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- Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:40 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: AB's censored DB, Z, GT classic movies and OAVs on BD
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4476
Re: AB has officially announced all DB, Z, GT classic movies and OAVs on BD
Also, why are the specials in 16:9? They were made for TV, so they should be in 4:3. Are the TV specials in wide screen? The poster says full screen. Those Twitter screen caps of Bardock are from the the first Cooler movie's recap; they seem to be complaining that the movies were cropped from 4:3 t...
- Thu Mar 03, 2022 2:10 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Variety - "Crunchyroll Is Adding All Funimation Anime Content, Sony Starts to Phase Out Funimation Brand"
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8614
Re: Variety - "Crunchyroll Is Adding All Funimation Anime Content, Sony Starts to Phase Out Funimation Brand"
For another UK perspective, Crunchyroll has been there for as long as I've been watching anime, whereas I still think of Funimation as a bit of a newcomer here. Also, when Funi sends you an email advertising One Piece that takes you to an 'out of region' page, you get the impression that the UK audi...
- Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:11 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Variety - "Crunchyroll Is Adding All Funimation Anime Content, Sony Starts to Phase Out Funimation Brand"
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8614
Re: Variety - "Crunchyroll Is Adding All Funimation Anime Content, Sony Starts to Phase Out Funimation Brand"
I would have thought Crunchyroll would be the one to go, as Funimation shamelessly discarded the decades old Manga UK brand. Yeah. I had assumed that home video would continue to use the Funimation branding, but Variety are implying that the Funimation name is entirely on its way out. They only reb...
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:06 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Straw Hats on DB
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1742
Re: Straw Hats on DB
The two share a bunch of other cast members, as well.
Jōji Yanami (Narrator/Kaio) played Mayor Boodle in the Buggy arc
Daisuke Gōri (Mr Satan) played Jinbei originally, but only recorded two episodes before his death
Tōru Furuya (Yamucha) has a major role after the time skip
Jōji Yanami (Narrator/Kaio) played Mayor Boodle in the Buggy arc
Daisuke Gōri (Mr Satan) played Jinbei originally, but only recorded two episodes before his death
Tōru Furuya (Yamucha) has a major role after the time skip
- Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and the UK.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9106
Re: Dragon Ball and the UK.
Tesco actually still do physical media, at least in the branches near me. They recently announced that they'd phase out CDs/DVDs/Blu-rays by the end of this month (Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/02/tesco-to-stop-selling-cds-and-dvds-in-stores-as-shoppers-switch-to-s...
- Sun Feb 13, 2022 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and the UK.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9106
Re: Dragon Ball and the UK.
It's not noticeable as much without the traditional high street, but I think the market's still there for those that buy online, at least I hope, as I like physical media. I was moreso talking about DB's presence in supermarkets. Tesco and Sainsbury's have both dropped physical media since the pand...
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and the UK.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9106
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball and the UK.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9106
Re: Dragon Ball and the UK.
The highstreets here really aren't what they used to be, with many businesses having gone under. Aside from HMV we don't really have a chain dedicated to selling brand new DVDs/Blu-rays, aside from supermarkets like Tesco and Asda that only have a small display for them. I think HMV might have been...
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 11:58 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: FUNimation streaming all the Dragon Boxes now
- Replies: 62
- Views: 9953
Re: FUNimation streaming all the Dragon Boxes now
How odd. Surely Funimation still considers their new 1080p 4:3 masters to be the superior source? Maybe this was a happy mistake. Either way, having the aspect ratio tied to the audio language is silly and unintuitive. Their player has a toggle for uncut/simulcast, so surely they could implement an ...
- Mon Jan 31, 2022 12:45 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The CW is up for sale. (And I hope it will air Dragon Ball again)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2290
Re: The CW is up for sale. (And I hope it will air Dragon Ball again)
Still think no kid watches Broadcast TV? Going by those stats, streaming was an order of magnitude more popular than the broadcast, although the streaming numbers have presumably been inflated by non-episode "content". I don't think that bodes well for Kids content on broadcast TV, even i...
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Will we ever get a 4K Dragon Ball Z release from Funimation?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9483
Re: Will we ever get a 4K Dragon Ball Z release from Funimation?
They released Akira, as well as Transformers the Movie and Ghost in the Shell in the UK. Those were all cases of Funi localising (or simply copying) an pre-existing disc from an international release. They're yet to create 4K masters themselves, as far as I'm aware. Then again, Funi doing their own...
- Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Will we ever get a 4K Dragon Ball Z release from Funimation?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9483
Re: Will we ever get a 4K Dragon Ball Z release from Funimation?
For the time being, UHD Blu-rays seem rare for TV series outside of HBO and BBC nature series. That being said, it's pretty standard for movies, and we'll see how much of the Blu-ray collector crowd upgrades their equipment over time. If Funi were planning 4K DB releases, they'd probably start with ...
- Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:47 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Why did 4Kids One Piece FAIL while Funimation's Dragon Ball succeeded?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 10275
Re: Why did 4Kids One Piece FAIL while Funimation's Dragon Ball succeeded?
The idea that this somehow wouldn't have happened to One Piece had 4Kids stuck with it is ludicrous. Of course it would have. At some point when my back was turned, the internet started liking the One Piece rap theme. Almost all online discussion about it was toxic as hell a decade ago, but now tha...
- Sun Nov 28, 2021 12:52 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Why did 4Kids One Piece FAIL while Funimation's Dragon Ball succeeded?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 10275
Re: Why did 4Kids One Piece FAIL while Funimation's Dragon Ball succeeded?
Funimation Z’s dub especially season 3 does literally what you just described Serious scene *comedic line* *comedic track* were everywhere in season 3. TBH, I'm more familiar with the two Funi/Ocean seasons than the rest of the dub. Even so, I think that those kinds of changes did more damage to On...
- Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:52 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Why did 4Kids One Piece FAIL while Funimation's Dragon Ball succeeded?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 10275
Re: Why did 4Kids One Piece FAIL while Funimation's Dragon Ball succeeded?
The tones of the two dubs might have played a big part. Funi had a clear direction in aggressively reshaping DBZ into a 'hardcore action cartoon', while 4Kids' One Piece seemed to have a lack of confidence in the original material. So you end up with moments where a joke happens during an action sce...
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:40 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Walmart Exclusive Dragon Ball Z Bluray sets *Confirmed to be the 2013 cropped discs*
- Replies: 65
- Views: 13846
Re: Walmart Exclusive Dragon Ball Z Bluray sets
Where did the Blu-ray.com users get that info? It likely is a 30A re-package, but has that been specifically confirmed?MasenkoHA wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 8:39 am https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dragon-B ... ay/305407/
Looks like it is indeed a repackaging of the 30th anniversary remaster.
- Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:37 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Did you know the original English Gohan was in a Friday the 13th movie?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3740
Re: Did you know the original English Gohan was in a Friday the 13th movie?
From Funi, Jason Douglas had a minor role in Breaking Bad (https://youtu.be/KlqMhcZvnkI) and Brina Palencia's been in The Walking Dead. From Ocean, I was surprised to see Scott McNeil in Primeval: New World (a Canadian spin-off of the UK show).
- Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:02 am
- Forum: Dragon Ball Super
- Topic: Who Commissioned the kid friendly Super Funi dub?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1074
Re: Who Commissioned the kid friendly Super Funi dub?
Do we know if an dialogue track exists beyond episode 52? Pop seemingly switched to the Toonami version (with their own cuts, obviously) after that first "season". It was most likely Funimation, they always do TV-safe edits of their dubs as a backup in case no network is interested in the ...
- Fri Oct 15, 2021 4:29 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Did Dragon Ball air in the UK in the 90s?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3146
Re: Did Dragon Ball air in the UK in the 90s?
The former was alluded to by Jerome Mazandarani (previous CEO of Manga UK) who said on the Kanzenshuu podcast "I think it was on ITV too" (though he may of been confusing it with Pokemon and Digimon, which did air on said channel) There was a similar mistake on the Manga UK podcast. One o...
- Sun Oct 10, 2021 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Things you've noticed that are different from region to region
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1501
Re: Things you've noticed that are different from region to region
- (During the early 00s) The only approved merch seemed to be imports of past French/AB toy lines with limited articulation, US/Funimation licensed merch would occasionally be imported by independent comic shops and flea markets but were never officially sold in major high street chains. There was ...