The North American release by Bandai Entertainment (then AnimeVillage) used only the German "Ehrgeiz"[2] which, when translated into English, means "ambition".

The rebellion became a war, and the multi-purpose Metal Vehicles, MVs for short, were changed for battle purposes.

The future of these three groups will be up to a bunch of outlaws who live on the abandoned Next 7 colony, though no one knows that yet.... Kouji Miura and Toshiyashu Nagata VHS tapes and LaserDiscs of Ehrgeiz were released by Bandai Visual (under their Emotion label) with the first volume released on May 25, 1998, the second on June 25, the third on July 25, the fourth on August 25, the fifth on September 25, and the sixth on October 25, all in the same year.

In 1999, AnimeVillage.com (later Bandai Entertainment) began releasing subtitled VHS volumes of the anime.

However, likely due to poor sales of the subbed tapes, AnimeVillage later cancelled the English dubbed version.