Hayao Miyazaki's "Lost" Directorial Debut Anime Series FUTURE BOY CONAN Getting a 4K Remaster by GKids
Before Hayao Miyazaki helped launch Studio Ghibli, he made his directorial debut on a 1978 anime series titled Future Boy Conan. It’s said that this series has been “lost” for some time, but GKids recently got their hands on it and licensed the original anime, and it will finally make its way to to North America.
GKids will create an English Dub for the series, and it will also go through a 4K remaster. They plan on releasing it in the U.S. later this year.
The series ran for twenty-six episodes, with two movies being created following the conclusion of the show and a new take on the franchise hitting television screens in 1999 with Future Boy Conan II: Taiga Adventure. For those of you not familiar with the series, here’s a synopsis that was shared:
Twenty years ago, a terrible war fought with magnetic weapons caused the earth's axis to tilt, and earthquakes and tidal waves destroyed civilization. Conan is born into this new world, raised by his adopted grandfather on an isolated island. But his life is forever changed when a mysterious girl named Lana washes ashore, pursued by shadowy operatives who seek to use her in a new scheme to control what's left of the world.
I’ve never seen this anime before, so I’m pretty excited that the opportunity to watch it is coming soon!