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So is this show Copyright or not?


I'm confused, i've seen DVD releasing of this show in a rather public domain format (poor image quality, the works) So is it Public Domain or Copyrighted?

We can DO IT ALLLL DAY LONG, (We'll have to pay more for the light bill if we do it at night!)

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Pretty sure the original Japanese production company Toei still owns the copyrights - they recently released a DVD box set in Japan (2013) and Shout Factory released a DVD set here in the States too using the old AIP dub.

It's actually never been in the public domain, it's always been copyrighted, however for many many years the only way to view it was via bootleg video. Now it's on Hulu +

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