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by superrayman3
Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:02 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray
Replies: 514
Views: 68927

Re: AB Video to release OG Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray

How did they get the complete broadcast audio for episode 79? I thought it was impossible due to errors Fuji made when they were trying to broadcast the episode (Kei17 showed examples of that). I thought episode 77 was the one with significant issues (unless Fuji had issues during the first broadca...
by superrayman3
Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:16 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball 2024 40th Anniversary Predictions
Replies: 39
Views: 3727

Re: Dragon Ball 2024 40th Anniversary Predictions

Honestly I don't expect much from Toei because imo they don't really care quite frankly, the only thing I wish for the 40th Anniversary and I know it'll probably never happen but all I want is for all of Toei's rights to DB animated material be stripped away from them completely and given to a compa...
by superrayman3
Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:01 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Original broadcast audio varieties?
Replies: 7
Views: 762

Re: Original broadcast audio varieties?

Looking through some episodes with original broadcast audio, I noticed some are labeled "Fuji TV", others are "Ishikawa", and others are "Tokai". What's up with that? Are there varieties in said audio? Typically each TV station will apply their own level of low-pass fi...
by superrayman3
Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray
Replies: 514
Views: 68927

Re: AB Video to release OG Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray

The DVD is already out in some stores, with the claim "it doesnt have a publish date". The Blu-ray on the other hand still waits for the 12th february date. I'm also curious about what masters they use and what audio. I wonder if AB are further tweaking their remaster of the first 28 epis...
by superrayman3
Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:22 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray
Replies: 514
Views: 68927

Re: AB Video to release OG Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray

Pretty sure the remaster was just the of the 4 DB movies, 13 Z movies, & 2 Z TV specials, Cold Skin . They got put out back in 2018 or 2019. 2 versions of some of the Z movies exist with censored middle fingers for the disc releases while the streaming versions on Amazon Japan aren't censored f...
by superrayman3
Fri Nov 25, 2022 9:42 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray
Replies: 514
Views: 68927

Re: AB Video to release OG Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray

I am picking my jaw up off the floor in astonishment right now, AB have actually done the near impossible and answered everyone's prayers and have given us (at least with the resources they had available and the tight deadline) THE DEFINITIVE HD release of OG DB, seriously if these are the results t...
by superrayman3
Tue Nov 01, 2022 6:45 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: AB Video to release original Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray
Replies: 514
Views: 68927

Re: AB Video to release OG Dragon Ball on Blu-Ray

Knowing AB when it's out. I honestly don't get this "wait til it comes out to see the quality for yourselves" mindset companies like AB have, when you advertise a product people want to know and see in detail exactly what they're getting for their money so they can make an informed decisi...
by superrayman3
Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:11 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray
Replies: 91
Views: 20106

Re: Selecta Visión Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray

To me, it looks like they used Topaz Video Enhance AI. some people in an upscale forum tell me that SV is probably using a Laserdisc as a source rather than a DVD they are working on a source that has a little more details than the classic Dbox DVD because even with all the dnr and oversharp that d...
by superrayman3
Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:15 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Why did Cartoon Network revert back to the Saban dub in early 2006?
Replies: 12
Views: 1986

Re: Why did Cartoon Network revert back to the Saban dub in early 2006?

Well, I had first gotten a blurb of this happening from a forum post from the time, reporting this. I want to say it was AnimeNewsNetwork, but I can't be sure. I definitely can't find that thread, but I did find this one from ToonZone (I'm not entertaining that joke of which they choose to call the...
by superrayman3
Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:35 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Why did Cartoon Network revert back to the Saban dub in early 2006?
Replies: 12
Views: 1986

Re: Why did Cartoon Network revert back to the Saban dub in early 2006?

Now that you mention it I actually do remember something like that actually happening one time although in my case I believe it was for the second episode instead (I stumbled upon it by chance while channel surfing). I'm more than positive it was episode 2 because I recall Raditz at Kame House talki...
by superrayman3
Mon Aug 16, 2021 12:26 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Which releases have dolbly surround 5.1 and are possible to extra bgm + sfx from?
Replies: 6
Views: 663

Re: Which releases have dolbly surround 5.1 and are possible to extra bgm + sfx from?

Way. At least if we're talking about the older TV shows. Every other country's home video release (if they even had a home video release) had their dub's audio track released in either mono or, more commonly, stereo. Not even Japan's home video release of Kai is in 5.1, that's still in 2.0. That sa...
by superrayman3
Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:03 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Which releases have dolbly surround 5.1 and are possible to extra bgm + sfx from?
Replies: 6
Views: 663

Re: Which releases have dolbly surround 5.1 and are possible to extra bgm + sfx from?

This thread got me curious about the international market for countries that had their own domestic dubs and whether any of them have adopted this 5.1 idea into any of their modern home releases as well. Did any international releases (DVD era onward) have their own 5.1 Surround mixes with M&E t...
by superrayman3
Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:09 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Are There Any Updates On The Harmony Gold Dub Of Dragon Ball?
Replies: 547
Views: 69360

Re: Are There Any Updates On The Harmony Gold Dub Of Dragon Ball?

Sorry to make this thread a zombie again, but I have yet another update. I'm pretty sure the mods/admin don't mind a thread being necro'd if something is relevant to the topic which I'm pretty sure this is (at least that's how I've observed it in the almost 10 years I've been on here when it comes ...
by superrayman3
Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:56 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Harmony Gold Dub Q&A Thread
Replies: 25
Views: 3134

Re: Harmony Gold Dub Q&A Thread

Thanks for all your questions, everyone! Wendee Lee has gotten them and sent them over to Dave Mallow. She specifically asked me to say that she appreciates everyones patience and to not track her down to harass her about it. I'll make an update post when I hear back from her! Drats I forgot to pos...
by superrayman3
Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:19 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: If Toei ever announces they'll do a Blu-ray Dragon box
Replies: 32
Views: 4050

Re: If Toei ever announces they'll do a Blu-ray Dragon box

I'd consider buying it but there are certain criteria that must be met before I could justify committing to buy it 100% from day 1. 1. A fresh scan of the 16mm film negatives (if they don't want to go through the trouble of scanning the negatives again I'd be content with the RAW uncompressed DBOX f...
by superrayman3
Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:06 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Would you pay Funimation via Kickstarter for a redub of the full Dragon Ball media
Replies: 146
Views: 17116

Re: Would you pay Funimation via Kickstarter for a redub of the full Dragon Ball media

As much as I'd like to see a redub of OG DB FUNi will NEVER get another penny from me, they've spit on the DB fanbase in some of the most appalling ways I have ever seen from a company that I just can't bring myself to support them and haven't since 2015 (I was tempted to break that boycott for the ...
by superrayman3
Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:39 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Possible details on Selecta Vision's Dragon Ball (1986-1989) bluray release
Replies: 204
Views: 31721

Re: Possible details on Selecta Vision's Dragon Ball (1986-1989) bluray release

^ I'm not fully aware of what other countries currently have. It's possible that our Blu-ray, fully dubbed release for Episode of Bardack and Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans is exclusive to France, but I can't confirm that other countries don't have them too. But other than that, I can't think ...
by superrayman3
Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:52 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Possible details on Selecta Vision's Dragon Ball (1986-1989) bluray release
Replies: 204
Views: 31721

Re: Possible details on Selecta Vision's Dragon Ball (1986-1989) bluray release

Honesty if there was any foreign licensee that would stand a chance at getting approval from Toei to use the OBA, France/AB Groupe would probably be our best bet (assuming they're sincere about being interested in using it). From what I understand (although please feel free to correct me if I'm wron...
by superrayman3
Tue May 19, 2020 11:38 pm
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Dragon Ball Movies HD Remaster - Amazon Video/Netflix Japan - Discussion Thread
Replies: 1091
Views: 227004

Re: Dragon Ball Movies HD Remaster - Amazon Video/Netflix Japan - Discussion Thread

I think they just copy&pasted the description from Kazés previous DVD release from 2011 . Probably but who knows, I'm hoping Kazé can release a 4:3 version of the HD remasters although I wouldn't count on it. I seriously doubt that Toei would go through the trouble of remastering the 4:3 versio...
by superrayman3
Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:22 am
Forum: General Franchise Discussion
Topic: Are There Any Updates On The Harmony Gold Dub Of Dragon Ball?
Replies: 547
Views: 69360

Re: Are There Any Updates On The Harmony Gold Dub Of Dragon Ball?

Baking isn't necessarily an increase in quality, it's a solution to "Sticky-shed syndrome" , which would mainly manifest in video in the form of dropouts, and it's somewhat risky too, particularly if done wrong, so I don't know if that's such a good idea. I'm fully aware of what tape baki...