2006 Transgender Yuri Anime ‘Kashimashi’ Licensed by Discotek Media; To be Upscaled to HD and Rereleased on Blu-rayIn a livestream on Monday, Discotek Media announced that it has licensed Studio Hibari’s 2006 anime tv series Kashimashi: Girls Meets Girl for English release on May 25. The anime, based on the manga of the same name by Satoru Akahiro and illustrated by Yukimaru Katsura, was previously released in North America by Media Blasters in 2007.The series follows Hazumu Osaragi, a young person assigned male at birth. After Hazumu is rejected by their friend Yasuna, they run away but are killed by an alien spacecraft. The alien, Hitoshi Sora revives Hazumu changing her body to one with female secondary sex characteristics. She suddenly finds herself in a love triangle between her crush Yasuna and her childhood friend Tomari Kurusu.Although the series, based on a 2004 manga, never uses the word transgender and was not intended to be a trans narrative, it is understood that Hazumu’s resurrection and changes are analogous to transitioning. The world and characters in Kashimashi all accept Hazumu’s gender identity and she has no wish to return to a traditionally male body. To learn more about transgender representation in Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girls check out the article The History and Future of Transgender Representation in Yuri, available free on the Yurimother Patreon.Discotek Media’s Blu-ray run of the series will upscale all thirteen episodes (12 TV episodes and one OVA) to HD quality. it will include the original Media Blasters English dub and redone subtitles. The subtitles from the original series were made back in 2007, a very different time for LGBTQ and transgender rights and representation. As such, they were not always cautious of the characters’ gender and pronouns. Discoket confirmed that its revised subtitled would correct this issue. The Blu-ray will also include all of the original special features. It is scheduled for release on May 25. Discoket Media is a self-described boutique publisher. It focuses on licenses anime, films, and television and performing “license rescues,” rereleasing classic works from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. Their catalog includes Lupid the Third, First of the North Star, and Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles.
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