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mdo7
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Well this week's Answerman was very interesting to read, I have no other additional comments I want to add into this.
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Shaterri
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Yet another: Kaiba. Kaiba and Dennou Coil were the two shows I went out of my way to snag from Siren, with the recent release of Nichijou (and its lack of any US release on the horizon) being the only other one that's really actively tempted me. |
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Top Gun
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I really need to look into getting a region-free setup and raiding some of the more under-appreciated Australian licenses at some point. Kaiba and Dennou Coil are absolute musts.
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jymmy
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Don't know about Karin, but only Siren Visual has Higurashi Kai, which completes the core anime experience. |
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Cecilthedarkknight_234
 Posts: 3820 Location: Louisville, KY |
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I actually have the complete set myself and got it before genon usa went under. Still you want to talk about price gouged... http://www.amazon.com/Karin-Complete-Series-Chelsea-Curto/dp/B003152YZU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404532837&sr=8-1&keywords=karin |
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Samo2222
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Sadly, Australian and UK releases are cursed by the PAL format. The exclusives from Siren Visual are usually great, but I could have sworn that Madman's Nichijou DVD has been sped up a noticeable amount, on the TV broadcast at least.
I still get Siren Visual's releases but I stay away from Madman's because I know the same show is usually available in the US and hasn't been converted to look worse. |
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tangytangerine
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I know one release at least that uses the same script as it's simulcast version. Sentai's release of the 1st season of Koihime Musou used the same script that Crunchyroll used for their version. That's with typos and mistranslations.
Wait, Nisekoi is censored more on the home video version? What's there to censor? The only thing that I noticed that they censored on the broadcast version throughout the whole show was that hot springs episode. |
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Barbobot
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It's not so much censored as just changed unnecessarily. Backgrounds are replaced entirely for generic sparkly backgrounds in some scenes. That type of stuff. Edit: Here's the link showing some of the changes. http://www.otakutale.com/2014/nisekoi-tv-blu-ray-comparisons/ |
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Ali07
 Posts: 3333 Location: Victoria, Australia |
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I know about US releases, as I do look to them in hopes of seeing Aussie companies like Madman and Hanabee bring the series here. I've also noticed that Hanabee seems to be bringing over AoA and Sentai titles here, like the Monogatari series and Kokoro Connect being a couple of examples.
I've only recently looked into UK releases, but that is only because of Zero's Familiar. I find it strange that Sentai has confirmed seasons 1 and 4, Hanabee have released season 1, while the UK's MVM Entertainment have confirmed seasons 1-3. I just wonder why Hanabee/Sentai haven't said anything about seasons 2 and 3, and why Hanabee/MVM have nothing on 4. Personally, my preference is to wait and give my $ to Australian licensees, but I wouldn't have a problem going Hanabee (s1), MVM (s2&3), and Sentai (s4) to own a series that is close to my heart. 
Lastly, I find it strange that Sentai had the rights to season 4 before season 1, but season 4's release date is nonexistent. They've been sitting on it for almost 2 years now. I'd speculate and say it is because they're trying to get seasons 2 and 3. Which leads me to ask, why was MVM able to get their hands on seasons 2 and 3 but Sentai hasn't been able to? |
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Kimiko_0
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Is the PAL stuff still an issue then? I thought the whole PAL vs. NTSC thing died out with CRTs back in the early '00s?
As for importing stats, my collection of 168 is 8.3% from AU, 6.0% from UK, 79.2% from US, and 6.5% from JP. The US number may be a bit inflated though due to a few anime being split into single disc releases 
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yuna49
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Not when it comes to DVDs. They're still encoded to match the traditional domestic television standard of the country in which they are released. US DVDs are in NTSC; Australians in PAL. I do wish Siren would consider releasing some shows on Blu-ray, especially Dennou Coil. I'm pretty sure it was one of the early HD productions. I believe I read somewhere that Blu-ray has not really expanded all that widely in Australia so perhaps the market just isn't there. Madman does sell BR releases, but I only saw live-action films when I skimmed their inventory. Perhaps it's a problem getting the Blu-ray rights because of fears of reverse importation. |
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fuuma_monou
 Posts: 1817 Location: Quezon City, Philippines |
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IIRC, Australia is Region B like the UK, so reverse importation for anime would only be a concern on a region-free Blu-ray. The 1980s animated Transformers: The Movie was released by Madman on Blu-ray (I have a copy) as either region-free or Region A/B (my Blu-ray player is Region A). |
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Kimiko_0
Posts: 1796 Location: Leiden, NL, EU |
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Ah I see. I watch all my anime on my PC (don't even own a TV anymore), so it's not really an issue for me even with DVDs. |
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Mohawk52
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Animegomaniac
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Well, here's your problem, it's Shaft. It's called, what's a term to use, "impact", where you want to drop out the background in order to put viewer emphasis on the foreground? Its use is nothing new, changing footage prior to home release is nothing new, complaining about it ... I think that's a new one but complaining about Shaft's broadcast versions is nothing new. Censorship? No. Unnecessary? Depends on how many years you spent directing animation yourself; "The focus shouldn't be on them, it should be on the random background characters!" "The clouds, what about the clouds!?" |
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