ADV Films licensed the series for a North American release in March 2005,[11] releasing the first volume in both a regular edition and an edition with a box on July 26.[12][13] After releasing the last volume on March 21, 2006,[14] ADV released the complete series in a DVD box set on October 2, 2007,[15] and on March 24, 2009.[16] The first three episodes of Yugo the Negotiator were screened at the Barbican Centre on February 26, 2008 in London; Helen McCarthy, an anime expert, did an introduction of the show for the audience.[17]