The following is a list of VHS and DVD releases for the television series Star Fleet made in 1980. Until the Complete Series DVD was released in 2009, circulation of the series online was mostly sourced from VHS and primarily from the US releases.
Most VHS tapes had material cut from the episodes, and ones that had complete episodes are the hardest to find. The most complete tapes came from the United States, and those too suffered from cuts.
United Kingdom 
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VHSEdit
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | The Thalian Space Wars |
This release, rather than being the proper episodes, six are compiled to create a compilation movie, condensing the series, seemingly telling a different story from the series. | MY-TV Master Vision 1983/1987 |
 | Space Quest for F-01 |
As with the previous, this release is a compilation movie.
-*The 1987 Master Vision release is longer in length, and contains a short bit of this episode as well, whereas the original does not. | MY-TV Master Vision 1983/1987 |
 | Star Fleet |
Unlike the previous releases in the UK, this tape was more of a proper episode release, although the two episodes are edited together. But it contains more intact material than the other two, but is unfortunately the rarest. | Thorn EMI 1984 |
DVDEdit
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Star Fleet: the Complete Series |
The Complete Series DVD was completely uncut, and utilized the original 16mm prints used for the airings on ITV. The DVD was also released in Australia.
The DVD also includes many special features. | Fabulous Films Feb 9, 2009 |
United States Edit
VHSEdit
Classic Family EntertainmentEdit
Despite Star Fleet never airing in the US, Eight tapes containing all 24 episodes were released by Classic Family Entertainment, packaged in sleeves bearing lurid, largely irrelevant illustrations. Each tape contained 3 episodes each edited to fit about an hours length - thus scenes were edited out, usually out of the middle episode on the tapes. These releases, despite being incomplete were more true to the series than the UK compilation movies and were generally the prime source of online fan trading.
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Volume One: Save the Earth | Nov. 8, 1988 | |
 | Volume Two: Revenge of the Robot | Nov. 8, 1988 | |
 | Volume Three: Space Lava of Death | Nov. 8, 1988 | |
 | Volume Four: The Search for the Skull | Nov. 8, 1988 | |
 | Volume Five: Kidnapped | Nov. 8, 1988 | |
 | Volume Six: Lost in Space | Nov. 8, 1988 | |
 | Volume Seven: Attack of the Bionic Robot | Nov. 8, 1988 | |
 | Volume Eight: Showdown in Space | Nov. 8, 1988 |
OtherEdit
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Go Nagai's X-Bomber: The Adventures of Star Fleet |
This release is really quite unknown, and is quite rare, containing the first four episodes of the series uncut. This tape may in fact be a screener tape or something passed around in anime conventions. | Unknown |
DVDEdit
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Star Fleet: the Complete Series |
A US release was announced in June of 2016 by Discotek Media for release in either late 2016 or early 2017. | Discotek Media Feb 28, 2017 |
Japan Edit
LaserdiscEdit
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | X-Bomber |
Contains the entire Japanese series uncut. It includes an English compilation film as a special feature.
| Pioneer LDC 1993 |
DVDEdit
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | X-Bomber: the Complete Series |
Contains the entire Japanese series uncut, and is simply a release of the Laserdisc on DVD format. Space Quest for F-01 is once again included as a Special Feature Disc. The release is out of print.
| Geneon Universal Entertainment Nov 29, 2002 |
 | X-Bomber Remastered |
Despite claims of being remastered, this DVD is simply a re-release of the 2004 DVD, although it contains slightly cleaned up masters, and only a remastered intro title from a new print. However this DVD includes episode titles unlike the original, as well as coming with an unseen Pilot episode.
| Bandai Visual Apr 24, 2013 |
Canada Edit
The Canadian releases were released some time in the late 1980's or early 1990's, each containing 2 episodes each tape. Unlike the US or UK releases, they were complete up to even the commercial intermission titles. Unfortunately these were extremely rare and very few were produced. The episodes were also given incorrect and sometimes rather irrelevant titles.
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Volume One | Marquis Video Corporation | |
 | Volume Two | Marquis Video Corporation | |
| Volume Three | Marquis Video Corporation | ||
 | Volume Four | Marquis Video Corporation |
France Edit
VHSEdit
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bomber X: No 1 | Cartoon Vidéo | |
| Bomber X: No 2 | Cartoon Vidéo | ||
| Bomber X: No 3 | Cartoon Vidéo | ||
| Bomber X: No 4 | Cartoon Vidéo |
DVDEdit
| Cover | Name | Episodes | Distributor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bomber X: Intégrale |
Contains the entire French series uncut. The episodes are genuinely remastered and is of superior quality to both the Japanese and English DVDs.
| Kaze Entertainment Sep 9, 2009 Nov 17, 2010 |
External LinksEdit
- Merchandise at starfleetxbomber.com (Wayback Machine Archive - Oct 8, 2011)
- Manga Max Article (May 7, 2000) at sfxb.co.uk
