UK DBGT Season 1 & 2 Listed By Amazon, Play, TheHut & Zavvi

[dbboxkaifan]

Zavvi now has price dropped Season 2 to £23.95 which is currently the cheapest price available.

I've seen that the UK DBZ Orange Bricks on Amazon cost around £16 so I'll just wait and then pick 'em up for these similar prices.

[Cold Cobra]

Does anyone know if the second set will include the TV special as well, like the FUNi set? I know the DBZ sets have been pretty much identical to the US ones (well, I assume anyway, this will be my first UK Dragon Ball-related purchase as I already had the "Orange Bricks"), but I only ask as it's not advertised in the classic Manga red triangle.

Thanks.

[dbboxkaifan]

Yes. They have it advertised and Manga's been doing it pretty much a 1:1 job minus the PAL conversion.

[Cold Cobra]

Yes. They have it advertised and Manga's been doing it pretty much a 1:1 job minus the PAL conversion.

A response so quick I saw it as I was leaving! Thank you.

[Rukura]

Manga UK put up a trailer for Season 1 on their YouTube channel. It's basically FUNimation's original Green Bricks trailer, but with the UK box with the original logo at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMAOIhFblts

[dbboxkaifan]

Manga UK put up a trailer for Season 1 on their YouTube channel. It's basically FUNimation's original Green Bricks trailer, but with the UK box with the original logo at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMAOIhFblts

Hm, nice.

If Manga UK made paper slipcovers for the early prints that would be fantastic because it'd add more value to each boxset, for the collectors, of course. Not really a fan of just plastic fat-packs but if that's all then can't really complain.

[dbboxkaifan]

Manga UK on Facebook is now promoting Dragon Ball GT: Season One, with the original GT logo too.

They really are trying to get people hyped up for this, I wish they'd include the authentic GT logo on the episodes' openings instead of that metallic.

[dbboxkaifan]

Manga UK has posted a photo of the actual product itself, that being, DRAGON BALL GT: SEASON ONE.

I definitely want this even if it's just because they used the authentic GT logo.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Have Manga UK stopped producing slip-cover's now, for every release?

[dbboxkaifan]

Have Manga UK stopped producing slip-cover's now, for every release?

Seems like it.

It's possibly cheaper for Manga UK to only focus on the DVD fat-packs (of course still uses paper for the cover) without worrying about the slipcovers even though they would've been really cool for collecting purposes.

My Soul Eater looks way better with its slipcover than just the fat-pack itself.

Edit: Manga UK has just sent me a reply regarding if the openings on the DVDs use the original GT or the metallic GT logo and...



Why? It looks much better.



*This is from the FUNimation GT Singles.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Agreed. My FMA part 1 has a slipcover whilst part 2 doesn't and it looks really awkward on the shelf. They should make slipcovers for like the first batch of every release. Gives fans incentive to buy it at it's opening price rather than wait for it to go down. (As I always do).

[dbboxkaifan]

Agreed. My FMA part 1 has a slipcover whilst part 2 doesn't and it looks really awkward on the shelf. They should make slipcovers for like the first batch of every release. Gives fans incentive to buy it at it's opening price rather than wait for it to go down. (As I always do).

I'd store the slipcovers away if both don't look consistent because that's the kind of thing that tends to annoy me when I see it, I know it's nit-picking but I can't help it.

P.S: It's nice of Manga UK to give us the original Dragon Ball GT logo for the covers but it's a bit of misleading advertisement due to people be thinking they'll see that also on the DVDs.

[LostTimeLord]

I don't think that Manga really has a choice over which logo is used as they are most likely using Madman's existing PAL conversion. The cost of re-converting the original Japanese visuals to PAL just for the sake of the logo change (and by extension the Japanese credits and episode titles, I guess) probably isn't worth it when the majority of the buyers probably aren't bothered or will watch the dub anyway. Manga did the same thing with 'One Piece', using the blue Japanese logo on the covers while only including the altered gold American version on the episodes themselves.

That being said, I wonder which masters Manga will use for the Dragon Ball seasons, being as Madman apparently never released the "remastered" versions of those. Will Manga use the video from the old Madman sagas, or create their own PAL conversion of the blue bricks (or a different master entirely)?

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Agreed. My FMA part 1 has a slipcover whilst part 2 doesn't and it looks really awkward on the shelf. They should make slipcovers for like the first batch of every release. Gives fans incentive to buy it at it's opening price rather than wait for it to go down. (As I always do).

I'd store the slipcovers away if both don't look consistent because that's the kind of thing that tends to annoy me when I see it, I know it's nit-picking but I can't help it.

P.S: It's nice of Manga UK to give us the original Dragon Ball GT logo for the covers but it's a bit of misleading advertisement due to people be thinking they'll see that also on the DVDs.

Yeah, if the other parts I've ordered don't have the slip-covers I'll take part one's out or sell it.
Regarding the logo, I may be wrong but I don't think Manga have any right to change the actual footage, think all they got was to be able to license in the U.K hence why they can disclude the slip-covers and change the logo on the boxart again I maybe wrong but that is the best explanation I can come up with.

[Rukura]

Why? It looks much better.

I'm hoping your actual reply was something more along the lines of explaining that it, in a way, censors something that was actually originally drawn by the original creator and overall clashes with the older look of the show instead of "looks better", though. It'll probably get the point across a lot better and not make him think it's just your opinion on it.

[dbboxkaifan]

Precisely Rukura but it was kinda pointless because it's already set in stone so it couldn't be changed.

Here's hoping Manga UK uses Madman's Dragon Ball "Saga" collections instead of the Blue Bricks, in case they do I will happily pre-order it without waiting for a price drop.

[90sDBZ]

Got my UK GT set today 3 days early. I'm amazed at how fast it came as I only ordered it yesterday from an ebay seller in the late afternoon.

[dbboxkaifan]

Added Dragon Ball GT: Season Two with original GT logo credits to Zavvi.

P.S.: If any of you have any questions about Dragon Ball UK releases contact Manga UK they're cool with it, imo.

[Mr. Hardstone]

Picked up mine in my local HMV today and as soon as I opened it I noticed an error with the episode numbering. Disc 1 is 1-7, Disc 2 is 8-14, and, well...


Interested to confirm if this is universal, or just my copy? If it is universal, I have to assume it's not on the US version, right?

[dbboxkaifan]

Picked up mine in my local HMV today and as soon as I opened it I noticed an error with the episode numbering. Disc 1 is 1-7, Disc 2 is 8-14, and, well...

Spoiler:

Interested to confirm if this is universal, or just my copy? If it is universal, I have to assume it's not on the US version, right?

There's more reports of this too, such as one posted on Manga UK's Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Oh Manga UK, take your time with it.