It was produced at Tokyo Movie and was released by Toho in Japanese theaters on September 8, 1979.[28] It was published on DVD format by Bandai Visual on November 25, 2001, and on March 27, 2005.[29][30] In April 2008, Banda Visual announced they planned to release the film on Blu-ray format;[31] it was released on September 26, 2008,[32] and re-released on July 22, 2016.[33]