Useful Anime LaserDisc Links

Release Companies

Below are homepages for some of the firms which put out anime in LD format. While most of these sites do not have much information about old releases, they may provide resources related to the programmes themselves.

• A.D. Vision of Houston, Texas.
• AnimEigo , the "niche within the niche" of the anime market.
• Central Park Media also publishes the U.S. Manga Corps, Software Sculptors, and Anime18 labels.
• Geneon, formerly Pioneer Entertainment, imploded last year ; some of their newer properties were picked up by Funimation, but more remain off the market.
• Manga Video's North American and British operations.

Other Resources

Some of the following sites are anime-related, some are LaserDisc-related, and some are both. You may find something relevant to your interests.

• The LaserDisc Database is truly a worthy effort, an attempt to collect important information on every LD ever issued anywhere in the world. The project is wholly dependent upon contributions of information, and I feel that anyone who owns LaserDiscs ought to be a contributor.
• The compilation known as the Anime LD Cyclopedia is, if not wholly reliable, indicative and generally informative.
• For any type of anime information, a visit to the Anime Web Turnpike is a good starting point. They provide scads of useful links for everything under the Rising Sun.
• Admittedly, not everyone holds the demon goddess from Tenchi Muyo! in quite as high esteem as the members of the Ryoko Forever Fan Club , but I am sure I do not know why.
• Contributor Joshua Zyber maintains an intriguing site on LD, "LaserDisc Forever", which is well worth a look.
• Contributor "lons_vex" is a German anime LD enthusiast; his home page reflects this as well as his other interests.
• The moderator of the "animelaserdiscs" Yahoo! Group, "Kaze Kiri FX", wrote this article on collecting anime LaserDiscs in 2000, for "J-Fan", the online Japanese entertainment directory.
• The ura CALDC — what is there to say?