GT Season One Box (and Other Things) Confirmed

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:27 am

Raki wrote:I'm in the same boat as you. For the sake of financial reasons, I'll put up with cropped Z for now. But I won't buy GT done in the same manner.

I crunched the numbers, and I actually managed to get hold of all of the 4:3 Z singles for just under what I would have paid for the season sets (they 'aint cheap here though), if the season sets were my only option, I just wouldn't have bothered, I'm a student so I'm as poor as poor gets, so I really can't justify spending what little money I have, on a product that depresses me.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:30 am

Wasn't it confirmed a while ago that the GT trailer was at least in fullscreen? I think "even" FUNi knows better than to advertise it as such but produce the actual set in widescreen.

I don't particularly care, and will still buy it either way. But I thought that fear had already been put to rest. :/

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:53 am

I don't think it really confirms it, for example, the DBGT "Lost Episodes" trailer as put out by FUNimation, was in 16:9, despite the release itself being 4:3.

I don't think aspect ratios in trailers are concrete evidence of the format of the product itself, especially when we're dealing with FUNimation.

Vegard Aune · Post by **Vegard Aune** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:49 pm

Hey, I took a screencap from the DBGT Season One Trailer on the new One Piece-DVD...

Could anyone get a comparison with the Dragonbox or the old FUNi-singles for that? I guess it would be kinda hard, being that I haven't got a clue which episode it's from, but if someone was able to do that, it'd be nice. Because that looks suspiciously much like Dragonbox-footage to me... (OH THE IRONY!)

disturbed001 · Post by **disturbed001** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:50 pm

Vegard Aune wrote:Hey, I took a screencap from the DBGT Season One Trailer on the new One Piece-DVD...

Could anyone get a comparison with the Dragonbox or the old FUNi-singles for that? I guess it would be kinda hard, being that I haven't got a clue which episode it's from, but if someone was able to do that, it'd be nice. Because that looks suspiciously much like Dragonbox-footage to me... (OH THE IRONY!)

Let me just say: you are very cool.

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:52 pm

Vegard Aune wrote:Hey, I took a screencap from the DBGT Season One Trailer on the new One Piece-DVD...
*Snapple*
Could anyone get a comparison with the Dragonbox or the old FUNi-singles for that? I guess it would be kinda hard, being that I haven't got a clue which episode it's from, but if someone was able to do that, it'd be nice. Because that looks suspiciously much like Dragonbox-footage to me... (OH THE IRONY!)

Holy...

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:03 pm

I saw that trailer on Disc 3 of my Season Six set. It looks decent, but I wouldn't get my hopes up on it being Dragonbox footage.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:26 pm

I believe that pic is from the last episode of Dragon Ball GT: Affliction (the first GT DVD). I would take a screencap, but I have it on Uncut VHS, not DVD

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:32 pm

jjgp1112 wrote:I believe that pic is from the last episode of Dragon Ball GT: Affliction (the first GT DVD). I would take a screencap, but I have it on Uncut VHS, not DVD

How does it compare?

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:34 pm

Recall, guys, that the season sets are STILL using 4:3 screencaps on their boxes. So this could just be more lies.

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:35 pm

bkev wrote:Recall, guys, that the season sets are STILL using 4:3 screencaps on their boxes. So this could just be more lies.

Aren't they just horizontally cropped Season Set footage though?

El Diabeetus · Post by **El Diabeetus** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:40 pm

It actually might be the Dragon Box footage, I took a screenshot from my GT: Affliction DVD. The image a few posts up, looks a hell of a lot sharper and cleaner colors. Also, this image seems to be a lot blurrier compared to the other one.

The comparison image:

Episode 19 (3 on the old FUNimation numbering), from the FUNimation GT Single.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:40 pm

Metalwario64 wrote:
bkev wrote:Recall, guys, that the season sets are STILL using 4:3 screencaps on their boxes. So this could just be more lies.
Aren't they just horizontally cropped Season Set footage though?

When I looked at Season 6's box at the store, the shots looked like they were from the old singles; but I'm not the best judge.
edit- SSJ4, what deinterlace method are you using?

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:42 pm

Raki wrote:
jjgp1112 wrote:I believe that pic is from the last episode of Dragon Ball GT: Affliction (the first GT DVD). I would take a screencap, but I have it on Uncut VHS, not DVD
How does it compare?

I haven't watched it in about 2 years

bkev wrote:
Metalwario64 wrote:
bkev wrote:Recall, guys, that the season sets are STILL using 4:3 screencaps on their boxes. So this could just be more lies.
Aren't they just horizontally cropped Season Set footage though?
When I looked at Season 6's box at the store, the shots looked like they were from the old singles; but I'm not the best judge.

They are, but chalk it up to Funi being lazy.

After all, the trailers for the show are in 16:9, so they wouldn't straight-up lie about the aspect ratio.

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:45 pm

SSJ4 Furanki wrote:It actually might be the Dragon Box footage, I took a screenshot from my GT: Affliction DVD. The image a few posts up, looks a hell of a lot sharper and cleaner colors. Also, this image seems to be a lot blurrier compared to the other one.

The comparison image:
*Snapple*
Episode 19 (3 on the old FUNimation numbering), from the FUNimation GT Single.

Either that, or they got some new masters. From the looks of things, it is the exact same frame, but more detailed. If it was Dragon Box footage, wouldn't there be more footage? Either way, it looks almost dead on like the Dragon Boxes and that is a great thing.

jjgp1112 · Post by **jjgp1112** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:46 pm

Metalwario64 wrote:
SSJ4 Furanki wrote:It actually might be the Dragon Box footage, I took a screenshot from my GT: Affliction DVD. The image a few posts up, looks a hell of a lot sharper and cleaner colors. Also, this image seems to be a lot blurrier compared to the other one.

The comparison image:
*Snapple*
Episode 19 (3 on the old FUNimation numbering), from the FUNimation GT Single.
Either that, or they got some new masters. From the looks of things, it is the exact same frame, but more detailed. If it was Dragon Box footage, wouldn't there be more footage?

You can see a little bit more of Goku's hair. Not really noticeable, though.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:46 pm

GT's masters were distributed, least in FUNi's case, via digibeta tapes. While FUNi created their own zoomed-in ones for dragonball and Z, GT was given to them by TOEi that way.

Also, defiintely slightly off on the frames. Note Goku's left shoulder.

El Diabeetus · Post by **El Diabeetus** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:52 pm

bkev wrote:GT's masters were distributed, least in FUNi's case, via digibeta tapes. While FUNi created their own zoomed-in ones for dragonball and Z, GT was given to them by TOEi that way.

Also, definitely slightly off on the frames. Note Goku's left shoulder.

Whoops, didn't even notice the shoulder; whatever, not that big of a deal. It would be awesome if FUNimation were given new masters though.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:55 pm

Furanki, once again, what are you using to take screencaps/deinterlace the image? I know that blend occasionally takes away the detail.

El Diabeetus · Post by **El Diabeetus** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:59 pm

bkev wrote:Furanki, once again, what are you using to take screencaps/deinterlace the image? I know that blend occasionally takes away the detail.

Media Player Classic is what I used to take the image. I could try another program, see if I get a different result.