From: trebor@foretune.co.jp (Robert J Woodhead)
Subject: ANIMEIGO : BUBBLEGUM CRISIS ON LASERDISC
Summary: Product Announcement
Keywords: animeigo bubblegum crisis laserdisc ld
Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd.
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 07:34:35 GMT


For Immediate Release					August 15, 1992

	    ANIMEIGO ANNOUNCES THE LASERDISC RELEASE OF THE
	    JAPANESE CYBERPUNK SF CLASSIC "BUBBLEGUM CRISIS"

AnimEigo, Inc., the leading releasor of subtitled Japanese Animation
("Anime") in the United States, today announced that it will be releasing
its hit animated SF series, "Bubblegum Crisis," on LaserDisc.

According to Janice Hindle, U.S. General Manager of AnimEigo, "The
success of our first LaserDisc, "Vampire Princess Miyu," not to mention
the huge number of requests by fans for a Crisis LaserDisc set, has
convinced us that a substantial and growing market for subtitled Japanese
animation on LaserDisc exists, and we expect to release more and more of
our titles in the format."

Targeted at a young adult (18-30) audience, Bubblegum Crisis is an
8-episode "Cyberpunk" Science-fiction series set in Mega-Tokyo in the
years 2032-2033.  It chronicles the adventures of a four-member female
high-tech vigilante group known as the Knight Sabers, who are fighting a
small and lonely war against the evil GENOM megacorporation and its
sinister androids, the Boomers.

All 8 episodes, along with the two Bubblegum Crisis Music-Video albums,
will be released on 4 CLV LaserDiscs.  The first disc, containing the
first three Bubblegum Crisis episodes, will be released November 15th,
1992, and subsequent discs will be released monthly.  The discs have a
suggested retail price of $64.95 each.  In addition, the entire series of
four discs can be ordered on an advance subscription basis for $220.00.

Furthermore, if you have already purchased one or more Bubblegum Crisis
episodes on VHS tape, you can "upgrade" to LaserDisc by mailing in the
packaging wraps from the episodes you already own along with your order
for the subscription.  For each wrap you send, you'll get $10 off the
subscription price, which means you can have all of Bubblegum Crisis on
LaserDisc for as little as $140.  Each wrap submitted must be from a
different Crisis episode; the back of the wrap will be stamped with a
mark indicating it has been used, and mailed back to you after your order
has been recorded.

In order to make the most of the higher video quality available on
LaserDisc, the series will be resubtitled onto D2 digital videotape,
using AnimEigo's latest subtitling and syncronization technology, as well
as the improved song translations that were done for the Music Videos.

AnimEigo, founded in 1988, is one of the pioneers of the Japanese
Animation market in the U.S.  Located in Wilmington, N.C. and Tokyo,
Japan, AnimEigo has released more subtitled Japanese Animation than any
other company.  AnimEigo has 8 programs or series, totalling almost 100
titles, under license, with 19 titles currently in release.

Already in release are "MADOX-01," a parody of the "giant robot" genre,
"Riding Bean," a fast-paced action adventure set in modern day Chicago,
all 8 episodes of "Bubblegum Crisis," all 3 episodes of "Bubblegum
Crash," the sequel series to Bubblegum Crisis, both volumes of "Vampire
Princess Miyu," an elegantly chilling horror series (on both tape and
LaserDisc), the first two volumes of "Kimagure Orange Road," a psychic
love-comedy, and the first Bubblegum Crisis Music-Video.  Coming in the
remainder of 1992 are three remaining "Kimagure Orange Road" volumes, the
second Bubblegum Crisis Music-Video, "Urusei Yatsura," Japan's most
outrageous animated comedy, and the Bubblegum Crisis LaserDiscs.

For more information about AnimEigo products, or to order, call Janice
Hindle or Peter Haswell at (919) 251-1850.

Upcoming AnimEigo Releases
Street	Title						Price	Catalog #
09/01	Kimagure Orange Road Volume 3 (2 episodes)	39.95	AT092-008
10/01	Kimagure Orange Road Volume 4 (2 episodes)	39.95	AT092-009
10/08	Urusei Yatsura Volume 1 (Episodes 1-4)		39.95	AT092-101
10/15	Bubblegum Crisis Music Video			19.95	AT092-012
10/22	Urusei Yatsura Movie : "Only You"		39.95	AT092-201
11/01	Kimagure Orange Road the Motion Picture		39.95	AT092-010
11/08	Urusei Yatsura Volume 2 (Episodes 5-8)		39.95	AT092-102
11/15	Bubblegum Crisis LD #1 - Episodes 1-3		64.95	AD092-002
11/22	Urusei Yatsura Movie : "Beautiful Dreamer" ***	39.95	AT092-202
12/08	Urusei Yatsura Volume 3 (Episodes 9-12)		39.95	AT092-103
12/22	Urusei Yatsura Movie : "Remember My Love"	39.95	AT092-203
12/15	Bubblegum Crisis LD #2 - Episodes 4 & 5		64.95	AD092-003
01/15	Bubblegum Crisis LD #3 - Episodes 6 & 7		64.95	AD092-004
02/15	Bubblegum Crisis LD #4 - Episodes 8 & Music Vid	64.95	AD092-005

***	Co-release with Central Park Media.
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