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Mirai Shounen Konan
(Conan, The Boy of the Future)

Availability

In English

As far as we know, there is no commercially available English dub.

In Japanese

Video: 7 volumes.: Vol.1-6: 118 minutes, 4 episodes, mono hi-fi, 3,800 yen each (excl. tax). Catalogue No. BES-1632~1637.; Vol. 7: 58 minutes, 2 episodes, mono hi-fi, 2,800 yen (excl. tax). Cat# BES-1638. From Bandai Visual.
Laserdisc: 7 volumes.: Vol. 1~6: 5.631 yen.; Vol.7: 4,660 yen.
DVD: "Mirai Shonen Conan Memorial Box". 5 disc set.: MPEG-2, 780 minutes (26 episodes).; "Animation Chapter" (the function you can find and jump to the episode you want to watch). Order #: BCBA-1, 38,400 yen (excl. tax). From Bandai Visual.

You can buy them from Anime importers such as:

Nikaku Animart: http://www.nikaku.com/
The Place in Fremont: http://www.the-place.com/
Planet Anime in Houston: http://www.planetanime.com/; or,
Mikado Laserdisc in San Francisco.: http://www.mikadosf.com/

Conan has been aired in various countries. They include: Spain (Catalan), Italy (Italian), Hong Kong (Cantonese), Kuwait (Arabic), USA (Spanish!), and Hungary (Hungarian). The Conan CD-ROM features clips from several dubbed versions: English, Hungarian, Cantonese, Italian and Catalan (We have not found out why the English version exist, or if it was ever aired in the US or UK.)

Conan is available as:

VCD in Hong Kong (in Cantonese): 13 discs. About US$70 each.

Video in Italy (in Italian): "Conan, il ragazzo del futuro". It was first published by Granata Press, a few years ago. Since Granata does not exist anymore, it is now available from Dynamic. 7 tapes, about 40,000 lire (about US$25) each.

Video in France (in French): "Conan le fils du futur"
Released by IDP
- VHS - remastered
- Video Format: 1.33:1 [4:3]
- SECAM
- Price: 99 FF
  - Volume 1 (Episodes 1 - 3)
  - Volume 2 (Episodes 4 - 6)
  - Volume 3 (Episodes 7 - 9)
  - Volume 4 (Episodes 10 - 12)
  - Volume 5 (Episodes 13 - 15)
- DVD
- Video Format: 1.33:1 [4:3]
- Region 2, PAL
- French (dub) Mono
- Price: 159 FF
  - Volume 1 (Episodes 1 - 5)
    - Released October 12, 2000
    - Order #: 056132
    - 115 minutes
  - Volume 2 (Epiosdes 6 - 10)
    - To be released November 29, 2000
    - Order #: ???
    - 130 minutes
  - Volume 3 (Episodes 11 - 15)
    - To be released November 29, 2000
    - Order #: ???
    - 130 minutes
  - Volume 4 (Episodes 16 - 20)
    - To be released December 30, 2000
    - Order #: ???
    - 130 minutes
  - Volume 5 (Episodes 21 - 26)
    - To be released December 30, 2000
    - Order #: ???
    - 156 minutes
- Supplements: "Making of" segment, galleries of characters, catalog of films by Miyazaki and a segment highlighting other contributors to the series.
- Note: Release dates are subject to change

Books

See Conan Book List

CDs (CD-ROM)

"Conan The Boy in the Future Digital Library" for Windows and Mac. Available from Bandai Visual (Emotion Digital Software). BCRW-0007.

It contains:

43 Background images,
74 Stills from the series,
96 Animations from the series (with sound), incl OP and ED,
701 Rough sketches, and
34 CG pictures

You can access the pictures or animation from the following sections:

Story: The contents of all episodes can be accessed.
Scenario
Encyclopedia
Characters: A description of each character (or group)
Mecha: A description of mecha
World Map Navigator: Click at the World Map to get info about each location.
Collection: An overview of all the merchandising with photos.
Appendix
Funny Scenes: 14 animation clips from the series
Pata Pata: A game where you can assemble a character out of 3 parts; head, torso and legs. It works like a slot machine.
Overseas versions: one animation clip from each of the following foreign versions: English, Hungarian, Cantonese, Italian and Catalan.

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Books

CDs (CD-ROM)