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Japanese Hellsing Ultimate Limited Edition BD Release Includes English Dub


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:17 pm Reply with quote
Dubs>subs
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:25 pm Reply with quote
I wish Funi would release a box set of all the OVAs on BD. Otherwise $162 sounds like a rather decent import.
Edit: Also, does anyone know if the OVAs and the Dawn episodes are subtitled for the Japanese audio in this release?


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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 3:04 pm Reply with quote
Did they every dub the prequel OVAs, the ones set during WWII, I had one included in the BD, but it was sub-only
#854626 wrote:
Dubs>subs
The English dub version would be the sub version other there?
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 3:04 pm Reply with quote
Not the first time...a couple of years back, NBC Universal released the El-Hazard OVA on Japanese Blu-ray, including the old US Pioneer English dub. And seeing how the US and Japan share the same Blu region code, I had no qualms about ordering it.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 3:12 pm Reply with quote
LegitPancake wrote:
I wish Funi would release a box set of all the OVAs on BD. Otherwise $162 sounds like a rather decent import.

I'll second that.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 3:40 pm Reply with quote
#854626 wrote:
Dubs>subs

This would make for an interesting conversation on those -chan boards. That is, does a native Japanese person who has a good knowledge of English prefer the Eng. dub over the Japanese version?
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 6:01 pm Reply with quote
What I would like to know is if that Dub is 5.1 Dolby Digital or if its 5.1 HD. There have been other Japanese releases that have an English dub, but they aren't always HD. The website is not specific on it. If it did the regular box set, if its chipboard not a paper slipbox, would interest me.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 6:54 pm Reply with quote
Quote:
Geneon released up to the third volume in North America in 2007


They released the first four, not three.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:54 pm Reply with quote
Ouran High School Dropout wrote:
LegitPancake wrote:
I wish Funi would release a box set of all the OVAs on BD. Otherwise $162 sounds like a rather decent import.

I'll second that.


$16 per OVA is a good price, even if the English BDs are cheaper over here, it's not a bad deal at all.
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:04 pm Reply with quote
Well it was a good dub. Seras doesn't work for me without the Britsh accent.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 11:50 pm Reply with quote
MarshalBanana wrote:
Did they every dub the prequel OVAs, the ones set during WWII, I had one included in the BD, but it was sub-only


Hellsing: The Dawn right? Not only did they not dub them but the last 2 episodes are missing from their IX-X box set.

Also missing from that release is the Drifters short OVA that was included with X's release in Japan.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 11:56 pm Reply with quote
It would be cool if it were english from Japanese voice actors, that is, english with Japanese accent would be very cool to listen too.

Kadmos1 wrote:
#854626 wrote:
Dubs>subs

This would make for an interesting conversation on those -chan boards. That is, does a native Japanese person who has a good knowledge of English prefer the Eng. dub over the Japanese version?


English dubbs are a good tool to learn english actually. Specially because in english dubbs the voice acting tends to follow grammatically correct english with clear pronunciation. I learned more english from South Park and Simpsons than from live action english language stuff.


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 11:56 pm Reply with quote
#854626 wrote:
Dubs>subs


With Yoshiko Sakakibara and Norio Wakamoto in the Japanese version? Pfft.
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HoboSoup



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 1:16 am Reply with quote
Why is there even a Subs VS Dubs debate here? Some people like subs, some people like dubs, neither person is wrong. There's various reasons why someone might prefer subs or dubs and it all changes per person, lots of different factors.

There's a lot of well liked Japanese voice actors/actresses in Japan, a lot of well liked English voice actors/actresses in America. Some people like hearing a series/movie in their native language, some people like hearing a series/movie in the language that the series/movie originated from. It's all preferences so can we please move on and not have another one these pointless arguments?
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:14 am Reply with quote
For that price I’m willing to double dip and buy the limited edition. It’s been a hot minute since I bought an import, where’s a good place to pre-order it?
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