Wicked City (1987) September 29, 2020

[WaverBoy]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Project A-Ko is a no-go. The original negatives and even the film prints for it are considered lost or destroyed, so every single release uses Pony Canyon's CAV Laserdisc as a basis, as it is currently the highest quality "source" of the film.

Now, there might be remastered releases down the road using the highest quality LD players to capture it combined with some digital restoration, but even if that does happen, we're stuck with a 420i Composite video master.

Horrible news! What the hell happened to it? I noticed the last official DVD looks pretty feeble.