Forum - View topic

Answerman - Stress Eating

I'm still waiting on a stateside Blu-ray release of the original film. I mean the ORIGINAL film, not that 2.0 crap (and the version on that BD is just an SD transfer of a Laserdisc copy).

QUESTION: If we could release GITS: SAC Seasons 1 & 2 on Blu-ray, over 4 half seasons sets at the SRP of £34.99 each, would you buy them?^JG

PurpleWarrior13 wrote:

I'm still waiting on a stateside Blu-ray release of the original film. I mean the ORIGINAL film, not that 2.0 crap (and the version on that BD is just an SD transfer of a Laserdisc copy).

Manga UK have a BD steelbook release of the original movie coming up. There's a chance it will be region A+B considering they own the English-language rights in perpetuity (I never got the 2.0 or Innocence BDs, but Solid State Society BD was A,B+C).

I couldn't find it earlier, but here's one of Manga's tweets about SAC BDs:

@MangaUK wrote:

QUESTION: If we could release GITS: SAC Seasons 1 & 2 on Blu-ray, over 4 half seasons sets at the SRP of £34.99 each, would you buy them?^JG

https://twitter.com/MangaUK/status/324518583210217473

Anime voice work is a very specific skill, and although a lot of anime nerds think they would make good voice actors, it really is much harder than it looks.

Nowadays the revenues from online streaming are meaningful, sometimes VERY meaningful. Hulu alone pays literally MILLIONS of dollars in revenue to anime companies each month. Netflix licensing fees can be quite substantial, the amount Crunchyroll pays for streaming rights is nothing to sneeze at, and paid download services like iTunes and XBox Live also really add up. These days, the way anime makes money has become very diverse indeed.

Spoofer wrote:

And, if you legitimately have OCPD (as do I), does it bother you when people continue to perpetuate the confusion between the two disorders?

I do think that the majority of people mentions OCD not to highlight a psychological complex they have but merely as a perjorative poke at a personal trait they have. The acronym is common enough, albeit wrong maybe as you point out, that people just use it off the cuff in everyday conversation.

PurpleWarrior13 wrote:

I'm still waiting on a stateside Blu-ray release of the original film. I mean the ORIGINAL film, not that 2.0 crap (and the version on that BD is just an SD transfer of a Laserdisc copy).

Manga UK have a BD steelbook release of the original movie coming up. There's a chance it will be region A+B considering they own the English-language rights in perpetuity (I never got the 2.0 or Innocence BDs, but Solid State Society BD was A,B+C).

I couldn't find it earlier, but here's one of Manga's tweets about SAC BDs:

@MangaUK wrote:

QUESTION: If we could release GITS: SAC Seasons 1 & 2 on Blu-ray, over 4 half seasons sets at the SRP of £34.99 each, would you buy them?^JG

https://twitter.com/MangaUK/status/324518583210217473

I've got the UK BD for Innocence, its region A+B from what I can tell.

~$235 is just outrageous.

Is mangauk a front for Aniplex?

Echo_City wrote:

~$235 is just outrageous. Is mangauk a front for Aniplex?

I think you're missing the point. That's how much they would have to charge if they were to release it, due to licensor demands.

Shiroi Hane wrote:

Echo_City wrote: ~$235 is just outrageous. Is mangauk a front for Aniplex? I think you're missing the point. That's how much they would have to charge if they were to release it, due to licensor demands.

Plus that's an estimate based on a pound to dollar conversion of an srp. which companies like Amazon rarely ever charge. In reality the grand total would probably end up between $160-200. For 52 episodes. I honestly don't see what the problem is; it's essentially your standard new 13 episode release price. Sure, the show might be older, but it's generally regarded well enough to be easily justifiable for anyone interested.

If only Anime Limited had the rights for it. Their release of Cowboy Bebop was fantastic. Sigh.

Just real quick. Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex is NOT an upscale. The compilation films are not upscales either. It's was one of Production IG's first foray into HD animation for TV. They made it for 1080i TV's (1080p wasn't really a thing in 2002) and kept it that way for the Blu-rays so that it wouldn't drop frames.

If we're listing creators who voice acted in their creations, then Reki Kawahara played a minor bit role in the Accel World anime. He was a horrendously bad actor.