 Six DVD compilations , each containing one episode , have been released in Japan by Gainax . In addition , a DVD collection box , containing all six DVD compilations , was released in Japan on August 13 , 2005 . Three DVD compilations were released by Synch @-@ Point in North America . A DVD collection box , containing all the DVD compilations of the English episodes , was released on January 23 , 2007 , but have since gone out of print . In January 2010 , Funimation Entertainment announced that they had acquired the license for the series and would be releasing it on DVD and Blu @-@ ray Disc in February 2011 . Shortly after , it has been released in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment on a 3 @-@ disc DVD set and on Blu @-@ ray Disc . It is also licensed in the United Kingdom by MVM Films . The series also aired in North America on Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim programming block from August 4 to August 13 , 2003 . 
