They had the film reels for DB when they dubbed it but had to send them back. The VA for kid Goku confirmed that in a video on her channel.Scsigs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:06 pmWhere has it ever been stated that AB Groupe had the film prints? Nowhere has it ever been stated they do, nor has AB said so, nor doo I think anyone thinks that. It's been known for years now that they just AI upscaled & color-corrected the Dragon Box DVD masters.Joujou wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:32 pm it has been said that it will be a different HD remaster than the one crunchyroll used. as crunchyroll use Toei's one, where do you think that AB got their new HD remaster? only fool think that AB have 16mm filmprint so if it's not an astrores, why would they bother to do a "different one" if it's not an astrores one? people working into AB know very well that there is a high market potential with astrores AI upscale and they know it the same way as they knew about broadcast audios for db and that's not because some japanese hoarders keep them in their hand that they used it, it's only because it was publicly released, else NEVER you'll have seen an official release using that audios
Do you know that captain tsubasa less censored version is mangas exclusive? you cannot get it on dvd , do you know that the uncensored dragon ball gt dub is also "mangas exclusive"? that's why crunchyroll and adn don't (and won't) get this uncut audio
Basically it's not because crunchyroll have sailor moon rights now that it doesn't mean that later in the future, AB will not be able to released it legally, i even think that it's a way to "destroy" crunchyroll release and get the rights back later
sailormoon release by crunchyroll got a lot of complain cause it didn't even used the less censored french dub and that the "upscale look like trash", that's basically the same complain that people made about selecta db release and finally they did it
it's very easy to understand that if they deliberately said that it's a different HD remaster, it's basically to tease another astrores one
Basically, they're still fine.Dragon Ball Ireland wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:34 pm For anyone that still doubts TOEI and AB Groupe being on good terms I think this definitively proves they are.
Thanks to Cure Dragon 255 for sharing this with me:
Also, yeah, AB doesn't seem to have been booted from the Dragon Ball project which would have been a very bad business decision If Toei did. And remember, Toei wants easy money first and foremost.