Forum - View topicNEWS: Discotek Licenses Detective Conan: Episode One, Love Hina Again, S-CRY-ed Anime
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darkestabsol
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Nice to see Discotek release more Conan material, after the Conan/Lupin crossovers from a few years back! Hopefully if Episode One does well for them, they’ll license some more of the series.
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FrodoGate222
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That's amazing! It's always great when a lost piece of media that has been sought after for years is finally found. |
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NJ_
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Guess I shouldn't be surprised at the Conan pickup, this was one of 3 titles that TMS had dubbed and screened at conventions last year so it's basically a repeat of Jigen's Gravestone in regards to the recasting. I don't care for the series myself but here's hoping it does sell.
Love Hina Again is surprising but to start here, it must mean that FUNi might still have the TV series.....and the two specials they claimed to have but never re-released. Combattler V was kinda spoiled by the whole Toei Tokusatsu World mess because in addition to the live-action shows that got region-blocked in North America, so did this show, Voltes V and 3 others that are still unannounced as licensed. As for S-Cry-Ed, the Sunrise-related issues were pretty known but man......I guess we should have gotten suspicious over this when Sentai went and picked up those other Sunrise titles a while back like Votoms, Dunbine & others while doing nothing with the Bandai rescues except release Big O not once but twice. Regardless, I'm glad S-Cry-Ed got another chance now and I won't have to worry about encoding issues with the upscale like I would have over it under Sentai since their BDs have had issues as of late (specifically their recent upscales & SDBDs). The lack of Alteration movies is a bit of a bummer but at least we have an answer on this because I always wondered if Sentai had them. Hope to see the other dropped(?) rescues like Kurokami & The Girl Who Leapt Through Space get picked up & re-released too. |
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KitKat1721
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Yeah, I can't help but be disappointed. I don't really like Wendee Lee's voice for that age range, but even more so: its pretty par for the course that while Funimation really seems to try to get returning VAs for main roles (sure, they can't always, but they definitely put in effort), LA studios like Bang Zoom/VSI/etc... rarely ever do. (Not blaming Discotek at all btw in case someone interprets it that way). |
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Ggultra2764
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To my recollection, they only had rights to the TV anime and "bonus episode" OVA. It's more likely Funi let their rights to the TV anime lapse. Their last video release of it was as part of their Anime Classics line back in 2011. |
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Covnam
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Nice to see Memories as I never picked up the DVD, so I'll definitely add the BD to my list.
I wonder if the Urusei Yatsura TV &/or OVAs are next? (guess it depends if these do well  )
Was this "panel" just some info shared in a chat or is there a video of a virtual presentation we can watch somewhere? |
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Kaori Makimura
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Discotek licensing ANYTHING detective conan related has me feeling cautiously optimistic.
I hope that if I buy it and it sells well that they'll rescue the main series and release it proper. I don't even care about the crappy name changes- I would watch it subtitled anyway. |
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FlamingFirewire
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All names in the new dub are their Japanese original names - there's none of the original localization changes that will carry over on the Episode "One" special release: https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1257009952683630592 |
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FlamingFirewire
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This panel was held as a part of the Anime Lockdown 2020 virtual convention that was held over this weekend (May1-3) and was largely done over Twitch (with side chats/dealer room/artist alley over their Discord): https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1257061384594034689 There's no available recording at this time, but they mentioned on the stream they would individually contact each panelist, and if they're cool with posting the recording that they would put those panels online. |
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NeoStrayCat
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The bolded though is that TMM did get its Blu-Ray release recently in JP, and I thought Discotek would have picked it up, but that would be too soon, right? Hopefully the old 52 episode series gets picked up stateside one day, considering Au-Lait (Manga), Re-Turn (Manga), and the recently announced new anime adaptation have also yet to be picked up overseas. Also, unrelated, but maybe Kaito Saint Tail to put in that list too, lol. Either way, while I'm surprised that Discotek got S-Cry-Ed, I'm even more surprised that they even got Case Closed back. (Though I wish that they could have gotten something like Virtua Fighter or Power Stone just for kicks.) And while I too am sad that DVD releases are being phased out from Discotek themselves, I suppose it may be a matter of time where Ultra HD BD and regular BD will just be the norm around here. That, and at least easier on shelf space, I suppose. |
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Covnam
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Thanks for the info 
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MFrontier
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In this instance I don't really mind it. Maybe it's because I don't have much nostalgia for the original Case Closed but the fact that they're starting from scratch and being more accurate to the source material like with the names makes sense to me to have a new cast. |
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ErikaD.D
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Hate to seeing people, especially English speakers, still called "Case Closed" instead original title "Detective Conan". It's kinda blasphemy. It's 2020 not 2000.
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NeoStrayCat
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Yeah, but, let people call it what they want. Same with many, many anime with people either calling either from their JP or EN title (or depending on country, a regional named title). |
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penguintruth
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Well, Discotek is still sticking to "Case Closed" for this new release, so it's to be expected. Probably still a rights issue. At least the dub itself will be more accurate. |
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