Locke the Superman

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Locke the Superman
Japanese poster for the film
超人ロック (Chōjin Rokku)
Manga
Locke
Written by	Yuki Hijiri
Published by	SG Planning
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1967 – 1971
Volumes	5
Manga
New World Command
Written by	Yuki Hijiri
Published by	SG Planning
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1977 – 1978
Volumes	1
Manga
Written by	Yuki Hijiri
Published by	Shōnen Gahōsha (1979−1990, 2004−present) Media Factory (1991−2022)
Magazine	Shōnen King (1979−1988) Monthly OUT (1991−1995) Monthly Megu (1995−1999) Monthly Comic Flapper (1999−2022) Young King OURs (2004−2022)
Demographic	Shōnen, Seinen
Original run	1979 – 2022
Volumes	101
Anime film
Witch Era
Directed by	Hiroshi Fukutomi
Written by	Atsushi Yamatoya
Music by	Goro Awami
Studio	Nippon Animation
Licensed by	NA: Celebrity Home Entertainment (1st) Central Park Media (2nd) Discotek Media (3rd) Sentai Filmworks (current)
Released	April 14, 1984
Runtime	120 minutes
Original video animation
Lord Leon
Directed by	Noboru Ishiguro
Written by	Takeshi Hirota
Music by	Keiju Ishikawa
Studio	Nippon Animation
Released	October 25, 1989 – December 16, 1989
Runtime	30 minutes (each)
Episodes	3
Original video animation
New World Command
Directed by	Takeshi Hirota
Written by	Takeshi Hirota
Music by	Tomoki Hasegawa
Studio	Nippon Animation
Released	August 21, 1991 – October 23, 1991
Runtime	50 minutes (each)
Episodes	2
Original video animation
Mirror Ring
Directed by	Yusaku Saotome
Written by	Katsuhiko Koide
Music by	Masafumi Hayashi
Studio	PPM
Released	December 22, 2000
Runtime	65 minutes

Locke the Superman (超人ロック, Chōjin Rokku) is a Japanese manga series created by Yuki Hijiri, which was later adapted into a movie and three OVA releases. The movie was given an obscure video release in the United States by Celebrity Home Entertainment as Locke the Superpower, which was rather heavily edited to 92 minutes, removing violence, nudity and any adult bits. Both it and the OVAs were later licensed and released by Central Park Media under the original name. Ten volumes were published in Poland under the title Locke Superczłowiek. In Australia and the UK the movie and the Lord Leon OVAs were licensed by Manga Entertainment for release in 1997, but both were quietly dropped from the release schedule due to financial issues facing the UK branch.

As of 2012, Discotek has licensed the original Locke the Superman film from 1984 and it was released on November 6. This is the first ever DVD release in the U.S. It was from the uncut, remastered, anamorphic telecine print used for the Japanese DVD release. Discotek provided both the Japanese audio with English subtitles and the original English dub from the 80s, which was previously released on VHS.

In November 2020, the original Locke the Superman film from 1984 was released on Blu-ray by Sentai Filmworks.