Samurai Pizza Cats is Coming to DVD

WOW! We just got some great news, courtesy of a tip from reader Stephen Couch (thanks!). He pointed us toward the Facebook post by Discotek Media, who put up a great image representing the classic 1991 animated series Samurai Pizza Cats, and captioned it with the words, "Complete series coming soon"! In the comments attached to the picture, they give more details: "English dubbed version and a English subtitled Japanese language version"; "pricing isn't determined yet. The dub and sub versions will be separate releases"; and "Number of boxsets hasn't been determined yet. All 54 episodes for the sub version, and 52 episodes for the dub."

This is all the info we have for you so far, but hopefully Discotek Media will include us in on any updates, including details and package art. Stay tuned!Taken from:

Lupin the 3rd Episode 0 : the First Contact

Amazon currently has a listing for Lupin the 3rd Episode 0: First Contact, which is slated for release on March 20th, 2010. The 92-minute TV Special, which aired in Japan in 2002, will be available from Discotek Media for $24.95. This is the first Lupin DVD out in North America since Geneon stopped the release of the Lupin the 3rd TV show (many episodes of which were directed by Miyazaki), and Funimation finished with the eight TV specials that it licensed in 2002. Unlike the Geneon and Funimation releases, the Discotek DVD won’t have an English dub track, just English subtitles.

Based on the seinen manga created by Monkey Punch, Lupin the 3rd is the saga of a team of super thieves led by Arsene Lupin III, the grandson of the fictional French cat burglar created by Maurice LeBlanc. Hundreds of episodes of various Lupin the 3rd anime series were produced in the 1970s and 1980s along with six theatrical films including a certified classic, Miyazaki’s Castle of Cagliostro, as well as 21 movie-length TV specials that have remained a fixture on Japanese TV right up to the present day.