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by sangofe » Wed Mar 01, 2017 3:58 am
Footlong Shoe wrote:DHM211 wrote:You can't just zoom in on 4:3 Kai and expect it to look nearly as good as Toei's cropping. In addition to not getting the extra 5% of footage on the sides of the remastered footage, some scenes were specifically redrawn for the Fuji TV/ Japanese DVD version.
That actually looks pretty nice. It would've been cool to own a version with shots like those on Blu-ray, but I wouldn't want the rest of it cropped, and it would be distracting to have the aspect ratio changing back and forth.
What?! The Blu Rays weren't cropped the same way the TV broadcast was?! That's shocking.
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by Footlong Shoe » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:28 am
sangofe wrote:Footlong Shoe wrote:DHM211 wrote:You can't just zoom in on 4:3 Kai and expect it to look nearly as good as Toei's cropping. In addition to not getting the extra 5% of footage on the sides of the remastered footage, some scenes were specifically redrawn for the Fuji TV/ Japanese DVD version.
That actually looks pretty nice. It would've been cool to own a version with shots like those on Blu-ray, but I wouldn't want the rest of it cropped, and it would be distracting to have the aspect ratio changing back and forth.
What?! The Blu Rays weren't cropped the same way the TV broadcast was?! That's shocking.
Yep! The Japanese Blu-rays as well as the Funi DVD/BRs were left in 4:3
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by sangofe » Wed Mar 01, 2017 4:29 pm
Footlong Shoe wrote:sangofe wrote:Footlong Shoe wrote:
That actually looks pretty nice. It would've been cool to own a version with shots like those on Blu-ray, but I wouldn't want the rest of it cropped, and it would be distracting to have the aspect ratio changing back and forth.
What?! The Blu Rays weren't cropped the same way the TV broadcast was?! That's shocking.
Yep! The Japanese Blu-rays as well as the Funi DVD/BRs were left in 4:3
Right... I actually knew that. Had a brain fart there...
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by Baggie_Saiyan » Wed Mar 01, 2017 5:05 pm
Why did Toei have TFC cropped from the start if they were not intending it to air on TV? Surely it would have been less time consuming to leave it in 4x3?
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by Jinzoningen MULE » Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:51 pm
Baggie_Saiyan wrote:Why did Toei have TFC cropped from the start if they were not intending it to air on TV? Surely it would have been less time consuming to leave it in 4x3?
The whole TFC project is very Funimation-esque in its handling of visual restoration. My guess is that they were trying to mimic Funimation's releases, since they were mainly appealing to the international market anyway.
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by DHM211 » Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:35 pm
Jinzoningen MULE wrote:Baggie_Saiyan wrote:Why did Toei have TFC cropped from the start if they were not intending it to air on TV? Surely it would have been less time consuming to leave it in 4x3?
The whole TFC project is very Funimation-esque in its handling of visual restoration. My guess is that they were trying to mimic Funimation's releases, since they were mainly appealing to the international market anyway.
Also easier/cheaper to remaster something when you don't have to paint over tape on the top and bottom of the frame.
