Discotek releases The Big O: The Complete Paradigm on Blu-ray
The box set collects both seasons of the 26-episode series with Japanese audio, English subtitles and the English dub.
Discotek Media has announced and released The Big O: The Complete Paradigm, a Blu-ray box set collecting the full anime series. The set is available for purchase through mediaOCD's store page.
The release includes both seasons of The Big O across its 26 episodes, with Japanese audio and English subtitles alongside the English dub. According to Screen Rant, the set uses existing masters for the anime, and season 2 includes the 5.1 English dub audio.
The series centers on Roger Smith, a negotiator in Paradigm City who pilots the Big O, and R. Dorothy Wayneright, an android character known as Dorothy. The Japanese cast includes Mitsuru Miyamoto as Roger Smith, Akiko Yajima as R. Dorothy Wayneright, Emi Shinohara as Angel and Goro Naya as Gordon Rosewater; Steve Blum is among the English dub voice actors.
The Big O originally aired from 1999 to 2003 on WOWOW Prime, Tokyo MX and Chiba TV, and later ran on Cartoon Network's Toonami and subsequently Adult Swim in the US. Before this release, the series was largely unavailable to stream except in a few countries via Prime Video, with incomplete English dub versions uploaded to YouTube.
Quick answers
What is included in The Big O: The Complete Paradigm Blu-ray set?
It contains both seasons of The Big O, 26 episodes in total, with Japanese audio and English subtitles plus the English dub.
Where can I buy The Big O: The Complete Paradigm?
The set is available for purchase through mediaOCD's store page.
Does the Blu-ray use new masters?
No, the release uses existing masters for the anime, with season 2 including the 5.1 English dub audio.