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NEWS: Discotek to Release Lupin III: Elusiveness of the Fog Anime, Saint Seiya Movies on BD on April

Awesome! Glad to hear it! I am curious as to why Discotek is referring to Rose of Versailles as Lady Oscar, even though they do include the original title. I wonder if it's a reference to the fact that Lady Oscar is the show's official title in France?

FireChick wrote:

Awesome! Glad to hear it! I am curious as to why Discotek is referring to Rose of Versailles as Lady Oscar, even though they do include the original title. I wonder if it's a reference to the fact that Lady Oscar is the show's official title in France?

Apparently it's a demand from the Japanese company and it was completely non-negotiable.

Reckless fiyah!

Isn't Versailles like 40 episodes?

Yeah, and before anyone tries to bring up how Right Stuf didn't have to use the "Lady Oscar" title, licensing companies can change their minds on this stuff at any time. When Anime Midstream started releasing Raijin-Oh, the first DVD used the "Zettai Muteki" part of the full title, but by the time the second DVD came out the following year Midstream had to start using "Matchless" instead, because Sunrise changed what the official English title for the anime was, & Midstream had to comply; later prints of the first DVD all use "Matchless".

I'm honestly surprised that Discotek is giving the Saint Seiya movies on last attempt, since "Mr. Discotek" himself told me in person that he never wanted to touch anything Saint Seiya (or Masami Kurumada, in general) ever again, because of how badly the movies & Lost Canvas both did. My only guess is that RetroCrush streaming the movies, & probably some prodding from the freelancers that work with Discotek, made him agree to at least put out an HD upgrade for them. This is a rare third chance to show Discotek that there can be interest in Saint Seiya, so I do hope people take advantage of this.

Sounds like they couldn't find the dub masters for Mon Colle Knights sadly. Still buying it.

I'm honestly surprised that Discotek is giving the Saint Seiya movies on last attempt, since "Mr. Discotek" himself told me in person that he never wanted to touch anything Saint Seiya (or Masami Kurumada, in general) ever again, because of how badly the movies & Lost Canvas both did. My only guess is that RetroCrush streaming the movies, & probably some prodding from the freelancers that work with Discotek, made him agree to at least put out an HD upgrade for them. This is a rare third chance to show Discotek that there can be interest in Saint Seiya, so I do hope people take advantage of this.

On the topic of the name change, we're seeing another example right now with the Saint Seiya movies as well since the DVDs didn't have the "Knights of the Zodiac" title either and as a matter of fact, Toei didn't start pushing the use of that as an English subtitle until the Brave Soldiers game in 2013 (released 5 months after those DVDs) and since then, it has been on almost everything from the failed Cinedigm DVDs to the Soul of Gold anime to the Soldiers' Soul game to both anime adaptations on Netflix to the yet to be released live-action movie to now this.

As for the movies themselves, of course I'm buying them again.

I don't think I'll be double dipping on Rose of Versailles, but I am curious to see how it compares to RightStuf/Nozomi's release

Comparison between those DVDs and the Japanese BDs (which Discotek is using):

https://fandompost.vbulletin.net/forum/anime-manga-discussions/jp-asian-blu-ray-dvd-and-streaming-industry-news/32354-the-rose-of-versailles-bd-box?p=434090#post434090

Lord Geo wrote:

Yeah, and before anyone tries to bring up how Right Stuf didn't have to use the "Lady Oscar" title, licensing companies can change their minds on this stuff at any time. When Anime Midstream started releasing Raijin-Oh, the first DVD used the "Zettai Muteki" part of the full title, but by the time the second DVD came out the following year Midstream had to start using "Matchless" instead, because Sunrise changed what the official English title for the anime was, & Midstream had to comply; later prints of the first DVD all use "Matchless". I'm honestly surprised that Discotek is giving the Saint Seiya movies on last attempt, since "Mr. Discotek" himself told me in person that he never wanted to touch anything Saint Seiya (or Masami Kurumada, in general) ever again, because of how badly the movies & Lost Canvas both did. My only guess is that RetroCrush streaming the movies, & probably some prodding from the freelancers that work with Discotek, made him agree to at least put out an HD upgrade for them. This is a rare third chance to show Discotek that there can be interest in Saint Seiya, so I do hope people take advantage of this.

On the topic of the name change, we're seeing another example right now with the Saint Seiya movies as well since the DVDs didn't have the "Knights of the Zodiac" title either and as a matter of fact, Toei didn't start pushing the use of that as an English subtitle until the Brave Soldiers game in 2013 (released 5 months after those DVDs) and since then, it has been on almost everything from the failed Cinedigm DVDs to the Soul of Gold anime to the Soldiers' Soul game to both anime adaptations on Netflix to the yet to be released live-action movie to now this.

As for the movies themselves, of course I'm buying them again.