Johnny Kitagawa
Discotek Media announced that they had re-acquired the North American rights to the series during a live Twitch panel from December 14, 2020, mentioning that "7 O'Clock News" would be restored on the upcoming SD Blu-ray release of the first arc in fall 2021 as rights issues had been resolved following the death of Johnny Kitagawa. The second arc will also be released in 2022 as a sub-only release.