Park Media respectively, gaining recognition when it aired in heavy rotation on the Sci-Fi Channel "Saturday Anime" movie block in the early 1990s. The film was licensed by Central Park Media and released on VHS on October 20, 1993 in North America. It was later released on DVD on November 3, 1998, and again on DVD on January 28, 2003. In Australia and New Zealand, it was distributed by Madman Entertainment. Discotek Media later licensed the film and released it on DVD in 2012 from a new film print which has anamorphic widescreen, a significant upgrade over the old Central Park Media release, which was letterboxed and from a grainy, stretched source. Discotek later released the film on Blu-ray on December 15, 2015. After Discotek's license for the film expired, Sentai Filmworks rescued the film for home video and digital release, with an all-new English re-dub. Video game Based on the film, Venus Senki is a Nintendo Family Computer strategy game with an innovative battle system. The story is about eight Hound Combat Bikers fighting against the invading Ishtar Empire forces in an effort to liberate the city of Io and driving Ishtar out of their homeland of Aphrodia. References External links 1986 manga 1989 anime films Adventure anime and manga Bandai Visual Central Park Media Discotek Media Fiction set on Venus Films scored by Joe Hisaishi Japanese science fiction films Science fiction anime and manga Sentai Filmworks Shōnen manga Venus in film