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AnimeonDVD.com reports that Sonic the Hedgehog anime will be released on the same day as OAV series, which will probably be released with a name proclaiming it a "motion picture".

Also in Anime DVD news, ADV reports that due to minor production delays, the release of DVD versions of Slayers movies has been pushed back, with no new date set.

Rayearth. Both will be available on 9/21, and will contain 4 episodes each.

Project A-ko and Voltage Fighter Gowkaiser DVD's. A-ko will see the light of day on July 8, while Gowkaiser will be released on a date that seems to have already ed... (5/18)

Pioneer has announced the rights to all three Catnapped! The Movie on July 6. No word on a dubbed or DVD release. (Also mentioned was the fourth volume of Battle Atheletes - Victory, which will see an August release in the usual 2 languages VHS + DVD formats.)

One surprise announcement was the re-release of the X-rated Search for Uranus," "Offenders of the Universe," and "Star Trap." They will be released under the Brothers Grime label on June 1.

...And continuing on a family note, Pokémon manga series that more closely follows the Game Boy game), four 18-page Pokémon "chunky-books" (rigid paper meant for babies), a Pokémon origami book, and a "Where's Waldo?" style book entitled "Let's Find Pokémon!"

Also formally announced by Viz this month was the domestic release of Ranma 1/2 "season" (?? I thought there were only three seasons to the Nettohen series! -ed.) to be called "Martial Mayhem". The first volume of the new series will be called "Buns of Steel", scheduled for a September release. (Yet another Ranma graphic novel was announced as well.)

Finally, LD version should be another two or three weeks.