Where To Find
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Japanese Video
Legend of Basara is available on Japanese region 2 DVDs, laserdiscs
and VHS tapes, all of which were published by KSS Films. You can search for them among the
usual e-retailers that import anime. I recommend:
• Anime Plus - Relatively cheap and reliable.
• JIGS - They list Basara in their database,
and I've used them before, so I know they're reliable. But they don't take credit card orders.
• Amazon Japan - They have lots of Basara VHS.
This place tells you how to navigate the Japanese site.
• AMO Tokyo - They have the Basara Region 2 DVDs
for sale.
• CD Japan - Expensive, but reliable.
Japanese LDs and VHS (release date) |
Product Code |
Price |
Basara Orignal Image Video (8/93) |
? |
¥3,873 |
Prologue : Birth of a Japanese Legend (3/98)
- Making of the Anime Featurette - |
KSVA-23350
(VHS only) |
¥1,500 |
Volume 1 : The Child of Destiny (7/98) |
KSLA 23451 (LD)
KSVA 23451 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 2 : Enemy! The Red King (8/98) |
KSLA 23452 (LD)
KSVA 23452 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 3 : The Attack (8/98) |
KSLA 23453 (LD)
KSVA 23453 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 4 : Trial in the Darkness (9/98) |
KSLA 23454 (LD)
KSVA 23454 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 5 : Rasho of Suzaku (9/98) |
KSLA 23455 (LD)
KSVA 23455 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 6 : Roaring Flames (10/98) |
KSLA 23456 (LD)
KSVA 23456 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 7 : Dance of Death (10/98) |
KSLA 23457 (LD)
KSVA 23457 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 8 : New Alliance (11/98) |
KSLA 23458 (LD)
KSVA 23458 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 9 : Earth of the Country (11/98) |
KSLA 23459 (LD)
KSVA 23459 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 10 : Sakura Jima's Eruption (12/98) |
KSLA 23460 (LD)
KSVA 23460 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 11 : The Death of Shido (12/98) |
KSLA 23461 (LD)
KSVA 23461 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 12 : Light Blue Asagi (1/99) |
KSLA 23462 (LD)
KSVA 23462 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
Volume 13 : Reunion, And Then... (1/99) |
KSLA 23463 (LD)
KSVA 23463 (VHS) |
¥4,700
¥4,300 |
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Running time for each video is 30 minutes.
Japanese DVDs |
Product Code |
Price |
Legend of Basara DVD Vol. 1 (eps 1-5) |
KSXA-24341 |
$35 |
Legend of Basara DVD Vol. 2 (eps 6-10) |
KSXA-24342 |
$35 |
Legend of Basara DVD Vol. 3 (eps 11-13 + special) |
KSXA-24343 |
$35 |
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Each DVD is Region 2, and has a running time of approx. 120 minutes.
A limited edition region 2 Basara DVD boxset,
containing all the episodes + a 60 minute extra,
came out in Japan in February 2002. I'm not sure where you can order it now. However, the 3 DVD discs of this set
are on sale individually (see above).
Fansubs
Odyssey Anime has kindly fansubbed all 13 episodes of Basara
(meaning they've translated the Japanese dialogue and added English subtitles to the video).
They've since closed down. But other places, like
Soyokaze, are still
distributing the entire series on 4 VHS tapes.
Llamas-Anime
is digisubbing Basara (using DVD source).
Go to their IRC channels to find out how to get their files.
Here's how to navigate IRC.
And here's where you can get the necessary codec pack.
NOTE: Fansubs are technically illegal,
because they violate international copyright laws. I personally support fansubs of unlicensed anime.
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