DBZ Level Set Revival? [Denied]

Haseowolf · Post by **Haseowolf** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:50 pm

Seems to indeed have been a goof. I am sad.

https://twitter.com/FUNimation/status/6 ... 4250947584

Sora Saiyan · Post by **Sora Saiyan** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:55 pm

Dang it! Well can't say I expected anything less.

BlackCatScott · Post by **BlackCatScott** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:56 pm

I still don't know whether to believe they genuinely mistook it for something else or if they just spilled the beans a bit early

Haseowolf · Post by **Haseowolf** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:00 pm

BlackCatScott wrote:I still don't know whether to believe they genuinely mistook it for something else or if they just spilled the beans a bit early

Sadly, it seems like they knew what they did wrong. https://twitter.com/FUNimation/status/6 ... 0552480769

BlackCatScott · Post by **BlackCatScott** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:23 pm

Haseowolf wrote:
BlackCatScott wrote:I still don't know whether to believe they genuinely mistook it for something else or if they just spilled the beans a bit early
Sadly, it seems like they knew what they did wrong. https://twitter.com/FUNimation/status/6 ... 0552480769

That's the end of that then!

They're getting a bit of abuse on twitter now ha... https://twitter.com/FUNimation/status/6 ... 6128876545

sintzu · Post by **sintzu** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:30 pm

Haseowolf wrote:Seems to indeed have been a goof. I am sad. https://twitter.com/FUNimation/status/6 ... 4250947584

That or Kai which isn't surprising cause it won't make sense for them to re-release Z this soon for 2 reasons :

1- They just released it on Blu-Ray.

2- They have 2 completely new products they can release instead that will probably make them more $$$,Kai&Super.

eledoremassis02 · Post by **eledoremassis02** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:57 pm

Thats a huge shame. I was really looking forward to it. They should just pull a SHOUT! and release the footage as is (given to them by TOEI)

Gaffer Tape · Post by **Gaffer Tape** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:17 pm

ShadowDude112 wrote:I won't get my hopes up, but it's possible FUNi saw the backlash from it being revealed that they ignored that survey

Okay, this is the second time I've seen this in the past 48 hours. Could someone elaborate? When was this revealed? How? I need details on this, please!

OmegaRockman · Post by **OmegaRockman** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:10 am

Gaffer Tape wrote:
ShadowDude112 wrote:I won't get my hopes up, but it's possible FUNi saw the backlash from it being revealed that they ignored that survey
Okay, this is the second time I've seen this in the past 48 hours. Could someone elaborate? When was this revealed? How? I need details on this, please!

Metalwario64 linked us to this tweet a little while back in the discussion thread for the current BD sets, which is from a former Funimation marketing director: https://twitter.com/lheiskell/status/623695483081351169

huzaifa_ahmed · Post by **huzaifa_ahmed** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:25 am

Gaffer Tape wrote:
ShadowDude112 wrote:I won't get my hopes up, but it's possible FUNi saw the backlash from it being revealed that they ignored that survey
Okay, this is the second time I've seen this in the past 48 hours. Could someone elaborate? When was this revealed? How? I need details on this, please!

The "widescreen or fullscreen?" survey was ignored in favor of the "Digitally Remastered" "Season" sales over the "Dragon Box Z", which of course could easily be chalked up to advertising as opposed to informed purchasing.

The interview from this site, from a year or so ago, I think, has a mention of this.

sumpter360 · Post by **sumpter360** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:27 am

What a major let down... Well I suppose the upside is that all Twitter users, we could use this situation as an opportunity to tweet to FUNimation our support for a 4:3 Blu-ray release of the series, as well as the other series too.

eledoremassis02 · Post by **eledoremassis02** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:35 am

sumpter360 wrote:What a major let down... Well I suppose the upside is that all Twitter users, we could use this situation as an opportunity to tweet to FUNimation our support for a 4:3 Blu-ray release of the series, as well as the other series too.

I was just thinking this. We should flood all of FUNimations social media pages about wanting a 4x3 release. I was just revisiting these again

ErikB · Post by **ErikB** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:38 am

If this actually did happen, there's a very good chance I would forget all about Buu Kai and just hold out for 'seasons' 7-9 in Level sets. It's what I planned to do back when Kai was originally canceled and the Level sets were just coming out anyway.

sumpter360 · Post by **sumpter360** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:06 am

eledoremassis02 wrote:
sumpter360 wrote:What a major let down... Well I suppose the upside is that all Twitter users, we could use this situation as an opportunity to tweet to FUNimation our support for a 4:3 Blu-ray release of the series, as well as the other series too.
I was just thinking this. We should flood all of FUNimations social media pages about wanting a 4x3 release. I was just revisiting these again

#ResurrectionLevelSets ?

eledoremassis02 · Post by **eledoremassis02** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:48 am

sumpter360 wrote:
eledoremassis02 wrote:
sumpter360 wrote:What a major let down... Well I suppose the upside is that all Twitter users, we could use this situation as an opportunity to tweet to FUNimation our support for a 4:3 Blu-ray release of the series, as well as the other series too.
I was just thinking this. We should flood all of FUNimations social media pages about wanting a 4x3 release. I was just revisiting these again
#ResurrectionLevelSets ?

That could work well

I've never seen DBZ with english dub and japanese music. Might pick up these blurays, but it'll be used. I've been waiting for a 4x3 release.

Lord Beerus · Post by **Lord Beerus** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:26 am

I'd love a see the Level sets make a return. I'd drop my interest in Kai 2.0 if that happened. But I know it'll never happen.

ShadowDude112 · Post by **ShadowDude112** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:12 pm

huzaifa_ahmed wrote:
Gaffer Tape wrote:
ShadowDude112 wrote:I won't get my hopes up, but it's possible FUNi saw the backlash from it being revealed that they ignored that survey
Okay, this is the second time I've seen this in the past 48 hours. Could someone elaborate? When was this revealed? How? I need details on this, please!
The "widescreen or fullscreen?" survey was ignored in favor of the "Digitally Remastered" "Season" sales over the "Dragon Box Z", which of course could easily be chalked up to advertising as opposed to informed purchasing.

The interview from this site, from a year or so ago, I think, has a mention of this.

See, I look at it like this. The orange bricks sold so well because they were all of Z released in a good collection and consistently from start to finish. Not widescreen. If they had kept it 4:3, I believe they could have sold just as well. Could have been the same shitty DVNR but in a 4:3 frame. The widescreen DBZ only caught on cause FUNi was pushing widescreen so hard. If it was 4:3, I doubt we'd get those Blu-ray season sets today.

Undercooked Sausage · Post by **Undercooked Sausage** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:55 pm

It is painfully obvious the orange bricks sold way better than the dragonboxes because they were

1) way better marketed. Dragonboxes and level sets recieved next to no fanfare and came nearly immediately after we had just bought all the orange bricks.
2) It was the first consistent and affordable release of the series we had in America
3) Had all three audio tracks people wanted.

It had nothing to do with aspect ratio whatsoever. If anything I'd guess it'd hurt sales.

Gaffer Tape · Post by **Gaffer Tape** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:06 pm

OmegaRockman wrote:
Gaffer Tape wrote:Metalwario64 linked us to this tweet a little while back in the discussion thread for the current BD sets, which is from a former Funimation marketing director: https://twitter.com/lheiskell/status/623695483081351169

Well, that just burns my ovaries!

Oh, well. At least it restores some of my faith in the DB fandom, and it's nice that the story was broken by a guy named Lance! But on the flip side, it also takes me back to my turn-of-the-century disdain for FUNimation.

DemonRin · Post by **DemonRin** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:17 pm

Wait, really?! Dare I let myself get hyped for th-
*reads the thread*

[mountains of fangirl rage cut for time and filthiness]

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