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NJ_
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First off, Crunchyroll's the main licensor for Free season 1 here and this includes home video rights (as confirmed here & here) so any blame should go straight to them (& the Japanese licensor) and if you ask me, FUNi's pretty much doing a "good" job getting back at them with the amount of shows they have picked up this year for North American simulcast. As for Discotek, they stopped getting Tatsunoko titles after Sentai beat them to getting 70s Casshan in 2013 (along with other Tatsunoko titles which we only know half of so far) which is okay in that case because Discotek picked up 70s Devilman from Toei instead as a result. If anything, FUNi picking up 60s Speed would be sending a message to Sentai but then again, with Tatsunoko now working on a new reboot series, FUNi might be interested and getting the 60s show is probably the first step in getting that whenever it's ready. I'm personally glad for this (though I was hoping Sentai would get it myself) but I hope FUNi doesn't ignore the 90s reboot & get that soon as well and if not then hopefully Sentai or Discotek will.
Not sure about their subs but this sounds more like a complaint over some of their dubs since that usually happens there. I don't see Speed getting redubbed though so that shouldn't be a problem.
Not since 2005, their old DVDs used to have 2 sub options, one for the Japanese audio & one for the deaf & hard of hearing (which I admit that I do miss). With how popular Speed is, it would be interesting if they brought it back via Closed Captions like Viz did for Sailor Moon but I won't get my hopes up.
Either that or use more discs than usual, there have been some anime released recently which used both edited & uncut videos on the same disc like for example, Discotek's Sherlock Hound set (all 26 episodes on 6 DVDs) & the first Patlabor TV set from Maiden Japan (4 DVDs & 3 BDs with 12 episodes all because MJ was given an edited version of the dub for the first 5 episodes). |
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CCTakato
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Now when is somebody going to finally release Robotech on Blu ray?
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DangerMouse
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Woah, nice. Did not expect either of those pickups!
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Usagi-kun
Posts: 877 Location: Nashville, TN |
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Yay~♡
Noien on bluray! With all the CG it has, I hope the transfer is okay... |
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TheHTRO
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I reiterate: -I hope the subtitles don't try to make it more "mature" than it really is. -Families watch anime too. Again, just saying. Also, I'm sorry for editing your post like that, but that was just to illustrate my point. |
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NJ_
Posts: 3010 Location: Wallington, NJ |
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Here's a comparison with the Japanese BDs & the Manga US DVDs.
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walw6pK4Alo
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Not a terrible upscale.
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hikura
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First they are officially releasing LOTGH and now this.I am impressed good older titles are getting released.
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CCTakato
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Sam Murai
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Boy, that partnership with Tatsunoko is really paying dividents for Sentai, huh? I would express surprise at this, but this is Tatsunoko we're talking about…
I thought Manga had the license to Noein still, but I guess not. I suppose they more interested in piggybacking on…err…gaining streaming rights for other distributors' shows and making "fan" content, these days… |
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Kadmos1
Posts: 13558 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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I find the fact that they licensed Speed Racer to be appropriate since the original Japanese Speed Racer voice also voiced the original Japanese Cyborg 009,of which Funi has licensed the most recently adapted (that has been released on DVD/BD).
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Wrial Huden
Posts: 149 Location: McKinney, TX |
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Yes, yes, YES!!! |
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iatheia
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I don't even know for how many years I searched for the original Mach Go Go Go. It was nowhere to be found - every legal and illegal resource had only the american version. Even looking at the releases in different language seemed to use english as a base (most terrifying of which was montone russian fandub where you can still hear the english in background). I gave up thinking that after all these years it had been cut and recut to the point where it might no longer exist. So this is an incredible surprise.
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Desslok
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I would have thought for sure that Discotek would have landed Speed Racer, being the home of all things old and retro. But hey, I'll take it!
So I wonder if they'll do a new dub? That would be . . . weird. |
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Shokara
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First off I am shocked and pleased as punch to hear Funimation is releasing Speed Racer with its original Japanese version included on BD. Second, I would be shocked and dismayed if they didn't include the 1967 Trans-Lux English dub directed by and starring the late Peter Fernandez.
I know that in this fandom we tend to take on the pretentiousness of placing the original Japanese versions of manga and anime up on a pedestal. In this case, however, I think it would be ridiculous to ignore the Speed Racer English dub's place in American pop culture. Despite whatever many may think, nostalgia over the American version that has aired on and off on American TV for decades would be an enormous drive for buying this. To make a new dub to better fit the Japanese version and not include the American version that so many over the years have become familiar with, many would likely be turned off from picking it up despite the inclusion of the Japanese version. I believe this is a moment where "American pop culture posterity" and "anime purism" are equally important and should be treated with equal care. |
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