Japanese releases Japanese distributor
Victor Entertainment released a total of 13
DVD compilations of
Last Exile between July 23, 2003, and July 21, 2004. Limited version releases were also available for the first and eighth volumes that included an
art poster and an
action figure each. A complete seven-disc boxed set was released on November 21, 2004. The deluxe edition of this set included a model of Tatiana's and Alister's red vanship, a short fiction on the Battle of Otranto; unpublished articles on the series, and illustrations by character designer
Range Murata. A reprint of the 2004 DVD boxed set is released by Victor Entertainment along with a remastered
Blu-ray boxed set. Both boxes are recreated especially for the updated release, which also comes with a reprint of the artbook "
Last Exile Chronicle" originally in a 2007 limited edition release.
North American releases Pioneer Entertainment (later
Geneon Entertainment) licensed the series in June 2003, two months after the first episode aired in Japan; and released the first compilation DVD volume on November 18, 2003. After Geneon ceased distribution of its licensed titles in 2007, the series was licensed to
Funimation Entertainment; and a four-disc boxed set was released on May 5, 2009.
Other releases Madman Entertainment,
Last Exile's licensor and distributor in Australia and New Zealand, released a seven-disc compilation set on February 15, 2006. The series was also previously licensed by
ADV Films for distribution in the United Kingdom before the company's demise.
Manga Entertainment currently has the license for UK distribution. ==Notes==