Viz Licenses Original Sailor Moon Anime Franchise - Page 302 - Blu-ray Forum

SpazeBlue · 07-04-2022, 12:39 PM

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Any place to see screen grabs of the new release? Does Viz keep the original Japanese credits?

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GeoffOliver · 07-04-2022, 04:10 PM

I’m fine with VIZ keeping the original Japanese credits, but I wish they included an English credit roll for each episode (or at least each disc) so the English cast can be properly credited at last. Some incidental roles are still unknown after all these years.

MOONPHASE · 07-04-2022, 04:13 PM

Viz is good at putting Japanese Credits but terrible at putting English Translated Credits making the Credits only for people who can read Japanese. They’re basically like Well if you want Japanese Credits we will sacrifice the English Credits. If you want English Credits we will sacrifice the Japanese ones.

snowmint · 07-04-2022, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Toei seems to be getting it's act together when it goes to supplying masters and what nots to labels in the last 1-2 years. Hopefully it continues.

Huh? Viz probably got the Toei masters originally and then screwed them up themselves when they tried to "remaster" it themselves.

DukeTogo84 · 07-04-2022, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by snowmint

Huh?

Toei has a reputation for supplying subpar masters with some of their films, and some masters that were such bad shape that they couldn't be released at all. (Wolves, Pigs, and Men) is an example. However, it seems like it's becoming a thing of the past, hopefully.

GeoffOliver · 07-04-2022, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by snowmint

Huh? Viz probably got the Toei masters originally and then screwed them up themselves when they tried to "remaster" it themselves.

It looks like Toei gave them the previous SD masters (likely the same ones used for the Italian Dynit and Australian Madman DVDs), but Viz took it upon themselves to “remaster” it in HD since Toei’s HD upscale didn’t exist yet. Toei probably mandated that all new releases use their new masters around the time they released SuperS.

flash.over · 07-05-2022, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by snowmint

Huh? Viz probably got the Toei masters originally and then screwed them up themselves when they tried to "remaster" it themselves.

Toei gave them the 2002 DVD masters originally. They didn’t do their own HD upscale until a few years after Viz.

In a perfect world, they’d just upscale the Italian DVD master and call it a day but oh well lol

Shane665 · 07-16-2022, 01:12 PM

I never picked up any of the previous Sailor Moon blu-rays. Just got the new season 1 set. Is Viz going back an rereleasing all of Sailor Moon into season sets or will I need to get the older split sets after season 1?

RillIris · 07-16-2022, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Shane665

I never picked up any of the previous Sailor Moon blu-rays. Just got the new season 1 set. Is Viz going back an rereleasing all of Sailor Moon into season sets or will I need to get the older split sets after season 1?

Pretty much for sure they’ll do all 5 seasons, much more doubtful they’ll do the movies again.

snowmint · 07-16-2022, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RillIris

Pretty much for sure they’ll do all 5 seasons, much more doubtful they’ll do the movies again.

Are you sure? Steelbooks seem all the rage right now...

InuYashaCrusade · 07-16-2022, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by snowmint

Are you sure? Steelbooks seem all the rage right now...

I could see them releasing all of the movies together in one set. VIZ seems to like doing that.

kevin87 · 07-17-2022, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by RillIris

Pretty much for sure they’ll do all 5 seasons, much more doubtful they’ll do the movies again.

Could possibly see them putting the movie in the corresponding season's re-release, but yeah, if there wasn't a problem with the movie then I wouldn't see them bothering with a new version. Unless they just want to drop the DVD.

keitaro · 07-17-2022, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by RillIris

Pretty much for sure they’ll do all 5 seasons, much more doubtful they’ll do the movies again.

It would be nice if the movies got re-done as VIZ put them out with mono audio. Stereo sound please!

GeoffOliver · 07-18-2022, 05:11 AM

Still no word on the Eternal films on physical media outside Japan. They’ve been Netflix exclusives for over a year.

MOONPHASE · 07-18-2022, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

Still no word on the Eternal films on physical media outside Japan. They’ve been Netflix exclusives for over a year.

Yeah I wouldn’t expect that on Blu-ray here anytime soon. Hope I am wrong but this is Netflix we are talking about.

InuYashaCrusade · 07-18-2022, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

Yeah I wouldn’t expect that on Blu-ray here anytime soon. Hope I am wrong but this is Netflix we are talking about.

Pokemon Secrets of the Jungle hit Netflix last October and is releasing this October on Blu-ray. Who knows how long the delay is between streaming and physical but it doesn't always seem to be that bad.

MOONPHASE · 07-18-2022, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

Pokemon Secrets of the Jungle hit Netflix last October and is releasing this October on Blu-ray. Who knows how long the delay is between streaming and physical but it doesn't always seem to be that bad.

It varies. Some things take many years and some only take 1 or 2 years.

Zeether · 07-18-2022, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

Pokemon Secrets of the Jungle hit Netflix last October and is releasing this October on Blu-ray. Who knows how long the delay is between streaming and physical but it doesn't always seem to be that bad.

Viz has also released the Castlevania Netflix series on Blu-ray so they might have an in with them in terms of video licensing.

BigOnAnime · 07-18-2022, 08:02 PM

The fact that Netflix got the Sailor Moon Crystal movies instead of VIZ makes me wonder if VIZ was even interested. Netflix also got JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Star Ocean and Tiger & Bunny S2, series where prior entries were licensed by VIZ. FUNimation also got Megalobox Nomad instead of VIZ.

InuYashaCrusade · 07-18-2022, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

The fact that Netflix got the Sailor Moon Crystal movies instead of VIZ makes me wonder if VIZ was even interested. Netflix also got JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Star Ocean and Tiger & Bunny S2, series where prior entries were licensed by VIZ. FUNimation also got Megalobox Nomad instead of VIZ.

VIZ seems to have given up on anything that isn't Naruto/Bleach/Inuyasha. All they've gotten recently are sequels from those 3 series.

07-04-2022, 04:10 PM	#6022
GeoffOliver Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Atlanta GA 4K collection:260 Blu-ray collection:1523 DVD collection:332	I’m fine with VIZ keeping the original Japanese credits, but I wish they included an English credit roll for each episode (or at least each disc) so the English cast can be properly credited at last. Some incidental roles are still unknown after all these years.

07-04-2022, 04:13 PM	#6023
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	Viz is good at putting Japanese Credits but terrible at putting English Translated Credits making the Credits only for people who can read Japanese. They’re basically like Well if you want Japanese Credits we will sacrifice the English Credits. If you want English Credits we will sacrifice the Japanese ones.

07-16-2022, 01:12 PM	#6028
Shane665 Active Member Member since:Apr 2012 Location:Kansas 4K collection:681 Blu-ray collection:5376 DVD collection:252 iTunes collection:1	I never picked up any of the previous Sailor Moon blu-rays. Just got the new season 1 set. Is Viz going back an rereleasing all of Sailor Moon into season sets or will I need to get the older split sets after season 1?

07-18-2022, 05:11 AM	#6034
GeoffOliver Blu-ray Knight Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Atlanta GA 4K collection:260 Blu-ray collection:1523 DVD collection:332	Still no word on the Eternal films on physical media outside Japan. They’ve been Netflix exclusives for over a year.

07-18-2022, 08:02 PM	#6039
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:671 DVD collection:714	The fact that Netflix got the Sailor Moon Crystal movies instead of VIZ makes me wonder if VIZ was even interested. Netflix also got JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Star Ocean and Tiger & Bunny S2, series where prior entries were licensed by VIZ. FUNimation also got Megalobox Nomad instead of VIZ.

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