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NEWS: Discotek Adds DNA2, 1st Lupin III TV Special, Dragon Half, Fatal Fury Specials

I just have to ask, do you [insults removed]. I swear it was the same thing on the Nadia story, glad they rescued it because now I can buy, lulz its so super expensive. No its not.

No Nadia, isnt neither is DNA2 or pretty much the majority of anime products. In an age where Aniplex puts out 100 plus parts, ie 200 plus for whole sets, and where you standard anime cost 40-60 depending on format, spending 30-40 (you can get the whole collection, or buy the singles on Amazon) bucks on DNA2 is not a lot, and I am sure you can even get it cheaper on Ebay.

At some point you just have to stop the BS and admit, you basically won't pay for a work because to anyone collection anime/manga or related merchandise, the cost of something like DNA is not even a blink of an eye.

And someone was asking Iria to be licensed rescued, for Christ sake, I saw like 3 copies of it at a HPB for under 20 bucks. No its not rare, and no its not hard to get.

Full agreement from me though I had to resort to watching Dragon Half on youtube and DNA^2 through even more nefarious means. Also, it wasn't that hard to find and it was even a dual language presentation so there are fans of the show out there years later.

Fatal Fury? If I've learned anything about anime and fighting video game adaptations, it's to stay away from them.

I just have to ask, do you [insults removed]. I swear it was the same thing on the Nadia story, glad they rescued it because now I can buy, lulz its so super expensive. No its not.

No Nadia, isnt neither is DNA2 or pretty much the majority of anime products. In an age where Aniplex puts out 100 plus parts, ie 200 plus for whole sets, and where you standard anime cost 40-60 depending on format, spending 30-40 (you can get the whole collection, or buy the singles on Amazon) bucks on DNA2 is not a lot, and I am sure you can even get it cheaper on Ebay.

At some point you just have to stop the BS and admit, you basically won't pay for a work because to anyone collection anime/manga or related merchandise, the cost of something like DNA is not even a blink of an eye.

And someone was asking Iria to be licensed rescued, for Christ sake, I saw like 3 copies of it at a HPB for under 20 bucks. No its not rare, and no its not hard to get.

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I'm honestly kind of shocked it got rescued though since, it's kind of a non-entity here.

DNA2 has a fanbase through the fansubs, and, more importantly, a dub.

Several months ago, I actually found both the Lupin III First Haul and Final Haul box sets at my local used bookstore. Funimation basically released all ten of their Lupin TV Specials/Movies that they owned in two box sets. Today, they're really rare and go for pretty high prices on eBay. I got both all together for $30.

Although I won't be buying it, I'm glad that Discotek is trying to release more Lupin III stuff. Now where is The Castle of Cagliostro on US Blu-Ray!?

Great find, I also own those two sets which didn't took up as much room as the single release DVDs of the ten Lupin movies released by Funimation. I also would love to see Cagliostro get released on Blu-ray for the US market as much as seeing a relicense of the Red Jacket series. But as its said before that was a long series and would have to be released on at least 3 to 4 box set. While the Pink Jacket series was shorter and would only need one box set, I'd like that one to get license only cause its the only Lupin TV series to not be released on DVD in the US.

Oddly enough, only 79 of the 155 episodes were ever dubbed into English and released on home video in the United States. I'd like to own whatever has been released officially, but I personally see it as a waste of time to track down 15 individual DVD volumes of a series that's not even complete here.

Europe and Japan have had Cagliostro on Blu-ray for quite some time. Unfortunately, the Japanese version, while Region A, has no English subtitle or dubbing options. The European version is only Region B. I asked Manga U.S. via Twitter if they still own the license to the film but they claim that they no longer have the rights. It makes me wonder if Discotek will pull through with it. They already had an excellent and complete release with Mamo. In a perfect world, I'd wish for a deluxe Blu-ray set with a high-quality transfer and both English dubs. Hope it happens eventually.

At least the third series is getting streaming via Hulu, as god-awful as that service is. Not sure if it'd ever get an official release here.

It's odd to me why stuff like Death Note, Dragon Ball, and Sailor Moon is so popular; but Lupin III and Gundam haven't hit their mark despite both being influential Japanese franchises.

Which is why if it gets licensed by Discotek, the undub episodes will be sub only. Much like Fist of the North Star was only dub 1/4 within the series.

i never saw the older English dub, but it would be cool to see that and the manga dub get included on a newer release like what Discotek did for Mamo.

I ask that question every day, and I only encounter die hard anime fans who know who Lupin is.

It makes me wonder how they'd even release this series. A huge complete series set (preferably on Blu-ray) would be beast. These materials do exist since pretty much all the Lupin III stuff has been released on Blu-Ray in Japan.

You're not really missing much. Just like most other Streamline dubs, it's only passable. I really prefer the Manga dub because David Hayter is one of my favorite voice actors ever. If it was included, it'd be more for historical purposes. It's a miracle that Discotek was able to get all four dubs for Mamo, including the extremely rare Toho International Flights dub. It's great when these companies include all the dubs in one release for the die-hard collectors like me. Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to Funimation's Akira Special Edition set which comes out this week.

Today I emailed Answerman a question regarding Lupin III's popularity in the West. I've had my questions featured before, so hopefully a response will be published for Friday's column.