Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex - Blu-ray Forum

Mobe1969 · 11-08-2014, 09:54 PM

Just wondering, I've seen GITS:SAC on iTunes in HD and on Amazon but I can't see any info on language and subtitle tracks. Are they dub only?

Thanks

chronoclast · 11-08-2014, 10:08 PM

Yes. SAC on all of the legal download to own services and streaming sites is dub only.

Mobe1969 · 11-08-2014, 11:14 PM

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Yes. SAC on all of the legal download to own services and streaming sites is dub only.

OK thanks. Sigh....

K i r a · 11-08-2014, 11:47 PM

Hasn't this come out on Blu-ray in JP, too? Hope that means someone can license and release it here. Bandai Visual did the DVDs, and they're done with USA business, so I hope Funimation can save it and do 2 boxsets like they did with Guilty Crown for these 2 seasons. I'd prefer artbooks over physical goodies, personally.

chronoclast · 11-08-2014, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by K i r a

Hasn't this come out on Blu-ray in JP, too? Hope that means someone can license and release it here. Bandai Visual did the DVDs, and they're done with USA business, so I hope Funimation can save it and do 2 boxsets like they did with Guilty Crown for these 2 seasons. I'd prefer artbooks over physical goodies, personally.

Manga Entertainment still hold the rights to it unfortunately. Who knows if they'll ever release it on BD. Even if they were to, it's likely they'd screw it up somehow.

Best case scenario would be for their rights to expire and one of the other companies like Funi were to license it.

EDIT: I should clarify. Bandai Entertainment and Manga co-licensed SAC together for DVD. When Bandai shutdown, their part of the rights transferred over to Manga.

UseY0ur1llusi0n · 11-10-2014, 01:12 AM

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Who knows if they'll ever release it on BD. Even if they were to, it's likely they'd screw it up somehow.

Exactly why I bought these babies. This bodes well for my investment, they'll probably botch it somehow even if they do release it in a hundred years.

Mobe1969 · 11-10-2014, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by UseY0ur1llusi0n

Exactly why I bought these babies. This bodes well for my investment, they'll probably botch it somehow even if they do release it in a hundred years.

They are subtitled? If so where did you get them?

Hmm I think these are the Japanese special edition sets, and to what I can see, they don't have English subs. So unless you are fluent in Japanese, they are more or less equivalent in content to buying the HD digital downloads that are available (1080p and English Dub). But if like me you are after original language and subtitles you are out of luck.

I guess you could subtitle the blu-rays yourself though. That is so much work though.

Bobo1313 · 11-10-2014, 04:53 PM

The English dub is included but no sub. There expensive, I'm saving up to eventually buy them.

Mobe1969 · 11-10-2014, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobo1313

The English dub is included but no sub. There expensive, I'm saving up to eventually buy them.

Thanks.

If they had subs, I'd buy them. Without them though they are no better than the digital versions available to me.

Thomas Guycott · 11-10-2014, 08:20 PM

If it wasn't for Manga having their rotting claws still wrapped around this series I'm sure it would have been rescued by another distributor.

UseY0ur1llusi0n · 11-10-2014, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mobe1969

I guess you could subtitle the blu-rays yourself though.

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Originally Posted by Mobe1969

If they had subs, I'd buy them.

Yup no English subtitle support, only Japanese. You'll have to mux your own over.

Still worth every penny though.

madlost1 · 11-10-2014, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by UseY0ur1llusi0n

Yup no English subtitle support, only Japanese. You'll have to mux your own over.

Still worth every penny though.

Man I don't know I did that for two DVDs and it was an incredible pain in the ass.

Vlad Draculi · 11-11-2014, 01:30 AM

I would so love this how on BD. This is one of my favorite anime series of all time and it has also one of the best dubs ever.

Mobe1969 · 11-11-2014, 09:10 AM

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Man I don't know I did that for two DVDs and it was an incredible pain in the ass.

Yeah I've done it a few times and it really sucks the enjoyment out of watching it. Then when you do you pick flaws and it never ends.

Cat III · 11-16-2014, 11:18 AM

Love this show. Hope it gets released on Blu-ray stateside (or the UK). As long as Manga didn't royally screw it up I'd be fine with them doing it. No way I could ever justify the insane price of the Japanese box set. Don't love the show that much.

Vlad Draculi · 11-16-2014, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Cat III

Love this show. Hope it gets released on Blu-ray stateside (or the UK). As long as Manga didn't royally screw it up I'd be fine with them doing it. No way I could ever justify the insane price of the Japanese box set. Don't love the show that much.

I would, but the English audio is in standard dolby. My DVDs are superior than that because the audio is in DTS.

k_dog77803 · 11-16-2014, 03:00 PM

Do any of you guys own the movie versions of SAC and 2nd GIG on blu? If so are they worth getting?

Girls With Guns · 11-17-2014, 12:17 AM

Yep, got tired of waiting for any US releases, so back in July I bit the bullet and just bought 'em all in their Japanese releases (except the two compilation movies, which I see no need for), in one swoop... About $800 total

- even though I knew the first movie was coming out on Blu-ray this Fall...

But, it does really irritate me there are only English dubs but no subs for the two SAC series, as I'm a die-hard sub-only viewer. At least the three movies do have subs...

Cat III · 11-17-2014, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

Yep, got tired of waiting for any US releases, so back in July I bit the bullet and just bought 'em all in their Japanese releases, in one swoop... About $800 total

- even though I knew the first movie was coming out on Blu-ray this Fall...

But, it does really irritate me there are no English subs for the two SAC series, as I'm a die-hard sub-only viewer.

[Show spoiler]

Yeah, those look beautiful, but that price tag is too large. And I'm a guy who likes the English dub.

zrdb · 11-17-2014, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Cat III

Yeah, those look beautiful, but that price tag is too large. And I'm a guy who likes the English dub.

Damn straight-subs only are for dead people. LOL-but that'd make me dead as I'm currently watching a subbed only series.

11-08-2014, 09:54 PM	#1
Mobe1969 Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Brisbane, Australia 4K collection:922 Blu-ray collection:1462	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex Just wondering, I've seen GITS:SAC on iTunes in HD and on Amazon but I can't see any info on language and subtitle tracks. Are they dub only? Thanks Last edited by Johnny Vinyl; 11-22-2014 at 06:19 AM.

11-17-2014, 12:17 AM	#18
Girls With Guns Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2014 Location:Amish Farm Country, PA Home Theater Gallery:32 Blu-ray collection:469 DVD collection:146 Trading Score:26	Yep, got tired of waiting for any US releases, so back in July I bit the bullet and just bought 'em all in their Japanese releases (except the two compilation movies, which I see no need for), in one swoop... About $800 total - even though I knew the first movie was coming out on Blu-ray this Fall... But, it does really irritate me there are only English dubs but no subs for the two SAC series, as I'm a die-hard sub-only viewer. At least the three movies do have subs... Last edited by Girls With Guns; 11-17-2014 at 12:55 AM.

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11-08-2014, 10:08 PM	#2
chronoclast Special Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 4K collection:125 Blu-ray collection:694 DVD collection:79 Trading Score:1	Yes. SAC on all of the legal download to own services and streaming sites is dub only.

11-08-2014, 11:47 PM	#4
K i r a Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Sep 2010 Location:Florida Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:9 Digital collection:577 Blu-ray reviews:82 Trading Score:274	Hasn't this come out on Blu-ray in JP, too? Hope that means someone can license and release it here. Bandai Visual did the DVDs, and they're done with USA business, so I hope Funimation can save it and do 2 boxsets like they did with Guilty Crown for these 2 seasons. I'd prefer artbooks over physical goodies, personally.

11-10-2014, 04:53 PM	#8
Bobo1313 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2013 Location:Somewhere Blu-ray collection:15 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:46	The English dub is included but no sub. There expensive, I'm saving up to eventually buy them.

11-10-2014, 08:20 PM	#10
Thomas Guycott Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 Location:USA 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:487 DVD collection:180 Trading Score:2	If it wasn't for Manga having their rotting claws still wrapped around this series I'm sure it would have been rescued by another distributor.

11-11-2014, 01:30 AM	#13
Vlad Draculi Banned Member since:Jul 2014 Blu-ray collection:567 Trading Score:2	I would so love this how on BD. This is one of my favorite anime series of all time and it has also one of the best dubs ever.

11-16-2014, 11:18 AM	#15
Cat III Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 Location:USA Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:317 DVD collection:168 Blu-ray reviews: 32 Trading Score:6	Love this show. Hope it gets released on Blu-ray stateside (or the UK). As long as Manga didn't royally screw it up I'd be fine with them doing it. No way I could ever justify the insane price of the Japanese box set. Don't love the show that much.

11-16-2014, 03:00 PM	#17
k_dog77803 Expert Member Member since:Sep 2010 Location:TX	Do any of you guys own the movie versions of SAC and 2nd GIG on blu? If so are they worth getting?

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