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MOONPHASE · 08-14-2016, 12:54 AM

I still have the ADV version and will keep it till it sees the light of day once again.

neoz · 08-14-2016, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

I still have the ADV version and will keep it till it sees the light of day once again.

Same here, I have my ADV DVD on standby. Good to at least get it on BD finally though. Now all we need is the other two.

Now all we need is Distant Star and Early Days.

beatnikslacker · 08-14-2016, 02:23 AM

Discotek got 5cm per second?! crazy, fantastic news.

Imaginarion · 08-14-2016, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by zrdb

5 Centimeters per Second and Urusei Yatsura-Beautiful Dreamer + Magic Knight Rayearth for me !!!!

Hold up. Did Discotek give any details about the Rayearth release?

MOONPHASE · 08-14-2016, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Imaginarion

Hold up. Did Discotek give any details about the Rayearth release?

Nope. The post that shows the pic for it just mentions that the paperwork involved on it and to just continue waiting until that gets resolved.

jonno394 · 08-14-2016, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

Nope. The post that shows the pic for it just mentions that the paperwork involved on it and to just continue waiting until that gets resolved.

disappointing that this status didn't seem to be followed up and no real new Lupin or Rayearth news

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...47168055312297

edit -apparently a lupin trailer was shown, and it looks good

Raye · 08-14-2016, 07:16 AM

I wonder how significant the upgrade in quality will be for Rayearth. I have the remastered DVDs after giving the original complete set to my sister and am hesitant about upgrading for a second time. Same with Fatal Fury. I just bought the OVA and movies maybe a few months ago. Can anyone vouch for how good the quality of Discotek BD releases are? I don't even recall Fatal Fury getting a JP BD release.

MJW · 08-14-2016, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Raye

I wonder how significant the upgrade in quality will be for Rayearth. I have the remastered DVDs after giving the original complete set to my sister and am hesitant about upgrading for a second time. Same with Fatal Fury. I just bought the OVA and movies maybe a few months ago. Can anyone vouch for how good the quality of Discotek BD releases are? I don't even recall Fatal Fury getting a JP BD release.

I'm no expert, but I have been impressed with their Blu-ray quality. I know they are a small company but they do seem to take great care with classic titles.

I might be wrong, but I think the only Discotek title people complain about is Blue Submarine No. 6.

Norbie · 08-14-2016, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MJW

Are all four volumes of Star Blazers 2199 out-of-print?

Still around if you are desperate ...

https://www.amazon.co.jp/宇&

https://www.amazon.co.jp/宇&

https://www.amazon.co.jp/宇&

https://www.amazon.co.jp/宇&

They are not the limited editions that came with the slips. I only have the slips for volumes 5-7 for sale. But I do have cases 1-7 (they don't have "Star Blazers" logo, but obviously the original Japanese name) for the Japanese sets with booklets available.

I bought the last Yamato 2199 film which was an Amazon Exclusive that came with a digipak box, and that's where I store all my Yamato 2199 discs now.

Naiera · 08-14-2016, 05:51 PM

None of your links work

Imaginarion · 08-14-2016, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Raye

I wonder how significant the upgrade in quality will be for Rayearth. I have the remastered DVDs after giving the original complete set to my sister and am hesitant about upgrading for a second time. Same with Fatal Fury. I just bought the OVA and movies maybe a few months ago. Can anyone vouch for how good the quality of Discotek BD releases are? I don't even recall Fatal Fury getting a JP BD release.

I'm sure someone that visits this thread can link to screencaps of the Japanese 2014 BD release, which I'm sure is what Discotek will be using for theirs.

GearstinCinema · 08-15-2016, 07:02 PM

Fate/Zero is on OoS status on rightstuf and I think it's orderable. So happy to see that it is not OoP anymore. Kinda sucks the card is no longer included.

Lupin the Third · 08-15-2016, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jonno394

disappointing that this status didn't seem to be followed up and no real new Lupin or Rayearth news

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...47168055312297

edit -apparently a lupin trailer was shown, and it looks good

You should check out the Twitter feed, where most of the panel news has been posted. The Facebook page will probably be updated sometime this week, I'd guess. They're maintained by different people and a lot of the team were busy with the convention this weekend.

llj · 08-15-2016, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Imaginarion

I'm sure someone that visits this thread can link to screencaps of the Japanese 2014 BD release, which I'm sure is what Discotek will be using for theirs.

Eh? So there is a Japanese BD release of Fatal Fury: TMP? Could you show me a website that's selling it? Or were you referring to Rayearth on BD?

Going strictly off the Discotek DVD of FF: The Motion Picture, it's clear they used a new HD master. The DVD is super clear, crisp, and gorgeous. I seem to recall Discotek being involved in the remaster or helped encourage the creation of a new HD master. They were posting periodic updates of the new restoration for about a year or so before their DVD release. When Discotek first licensed it, there was no anamorphic release of the film, not even in Japan. The Discotek DVD was sold as (at the time it came out) the very first anamorphic widescreen release of the film. Discotek even boasted about this at the time it came out (in late 2014) and Masami Obari even tweeted about the DVD release saying he wished it came out in Japan.

Speaking of which, Discotek has surprised at times with a few of their releases. Their Locke the Superman DVD was also the only anamorphic version worldwide, and it was restored as well. At the time Discotek released Locke on DVD, Japan was still stuck with their old 2000 DVD which is letterboxed and unremastered. (I don't know if Japan has gotten their own version yet of the restored Locke since the Discotek release in 2012)

So yeah, there's always the possibility that Discotek could beat Japan to the punch with something, like an actual true HD BD release of something that Japan doesn't yet have wouldn't be completely impossible. Although it would more be more likely with titles that the Japanese side doesn't think is profitable enough to release in Japan anyway.

BigOnAnime · 08-15-2016, 11:26 PM

Looks like FUNi again doesn't care about pleasing collectors. See the following tweet chains.
https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...09002414559232
https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...11264096604161
https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...13905111343104

And see these as well.
https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...21089136234496
https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...21281667338240
https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...21421396377600
https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...25355368321026

Sad thing is FUNi is likely to file for bankruptcy sooner than they'll try to improve. Them going under is actually unfortunately very realistic as they've been spending money like crazy, and are overpaying for shows (Ex: The Monster Hunter anime, My Hero Academia, Puzzles & Dragons, and others).

neoz · 08-15-2016, 11:52 PM

^^^

They are really trying hard to push their streaming service as well. Oh man could you imagine if they file for Chap 11 and then get bought out say by Universal.
Then Funi and all it's licenses would be owned by Comcast. Oh dear God terrible...
Yet...its funny because all the people that torrent and use KA are like I'm not buying anime. I would laugh at them because they are part of the problem.

Gotta love those new LE priced as well. Pretty much paying high dollar for nothing but a chipboard slipbox. Terrible...

llj · 08-15-2016, 11:52 PM

In the past, whenever FUNi needed money they would just crank out another DBZ release which is guaranteed auto-cash.

But they've also gone to that well so many times that they might no longer be able to rely on pressing that emergency funds button. I'm sure every time a new DBZ release comes out, it still makes less money than the previous one. At some point the well goes dry. It's concerning because as bad as they are (probably my least favorite US anime distributor of the last 15 years in terms of quality) they hold A LOT of properties and if they go under, a lot of titles will be stuck in license hell.

Thomas Guycott · 08-16-2016, 12:06 AM

Most anime fandom has moved beyond DBZ being a major staple.

llj · 08-16-2016, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

Most anime fandom has moved beyond DBZ being a major staple.

I've always considered the majority of DBZ fans not really part of the "fandom" as we define it. They're closer to the mainstream than actual anime fans are. Like, I don't think many DBZ fans know what an "Aniplex" is, and their knowledge of anime extends only as far as Shonen Jump stuff (One Piece, Naruto, etc,.)

Most of the DBZ fans I know are not really anime fans as we define them here. They run the gamut from jocks to computer/gaming geeks to average Jills and Joes with no real hardcore interests or hobbies.

DBZ's biggest claim to fame has always been its popularity outside anime fandom. It's the most well known anime in the west other than Pokemon.

neoz · 08-16-2016, 12:18 AM

Question, which were to recent licenses that Funi got that failed hard? Wasn't Tokyo Ghoul one of them?

08-15-2016, 11:52 PM	#28136
neoz Moderator Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1664 DVD collection:8 Trading Score:84	^^^ They are really trying hard to push their streaming service as well. Oh man could you imagine if they file for Chap 11 and then get bought out say by Universal. Then Funi and all it's licenses would be owned by Comcast. Oh dear God terrible... Yet...its funny because all the people that torrent and use KA are like I'm not buying anime. I would laugh at them because they are part of the problem. Gotta love those new LE priced as well. Pretty much paying high dollar for nothing but a chipboard slipbox. Terrible... Last edited by neoz; 08-16-2016 at 12:02 AM.

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08-14-2016, 12:54 AM	#28121
MOONPHASE Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:520 DVD collection:820 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:29	I still have the ADV version and will keep it till it sees the light of day once again.

08-14-2016, 02:23 AM	#28123
beatnikslacker Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Washington State Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:699 Trading Score:241	Discotek got 5cm per second?! crazy, fantastic news.

08-14-2016, 07:16 AM	#28127
Raye Expert Member Member since:Oct 2015 Location:Hawaii Trading Score:26	I wonder how significant the upgrade in quality will be for Rayearth. I have the remastered DVDs after giving the original complete set to my sister and am hesitant about upgrading for a second time. Same with Fatal Fury. I just bought the OVA and movies maybe a few months ago. Can anyone vouch for how good the quality of Discotek BD releases are? I don't even recall Fatal Fury getting a JP BD release.

08-14-2016, 05:51 PM	#28130
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	None of your links work

08-15-2016, 07:02 PM	#28132
GearstinCinema Active Member Member since:Feb 2014 Location:New Jersey Blu-ray collection:58 Trading Score:1	Fate/Zero is on OoS status on rightstuf and I think it's orderable. So happy to see that it is not OoP anymore. Kinda sucks the card is no longer included.

08-15-2016, 11:26 PM	#28135
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:671 DVD collection:714	Looks like FUNi again doesn't care about pleasing collectors. See the following tweet chains. https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...09002414559232 https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...11264096604161 https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...13905111343104 And see these as well. https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...21089136234496 https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...21281667338240 https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...21421396377600 https://twitter.com/SpacemanHardy/st...25355368321026 Sad thing is FUNi is likely to file for bankruptcy sooner than they'll try to improve. Them going under is actually unfortunately very realistic as they've been spending money like crazy, and are overpaying for shows (Ex: The Monster Hunter anime, My Hero Academia, Puzzles & Dragons, and others).

08-15-2016, 11:52 PM	#28137
llj Power Member Member since:Sep 2012	In the past, whenever FUNi needed money they would just crank out another DBZ release which is guaranteed auto-cash. But they've also gone to that well so many times that they might no longer be able to rely on pressing that emergency funds button. I'm sure every time a new DBZ release comes out, it still makes less money than the previous one. At some point the well goes dry. It's concerning because as bad as they are (probably my least favorite US anime distributor of the last 15 years in terms of quality) they hold A LOT of properties and if they go under, a lot of titles will be stuck in license hell.

08-16-2016, 12:06 AM	#28138
Thomas Guycott Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 Location:USA 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:544 DVD collection:181 Trading Score:2	Most anime fandom has moved beyond DBZ being a major staple.

08-16-2016, 12:18 AM	#28140
neoz Moderator Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1664 DVD collection:8 Trading Score:84	Question, which were to recent licenses that Funi got that failed hard? Wasn't Tokyo Ghoul one of them?

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