While a great many fans were glad to see the folks at Discotek Media bringing out Giant Gorg, hope for a Japanese box set has been long in the waiting. We learned in March 2021 that JVC/Flying Dog and Sunrise are coming together for one with plans for a 2022 debut. We didn’t have any details at the time about it but now it’s finally coming together. The set saw an October 26th, 2022 release where it’ll be priced at 33,000 yen for the full twenty-six-episode run. It’s a four-disc Blu-ray set working from a new master print with a 2K scan of the HD remaster. It’ll have a booklet and new box illustration by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko.
We’re a bit behind on this but we now have a look at the great packaging and cover spread for it below!
The booklet will come with lots of illustrations and a staff documentary with lots of pieces from the creative team.
The twenty-six-episode series originally ran in the spring and summer of 1984 and was animated by Sunrise. It was created b Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who handled the character design and storyboards for it and also served as the animation director for it.
Plot concept: Austral Island is located 2,000 km south from Samoa islands. The existence of the island was removed from the official records, and Tagami Yu made a journey to search for the reason. He sailed for the island with Dr. Waive who was his father’s friend, Doris who is the daughter of Dr. Waive, and Captain who is the friend of Dr. Waive. On their way to the island, GAIL, the international conglomerate, and gangster, Cougar Connection lead by Lady Lynx attacked them. They managed to arrive at the island, but suddenly a mysterious monster began to attack them. When they became ready for death, a blue giant robot appeared. It destroyed the monster and saved them. Although it was an existence far beyond human knowledge, it reminded Yu of something warm and familiar. It was Giant Gorg which is called “Messenger of the God” by the inhabitants of the island. Escaping from the attack of GAIL’s assault team, Gorg guided Yu into the underworld. There, he found an alien’s relic and an alien who woke up after 30,000 years of sleep.
[Source: Giant Gorg]
