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TheAnagelic1
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Oh, and REGION FREE Viz! It's bad enough here in the UK we over ever got the 2 films on DVD, so don't deny us of buying the US Blu Rays! |
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Touma
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Are you asking why they would keep the Ocean dub? Or why they would release it sub-only? They would use the Ocean dub to avoid the expense of a new dub. I expect them to do that, assuming that they still have the rights to the Ocean dub. I really do not know who owns the dubs. I cannot think of any reason for a sub-only release. Viz has done a lot of releases without subtitles and Japanese audio, but have they ever had an anime release without a dub? I cannot think of any. |
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jr240483
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Neither could I . I have never once seen Viz Media or Funimation release a series that's sub only. Online,yes. but definitely not for DVDs or Blue Ray. |
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AtaruLum
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if they rerelease Maison Ikkoku or Urusei Yatsura (AnimEigo) on blu-ray, I would buy that immediately. I have ranma 1/2 tv on french already complete and the video quality is better than the "old" english dvd version.
The Viz English dub are not complete, because not all "Preview to the next Episode" where dubbed and the second narrator opening is never dubbed in english ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOGlbEPp1r0 ) Hope they don't change anything (Viz have never shown the Ending Present) and keep the new blu-ray episode order. Vizs order was not the same with the original TV and the japanese blu-ray get a new, because of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBcFThUbaBw . It is switched back to ep 14, which was originally plan to air. |
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st_owly
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I'll definitely be getting Monster. I've wanted to read that for the longest time but was far too lazy to track down OOP volumes.
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enurtsol
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Ranma's TV ratings were struggling, so the producers skipped eps to go straight to the popular Shampoo. So they already messed up the order. |
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trilaan
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I have always, ALWAYS wondered about that. |
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AtaruLum
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This is not really right, if you shown the air dates of Ranma. It was not shown because in Japan were many Abductions at that time. (Source: Japanese Wiki and Booklet of the French Ranma 1/2 DVD Publisher). Ranma have poor TV ratings at that time, but that was not the reason why Abduction of P-Chan was not aired. Episode 13 was aired at 29 July 1989 and Episode 14 "Kotsuban Uranai! Ranma wa Nippon-ichi no Oyomesan" on 19 August 1989 and the episode with Shampoo on 26 August 1989. So Abduction of P-Chan was aired in Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen in Episode 7 (or Episode 25 wordwide, in the USA & Canada Episode 19, because of vizs reorder). |
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SSKK6
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Such great news. I guess this is a good excuse to finally check out Ranma 1/2.
I was just telling my friend the other day that Monster deserves an omnibus reprint. I already own all the manga (found it all dirt cheap for $40), but I'll happily be buying these omnibus as well. |
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jr240483
Posts: 4378 Location: New York City,New York,USA |
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Unfortunately the odds of them releasing the Animego releases are somewhat slim since the old dubs of Urusei Yastrua were the movies since they were the only english dubs i can find. but i highly doubt they would release both of those titles without any dubs on DVD. IF there is one thing i know , is that both Viz & Funimation wont give a licensed release the same sub only treatment that Section 23 / Sentai Filmworks , Media Blasters / Anime Works & Right Stuff / Nozumi Animation does to some of its licensed series. |
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AtaruLum
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AnimEigo dub also the first two episodes of Urusei Yatsura in english. It was released as "Those Obnoxious Aliens" and only released on VHS. I have the tape.
Another english dub is the Animax dub (Ranma 1/2 have also an Animax English Dub), but that is not made for north american. Here a clip of ep 27: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qhq1PwX1qI |
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krelyan
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Curious to see if the new Monster Perfect Edition will be size of their VizBig line or at the trim size of the other Urasawa stuff they've released. I'd definitely re-buy if they did them at the VizBig dimensions, otherwise, I'll likely pass.
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wmderemer
 It...it's not like I post for you or anything! Posts: 302 Location: Stroudsburg, PA |
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Correct, I was not being sarcastic... i LOVE the original dub Viz did for Ranma (by Ocean in Canada)... 'twas how I was introduced to Ranma back in the 2-eps-on-a-tape VHS days... |
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Sewingrose
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Ah yeah, I have been dying for years for a Monster released, because I didn't get into it until after it had started going out of print, and had to end up reading scanlations. BUT NOW I CAN OWN IT!
And I have asked the Viz people at two different AXs if they were going to re-release it. Last year I ended up going through my Library system's Takashi selection, as I had never read or seen any of her stuff. I went in thinking I would probably only like Mermaid Saga (which I did), but I ended up being charmed my Ranma. I might pick up those as well, though I don't think I will be per-ordering them like I will with Monster. |
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Terodius
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I love this series. I got the first 20 chapters from my step brother and became obsessed with getting the rest of the booklets and have watched the whole anime series at least 3 times. I agree that the quality of the dvds and the torrents is pretty bad. Another anime I love, Cardcaptors Sakura, was remastered and released in blu-ray and honestly there were a lot of animation artifacts and noticeable problems with audio and picture quality.
A lot of these animes were never intended to be seen in such high detail, so remastering and restoring them properly is as important as the resolution bump. By 2014 we'll be seeing most new movies and series released in 4K, so a 1080p release will already be outdated by at least 5 years. |
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