The recent release of the Macross Plus show on Blu-ray in Japan has provided for some surprising news as the pamphlet inside has announced that a Choujikuu Seiki Orguss Blu-ray box set is being planed for 2013 as well. It’s unusual to get an announcement via pamphlet for a title like this, but the Toei site is confirming it as well, which is very good news. Known as Super Dimension Century Orguss in its North American releases, the series ran for thirty-five episodes back in 1983 and was considered a spiritual successor to Macross in many ways due to the involvement of Noburo Ishiguro and character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto for Studio Nue. The series saw partial release in dub form from US Renditions and was brought back later by ImaginAsian in a DVD on Demand format.
Plot concept: In the year 2062, the world’s two superpowers are fighting a long and brutal war. In a desperate attempt to win, pilot Kei Katsuragi is given the mission to detonate a super weapon called the Space/Time Oscillation Bomb. The bomb explodes but the results are completely unexpected: a multitude of dimensions, times, and realities are unleashed into the world. Can Kei reverse the effects and bring life back to normal?
Orguss BD ad in the pamphlet! pic.twitter.com/Z3B8VhoC76
— BasuP@8th横浜・幕張参戦 (@BasuP) July 13, 2013
[Source: Choujikuu Seiki Orguss BD-Box]
I so want this show, but I bet they won’t have subs.