North American anime distributor Section 23 Films announced in its May release slate on Thursday that it will release Patlabor: The Movie on DVD and Blu-ray under its Maiden Japan imprint on May 5. In addition, Sentai Filmworks licensed The World God Only Knows OVAs and will release them as a set on Blu-ray and DVD on May 5.

Manga Entertainment and Bandai Visual USA previously released Patlabor: The Movie on DVD in North America in 2000 and 2006, respectively. Maiden Japan released the original Patlabor video anime series on Blu-ray and DVD and will ship the Patlabor: The New Files OVA in February.

The World God Only Knows OVA collection will consist of four OVAs: Four Girls and an Idol (The World God Only Knows: Four People and an Idol), The Reunion/The Encounter (The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc), and The World God Only Knows: Magical Star Kanon 100%.

Sentai Filmworks plans to release the OVAs digitally as well.

The release slate announced the May 19 Blu-ray and DVD release of the Ninja Scroll film, which Sentai Filmworks licensed in 2012.