release. |
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KabaKabaFruit
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Maybe we need to play Disco Inferno every time Discotek gets a new anime license.
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Surrender Artist
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Boss. That's like twice the entertainment, even if it's not all entertaining in the way intended. What these releases could really use is some extra features. I know that it probably doesn't in most cases behoove Discotek to go to the expense, but I think that they could add a lot of value for the cost of buying Mike Toole a bottle of Jack Daniels. |
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