The Toei Classic Anime Movie Collection

[WTK]

via SciFi Japan

...William Winckler has had a long career of acting, directing, writing and producing. From bit roles in television series and motion pictures to dubbing TEKKAMAN to making films of his own like THE DOUBLE-D AVENGER, Winckler has done just about every job you can imagine in Hollywood. Now he is returning to Japanese animation in a big way!

For the last two years, he has been hard at work, putting together THE TOEI CLASSIC ANIME MOVIE COLLECTION! These are some of the most famous Japanese cartoons ever, with all-new English dubbing from Winckler-Oya Inc. The first wave is made up of 23 full-length feature films running 90 to 120 minutes each on all new HD masters!

This amazing collection includes iconic properties such as DANGUARD ACE, the famous giant robot cartoon immortalized in the Stan Lee Marvel Comic SHOGUN WARRIORS, the infamous SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK, GAIKING, the robot character based on the famous toy from MATTEL’S SHOGUN WARRIORS toy line, FIST OF THE NORTH STAR, the popular 1980’s MAD MAX inspired series, STARZINGER, the favorite cartoon seen throughout the U.S. in FORCE FIVE and many other favorites!...


Movies in the 23 FILM PACKAGE include –

GAIKING
Earth’s transforming giant robot Gaiking must be used to stop the evil Zelan invaders and their monster robots. BASED ON THE FAMOUS MATTEL SHOGUN WARRIORS TOY!

GAIKING 2
The battle against the evil alien Zelans continues, and our planet’s only hope is the super transforming robot Gaiking.

GAIKING 3
The saga concludes as the Zelans, and Earth’s transforming robot Gaiking, face off in their final battle.

DANGUARD ACE
Evil scientist Doppler will stop at nothing to destroy the giant transforming robot Danguard Ace, so that he can conquer a new planet. BASED ON THE FAMOUS SHOGUN WARRIORS MARVEL COMIC BOOK BY STAN LEE!

DANGUARD ACE 2
The giant transforming robot Danguard Ace, must battle Doppler’s fleet of space robots, in a race to the new planet.

DANGUARD ACE 3
The saga continues in deep space as Doppler’s evil robots fight the transforming Danguard Ace over control of the new planet.

SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK
Renegade space pirate Captain Harlock and his crew must stop evil alien plant women, the Mazone, from conquering Earth. CLASSIC ANIME CHARACTER SEEN THEATRICALLY IN THE U.S.!

SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK 2
Space pirate Captain Harlock must rescue the daughter of his ship’s designer from the evil clutches of the Mazone aliens.

THE ADVENTURES OF NADJA
Young orphan girl Nadja Applefield, is a traveling dancer who is in search of her mother. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GIRL ANIMES IN JAPAN!

THE ADVENTURES OF NADJA 2
Young Nadja must outsmart her evil uncle Herman, in order to finally meet her long lost mother.

FIST OF THE NORTH STAR – THE SHIN SAGA
Super martial arts fighter Kenshiro must battle his evil rival Shin over the love of his girlfriend Julia. ICONIC ANIME SERIES SEEN THROUGHOUT THE U.S. – CHANGED THE FACE OF JAPANESE CARTOONS FOREVER! A FAN FOLLOWING OF MILLIONS!

FIST OF THE NORTH STAR – THE RAY SAGA
Hokto master Kenshiro must help his martial arts brother Ray defeat the sinister Yuda.

FIST OF THE NORTH STAR – THE SOUTHER SAGA
Super fighter Kenshiro must avenge the death of his Hokto brother by crushing the evil Souther.

FIST OF THE NORHT STAR – THE TOKI SAGA
Kenshiro must stop two martial arts masters who are brothers, Toki and Raul, from destroying each other.

FIST OF THE NORTH STAR – THE RAUL SAGA
Evil martial arts fighter Raul intends to be master of the world, and only Hokto fighter Kenshiro can stop him.

FIST OF THE NORTH STAR – THE KAIOH SAGA
Super martial arts fighter Kenshiro faces the toughest opponent he’s ever had, Kaioh, the sinister brother of Raul.

STARZINGER
Three powerful androids must assist Princess Aurora on her dangerous journey to the Great Planet, in order to restore balance in the universe! KNOWN TO MILLIONS ON U.S. TV FROM FORCE FIVE!

STARZINGER 2
Princess Aurora and her three android bodyguards must battle sinister space monsters and deadly robots, on their journey to the Great Planet.

STARZINGER 3
Princess Aurora and her android bodyguards finally reach the Great Planet, but are ambushed by terrifying alien monsters.

LUN LUN THE FLOWER GIRL
Pixie girl Lun Lun, and her magical talking dog and cat, must search for a special flower that will bring peace and happiness. KNOWN TO MILLIONS ON U..S. TV AS ANGEL.

LUN LUN THE FLOWER GIRL 2
Lun Lun and her talking dog and cat must keep a magical flower out of the hands of an evil pixie girl!

KITARO’S GRAVEYARD GANG
Little zombie boy Kitaro, and his ghost and goblin friends, must prevent an evil wizard from becoming king of the monsters. ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC PROPERTIES IN ANIME HISTORY, FEATURING THE VOICE OF BUTCH PATRICK (THE MUNSTERS)!

KITARO’S GRAVEYARD GANG 2
Zombie boy Kitaro and his ghost and goblin friends must stop an evil wizard from flooding Earth!

EDIT:

Most of our movies have successfully aired/been broadcast throughout Japan on the Toei Animation Broadband Channel. They started airing in early this year, in 2011. The movies are in English and are enjoyed by English speaking and Non-English speaking Japanese audiences. For those of you who want to see our 23 anime movies for Toei on DVD in America, I encourage fans to write to Toei in Japan and tell them so!

Mr. Takahashi, CEO
Toei Animation Co. Ltd.
58, Yokodera-machi, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 162-0831, JAPAN

[MelancholicMariya]

I don't really understand how any of this was possible without licensing these anime movies first.

Like if you have brand new HD masters for all of these movies and aren't allowed to release them then... How has this person been acquiring these masters?

[WTK]

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

I don't really understand how any of this was possible without licensing these anime movies first.

Like if you have brand new HD masters for all of these movies and aren't allowed to release them then... How has this person been acquiring these masters?

I'm not sure how this exactly works. In any case, here is the previous thread on this if you are curious: link.

[MelancholicMariya]

Originally Posted by WTK

I'm not sure how this exactly works. In any case, here is the previous thread on this if you are curious: link.

I read those posts and I read the interview again. It's saying that Toei Animation is the distributor, and that these movies are not aimed at us, at all. They're aimed at mainstream America.

I can't decipher if what he means by this specific paragraph is, if we want Japanese audio we'll find a way or they're including it on the possible DVD's.

Look, if hardcore anime fans just want their anime in Japanese, they can watch it that way, no problem… but for the rest of “mainstream America”… which is what Toei executives wanted… that was the target audience… fine English dubbing is what was needed. Most people don’t want to “read a movie,” they want to watch it. Mr. Morishita knew what he was doing.

And apparently Mr. Morishita doesn't know what he's talking abouuutt. If you're releasing shit like Captain Harlock in 2011 you shouldn't be trying to appeal to the Disney crowd, you should try appeal to the people who are almost begging for Galaxy Express 999 and Captain Harlock to get it's ass over here. We kind of would love to see these two series' even if we had to "read it" in it's original form.

I'm just being pissy now, I guess. I just wish Discotek got Captain Harlock.

[JacksonHoltorp]

So updates at last huh?

Hope it actually says "Raoh" though.... (should be "Rei" too but since Rei and Ray sound similar I'll let that one go)

Assuming the dub isn't that bad I might buy these Fist of the North Star compilation movies (when available).

Still waiting for Sentai Filmworks to license The Legends of the True Savior movie saga...

I bought Collection 1 of the TV series but won't buy the rest since I don't buy sub-only DVDs.

(If anyone cares I have watched the rest of the series subbed online so you can't say I'm missing out )

[Hrld]

For a second there, I thought we were getting the fairy tale shows that were shown on Nickelodeon's "Special Delivery" in the late 80's.

Any chance any of these fine movies will end up in Syndication? I'd watch one if it were on late night or Sunday afternoon. Purchasing? Naw, this ain't my cup of tea.

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

And apparently Mr. Morishita doesn't know what he's talking abouuutt. If you're releasing shit like Captain Harlock in 2011 you shouldn't be trying to appeal to the Disney crowd, you should try appeal to the people who are almost begging for Galaxy Express 999 and Captain Harlock to get it's ass over here.

Is Toei going to learn another lesson the hard way? I wonder if they have a distaste for the North American anime industry and consumer?

[kakugo]

Seriously, Toei? Are you guys that naive, or is there some weird masochistic plan to continue bleeding money here in North America?

You just can't sell 30 year old animation to mainstream America, and Toei should have known this. It isn't 1988 anymore. The only sales you MIGHT get are from old-school fanatics of Matsumoto or Hokuto no Ken who will be picking these up based solely on the hilarity hiding within.

Heck, that might be the first "ironic" purchase I'd fully support people making.

[NJ973201]

Originally Posted by kakugo

The only sales you MIGHT get are from old-school fanatics of Matsumoto or Hokuto no Ken who will be picking these up based solely on the hilarity hiding within.

Heck, that might be the first "ironic" purchase I'd fully support people making.

Yeah, after seeing a clip of the Captain Harlock dub, i'm a bit interested in checking these out just for laughs.

[Daimao Raki]

I want the original series and nothing else will do.

[touma]

I really do not understand exactly what is happening, but I think that it is encouraging that somebody is considering releasing some old anime to the R1 market. I do wish them luck but I will not be supporting them financially because these shows are just not my type.
I am not one of those who thinks that they must be stupid for not releasing what I want. These are just not the kind of shows that I like.

If anybody did this with some old magical girl shows, like the Studio Pierrot catalog, I would be all over it. Like that would ever happen.