After the death of it's director, Takeyuki Kanda, on July 27, 1996; the release of the remaining six episodes became delayed. Nearly one year later in 1997, Umanosuke Iida took over the project just after completing Il minatore dello spazio (1994). The release schedule was more relaxed in the latter half in comparison to the first half due to Iida's work as planner for Ao no roku go (1998) and many of Sunrise's staffs became busy working on Cowboy Bebop (1998).
The series had officially completed it's run on April 25, 1999.
The series had officially completed it's run on April 25, 1999.
Mami Koyama (as Karen Joshua), Ichirô Nagai (as Jidan Nickerd), Tesshô Genda (as Terry Sanders), Masashi Hirose (as Balest Rosita) have previously starred in Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) as Kycilia and Degwin Sodo Zabi, Slegger Law and Ramba Ral. Only Banjô Ginga reprised his role as Gihren Zabi for Futari dake no Sensou (1996).
Incidentally, Umanosuke Iida (who replaced Takeyuki Kanda following his tragic accident), would also pass away during production of Towa no Quon 1: Utakata no Kaben (2011) and then was replaced by Takeshi Mori, who like Ilda, was an unknown.
The Region 1 USA/Canada DVD Complete Collection from Bandai Entertainment is available in both a regular DVD cover and a holographic DVD cover.