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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by DaemonCorps » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:00 am

Initial thoughts: it very much could have just been a typo, but having higher hopes than that always leads to better discussion so...

Assuming this is true, it would give Funi an excuse to pick back up DBZ's Blu Ray releases as well (I honestly don't feel like too much time has passed since they were dropped so they could sneakily continue the line without mainstream consumers knowing they were dropped in the first place). Sure, Funimation's had their flubs in the past when it's come to remastering things, but there has been a noticeable improvement with their remastering process with later releases, IIRC, so I'd definitely be open to the possibility of them releasing the original DB on Blu Ray.

Whatever the case is, DB/Z/GT is one of Funi's cash cows, so a re-release for any one of the series is bound to happen eventually.
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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by Krycek7o2 » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:06 am

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Krycek7o2 wrote:Thank you! That's all you need! Volume, followed by a number. But, yet again that's not common with DVD releases.
"Season" is commonly used with DVD/Blu-Ray releases because most TV shows are produced in distinct seasons.
I was mainly referring to Dragon Ball in general. Trust me, I have way too much TV on DVD/Blu-ray to make a mistake like that. 8)
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Anyway, the Cowboy Bebop remaster is something that was done by the Japanese. I will leave remastering anime to the Japanese. Which is why I refuse to (knowingly) buy any of Funimation's remastered stuff (unless it's the only possible option, and even then reluctantly). It's not their place to remaster anything. They didn't make the show. I'm not interested in how they think I should watch it.
I'm really tired of your "It always has to be Toei, not Funimation!!11!!" remarks. What Funimation did to the Level sets was how it was supposed to look in the first place, not Dragon Box. They did better than Pony Canyon ever did.
Come on, now, let's be fair.

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Edit - I like that he leaves in the possibility of buying FUNimation's versions by mistake though.
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Post by jpdbzrulz4sure » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:14 am

Gaffer Tape wrote:Ugh, I hope this is a mistake because if it's not, it seems my hopes for a DB Dragon Box, and therefore the Japanese title cards, credits, and actual openings and endings, are lost for good. What disappointing (potential) news. :cry:
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Krycek7o2 wrote:Different strokes for different blokes. Like I stated, I'm fine with whatever higher quality product is out there. I never gave two shits for original title cards or NEPs, but we have people that dismiss a release for not having them. We all fall on different sides of the scale.

And no, Criterion 90% of the time delivers! :thumbup:
Er, I was joking about penguintruth using the ridiculous idea that only the original production company has the right to remaster material to justify his Japanese fetishism.

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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by shreddinghead » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:20 am

I'm perfectly satisfied with my funimation dvds, the backgroundmusic is dramatic and lively, by which reflects quite well with each situation, the voice actors are very talented. I don't see anything wrong with funimation.

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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by TheBlackPaladin » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:23 am

penguintruth wrote:It's not their place to remaster anything. They didn't make the show. I'm not interested in how they think I should watch it.
While there's certainly something to be said for the fact that Toei was not directly involved in the remastering process done for the "Level" box sets, it's also worth noting that FUNimation can't release anything without Toei's approval, including the Level sets.

Then again, I'll admit to slight bias here because I think the Level sets look a tad better than the Dragon Boxes. Especially after seeing Kei's video/audio clips of the original TV broadcast, where the footage in the Level sets appear to be closer to the original broadcast footage. I'm convinced that the Dragon Boxes, while not bad, weren't all they were cracked up to be, and that they just looked better to us North American fans than they actually were due to a lack of familiarity with the original broadcast and a rather painful familiarity with the less-than-stellar orange bricks.

This makes me wonder if FUNimation is going back to remaster "Dragon Ball," before returning to "Dragon Ball Z," and then concluding with "Dragon Ball GT." So far, though, I'm siding with the typo theory.
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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by penguintruth » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:30 am

shreddinghead wrote:I'm perfectly satisfied with my funimation dvds, the backgroundmusic is dramatic and lively, by which reflects quite well with each situation, the voice actors are very talented. I don't see anything wrong with funimation.
Brazen inaccuracy in both word and spirit, perhaps?
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Post by Cipher » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:35 am

penguintruth wrote:Brazen inaccuracy in both word and spirit, perhaps?
If you're going to pop back in to post nothing other than your usual schtick, can we please talk about how you feel about nearly every competent remaster ever made?

Or am I dead-on in my assumption that the particular artistic stance you expressed last page only applies to Japanese animation? Brazen selectivism, shall we say?

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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by AgitoZ » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:42 am

So, no one's going to mention that whatever remastering FUNi does it will never be the greatest due to the quality of their masters? They may currently have what seems like the best transfer of the show but if Toei ever decides to do the same it will not compare.
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AgitoZ wrote:So, no one's going to mention that whatever remastering FUNi does it will never be the greatest due to the quality of their masters? They may currently have what seems like the best transfer of the show but if Toei ever decides to do the same it will not compare.
Until Toei correct the film's colors with HD processing, Funimation will always be on the top in term of remastering.
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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by penguintruth » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:49 am

Cipher wrote:
penguintruth wrote:Brazen inaccuracy in both word and spirit, perhaps?
If you're going to pop back in to post nothing other than your usual schtick, can we please talk about how you feel about nearly every competent remaster ever made?

Or am I dead-on in my assumption that the particular artistic stance you expressed last page only applies to Japanese animation? Brazen selectivism, shall we say?
I tend to stay away from remasters done by people uninvolved with the production unless they're the only versions or only decent versions available. And even then I tend not to buy them. Of course there are exceptions, usually because I get impulsive while looking around DVD stores. I'm not proud of it, but it happens.

In anime, I do own the AnimEigo Bubblegum Crisis remaster, but I didn't know AnimEigo did it themselves. I wasn't as savvy about that sort of thing back then. I'd rather have the Japanese Blu-Rays. I have no interest in the remaster of 2040.

And of course I'm more adament about things that apply to anime. Most of what I watch is anime.
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Re: Anyone catch this?

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DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:Until Toei correct the film's colors with HD processing, Funimation will always be on the top in term of remastering.
You're right, it's as if that was but a footnote in my main point.
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AgitoZ wrote:So, no one's going to mention that whatever remastering FUNi does it will never be the greatest due to the quality of their masters? They may currently have what seems like the best transfer of the show but if Toei ever decides to do the same it will not compare.
I was going to say it, but my disappointment at potentially having missed the chance for DBoxes took precedent.
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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by penguintruth » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:03 am

Also, Criterion lost my support when I discovered Michael Bay films in their collection.

Armageddon, for f***'s sake. These are people who think they're too good for The Shawshank Redemption and they have Armageddon in there.
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.


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penguintruth wrote:
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penguintruth wrote:Brazen inaccuracy in both word and spirit, perhaps?
If you're going to pop back in to post nothing other than your usual schtick, can we please talk about how you feel about nearly every competent remaster ever made?

Or am I dead-on in my assumption that the particular artistic stance you expressed last page only applies to Japanese animation? Brazen selectivism, shall we say?
I tend to stay away from remasters done by people uninvolved with the production unless they're the only versions or only decent versions available. And even then I tend not to buy them. Of course there are exceptions, usually because I get impulsive while looking around DVD stores. I'm not proud of it, but it happens.

In anime, I do own the AnimEigo Bubblegum Crisis remaster, but I didn't know AnimEigo did it themselves. I wasn't as savvy about that sort of thing back then. I'd rather have the Japanese Blu-Rays. I have no interest in the remaster of 2040.

And of course I'm more adament about things that apply to anime. Most of what I watch is anime.
Still doesn't explain why you refuse to buy a product that is done by a licensed company. If Product A done by a licensed company is superior to Product B, what would you say?
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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by penguintruth » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:07 am

My problem is with Funimation's philosophy, their courtship with "improving" Dragon Ball and a few other shows. It smacks of arrogance. They carry themselves like they created the franchise or that they made it better.

Also, I find the Level Sets to be a little dull and dark.
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.


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Post by Gonstead » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:26 am

Instead of a remaster, it could just simply be the Blue-Bricks in Blu-Ray.

Of course that's what most of us thought at the time Z was announced for a remastering with us simply thinking it would be the Orange-Bricks on Blu-Ray but we were proven wrong, so it could be the same thing for this.
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Post by samuraix123 » Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:12 am

Thanks for this! It could have possibly been a mistake but I'm glad I haven't invested in the Blue Season Sets. I'm still holding out on those Dragon-boxes :D I'm also hoping they pick back up those level sets, but I doubt that will happen anytime soon. if ever :(
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Re: Anyone catch this?

Post by Perfect » Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:57 am

penguintruth wrote: Anyway, the Cowboy Bebop remaster is something that was done by the Japanese. I will leave remastering anime to the Japanese. Which is why I refuse to (knowingly) buy any of Funimation's remastered stuff (unless it's the only possible option, and even then reluctantly). It's not their place to remaster anything. They didn't make the show. I'm not interested in how they think I should watch it.
Argumentum ad antiquitatem, whereby you're adhering to tradition blindly. Just because they (anyone) didn't make the show, by no grounds whatsoever justifies contempt towards a remaster of another nationality. For example, the Japanese remaster of Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden (Paper Sleeve Collection Mini LP) is better than all the other releases of the concert. The Japanese didn't record the concert, nor did they have anything remotely to do with the original LP; however, their remaster turned out to be legendary. If I were to say I'm not interested in how they think I should hear the album, I' be a fallacious fool. To say it's not their place to remaster anything is ridiculous, especially from a marketing strategy perspective. I'd also hardly say Toei should be the authority on how the series should be watched, considering how cheap Kai came out, and the fact they only had mono tapes on many of their Dragon Ball related releases.
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