Discotek Announces Five New Series For August, Including Noted Shoujo "Marmalade Boy"

Discotek Media has taken to social media with a series of new plans for August releases. The biggest os probably Marmalade Boy, the 1994 76 episode Toei adaptation of Wataru Yoshizumi's shoujo manga. Mo

 

Marmalade Boy part 1 on DVD August 29th 2017! This will include episodes 1-38. We will also release 39-76 and the movie in a part 2 set at a later date.

Miki Koishikawa's parents have always been strange. While deeply caring for their daughter, they're prone to wasteful spending, oversleeping, and even taking extravagant trips. And their latest trip to Hawaii has brought back something truly outrageous: love. Not for each other, but for a different couple entirely! With her parents planning to divorce and swap partners with the Matsuuras, Miki's life is turned upside down with a new, highly abnormal family all living together in one house. To top it off, the Matsuuras have a son named Yuu exactly Miki's age, and he's too gorgeous for words. For better or for worse, this is Miki's life now, but adjusting won't be easy when jealous rivals and old flames enter the mix! Dip into the pot of classic shoujo with this first collection of Marmalade Boy, containing the first 38 episodes! This includes the original Japanese language with English subtitles, and the English dub.

 

There will also be an SDBD for 1986's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for August 29th 2017.

 

Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective. The complete series on DVD coming August 29th 2017

A vampire with no past, on a mission to atone for his sins against humanity, Shido is a private detective with a secret obsession. The Nightbreed - a supernatural race of demons even more sinister than his own kind - have descended on the city, taking possession of human bodies which they use to wreak havoc and murder. With the beautiful and determined government agent Yayoi hot on his tail, and his vampiric elder Cain intent on bringing Shido back into the fold, the undead vigilante races to keep one step ahead and solve the mysteries of the Nightbreed before it's too late. This complete series collection contains all 12 episodes in Japanese with English subtitles, and the English dub!

 

A Journey Through Fairyland. Coming to DVD August 29th 2017.

Michael is a gifted oboe player, but his heart's not in it. He ignores his musical studies to lose himself in the garden, playing only for the benefit of his beloved flowers. Michael's frustrated teacher gives him an ultimatum: Be serious, or leave the music school forever! Despondent, Michael prepares to say goodbye to the garden. But the floral fairy Florence, so bewitched by his music, bestows a powerful magic wand on Michael, and whisks him away. Will Michael's astonishing adventure with Florence in Fairyland help him rediscover his love of music?

A Journey through Fairyland was released in 1985 under the title Yosei Florence. Four years in the making, the film is a visual and auditory tour de force by Sanrio Films and the legendary director Masami Hata (Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Ringing Bell). Featuring music by Strauss, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and many other famous composers, and vocal performances by real-life stars of the Takarazuka Revue and the Shiki Theatre Company, A Journey Through Fairyland is a magical, musical experience you won’t soon forget! This includes the original Japanese language with English subtitles and the English dub!

 

Nutcracker Fantasy the original 1979 Sanrio film. Coming to DVD August 29th 2017.

This original stop-motion Sanrio production features beautiful photography, lighting, sets, and intricate dolls. They help create a delightful and sometimes dark world complete with the menacing Ragman and a tyrannical two-headed rat queen. After a young girl, Clara, receives a nutcracker from her enigmatic Uncle Drosselmayer, she finds that her precious present is stolen by thieving rats led by Mauslynx, the double-headed rat queen. To win it back, Clara enters a surreal land through her family’s grandfather clock. One of her stops is the Kingdom of Dolls, where she finds the king grieving over his cursed, eternally-asleep daughter, Princess Mary, a doppelganger for Clara herself. She and Franz, the captain of the guards and Mary’s suitor, infiltrate the army of rats in a desperate attempt to dethrone the despot! This includes the original Japanese language with English subtitles and the English dub!

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.