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NEWS: City Hunter: Angel Dust Anime Film's Blu-ray Disc Ships in N. America on July 14




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Akcoll99



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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2025 1:04 pm Reply with quote
Excellent! This has been one of my most wanted titles for home video.

City Hunter is my favorite series easily, so between this and the manga getting re-licensed, this is shaping up to be a fantastic year.
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loveliver



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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2025 1:43 pm Reply with quote
Ouch. Not the best price for an anime movie that didn't get dubbed.
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FlamingFirewire



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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2025 2:07 pm Reply with quote
A shame to see it's not getting the Discotek touch to go along with the rest of the collection, but I guess that's how it goes when Aniplex are involved...
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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2025 3:29 pm Reply with quote
So I guess they gave up on a theatrical release. Don't forget it also has a Lupin cameo.
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snake-eyes



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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2025 3:42 pm Reply with quote
I am Glad to see Angel Dust arrive on Blu Ray in region 1. Discotek has allowed me to watch this Classic Anime Series. A fun show.
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Hagaren Viper



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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2025 5:32 pm Reply with quote
loveliver wrote:
Ouch. Not the best price for an anime movie that didn't get dubbed.


The fact that this is more expensive than the first season of Dandadan is certainly a choice.
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JRPictures



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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2025 8:00 pm Reply with quote
Love seeing another company swoop in to take a sequel installment to an anime that a different company picked up and not even doing the bare minimum of continuing the dub.

/sarcasm
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Nionel



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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2025 10:51 pm Reply with quote
Oof. This movie carries the same SRP Discotek's season 3 and City Hunter 91 sets. Maybe Shout Factory should have checked the room before settling on a price.
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snake-eyes



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PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2025 10:55 pm Reply with quote
Well, I did not get a chance to see this in the theater, so the price is what it is
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Greboruri



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2025 8:45 pm Reply with quote
JRPictures wrote:
Love seeing another company swoop in to take a sequel installment to an anime that a different company picked up and not even doing the bare minimum of continuing the dub.

/sarcasm

I do find this attitude odd. Very little of City Hunter has been dubbed and the vast majority which has, the movies and TV specials via ADV Films, inexplicably changed Ryo's name to Joe, partly in order to try and get a deal to broadcast it on cable TV. I mean Discotek didn't even dub the Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba TV special, but oddly you're not getting stuck into them about that.

Having said that I do not understand why the US version is so expensive. In fact it's costs $12 more than the standard UK release and is more or less identical. Also sounds like All the Anime could have had another run through of the subtitle script before pressing up the blu-ray, but I have a bit of backlog and not watched my disc to confirm.
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JRPictures



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2025 11:24 pm Reply with quote
Greboruri wrote:
JRPictures wrote:
Love seeing another company swoop in to take a sequel installment to an anime that a different company picked up and not even doing the bare minimum of continuing the dub.

/sarcasm

I do find this attitude odd. Very little of City Hunter has been dubbed and the vast majority which has, the movies and TV specials via ADV Films, inexplicably changed Ryo's name to Joe, partly in order to try and get a deal to broadcast it on cable TV. I mean Discotek didn't even dub the Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba TV special, but oddly you're not getting stuck into them about that.


I mean I guess I could rip into Discotek for that but I also recognise how low their dubbing budget can be and why prioritising the newer Shinjuku Private Eyes film was more worthwhile to them.

Still though, I find it exceedingly frustrating that an effort to dub the new installments of the franchise was just plain ignored by Anime Limited and now they not only have bungled the theatrical release they initially promised but have this release out that is already being criticised for being overpriced to boot. It's just not a great look overall and begs the question of why they even got the film to begin with.
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