Forum - View topicNEWS: Discotek Licenses Giant Robo, Kimagure Orange Road, Galaxy Express 999, More
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Covnam
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Great to see all these licenses and KoR on BD (though I don't know if I'll be upgrading myself).
Too bad they didn't mention anything about Haruka's OVA Finale, I'd like to be sure they're releasing the whole thing before picking it up. |
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Compelled to Reply
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I won't be surprised if Discotek merges with a fellow competitor, and/or is bought out by a major Japanese or domestic media company. Even if business is booming at the moment, it quite likely received a shot of capital from some investors to be able to afford all of these older, albeit still major series. The same is applicable to Right Stuf/Nozomi Entertainment. Frankly, I welcome continuing optimism in the overseas anime industry.
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Zalis116
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Dessa
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With AoA, they put their stuff on multiple platforms as its licensed (and generally all the platforms). With Discotek, everything of theirs I've noticed that was simulcast on Crunchy is still there. As things get licensed, a lot of it gets put up on Crunchy once it's ready. IIRC, most of this stuff was previously un-licensed (or long-since-lapsed), so there was no one to provide the rights for Crunchy to stream it. I wouldn't be surprised if many of these make it onto Crunchy sometime in the near future. |
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DangerMouse
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Yup! Can't freaking wait! So glad this is finally coming! Looks like I'll be picking up a bunch of these newly announced releases.
So good!  That was a great treat that he voiced old man Joseph, love hearing Richard Epcar!
On that note, I'll definitely be pre-ordering this Lupin movie ASAP thanks to that glorious Lupin dub cast coming in to do it. Hopefully this is a good sign they'll be able to get Part V after the Japanese airing is finished, it was so good having them for Part IV and also seeing it on Toonami. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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So much for saving up money. I think I'm gonna need more storage space at this rate.
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DangerMouse
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Yup, same here, LOL. |
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IdeaOfEvil
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I'm still waiting for:
UFO Robo Grendizer Darkstalkers OVA on bluray Blood+ Dangaioh OVA Anything Macross Mazinger on sd/bd Great Mazinger sd/bd Highlander Search for Vengeance Bastard!! These are all old and/or stuff you have the licenses for already. Hurry up!! |
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Theodore Relic
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I still own all the Animeigo KORs and the Giant Robo DVDs and all I can say is, these appearing on Blu-ray? Oh happy day!
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EricJ2
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If it really is the whole series, and not just one of the many later revivals or the movies (which could also use a good Blu-ray), I still MUST ask how they're planning to get 113 GE999 episodes on 3 BD's, even with restoration. Sure sounds like SDBD to me, although thankfully in a better master than those cheap borderline-bootleg S'More streaming-ripped versions. |
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KabaKabaFruit
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Why fix something that's not broken? Discotek's current business model is more than good enough for the industry and the fandom. I don't like the idea about them being invested in by investors who will want a greater say in corporate affairs that may or may not be in the interests of either the fans or Discotek. Let Discotek do their own thing. It works and works beautifully! |
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GeorgeC
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I agree -- it's Lupin, period. Be glad it's getting released. More "well-known" titles is relative. Lupin's not THAT well-known and appreciated in North America. For too many people still, Lupin begins and ends with Castle of Cagliostro and I don't even think that's Lupin's best animated feature, either... Looks too much like Nausicaa! 
The Lupin III film they just licensed hasn't ever been released on home video in North America, period, and it's nice to see they have confidence to contract for another dub with the Geneon cast. More people will hopefully pick up the movie knowing there is a dub option. I hope that means Part 4's dub release and TV airing did well enough... They still haven't to my knowledge scheduled the sub-release of Lupin III Part 4 yet. I think we'll hear about any licensing decisions with Lupin III Part 5 next year... I'm kind of wondering why the 1996 KOR animated movie wasn't licensed if they're going to license the rest of the anime franchise... That didn't make sense to me unless it's a rights issue. I own the ADV DVD release and it's not bad. It's part of the franchise and so far the only bit of KOR that was ever dubbed. It is a significant story picking up with the leads after the end of the TV series. |
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PurpleWarrior13
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Very happy with these announcements, especially Orange Road, which is incredibly underrated, and still my favorite slice-of-life anime.
Also happy about GE999 and Bobobo. Not only was the latter screwed over by Illumnitoon, but both shows were screwed by S'more Ent. They gave GE999 terrible and expensive DVD sets that basically took the streaming masters with hard subs and slapped them on disc. Bobobo at least got a billingual release, albeit with no subtitles (not counting a DVD-ROM script print-out to follow along with. LOL).
Viz's Sailor Moon releases I think would be this. |
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fuuma_monou
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Excited to get KOR on Blu-ray. Was not expecting Voltes V to be picked up.
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Kadmos1
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Is Discotek perhaps not big enough of a company to afford the streaming rights for many of their shows? That is, shows that don't currently have an streaming version.
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