Manga UK Announce DBZ Battle of Gods DVD/Bluray release

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Re: Manga UK Announce DBZ Battle of Gods DVD/Bluray release

Post by omegalucas » Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:04 am

dbboxkaifan wrote:By the way, Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is the real title of the last Eva rebuild film and disregard that this image uses the original Battle of Gods as Manga UK has confirmed they're using FUNimation's custom Battle of Gods logo.
What will the extended version be called... "3.33+1.11"? :lol:
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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:05 pm

Er, before I get to the screenshots it seems like this release ONLY has DD 2.0 for the Japanese audio (for both versions) and the English dub gets DTS 5.1... the fuck Manga UK... :|

UKAnimeNetwork has uploaded a video showing what the Blu-ray version contains, and here's screenshots (YouTube link at the bottom if you want to watch him talk).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThgkDUj3Nmc

This Collector's Edition just keeps on disappointing me. :| But at least the menu looks better than FUNimation's.
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Post by Soul » Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:30 pm

The menu looks better than FUNi's? Oh man, I could not disagree harder.

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:33 pm

FUNi's menus look like they were taken from the Season BDs but honestly I don't care about that so much as due to the fact it only has Japanese DD 2.0 and now I'm pondering to cancel my pre-order... :|
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Post by BlackCatScott » Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:52 pm

That menu isn't very nice. I prefer the simplistic one Funimation went for to be honest.

Oh well, excited to get it on Monday regardless!

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Post by Ajay » Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:58 pm

God, that menu is a piece of shit. Are we still in the 90s?!

Welp, at least I have FUNi's Blu-ray still.
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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:08 pm

Fuck it I just cancelled my pre-order I'm not going to pay £17.99 for this crap.
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Post by thomas1up » Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:15 pm

This release has been one disappointment after another. Japanese 2.0 only? Shitty menu? Awful theatre run? No thanks. The FUNi bluray is region B too? Seems like I'll be importing that.
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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:22 pm

thomas1up wrote:This release has been one disappointment after another. Japanese 2.0 only? Shitty menu? Awful theatre run? No thanks. The FUNi bluray is region B too? Seems like I'll be importing that.
It's Region A-locked. You'll need a region free Blu-ray (or Region A) if you want to watch it.
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Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:22 pm

thomas1up wrote:This release has been one disappointment after another. Japanese 2.0 only? Shitty menu? Awful theatre run? No thanks. The FUNi bluray is region B too? Seems like I'll be importing that.
Nope they locked it, presuming to stop people importing it :problem:. Also don;t forgot they stripped the extra's and shoved them on a DVD. :problem:

It will cost the same to import so I might as well stick with it. At least we get art cards... :thumbup:

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Seeing that menu is motion... holy fucking shit that is... terrible. :wtf: what the hell were they thinking?!?!

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:28 pm

Baggie_Saiyan wrote:Nope they locked it, presuming to stop people importing it :problem:. Also don;t forgot they stripped the extra's and shoved them on a DVD. :problem:
Yep. If it weren't for the region locking I'd order FUNimation's Blu-ray instead but since I don't have an RF Blu-ray Player I'm not going to. Guess I'll just wait for this embarrassing release to drop down to £10 (I don't really care how long it takes as I'm not in a rush to get it any more).

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Post by DragonBoxZTheMovies » Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:20 pm

That menu is certainly...interesting. It's almost comical in motion.

I have to wonder if this'll also be on the Madman release, considering how things have gone with Manga UK's previous DB products. Although Madman's isn't even out yet and their Blu-Rays tend to be exactly the same as FUNimation's.

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Post by SaiyaJedi » Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:42 pm

dbboxkaifan wrote:By the way, Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is the real title of the last Eva rebuild film and disregard that this image uses the original Battle of Gods as Manga UK has confirmed they're using FUNimation's custom Battle of Gods logo.
Great, so they really are going the "repetition" route for the last film? Oh joy... :crazy:

So, uh, back on topic... Once somebody has this thing in their hands, is anyone willing to compare it to the North American release?
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Post by dbboxkaifan » Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:06 pm

I've been thinking and remembered that Manga UK with things like cards they're sorta in a limited print so those who intend on getting later might end up only purchasing the slipcover + Blu-ray with 2 discs, because I remember reading comments about people complaining that their Yu-Gi-Oh Blu-ray didn't have the card which was advertised, this and the later prints of Soul Eater didn't have a slipcover neither. They're always trying to cut corners as if they weren't already.
DragonBoxZTheMovies wrote:I have to wonder if this'll also be on the Madman release, considering how things have gone with Manga UK's previous DB products. Although Madman's isn't even out yet and their Blu-rays tend to be exactly the same as FUNimation's.
Guess so because Manga UK just tends to reuse what's already done and just add their logo to the intro of the BD/DVD (unless there's an exception on such release).
SaiyaJedi wrote:So, uh, back on topic... Once somebody has this thing in their hands, is anyone willing to compare it to the North American release?
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Post by LostTimeLord » Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:19 am

I really hope that 'Japanese 2.0' is a typo based on the fact that the Extended version is in stereo, and that the Theatrical version is actually in 5.1, which wouldn't surprise me given Manga's track record. The animation and the way that menu is laid out is stupid though, it makes no sense to have to play the film to select each version but also have a scene selection option on the main menu. Which version am I skipping to, and how do I get to the scene selection menu for the other version?

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:11 am

LostTimeLord wrote:I really hope that 'Japanese 2.0' is a typo based on the fact that the Extended version is in stereo, and that the Theatrical version is actually in 5.1, which wouldn't surprise me given Manga's track record. The animation and the way that menu is laid out is stupid though, it makes no sense to have to play the film to select each version but also have a scene selection option on the main menu. Which version am I skipping to, and how do I get to the scene selection menu for the other version?
Maybe it works by clicking one or the other version then the audio track quality changes as well as the scene selection.

Manga UK's own website isn't very clear about this either much less Amazon - http://www.mangauk.com/item.php?s=drago ... on-blu-ray

I suppose if there is Japanese 5.1 then I won't mind paying £17.99 for it then.
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Post by omegalucas » Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:39 am

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Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:33 pm

Well if the songs are in Japanese then I guess that'll be something. Doubt it though.

Eurgh!! What a mess of a release, how could they fuck up something so simple?

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Post by dbboxkaifan » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:39 pm

The songs are in Engrish like the FUNimation release but one has to wonder why the hell Manga UK (or Madman?) decided to use DD 2.0 for the Japanese audio when a far superior source is available.

Even Batfleck's disappointed.

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Post by LostTimeLord » Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:53 pm

Well this is disappointing, looks like its a US import for me. For a collectors edition the downgrades compared to the US release is laughable.
Also, the AnimeBlurayUK review says that for the English audio the UK DTS-HD track is superior to the US Dolby TrueHD track; surely neither is superior as they're both lossless formats?

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