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With the popularity of all things made by Miyazaki, has Future Boy Conan ever
been licensed for US release?

I know it wasn't created by Studio Ghibli; are there some legal issues that
might be preventing it from being released in the US?


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Has Miyazaki's Future Boy Conan ever been licensed for US release?


## No, _Future Boy Conan_ has not been licensed within the US.

Although, there has been plenty of speculation as to why this never happened.

Reasons people speculate include:

  * being too expensive to produce
  * fear of it not selling
  * it being too old 
  * general licensing hell

Apart from these speculations, there has never been a conclusive answer, nor
has it ever been said that it will never happen.

So it might still happen some day.

[Answerman](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2015-07-14/.90419) from
Anime News Network also stated the following:

> We have no idea what's holding back the show from the US. I used to think a
> show like this would be a slow seller -- it didn't exactly blow up the
> fansub scene back in the day, either on VHS or via Bittorrent. But then
> again, Discotek just hit a home run with their Castle of Cagliostro Blu-ray
> so who knows -- it might do OK. Regardless, it's not going to happen in the
> foreseeable future. Throw another one on the "licensing hell" pile, and hope
> that, someday, something might change.


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