Forum - View topicJapanese Haruhi Suzumiya BD Box Includes English Dub, Subtitles
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pureevil4
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Shame I don't have a few hundred to drop on this set, but hopefully this could lead to furthering interest in a bd release here in the states? Wishful thinking I'm sure, but license rescues do happen.
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bhl88
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Pity mine was just an upscale.
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Apollo-kun
 Posts: 1213 Location: City 7, Macross 7 |
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Man. Those were the days. Looking forward to each volume, saving my allowances to splurge on the limited editions... "Haruhi" will always be one of my all-time favorites, despite the issues I have with it in later years. For me, it represented the best time of the anime industry, the best time for KyoAni, and... well, you get the point. I'm rambling.
On topic, I would buy this in a heartbeat if we got a NA release, and I daresay I might snag this at some point down the line as an import. That dub was top-notch. |
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Ali07
 Posts: 3333 Location: Victoria, Australia |
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Huh, last month or so we've seen a few Haruhi related things come out. This BD, the pachinko game with the new animated video that KyoAni are doing, and the announcement of the Yuki Nagato anime. Just makes one wonder...
I hope that Madman here in Aus does a BD release. Bought their DVD editions and wouldn't mind double dipping...currently working my way through the book series and am loving the Yuki Nagato manga. 
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kevinx59
 Posts: 959 Location: In sunny California |
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Still haven't seen Haruhi but this is pretty cool. Now if only a series I liked with no English release got this kind of treatment. (Since you did this Kadokawa please do the same for the Strike Witches ova's. At least subs)
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vulcanraven01
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They already released a BD BOX for both seasons back in 2010.
I own it. It contains both seasons with English and Japanese audio and English subs. |
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Samo2222
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I've read this has "partially remastered video."
Anyone got an idea if this new release will be any better than the complete Blu-Ray Box? Besides the fact that it's just the first season, that is. |
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chronos02
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I would pretty much like to know this too, I already own the first BD set too, and if this one has better video quality on the first season, I would seriously consider importing it. And as they said above, the first BD set released back in 2010 already contained the English dub and English subtitles. |
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pluvia33
 Posts: 194 Location: Dayton, OH, USA |
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Yeah, I also bought the 2010 Japanese blu-ray Complete Box for about $350 when it came out. It's kind of weird that they're putting the first season into a new separate box now. There's no real reason to watch the series any way other than with the two seasons together anymore, placing them in chronological order (skipping however many E8s you wish). Just my opinion, I guess.
It would be nice if this is building up to a resurgence of Haruhi, both in Japan and NA. Continuing the novels, continuing the anime, getting a NA release of the blu-ray Complete Box for fans who missed or couldn't afford the JPN version, etc. We can dream. On a side note, I can't believe the first season is going to have its 10th birthday in 21 months. Makes me feel old. |
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mdo7
 Posts: 6258 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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And as usual, this BD box is very expensive. But if US fans want to import it, well be careful of how you use the money.
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omiya
 Posts: 1827 Location: Adelaide, South Australia |
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Me also, and I loved the orchestral concert video. Philip Chu and Hiroaki Yura of Eminence conducting and solo violin playing respectively, and Aya Hirano and Minori Chihara singing. Managed to say hello to Hiroaki Yura a few months later after an Eminence concert in Sydney and saw Minori Chihara not long after that at Animelo Summer Live 2011. |
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ultimatemegax
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http://haruhi.tv/fanclub/goods_bdbox_haruhi1st.html
"Excluding the next episode previews, which are being released on blu-ray for the first time, the audio/video files for the first season is the same as the previous 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Complete Blu-ray Box' release (sold in November 2010), but re-ordered into how they were originally broadcast." Also, the only reason Kadokawa is re-issuing the box is the big tie-in with the pachinko game (originally devised back in 2011). That game uses the 2006 copyright, so they could only re-release the first season on BD to tie in with the multimedia strategy. This has absolutely nothing to do with any new season or North American release (though it is hilarious to read comments thinking that). |
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Ambimunch
 Posts: 2012 |
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I don't get it? A haruhi blu-ray box set already released in Japan a few years back (I have it on my shelf). That release has both the Japanese and English dub on it and subtitles. So this is a re-packaging?
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Blanchimont
 Posts: 3453 Location: Finland |
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Unless you want the extra cds, or absolutely want to have the episodes in broadcast order instead of chronological, or in the unlikely case you only want half of the series, there's not much point getting this as the previous boxset with both seasons(with aforementioned English dub and sub) is still available and can be ordered for ~$375 from various online import retailers... |
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Actar
 Posts: 1074 Location: Singapore |
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Man, I too bought the BD box set released before and I would be pissed if they gave this version a significant upgrade. Seriously, what's the rationale for re-releasing it?
Well, as I see it, DVD and BD sets are now more collector's items than simple means of getting to watch a show. With the prevalence of online watching (be it legal or not) physical media must change and adapt too. |
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