Sometimes a pickup to release can go pretty fast and after Discotek Media grabbed the 8 Man After anime property back in February it looks like it’s getting fast tracked. The show is now scheduled for a May 31st, 2016 release according to Amazon and it also includes the artwork. Priced at $24.95, it’s a bilingual release that has the full four-episode series.
The property hasn’t been in the market for quite some time . The 1993 four-part OVA series was originally picked up by Streamline Pictures years ago and seeing release on DVD from Image Entertainment fifteen years ago. Unlike the previous release, which was English-language only, this one will be a bilingual release.
Plot concept: Private detective Hazama Itsuru is hired by Professor Tani to investigate a cyborg parts theft which eventually leads him to meet Sachiko Yokogawa, the original 8 Man’s love interest. Living her new life working for the Biotech Corp., Sachiko finds herself involved with a new 8 Man, who appears after Hazama is fatally wounded by an unknown cyborg. Amidst a violent urban background with cyber-junkies creating chaos around the city, this other 8 Man will fight criminals in a more aggressive way.
