I think they were just following what the big boys were doing. Everyone was either stretching or "opening" their framing for HDTVs. heck they were even ahead of the animated curve as Kai (albeit more professional *and ironically* TV and only a few releases) did widescreen cropping and Simpsons did (worse) years later as well. I think the biggest negligence is the DNR erasing lines. A competent company would have fixed it early and done a replacement program but here we are over 10 years later and not only are the season sets still out but they still have that issue.SuperSaiyaManZ94 wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:16 amYeah, and i do get that but at the same time it's a shame FUNi went with such a devisive release style that did more harm than good in the long run. The season sets were a good idea on paper but the quality of the video on the discs themselves really kills it. The simple fact is DBZ is a show that was produced in a particular era in 4:3 and should be presented as such, not butchered by having 20% of the vertical image chopped off and a bunch of grain removal filters that destroys the detail of the image.eledoremassis02 wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:04 amWelcome to marketing, unfortunately, at least in this video they mention multiple times that the 16x9 aspect ration was in fact new. And while "Original Japanese film" is quite misleading it's not wrong either. It's original film struck in Japan. Now, this https://youtu.be/JDelwuyToVw?t=20 is a straight-up lie because they relay the information that it comes from the Japanese masters. They tote this lie up until season 5 where it just becomes "uncut and remastered" which makes me wonder if someone did complain. People just want that instant gratification. I mean, look how many people bought these but knew they were not "how they were originally meant to be seen" but they needed season two or if was the first time to get the whole series uncut, or it was cheap or they wanted them to add to their collection. Many of us, myself included, are guilty of this. And at least we got the Dragon Boxes, they screwed us on that too but at least some of the hardcore fans got them. And outside of the color issues, those are how the show was meant to be seen. In SD, Japanese title cards, proper credits, (misplaced) NEP. So, we actually did get very close to the definitive edition, its just not spruced up for the new age.SuperSaiyaManZ94 wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:48 am
Then of course they mislead fans with trailers that have a lot of deceptive speak and misinformation.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=miXN6645TfM&t=51s
All in total for FUNi releases (not accounting Kai and Buu Kai)
DBZ
4:3 -
Singles (not complete *uncut*/Ultimate Uncut canceled)
Dragon Boxes
Level Sets (not complete *canceled*)
30th Bluray
16:9-
Season DVDs
Season Blurays
Best of DVDs (not complete *by design*)
Looking at how they come out it really gives the idea that FUNimation is gut reacting. We've had 2 complete 16x9 releases and 2 complete 4:3 (3 if we count ocean edited dvds). The main issue is that they were limited runs (video quality aside) but on the other side of the coin, while they were limited they were more competent releases (yes even while marginal the 30th set not being as blown out color-wise and retaining the original aspect ratio is, by default, more competent) *this isn't aimed at anyone* I'm just saying it now so I don't have to later. 30th set was also a one shot complete release, it could have been canceled like the level sets if done in volumes.
Side question: I was away for most of the Dbox run. Was there a fear that those were gonna be canceled ala ultimate uncut? It seems like no one knew they were limited, but did people but these with the idea they might not be finished?
