AB vidéo has given up on continuing their Dragon Ball releases on Blu Ray

[Vegeta th3 4th]

I would maybe hazard a guess Toei isn’t comfortable with some of the content in original Dragon Ball if their censoring of Z movies is any indication.

They have a funny way of showing it considering the Roshi episode they made for Super before the tournament of power. That was far worse than anything in the original run.

[MasenkoHA]

I would maybe hazard a guess Toei isn’t comfortable with some of the content in original Dragon Ball if their censoring of Z movies is any indication.

They have a funny way of showing it considering the Roshi episode they made for Super before the tournament of power. That was far worse than anything in the original run.

Yes but the sexual harassment stuff doesn’t seem to bother Toei. I’m more talking about how often Goku is naked in early Dragon Ball and even the few “nude scenes” with Bulma like her taking a shower in episode 6 or getting her top ripped off by Krillin in episode 71.

None of the stuff with naked Goku is actually that bad but considering the little frontal nudity in Z got censored for Kai I could at least maybe see why that might be the issue Toei has with given original Dragon Ball an HD release.

But again I’ve also heard other shows with similar racy by modern Japan tv standards have gotten domestic blu ray release, like Sailor Moon. So even that theory doesn’t fully check out

[Kendamu]

The franchise also prints money because most people in North America are cool with the widely available 16:9 Blu-ray.

I don't think the demand for a perfect release is big enough from a business standpoint.

It'd be cool if I were wrong, though.

[MasenkoHA]

The franchise also prints money because most people in North America are cool with the widely available 16:9 Blu-ray.

I don't think the demand for a perfect release is big enough from a business standpoint.

It'd be cool if I were wrong, though.

Especially since people seem content with streaming and digital.

Like R/DBZ was so excited when the dub with the American score became digitally available as if that hasn’t always been an option on the DVDs and blurays. The idea of physically owning the show was like alien to them.

And Funimation already treated wanting the series in the proper aspect ratio as a niche. Now that the mere idea of wanting to own physical copies of a show or movie had become a niche is it any surprise Crunchyroll has price gouged the Orange Bricks of all things?

https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/ ... 22517.html


$35 to physically own a single season of the shittiest release of the series


Toei seems content to just make the shows available on Netflix Japan. Crunchyroll is content to have people either subscribe to their service, buy digitally , or pay ridiculous prices for physical copies.


We’re not getting any new releases let alone a “perfect one”

[HarveyPlissken]

The franchise also prints money because most people in North America are cool with the widely available 16:9 Blu-ray.

I don't think the demand for a perfect release is big enough from a business standpoint.

It'd be cool if I were wrong, though.

Especially since people seem content with streaming and digital.

Like R/DBZ was so excited when the dub with the American score became digitally available as if that hasn’t always been an option on the DVDs and blurays. The idea of physically owning the show was like alien to them.

And Funimation already treated wanting the series in the proper aspect ratio as a niche. Now that the mere idea of wanting to own physical copies of a show or movie had become a niche is it any surprise Crunchyroll has price gouged the Orange Bricks of all things?

https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/ ... 22517.html


$35 to physically own a single season of the shittiest release of the series


Toei seems content to just make the shows available on Netflix Japan. Crunchyroll is content to have people either subscribe to their service, buy digitally , or pay ridiculous prices for physical copies.


We’re not getting any new releases let alone a “perfect one”

This is exactly the reason why I'm starting to make my own physical copies of the Dragon Boxes with Broadcast Audio and corrected colors. If Toei & Crunchyroll don't care about releasing the Dragon Ball franchise properly, why should I reward them with my money? It's about time we as a fanbase take a page out of the Star Wars fandom by creating our own physical copies to have in our collections. As long as we don't make money out of it, I don't see any harm in putting together good physical copies for ourselves.

[Vegeta th3 4th]

If Toei & Crunchyroll don't care about releasing the Dragon Ball franchise properly, why should I reward them with my money?

You, me, and others here are unfortunately in the minority. The orange sets were some of the highest selling anime media ever put on the market. There's such a high demand for them that they're still sold in some retail stores to this very day, despite just being DVDs.

[coola]

If Toei & Crunchyroll don't care about releasing the Dragon Ball franchise properly, why should I reward them with my money?

You, me, and others here are unfortunately in the minority. The orange sets were some of the highest selling anime media ever put on the market. There's such a high demand for them that they're still sold in some retail stores to this very day, despite just being DVDs.

https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Ball-Seas ... B000KWZ1TI Checking some of those reviews, price is usually mentioned as most important reason it's "best release", then again, one of best anime or not, 291 episodes is still a lot, and it can make even such subpar release, with quality even worse than bootlegs a bestseller, as long as it's dirt cheap...

I would love Dragon Ball Youtubers to check those sales and reasons for it for upcoming 20th Orange Bricks anniversary...