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With the popularity of all things made by Miyazaki, has Future Boy Conan ever been licensed for US release?

I know it wasn't created by Studio Ghibli; are there some legal issues that might be preventing it from being released in the US?

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    In the US, it was released on blu-ray on November 16th, 2021. You can find more information about this release by going to the following page on blu-ray.com: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Future-Boy-Conan-The-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/299664/ – user729424 Jan 27 '23 at 23:09

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No, Future Boy Conan has not been licensed within the US.

Although, there has been plenty of speculation as to why this never happened.

Reasons people speculate include:

  • being too expensive to produce
  • fear of it not selling
  • it being too old
  • general licensing hell

Apart from these speculations, there has never been a conclusive answer, nor has it ever been said that it will never happen.

So it might still happen some day.

Answerman from Anime News Network also stated the following:

We have no idea what's holding back the show from the US. I used to think a show like this would be a slow seller -- it didn't exactly blow up the fansub scene back in the day, either on VHS or via Bittorrent. But then again, Discotek just hit a home run with their Castle of Cagliostro Blu-ray so who knows -- it might do OK. Regardless, it's not going to happen in the foreseeable future. Throw another one on the "licensing hell" pile, and hope that, someday, something might change.

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