Sakon the Ventriloquist, Drucker in the Dugout, House of Five Leaves, and Baby & I join the home media catalog along with the first-ever 4K restoration for AD Police Files OVA

Anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD announced several newly licensed Blu-ray home media titles during its panel at Anime Expo 2026 that include Sakon The Ventriloquist, Drucker in the Dugout, House of Five Leaves, Baby & I, and the world’s first 4K restoration for AD Police Files.

An update was announced for the upcoming home media release of Vampire Princess Miyu that will deliver a pair of blank Blu-ray case inserts with every order. The groundbreaking horror anime OVA will be released on September 8^th. Pre-orders are open now for a limited time exclusively from the MediaOCD web store. SRP is $24.95.

A new series of monthly columns and articles to be written by a variety of anime luminaries also was announced for the MediaOCD website blog. The first one will be penned by noted author and anime historian Jonathan Clements and will launch the new section later this summer.

New AnimEigo Licenses

Sakon The Ventriloquist is a 26-episode crime mystery anime series about an Edo-era puppeteer who travels Japan with his wisecracking puppet. He uses expert ventriloquism and theatrical skills to solve murders and expose clever killers. The series is based on a manga series, written by Sharakumaro and illustrated by Takeshi Obata (Death Note), which was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.

Moshidora (aka Drucker in the Dugout) is a 10-episode anime series produced by Production I.G. It follows a high school student who manages her school’s baseball team using practices from a book by the famous management consultant Peter Drucker to rally her dispirited teammates. The series was inspired by a bestselling novel and subsequent manga series that also spawned a live-action film adaptation.

AD Police Files is an acclaimed 3-episode OVA that served as the prequel to Bubblegum Crisis (also available on home media from AnimEigo). Chronologically set 5 years before the events of Bubblegum Crisis, it focuses on AD Police (Advanced Police) inspector Leon McNichol’s early days in the crimefighting law enforcement squad. The OVA receives a crisp 4K restoration by MediaOCD for the Blu-ray home media release.

House of Five Leaves is a 12-episode series directed by Tomomi Mochizuki (Ocean Waves, Kimagure Orange Road) and based on the acclaimed manga by Natsume Ono. It depicts the adventures of a down on his luck samurai who becomes a bodyguard for the charismatic leader of a mysterious gang of bandits known as the Five Leaves. AnimEigo will debut the series on HD Blu-ray in early 2027.  

Baby & I is a 35-episode shojo classic directed by Takahiro Omori (Baccano!, Durarara!!, Natsume’s Book of Friends) and based on the manga, Baby & Me, created by Marimo Ragawa. It poignantly follows10-year-old Takuya, who is forced to grow up fast after his mother’s death, leaving him to juggle his childhood and help his father raise and care for his toddler brother. The series will debut on Blu-ray in 2027.

About AnimEigo:

AnimEigo is a division of MediaOCD and was founded in 1989 as one the first distributors to focus on anime and an array of acclaimed Japanese live-action films in the United States and Canada. Over the last 35 years, AnimEigo consistently broadened the market for Japanese content by cultivating audiences for new genres of film. 

Renowned for high quality translations, subtitles, and dubbing, AnimEigo has released a wide variety of classic anime titles. For more information, please visit: mediaocd.com.