AnimEigo launch Riding Bean Blu-ray Kickstarter, project funded within one hour

Having previously enjoyed success with both Bubblegum Crisis and Otaku no Video, old-time anime distributor AnimEigo have jumped back on the horse (or into the car perhaps, as a more apt metaphor on this occasion) to bring another older classic back to the west in a new, remastered Blu-ray form.

The latest object of their attention is Sonoda Ken'ichi's action-packed OVA Riding Bean, which will be getting the remastered Blu-ray treatment having successfully reached its $30,000 goal in under an hour after launch.

Here's a little more about the campaign itself:

This limited-edition Blu-Ray release is a "High Octane Edition" for a reason. We will be using the same uncompressed HD transfer as the recent Japanese release, but using a BD50 instead of BD25 for a higher bitrate. It will contain both the original Japanese soundtrack and the English dub, plus English subtitles in multicolor, greyscale and SDH variants (or you can watch with no subtitles if you prefer). The disc will not be region-coded, and we can ship it anywhere in the world except for Japan, China and Taiwan.

Other bonus materials include a 9-panel insert sheet with mini-poster, printed program notes and other cool stuff, as well as color artwork, line art (settei), after-recording script, and more. As much as possible, everything will be available both on the disc and online. And of course, all backers will be credited on the disc!

The campaign is open for thirty days, and you can read more or back it for yourself via various tiers over at the Riding Bean Kickstarter page.