Wraparound cover art for the Blu-ray collection GRIDMAN - THE HYPER AGENT Complete Series. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS
Fan Favorite Series Makes North American Debut On Home Video!
Source: Mill Creek Entertainment
Special Thanks to J.W. Starrett
Mill Creek Entertainment will release Tsuburaya Productions' GRIDMAN - THE HYPER AGENT (電光超人グリッドマン, Denkō Chōjin Guriddoman) The Complete Series on Blu-ray for $40.99 on August 17, 2021. The show first aired on Japanese television in 1993-94, with the heavily-reworked Americanzied version, SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD, syndicated by DiC Entertainment in 1994-95. Tsuburaya and Trigger launched the anime reboot SSSS.GRIDMAN (SSSS.グリッドマン, SSSS.Guriddoman) in 2018.
In the series, three computer-savvy kids, Naoto, Yuka and Ippei created their own videogame superhero, but then discover it possessed by an inter-dimensional police officer, Gridman. Pursuing an evil program called Kahn Digifer, he merges with Naoto and fights Kahn Digifer's digitized monsters in order to prevent the computerized demon from wreaking havoc on the Human World.
Cover of the booklet included in the Blu-ray set. Photo courtesy of Mill Creek. ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS
Never before available on home video in North America, GRIDMAN - THE HYPER AGENT will contain stunning high definition video for all 39 half-hour episodes with DTS-HD Master Audio of the original Japanese soundtrack plus newly translated English subtitles. The set also comes with a booklet containing character information and an episode guide.
GRIDMAN - THE HYPER AGENT Complete Series – BD
SKU: 63545
UPC: 683904635457
Release Date: 8/17/2021
Contents: 39 Episodes
Number of Discs: 6
Format: Blu-ray
Region Code: BD Region A
Run Time: 936 min
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
SRP: $40.99
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