Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks are bringing director Akiyuki Shinbo's
Time Bokan: Royal Revival to Blu-ray early next year. Tatsunoko Production's two-part OVA series (1993-94) to the original
Time Bokan anime series (1975-76).
Royal Revival streets on February 18, 2014.
Synopsis: The Japanese public goes crazy when it's announced that the beloved and long-running classic anime
Time Bokan will be remade. There's just one problem: the original show was broken into multiple separate series featuring multiple teams of heroes pitted against multiple teams of almost identical villains, so how to choose which ones will star in the remake? Unwisely discarding the idea of a public opinion poll, the producers instead opt for a race between the bad guys in their favorite mecha. Which might not be a completely bad idea, except for the fact that they're all cheaters and saboteurs, and none of them have ever created a mecha that didn't eventually self destruct in an extremely violent fashion.
In a race between these born losers, the only winner is the audience as the villains from
Time Bokan -- Yatterman, Zenderman, Otasukeman, Yattodetaman, Ippatsuman, and Itadakiman -- compete for the dubious privilege of getting beaten once again. It's Grand Theft Mecha vs. Super Moron Kart as the baddies slam, bash, and dirty trick each other to the finish.
The Blu-ray release of
Time Bokan: Royal Revival features two OVAs ("Time Bokan Royal Revival I - Chikichiki Ugougo Bogeboge Machine Wild Race" and "Time Bokan Royal Revival II - Alumni Reunion in the Tatsunokon Kingdom"), 1080p video, lossless English and Japanese audio, and English subtitles.