TV SERIES · 1989– · JAPAN
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12 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
The communist terrorist group 'Red May' is based on the Red Army, a real-life terrorist group that carried out acts of terror in Japan and Israel during the 1960s.
- #002
The series is adapted from Taku Kitazaki's one-shot manga.
- #003
When it was released in the United States, the main market for anime sales was VHS tapes, and R-rated tapes generally sold much better than PG- and G-rated ones. American distributors worried that the series did not contain enough violence, nudity and profanity to earn an R rating, so they instructed the director and the cast to color the English dub with plenty of additional profanity. This resulted in an unintentionally comical variety and overuse of disrespectful words and lines, all to guarantee the R rating and higher US sales.
- #004
Discotek Media's US DVD and Blu-ray include two subtitle tracks: one from the censored Manga Entertainment subtitle script, and the other uncut and uncensored subtitles that convey the actual anti-Semitic script.
- #005
The English dub and subtitles were censored by Manga Entertainment (with more profanity added) because of the anti-Semitic theme.
- #006
Raiden's full name is Isamu Sakata.
- #007
Taki's full name is Taki Kaishou.
- #008
Angel's real name is Yo Mikawa.
- #009
Discotek will release a new Steelbook edition in 2022 using the original masters that Discotek Media found.
- #010
The series premiered on six VHS cassettes and later in a complete VHS cassette collection containing all episodes on a single cassette.
- #011
The mini-series can be watched for free on YouTube, but only with the English dub.
- #012
The series is known for its profanity-heavy English dub.
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