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Crackle Adds Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer, Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon, Wicked City

Discotek Media last week:

• Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (English)
• Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (Japanese)
• Wicked City (English)
• Street Fighter (TV Series)
• Dallos
• Fist of the North Star (film)
• Black Jack The Movie
• Jin-Roh (Japanese)
• Street Fighter II: The Movie
• Cromartie High School

Of these, Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon, Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer, Wicked City, and the U.S. Street Fighter series are currently exclusive to Crackle. All titles are English-dubbed except for Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon and Jin-Roh, which are both in Japanese with English subtitles.

Crackle's anime catalog also includes Sword Art Online.

Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer is the second film based on Mamoru Oshii wrote and directed the film.

Discotek Media plans to release the 1984 film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on February 27. Central Park Media released the film on VHS in 1993 and later on DVD in 2004.

The 1985 Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon was the only anime film directed by filmmaker and actor Babylon's lost gold by uncovering the mystery of tablets found in New York City. During his quest, Lupin meets an old woman who has a connection to the treasure.

put on indefinite hold until August, when Discotek announced that it plans to release the film on Blu-ray Disc.

Seven Seas Entertainment released the three-volume novel series in English in 2009-2010.

Discotek licensed and Urban Vision previously released the film on VHS in 1999 and on DVD in 2000.

Thanks to Rukiia for the news tip.