CPM has episodes 14-26 of Revolutionary Gil Utena. They have the option on episodes 27-39 and they are negotiating for the movie. In a few months they will be ending their moratorium on subtitled VHS temporarily. Subtitled tapes will return for $14.95-$16.95, but not permanently. Starting later this year most of their new releases will be only on dub VHS & sub\/dub DVD. On a case by case basis they may do a sub VHS, but only for the initial release pre-orders. They are working on getting Agent Aika 5-8. Apparently the DVD releases of some CPM titles done by Image, such as Project A-ko, were a sub-license. CPM was not happy with the releases, but cannot redo them until the license reverts back to them.<\/p>\n
In regard to their recent run of dub only adult titles on VHS, the DVD versions will include subtitles. Regarding La Blue Girl, “it is indeed edited – but it wasn’t always. When they did their first VHS release in 1995 it was uncut. Then the US passed a law in 1996 making it illegal to show any minor or anyone *who appears to be a minor* in sexual situations. That bit is a huge grey area. Because of the concern they cut the sexual scenes with the little ninja guy because they didn’t want to risk someone deciding he looked like a minor. That law was just struck down in court. I asked him if they’d be putting the scenes back in, but he said probably not. They are trying to get a new La Blue Girl series that is going into production in Japan, and he said they’ve thought of putting the missing scenes on those discs.”<\/p>\n