You should download those if you want to keep them long term. That channel isn't official. Based on the credits, it appears the English dub was included on German DVDs of the show.
The first season of Grimm will be released on SDBD on May 25th. This is how they describe it:
Extras include: Alternate versions of The Traveling Musicians of Bremen and Bluebeard. Return to an enchanting time when witches, fairies and demons lived among royalty and common folk alike, when both human greed and kindness served as the catalyst for supernatural events.
18 of the best fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and other authors are presented in this anime anthology. Some are famous, such as "Snow White" and "Cinderella," and some are lesser-known, like "The Water of Life" and "King Thrushbeard," but even the familiar stories have new twists that will entertain viewers of all ages. Includes two episodes that have never been broadcast before in North America, "Bluebeard" and "The Demon and the Devil"!
I wrote many of the anime dub articles on the site. I can't really tell you which are the most sought after, outside of the Doraemon stuff, but here are the ones I'm most interested in:
- Dragon Ball Z Kai: Anchored by some members of the original dub's cast, 98 episodes were produced to never see the light of day. - Idaten Jump: There's nothing unique about a lost Animax dub, but the U.S. one being so hard to come by is surprising to me. This show aired on mainstream TV in North America within the last 15 years. Someone has to have a copy of it all somewhere. - Zoids Genesis & Mermaid Melody: Made in the U.S. but only seen (in some form) overseas with scant traces remaining.
The Fusion Battles dub that aired on Disney XD Asia was produced somewhere local to the region (likely Hong Kong). It's entirely unrelated to Winckler's work, who only did a pilot. The Asian dub debuted in 2013, but you'll find interviews with Winckler done several years after where he's clearly bitter over not getting to work on the entire show.
His Fist of the North Star compilation films have been floating around for years. Someone released this torrent package last year. Ultraman isn't a Toei property and those are slowly getting released on disc by Millcreek.
There's also a Yes! Pretty Cure 5 dub that's missing, so it's not complete.
That was a pilot, not a compilation film. Winckler also worked on a pilot dub for Digimon Fusion, but it's unlikely either of those see the light any time soon.
Roku has acquired Quibi's content library and plans to stream it for free:
Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) announced today that The Roku Channel will become the exclusive place to stream more than 75 premium shows and documentaries that Quibi created in conjunction with Hollywood’s leading studios and production companies. Roku acquired the exclusive global distribution rights to Quibi’s award-winning shows and will make the content available for free on an ad-supported basis in 2021 to all Roku users.
The Quibi content includes Emmy award-winning scripted series, alternative and reality programming and documentaries featuring stars such as Idris Elba, Kevin Hart, Liam Hemsworth, Anna Kendrick, Nicole Richie, Chrissy Teigen, and Lena Waithe. In addition to the full range of titles that had previously premiered on Quibi, more than a dozen new programs will make their exclusive debut on The Roku Channel.
This allegedly aired in the late '80s to early '90s. Even in markets with large populations (which Alaska is not), most cable systems only had a few dozen channels at the max. It wasn't until the late '90s to early '00s, with the advent of digital cable, that the channel list exploded to a number newspapers couldn't keep up with. I suppose there is a chance this ran on an independent station that didn't submit their schedule info. It would help to know which part of Alaska this individual is from, if only to narrow down the possible channel list.
I am sceptical this exists, solely because Alaska is an odd market for an anime dub to show up exclusively in. The person telling us this story also seems to remember a lot, despite this happening nearly 30 years ago. Yes, Albert & Sidney is a thing - but as Scheepers pointed out, it was brought up by multiple Barbadians over the years. A similar story with the dub of The Bush Baby. There wasn't any footage of that until someone uploaded their home captures, but there were multiple people talking about it.
Can anyone recommend if I should contact Mediatoon to see if they actually have the English dub or not? As I assume they own the rights to it I don't want to contact them if the only way I can see the dub is if I buy the rights, like a tv studio would. I just want to know whether the series is considered as "lost".
Their show page lists the languages for Martin Morning as English and French, so they presumably do have a copy of the dub. They're probably not going to give it up for free, but if enough of you guys ask them, they could get it onto some streaming platform. I noticed the original show is available on Amazon Prime in French: www.primevideo.com/detail/0OSE139BFACLEHOPZIOWK197FH/
Look up Alaskan newspaper archives of the era and search for the name. By the late '80s, early '90s most major newspapers had TV listings for the local channels and the major cable ones.
Some of Winckler's compilations did make it to the United States. Shout! Factory released the Danguard Ace, Gaiking and Starzinger films on DVD in 2013. Those were likely chosen because those properties had some nostalgia value, as they were aired in syndication in the U.S. as part of Force Five - albeit, with a different dub and name. I guess the other titles didn't catch their attention.
With your upload of the Kitaro dubs, I believe every Winckler Toei compilation is now accounted for.
I'm inclined to believe this is bad info solely on the timespan. 2012 is a little late to be busting out the DS. By then, wouldn't it make more sense to have their employee training software on Android and iOS?