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- Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Soundtrack glitches on UK orange brick DVDs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1911
Re: Soundtrack glitches on UK orange brick DVDs
Avoiding authoring the discs themselves would certainly have been a factor, as (according to Manga's social media at the time) it would made up a big chunk of a UK releases' costs when it was needed. Localising the Dragon Boxes would have meant creating new English PAL masters of them. As per usual,...
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Dragon Ball GT DVD singles vs The Complete Series?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1420
Re: Dragon Ball GT DVD singles vs The Complete Series?
I would expect the Madman versions to be worse than Funi's if they're from the same source, as until the late '00s they often used interlaced standards conversions. Assuming Manga used Madmans "Remastered" GT sets, they're progressive-scan with PAL speedup and dodgey pitch correction ( htt...
- Tue Aug 17, 2021 1:23 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Which releases have dolbly surround 5.1 and are possible to extra bgm + sfx from?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 693
Re: Which releases have dolbly surround 5.1 and are possible to extra bgm + sfx from?
I get why it wouldn't be a priority. The 5.1 upmixes are an improvement over stereo, but they're not exactly a revelation to listen to. It's just the the existing mono/stereo effects track being panned forward and backwards, with occasional filtering and sampling for the rear channels. I'm pretty su...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:37 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Which releases have dolbly surround 5.1 and are possible to extra bgm + sfx from?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 693
Re: Which releases have dolbly surround 5.1 and are possible to extra bgm + sfx from?
I think all of Funi's DVD/BD releases from the "remastered" range onward have 5.1 mixes. The only exception I can think of is DB Movie 2's mix just being identical mono tracks from all the speakers. The dialogue is generally only included on the centre channel, so you just remove that and ...
- Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Looking for Pioneer subtitles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1036
Re: Looking for Pioneer subtitles
Subtitle Edit has an OCR feature for DVD/BD subs, though I've found it really struggles with certain typesetting in DVD resolution: ( https://nikse.dk/SubtitleEdit/ ). You could also use MakeMKV and then MKVExtract to rip the subtitles without converting them, but I don't think you'd be able to edit...
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Level sets back in stock on Amazon
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5958
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Level sets back in stock on Amazon
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5958
Re: Level sets back in stock on Amazon
If you own all the Dragon Boxes you literally have no reason to buy the series again. If you own the complete level sets , congrats, you’re just gonna have to rebuy the exact same episodes just to own an additional 4 episodes. That's not my point. If you bought the DBoxes at the time, and then boug...
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:47 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Level sets back in stock on Amazon
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5958
Re: Level sets back in stock on Amazon
Or you want each episode in the highest quality available and prefer the Dragon Boxes to the extremely compromised Season sets.Kunzait_83 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:23 am rebuying the same exact episodes of DBZ over and over and over and over again in various formats
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 10:01 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: The oddest pieces of merch you have ever seen.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 591
Re: The oddest pieces of merch you have ever seen.
A few years ago I bought a cheap CD on eBay that was just listed as "DragonBallZ" with no product image. When it arrived it turned out to be a compilation release from the Netherlands called Dragon Ball Z: The Best In Dance & Trance . I guess it's not that strange, as far as "slap...
- Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:57 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Missing Frames in Japanese Dragon Boxes?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2291
Re: Missing Frames in Japanese Dragon Boxes?
NTSC-J only applied to analog and not digital. I've played Japanese-market DVDs on American equipment and they often don't look much different from American releases of the same thing. Even if it's no longer necessary, it could be that Funi have simply never removed the 'change analogue black level...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Funimation buys MangaUK
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2717
Re: Funimation buys MangaUK
I'm a little surprised, as Manga still seemed to act as an separate entity after Sony bought them. I wouldn't have thought this'll affect Dragon Ball though, as they've been using Funimation's discs for almost all their releases anyway. Of course, the re-brand might be a first step in the US side ta...
- Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:23 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Are there "Dragon Box" styled releases for other series?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1359
Re: Are there "Dragon Box" styled releases for other series?
One Piece, Naruto and Bleach were all animated digitally and released after DVD had been established, so the Dragon Boxes' two main selling points (bundling everything together and remastering the episodes) wouldn't really apply.
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:23 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: Disney, 20th Century Fox, and Dragonball
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1086
Re: Disney, 20th Century Fox, and Dragonball
Evolution is not on Disney+ where I am (USA). Am I missing something? It was added when the "Star" brand launched, which is their way of adding acquired/Hulu/non-family content to D+ outside of the USA. Has the 20th Century brand appeared on any new Dragon Ball since Disney bought them? D...
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 3:55 pm
- Forum: Dragon Ball Kai
- Topic: UK Kai Seasons going out of print
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9171
Re: UK Kai Seasons going out of print
Madman's Australian sets were the same Yamamoto/Kikuchi mix as the UK ones, weren't they? Those would still be an option for region B.
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 3:55 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: A specific picture problem of Dragon Ball Season 1 DVD set (UK/AU release only).
- Replies: 3
- Views: 701
Re: A specific picture problem of Dragon Ball Season 1 DVD set (UK/AU release only).
Does it look like this screencap from the 1994 dub? https://i.slow.pics/wyNKoToM.png Those are tape marks - physical damage where they've spliced two pieces of film together. They digitally erased these for the Dragon Boxes and Levels and (presumably) zoomed in the "Blue Bricks" as a zero-...
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:30 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: 4:3 Steelbooks - Inconsistent Subtitles?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2064
Re: 4:3 Steelbooks - Inconsistent Subtitles?
They've been alternating between English and Romaji since at least the the Level 1.1 Blu-ray. It looks like Super's are only English, but TPTB have been much more strict about subtitles since Super began. I 'spose it makes sense when you consider that the Japanese version had the song lyrics subtitl...
- Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: FUNimation downgrading surround sound to stereo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1785
Re: FUNimation downgrading surround sound to stereo
Some of the "remastered" Z movie DVDs have both dub options in 5.1, as does the GT TV special, so I'd say that it's probably not a space issue.
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:46 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: I still don't get why FUNI never redubbed DBZ from start to finish
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4649
Re: I still don't get why FUNI never redubbed DBZ from start to finish
It's weird now because not only does Kai exist but also Super, and some people will watch the old DBZ dub and go directly to Super Even for the dub there was a 14 year gap between Z and Super, so I think most viewers would expect inconsistencies like that, particularly as they'd also see a switch f...
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:49 pm
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: I still don't get why FUNI never redubbed DBZ from start to finish
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4649
Re: I still don't get why FUNI never redubbed DBZ from start to finish
The "remastered" DBZ dub does its job, in terms of fixing major inconsistencies like actors changing mid-run, right? Either way, if anything needs re-dubbing it's DB movies 2/3. Those really should have been given a new dub with their "remasters"; even with movie 4 unchanged ther...
- Sat Sep 19, 2020 8:33 am
- Forum: General Franchise Discussion
- Topic: DBZ Syndication era Affiliate Promos.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3276
Re: DBZ Syndication era Affiliate Promos.
Interesting that there are different variations of the '95 dub; I'd assumed it'd aired a handful of times and then quickly disappeared. I wonder if they started with episode-specific ending footage, gave up for a generic montage and then replaced the old ones for consistency.