My friend says FUNi is doing the OVA

midoco13 · Post by **midoco13** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:39 pm

Well I just got an e-mail from a friend and he says that us Americans will get a dub of the I was wondering if this is true (and wondering) also if they do it will it be "remastered" to make crap (in my opinion) look crappier?

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:02 pm

You've heard wrong, your friend lied. No news about that has been released yet. In fact I doubt it's ever going to happen.

midoco13 · Post by **midoco13** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:10 pm

OK. VegettoEX or anyone else can destroy this (you mean lock this topic?) because this is all I wanted to know.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:52 am

@ midoco13: Just out of curiosity, how did you come across this forum? It was predicted that as promotion for the live-action movie began (more specifically the trailer) we would most likely see an obvious influx of members, which seems to be happening. So did Fox's live-action adaptation have anything to do with your coming here? There's nothing wrong if it did, I'm just a curious guy.

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:53 pm

Ditto? For someone to come because of the live-action sames odd to me.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:04 pm

Forgotten Hero wrote:Ditto? For someone to come because of the live-action sames odd to me.

I don't see it as odd, I'm expecting it to happen (like how the same thing happened when the podcast started). I was just wondering if the impending increase is starting after only 2 trailers have been out.

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:09 pm

SSj_Rambo wrote:
Forgotten Hero wrote:Ditto? For someone to come because of the live-action sames odd to me.
I don't see it as odd, I'm expecting it to happen (like how the same thing happened when the podcast started). I was just wondering if the impending increase is starting after only 2 trailers have been out.

I'm not expecting that. The Podcast hasn't really gone into detail about the movie yet...

Hao_Kaiser · Post by **Hao_Kaiser** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:40 pm

Forgotten Hero wrote:
SSj_Rambo wrote:
Forgotten Hero wrote:Ditto? For someone to come because of the live-action sames odd to me.
I don't see it as odd, I'm expecting it to happen (like how the same thing happened when the podcast started). I was just wondering if the impending increase is starting after only 2 trailers have been out.
I'm not expecting that. The Podcast hasn't really gone into detail about the movie yet...

I think he's referring to (I'm assuming) increased traffic to the site and forum as a result of the podcast... Not increased traffic due to the podcast reporting on the movie.

Actually... That almost seems redundant in a way, but, whatever.
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I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see a release of the Playdia footage at some point (FUNi can only release the Dead Zone so many times), but nothing has really been said at this point.

We can only hope, though, I guess. It's probably the one piece of the franchise that could be significantly improved by a dub soundtrack. I've had that stupid special on my hard drive for years and still haven't made it through the whole thing 'cause of that droning bgm.

Super 17 · Post by **Super 17** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:49 pm

midoco13 wrote:OK. VegettoEX or anyone else can destroy this (you mean lock this topic?) because this is all I wanted to know.

Haha destroy this topic, that's funny man.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:50 pm

Hao_Kaiser wrote:I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see a release of the Playdia footage at some point (FUNi can only release the Dead Zone so many times), but nothing has really been said at this point.

My question is, has this not been licensed because of Bandai's role in the production? Do they hold some say in whether it can be licensed? I would assume that FUNimation would have whored this special out long ago, unless there was some blockade to their acquisition of the footage.

-Corey

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:56 pm

Hao_Kaiser wrote:
Forgotten Hero wrote:
SSj_Rambo wrote: I don't see it as odd, I'm expecting it to happen (like how the same thing happened when the podcast started). I was just wondering if the impending increase is starting after only 2 trailers have been out.
I'm not expecting that. The Podcast hasn't really gone into detail about the movie yet...
I think he's referring to (I'm assuming) increased traffic to the site and forum as a result of the podcast... Not increased traffic due to the podcast reporting on the movie.

Yes, that is what I meant.
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As for the footage, it'd be awesome if Funimation somehow got Pony Canyon to remaster the footage like they did the episodes and movies. Then we would be the only country with a remastered version of the "OVA". Of course Funi will never let anyone else remaster any footage that they plan on releasing, but I like to dream. Heck, if Funi gave the footage the same remastering process that they give the movie double features, but keep it in 4:3, it would be a better quality (footage wise) release than the Dragonbox one.

Taku128 · Post by **Taku128** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:56 pm

Hao_Kaiser wrote:We can only hope, though, I guess. It's probably the one piece of the franchise that could be significantly improved by a dub soundtrack. I've had that stupid special on my hard drive for years and still haven't made it through the whole thing 'cause of that droning bgm.

Hey, I liked the soundtrack.

I heard it was all remixes of the game's music, and I like game music a lot, so that may be why. My favorite track was the one that plays during the fight with Freeza, Coola, Tullece, and Slug.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:39 am

Like I've said before, unless they try to repair its bad reputation like how they did with GT (though they came short of succeeding) they're not going to release that.

Forgotten Hero · Post by **Forgotten Hero** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:45 am

SSj_Rambo wrote: Yes, that is what I meant.
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As for the footage, it'd be awesome if Funimation somehow got Pony Canyon to remaster the footage like they did the episodes and movies. Then we would be the only country with a remastered version of the "OVA". Of course Funi will never let anyone else remaster any footage that they plan on releasing, but I like to dream. Heck, if Funi gave the footage the same remastering process that they give the movie double features, but keep it in 4:3, it would be a better quality (footage wise) release than the Dragonbox one.

Yeah didn't know what you meant...

To bad it is really unlikely will never get anything good, footage and voice acting wise, from Funimation.

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:44 am

SSj_Rambo wrote:I don't see it as odd, I'm expecting it to happen (like how the same thing happened when the podcast started). I was just wondering if the impending increase is starting after only 2 trailers have been out.

It’s just coincidence, and likely will be until the movie actually comes out. Once April rolls around though, you can probably expect a lot of new users to start popping up.

MajinVejitaXV wrote:My question is, has this not been licensed because of Bandai's role in the production? Do they hold some say in whether it can be licensed? I would assume that FUNimation would have whored this special out long ago, unless there was some blockade to their acquisition of the footage.

Even if they do have a say, they certainly aren’t making any more money off of the guides/games, so I see no reason to guard it from potential investors. Especially when they allow the dubbing of all of their other video game-related properties.

Boltar · Post by **Boltar** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:56 am

"OVA" [...] Playdia footage

It's an OVA (no quotes, and it's not playdia footage either).

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:25 pm

Boltar wrote:
"OVA" [...] Playdia footage
It's an OVA (no quotes, and it's not playdia footage either).

It seems, my friend, that you are failing to realize that there's a site too!

(Yeah, I didn't do that in the traditional way...I'm sorry...)

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:55 pm

Big Momma wrote:It seems, my friend, that you are failing to realize that there's a site too!

(Yeah, I didn't do that in the traditional way...I'm sorry...)

“Well... there sorta is.” The title was wrong before; now it’s misleading. Toei officially recognizes the animation as an OVA. It was on VHS before it was featured in a video game.

Chibi Mystic Gohan · Post by **Chibi Mystic Gohan** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:11 pm

Big Momma wrote:
Boltar wrote:
"OVA" [...] Playdia footage
It's an OVA (no quotes, and it's not playdia footage either).
It seems, my friend, that you are failing to realize that there's a site too!

(Yeah, I didn't do that in the traditional way...I'm sorry...)

Toei has a site, too. And they have サイヤ人絶滅計画 ("The Plan to Destroy the Saiyans") listed as an "OVA" from August of 1993.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:24 pm

This has been brought up to Mike and he has admitted that the page is mislabeled and that it truly is by definition and OVA. When he said why he was keeping to title as is he said something along the lines of "It attracts viewers, since it is such a hotly debated topic".