It’s also been necessary to source dubbed versions from older DVD releases, US videotapes, and in a couple of early cases, taped-from-TV telecasts! This can sometimes be very challenging, because VHS tapes are fraught with issues like analog noise and bad hi-fi tracks, and older DVD releases sometimes include audio compression artifacting. We always do our best to include the best materials we can find.

Justin Sevakis: The Crusader Video dub was found by Mike Toole and provided to me as part of a big project we did some years ago, where we pooled our resources to buy used VHS copies of every UK-exclusive dub that we knew to exist.

Mike Toole: Justin had a friend in the UK who patiently hunted down tapes for his purposes. Justin did NOT have a PAL-NTSC universal VHS deck. But I had one! So Justin reached out to me, and asked me if I’d take receipt of the tapes and dump them onto a more flexible media, like DVD. I quickly agreed, and then I got a MASSIVE box in the mail.

Ashley Hakker: Some series have newer dubs produced to replace their old ones, such as Sailor Moon or Escaflowne. What do you think has been the market drive towards redubbing series? Has Discotek ever considered redubbing an anime?