Space Sheriff Gavan

[jwk94]

Thanks for the shots! Mine just shipped. I thought this wasn't out until later this month?

[sonicyogurt]

Right Stuf ships when their stock comes in, generally beating release dates by weeks (and sometimes more than that!).

[jwk94]

Originally Posted by sonicyogurt

Right Stuf ships when their stock comes in, generally beating release dates by weeks (and sometimes more than that!).

Didn't know that. Thanks!

[Jajuka89]

Anybody know if Discotek titles go on sale during Black Friday ? I picked up Space Sheriff Sharivan recently and I'm really diggin it.
I'm wondering if it's worth waiting for a deal to pick up some more tokusatsu like this one or is this current price as good as the deals get ?

[sonicyogurt]

I think the last big discount was a little before Black Friday last year. Gavan was $39.34 at Crunchyroll starting on/around October 21.

[benricci]

You might save 5 bucks or so but these sets are all pretty fairly priced as-is. Be aware that the Discotek Tokusatsu stuff will likely only remain in print for a few years after release based on their past licensing deals.

For example, MegaBeast Investigator Juspion has gone out of print recently and prices are ridiculous on the used market.

[Jajuka89]

Originally Posted by benricci

You might save 5 bucks or so but these sets are all pretty fairly priced as is. Be aware that the Discotek Tokusatsu stuff will likely only remain in print for a few years after release based on their past licensing deals.

For example, MegaBeast Investigator Juspion has gone out of print recently and prices are ridiculous on the used market.

That's good to know thank you for the info. I definitely want to pick up more of the metal hero stuff and Kamen Rider Black from them.

[benricci]

Originally Posted by Jajuka89

That's good to know thank you for the info. I definitely want to pick up more of the metal hero stuff and Kamen Rider Black from them.

The Kamen Rider Black (and Black RX) sets are fantastic. Don't sleep on those.

I also can't wait for their upcoming release of Kamen Rider V3 from the Showa era. That should hit blu-ray in the next 90 days (along with another Showa-era favorite series, Android Kikaider)!!

[Jajuka89]

Originally Posted by benricci

The Kamen Rider Black (and Black RX) sets are fantastic. Don't sleep on those.

I also can't wait for their upcoming release of Kamen Rider V3 from the Showa era. That should hit blu-ray in the next 90 days (along with another Showa-era favorite series, Android Kikaider)!!

Nice ! Thanks for mentioning those I'll need to check them out !
I'm hoping if I pick up multiple titles at once maybe I can find a better discount, but we'll see lol.

[sonicyogurt]

And Space Sheriff Shaider hits Blu-ray next month if you want to round out the trilogy.

[Jajuka89]

Originally Posted by sonicyogurt

And Space Sheriff Shaider hits Blu-ray next month if you want to round out the trilogy.

I saw that ! I definitely will. Thanks !

[Jajuka89]

Has anybody checked out Mobile Cop Jiban ? I'm wondering if that one is worth picking up as well, but all 52 episodes on 1 disc seems crazy.

[benricci]

Originally Posted by Jajuka89

Has anybody checked out Mobile Cop Jiban ? I'm wondering if that one is worth picking up as well, but all 52 episodes on 1 disc seems crazy.

I have it and love it. The episodes are all DVD quality but you can fit a lot of hours of standard def content on a 50 GB disc without any issues. It’s a great way to own the complete series which for technical reasons isn’t scanned in HD.

The encodes are really good and it’s actually incredibly convenient to have all the content on just one disc. Obviously I would have loved true HD masters but if this is the best option available, I’ll take it over no release at all.

Discotek does not shy away from SD content on Blu-ray if HD masters are not available or not possible and ultimately it’s proven to be a very viable way of releasing material that would otherwise be forgotten. Lots of their anime series are presented this way and I’m grateful to have them at all.

[Jajuka89]

Originally Posted by benricci

I have it and love it. The episodes are all DVD quality but you can fit a lot of hours of standard def content on a 50 GB disc without any issues. It’s a great way to own the complete series which for technical reasons isn’t scanned in HD.

The encodes are really good and it’s actually incredibly convenient to have all the content on just one disc. Obviously I would have loved true HD masters but if this is the best option available, I’ll take it over no release at all.

Discotek does not shy away from SD content on Blu-ray if HD masters are not available or not possible and ultimately it’s proven to be a very viable way of releasing material that would otherwise be forgotten. Lots of their anime series are presented this way and I’m grateful to have them at all.

Awesome so glad to hear that. I don't mind DVD quality for series like this. I have Zyurangers on DVD and I actually love how to looks on DVD. I just wasn't sure how 52 episodes on 1 bluray disc would look like. Thanks for the response/info I appreciate it.

[sonicyogurt]

I haven't watched Jiban yet, but I did take some screenshots. These are full res straight from the disc:

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And some BDInfo highlights:

Disc Title: Mobile Cop Jiban
Disc Label: MOBILE_COP_JIBAN
Disc Size: 48,969,208,363 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00003.MPLS
Size: 48,604,560,384 bytes
Length: 20:24:31.264
Total Bitrate: 5.29 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 4699 kbps / 480i / 29.970 fps / 4:3 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   256 kbps / DN -24dB
Subtitle: English / 18.660 kbps

[Jajuka89]

Originally Posted by sonicyogurt

I haven't watched Jiban yet, but I did take some screenshots. These are full res straight from the disc:

Wow thank you so much ! Looks good enough to me. I'll be getting this one for sure now lol