Funimation's 30th anniversary collectible home video release

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

I'm not going to pretend Geekdom has never made any mistakes, he has admitted to them himself, but in general I think he has great intentions and does want to lead the fandom in the right direction with regards to their information. He is good friends with the voice actors, the staff at Funimation and is known by others who have worked on the series, including some in Japan. All of whom I think trust him for a reason. Much like with Super 2.0 life happens, plans change and what he was told months ago may have altered course but there is still some truth to his scoops, but we may not know what that is for some time.

[PremiumSalt]

Meh, I gotta be honest my opinion on this remaster has softened a bit recently, and regardless, FUNimation doing a mainstream, non-limited edition, mass market release of the show in 4:3 is a win in my opinion.

[Robo4900]

People shouldn't get their hopes up about Geekdom's rumor of the Toei remaster. I wouldn't be surprised if he just heard from some Funimation employee that a "new remaster" was coming, which was just the 30th Anniversary set, and the "from Toei" part was referring to the 16mm film coming from Toei. And so it all got miscommunicated into "a new remaster from Toei". Of course, that doesn't mean that Toei won't ever do a remaster sometime in the future, but I get the feeling that this Geekdom rumor just ain't it.

Remember that Geekdom has been talking about this since before the 30th sets.

At one point, Toei posted various screenshots of cels on Twitter, and Geekdom made a huge fuss "see! this is what Toei's been working on!", and he outright made fun of people who told him he was wrong...
When the 30th sets were announced, he said "oh, these are the toei sets that i know are coming! you can all trust me on this, i'm legit!!", then he doubled down on that when we saw the first previews, and didn't admit his fault until after the sets were actually out.
When the Spanish Blu-rays were announced, he did the same dance again.
And now he's doing it yet again, despite there being no real confirmation.

The thing people have to understand is this -- Geekdom isn't a journalist. He doesn't report news, he talks about his opinion, he talks whatever rumours he's heard, and he's ultimately aiming to just get clicks. That's not a criticism of him as a person, or as a YouTuber, that's just a fact about the nature of his channel.
I'm sure he's a nice guy, and a lot of people like his online persona, but he is not a journalist, and you're gonna be disappointed if you watch his videos expecting for serious journalism, rather than the equivalent of going down the pub with a guy who's been in the scene for a few decades and hears a lot of the goings-on.

... So yeah, don't take his talk of a new Toei remaster seriously.

[eledoremassis02]

People shouldn't get their hopes up about Geekdom's rumor of the Toei remaster. I wouldn't be surprised if he just heard from some Funimation employee that a "new remaster" was coming, which was just the 30th Anniversary set, and the "from Toei" part was referring to the 16mm film coming from Toei. And so it all got miscommunicated into "a new remaster from Toei". Of course, that doesn't mean that Toei won't ever do a remaster sometime in the future, but I get the feeling that this Geekdom rumor just ain't it.

Remember that Geekdom has been talking about this since before the 30th sets.

At one point, Toei posted various screenshots of cels on Twitter, and Geekdom made a huge fuss "see! this is what Toei's been working on!", and he outright made fun of people who told him he was wrong...
When the 30th sets were announced, he said "oh, these are the toei sets that i know are coming! you can all trust me on this, i'm legit!!", then he doubled down on that when we saw the first previews, and didn't admit his fault until after the sets were actually out.
When the Spanish Blu-rays were announced, he did the same dance again.
And now he's doing it yet again, despite there being no real confirmation.

The thing people have to understand is this -- Geekdom isn't a journalist. He doesn't report news, he talks about his opinion, he talks whatever rumours he's heard, and he's ultimately aiming to just get clicks. That's not a criticism of him as a person, or as a YouTuber, that's just a fact about the nature of his channel.
I'm sure he's a nice guy, and a lot of people like his online persona, but he is not a journalist, and you're gonna be disappointed if you watch his videos expecting for serious journalism, rather than the equivalent of going down the pub with a guy who's been in the scene for a few decades and hears a lot of the goings-on.

... So yeah, don't take his talk of a new Toei remaster seriously.

I was thinking it was this guy but I wasnt 100% sure if it was him or another youtuber.

Honestly, Kanzenshuu is really the only place I trust for DB related news.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Journalism is a dying art anyway, at least in its traditional form. Even a lot of the broadsheets you find these days are agenda driven and littered with opinion pieces, even with the COVID pandemic there has been a remarkable lack of reliable information. Good journalists are a minority now, and Dragon Ball is far from the only franchise without one to represent it.

[jjgp1112]

Fuck's sake, screenshots of this bullshit ass release makes me irrationally angry. Because you can see a nugget of what we could've gotten.

Like, if this shit was gonna be an expensive ass limited premium release...why not actually do a full-on remaster and get good ROI????

[Planetnamek]

Journalism is a dying art anyway, at least in its traditional form. Even a lot of the broadsheets you find these days are agenda driven and littered with opinion pieces, even with the COVID pandemic there has been a remarkable lack of reliable information. Good journalists are a minority now, and Dragon Ball is far from the only franchise without one to represent it.

Yes I wish anime had their own version of someone like Jim Sterling.

[JEFFMAN219]

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[JEFFMAN219]

Looks like this is getting a steelbook release.
"New anime announced by Funimation! Dragon Ball Z Steelbooks (in 4:3 aspect ratio)"
Source: RightStuff

Funimation is just milking DBZ to death at this point lol. I may pick these up as I want to own this series in its correct aspect ratio.

I just feel bad for the fans who bought the 30th anniversary release last year thinking that was a once in a lifetime release.

[eledoremassis02]

They're up on FUNimation.com for a little cheaper for those interested ($44.99)
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00677/
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00678/
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00679/

Looks like this is getting a steelbook release.
"New anime announced by Funimation! Dragon Ball Z Steelbooks (in 4:3 aspect ratio)"
Source: RightStuff

Funimation is just milking DBZ to death at this point lol. I may pick these up as I want to own this series in its correct aspect ratio.

I just feel bad for the fans who bought the 30th anniversary release last year thinking that was a once in a lifetime release.

Dont worry, only way I would feel like if I got ripped offed would be if these had improved PQ and I doubt that

[PremiumSalt]

They're up on FUNimation.com for a little cheaper for those interested ($44.99)
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00677/
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00678/
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00679/

Same price as on RightStuf. And even with this price, these will collectively still be more than the 30th set was, which is kind of hilarious.

[JEFFMAN219]

They're up on FUNimation.com for a little cheaper for those interested ($44.99)
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00677/
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00678/
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00679/

Same price as on RightStuf. And even with this price, these will collectively still be more than the 30th set was, which is kind of hilarious.

Looks like they're releasing the first 3 seasons on the same day. Strange.

[eledoremassis02]

They're up on FUNimation.com for a little cheaper for those interested ($44.99)
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00677/
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00678/
https://www.funimation.com/shop/home-vi ... blr-00679/

Same price as on RightStuf. And even with this price, these will collectively still be more than the 30th set was, which is kind of hilarious.

Oh dang, I thought they were 49.99 My bad

[Kendamu]

Once they hit Amazon and I see what the prices are there I'll decide whether I buy online or buy local [edit]because I'd like to at least own DBZ in 4:3 on Blu ray even if it's not a new Toei remaster.[/edit]

[VanceRefrigeration]

I'm not going to pretend Geekdom has never made any mistakes, he has admitted to them himself, but in general I think he has great intentions and does want to lead the fandom in the right direction with regards to their information. He is good friends with the voice actors, the staff at Funimation and is known by others who have worked on the series, including some in Japan. All of whom I think trust him for a reason. Much like with Super 2.0 life happens, plans change and what he was told months ago may have altered course but there is still some truth to his scoops, but we may not know what that is for some time.

I don't want to get into the business of attacking or defending him. All I'm saying is that people shouldn't get their hopes up. After two years of saying a remaster is coming, he has very frequently made assumptions about that topic. Any time a company says they're doing a BD release, he will be the first to say something like "See, this is the remaster I was talking about all along", and so his legions of fans get excited. When it comes to people with inside sources, this sort of thing happens all the time. Sometimes plans will change. Sometimes, they are lied to. And sometimes, there is a misunderstanding. In this particular case, I think it was a misunderstanding. "Remaster from Toei", probably meant "remaster [made] from [materials given to us by] Toei", aka the 30th Anniversary set.

At one point, Toei posted various screenshots of cels on Twitter, and Geekdom made a huge fuss "see! this is what Toei's been working on!", and he outright made fun of people who told him he was wrong...
When the 30th sets were announced, he said "oh, these are the toei sets that i know are coming! you can all trust me on this, i'm legit!!", then he doubled down on that when we saw the first previews, and didn't admit his fault until after the sets were actually out.
When the Spanish Blu-rays were announced, he did the same dance again.
And now he's doing it yet again, despite there being no real confirmation.

This time he says there are "facts proving it" that there's a Toei remaster coming. What proof? What facts? Even if some company employee told him something was on the way, they wouldn't go out of their way to send him proof. So yeah, one little thing he was told (which was probably a misunderstanding), has been exaggerated into a proven fact. I just don't buy it. But hey, I'd love to "take the L" on this at some point, as he likes to say.

[KBABZ]

Geekdom is like those guys predicting the apocalypse by moving the date and asking you to pay them for survival kits for the 37th time.

[samuraix123]

Looks like this is getting a steelbook release.
"New anime announced by Funimation! Dragon Ball Z Steelbooks (in 4:3 aspect ratio)"
Source: RightStuff

Funimation is just milking DBZ to death at this point lol. I may pick these up as I want to own this series in its correct aspect ratio.

I just feel bad for the fans who bought the 30th anniversary release last year thinking that was a once in a lifetime release.

Ahhh I pretty much knew they were gonna do this when I bought the 30th set. lol that's why I said when I get it and now since I have the all the dragonboxes, there's zero point in ever rebuying the Z series again. I own it in too many fashions and have already now given two full complete set series of Z away.

[eledoremassis02]

Looks like this is getting a steelbook release.
"New anime announced by Funimation! Dragon Ball Z Steelbooks (in 4:3 aspect ratio)"
Source: RightStuff

Funimation is just milking DBZ to death at this point lol. I may pick these up as I want to own this series in its correct aspect ratio.

I just feel bad for the fans who bought the 30th anniversary release last year thinking that was a once in a lifetime release.

I own it in too many fashions

I want a Samuraix123 fasion show!!

[ArmenianPepsi]

Funimation is just milking DBZ to death at this point lol. I may pick these up as I want to own this series in its correct aspect ratio.

I just feel bad for the fans who bought the 30th anniversary release last year thinking that was a once in a lifetime release.

I own it in too many fashions

I want a Samuraix123 fasion show!!

I second that request

[ArmenianPepsi]

Fuck's sake, screenshots of this bullshit ass release makes me irrationally angry. Because you can see a nugget of what we could've gotten.

Like, if this shit was gonna be an expensive ass limited premium release...why not actually do a full-on remaster and get good ROI????

The bigger tease is that Funi showed off multiple full frame, unaltered shots on their blog post last year and they look so tantalizing. So close yet so far.