Why buy home video releases nowadays when you can just watch them via online streaming platforms?

[Dbzfan94]

No. Physical media all the way

[PowerPhantom245]

Physical always win.
You own physical; you don't OWN digital.
Plain and simple.


(I'm still waiting for Toei release of classic series (original, Z, and GT) on Blu-ray).

[Adamant]

I'll use my own experience to answer: I tried to watch a certain episode of DBS, the other day, on a site that has every episode of the franchise, and it had been removed, most of the other episodes are still there, but a few sometimes aren't. That kills the experience of binge-watching it.

This makes it sound like you're watching on a piracy website, though. That's... not really relevant to the discussion here. That's not really "streaming". It's not like Crunchyroll is ad hoc removing random episodes of Dragon Ball Super at any given time.

That is, in fact, absolutely the case with South Park here, with seemingly random episodes becoming unavailable for no apparent reason, then becoming available again at a later point. It's extremely annoying.

[Jord]

I already have dragon boxes and DB and GT on DVD, which I bought before streaming.
If I didn't have those, I would probably stream DBZ and DB, since buying them on DVD would be expensive. (and in DBZ's case, getting the original version in 4:3 on home media I think isn't an option now?) Plus, I don't rewatch them that often due to their length. I think I've only watched the DBZ boxes once in my life.

I would still get GT on DVD though. I like it a lot and due to it's short length, it's easier to rewatch.
I still like the story of Z but reexperience it through highlights on Youtube and playing video games like Kakarot.

[VegettoEX]

That is, in fact, absolutely the case with South Park here, with seemingly random episodes becoming unavailable for no apparent reason, then becoming available again at a later point. It's extremely annoying.

Hey, fair enough. That's bonkers and really sucks.

(I still don't think it's all that particularly prevalent, especially with anime releases which seem to either be THERE or NOT THERE in totality, but I appreciate the actual real-world example of it happening somewhere.)

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

in DBZ's case, getting the original version in 4:3 on home media I think isn't an option now?

In North America, no, its not, but the Manga UK Blu-Rays have it if people are ok with how the 30th anniversary discs look.



They are still available on Amazon albeit some in low quantities so who knows how much longer 4:3 will be an in-print option, as the 2013/14 discs have just been released in the UK.

[SuperSaiyaManZ94]

As for me personally, a lot of the stuff i have on physical media (and in Dragon Ball's case, the OG anime run of shows, movies, specials.etc and what i do have of the modern DB material) is because a vast majority of the things i like in terms of favorite shows and films isn't readily available on streaming and in general i don't really use streaming services much if at all, for the idea that the stuff you stream you don't actually own because they could potentially remove it at any time and also it's a hassle with my somewhat spotty at times internet connection doesn't sit with me and also because i don't want to go through the trouble of subscribing to a bunch of platforms i have to pay for monthly and in some cases yearly. Sorry, not my thing.

[Luso Saiyan]

Because if it's something I really like I'd rather own than rent and be at the mercy of a third party.

[sangofe]

I love beautiful cover art and menus. I want to collect that.

[Vegeta th3 4th]

Physical always win.
You own physical; you don't OWN digital.
Plain and simple.

Truer words have never been spoken my friend. I never understood why people would pay so much money for these subscription services when it would be cheaper in the long run to just put down a one time payment for your favorite show/movie.

(I'm still waiting for Toei release of classic series (original, Z, and GT) on Blu-ray).

I don't think we'll ever get a good release of the classic material. As a result of this, I've decided to make my own physical collection of the Seed of Might fan project. I haven't started yet, as I'm waiting for them to put out their release of Z. I plan on using the Kanzenban as cover art for it as well, which they also just happened to release. The team working at Seed of Might are by far the best thing to happen to the classic material.

[ABED]

Physical always win.
You own physical; you don't OWN digital.
Plain and simple.

Truer words have never been spoken my friend. I never understood why people would pay so much money for these subscription services when it would be cheaper in the long run to just put down a one time payment for your favorite show/movie.

(I'm still waiting for Toei release of classic series (original, Z, and GT) on Blu-ray).

I don't think we'll ever get a good release of the classic material. As a result of this, I've decided to make my own physical collection of the Seed of Might fan project. I haven't started yet, as I'm waiting for them to put out their release of Z. I plan on using the Kanzenban as cover art for it as well, which they also just happened to release. The team working at Seed of Might are by far the best thing to happen to the classic material.

Because it's not just a one time payment. To get everything you get from a streaming service would cost more than just a one time payment.

That said, while streamers still hold plenty of value, I still prefer to own things and wish I had bought a few more shows when they were available.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Streaming is great if you want to try stuff out, especially if your looking at a wide range of movies or series. I wouldn't advise buying physical media for that purpose as it would cost an absolute bomb.

For content you will rewatch often, particularly if you have little need for the service most of the time, then buying the 4K/Blu-Ray/DVDs is the way to go. I don't watch a whole lot of anime so it makes sense for me to own Dragon Ball physically rather than paying Crunchyroll every month just to have access to it.

[MuscleRobo]

I feel like if you really enjoy a series it's totally worth it to own it. It's nice to have it on a shelf and ready to watch or show to someone! There's also the problems of streaming rights shifting around for some titles so you don't know where it might be. Even if something is produced by a streaming studio it can get removed, see Netflix Devilman vs Cyborg 009, or censored, missing episodes of Workaholics on Paramount+. Plus in this world of constant updates I've seen series have scenes excised from episodes only leaving them up partially! This is the case for Macross 7 on Hulu or even Daria on Paramount+, lol.

[MasenkoHA]

or censored, missing episodes of Workaholics on Paramount+. Plus in this world of constant updates I've seen series have scenes excised from episodes only leaving them up partially! This is the case for Macross 7 on Hulu or even Daria on Paramount+, lol.

Adding to this a lot of shows has episodes removed for depicting blackface like Community's very popular Advanced Dungeons and Dragons episode and multiple episodes of Always Sunny in Philadelphia (one of which was technically part 2 of a two parter with part 1 still left up with a status quo shake up and the very next epsiode online going back to the status quo without explanation)

Dragon Ball stayed under the radar but imagine if someone took notice and removed all episodes that featured Mr.Popo so the original series, for example, would jump from 123, with Goku going up to meet God, right to episode 133 at the start of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai

For an anime example, Pokemon Company USA apparently removed ALL episodes featuring Jynx pre-redesign many of these episodes reran on American tv for years and were included in early home video release for vhs and dvds

[JulieYBM]

For an anime example, Pokemon Company USA apparently removed ALL episodes featuring Jynx pre-redesign many of these episodes reran on American tv for years and were included in early home video release for vhs and dvds

They've begun releasing digitally altered episodes with Rougela where she is purple now.

[MasenkoHA]

For an anime example, Pokemon Company USA apparently removed ALL episodes featuring Jynx pre-redesign many of these episodes reran on American tv for years and were included in early home video release for vhs and dvds

They've begun releasing digitally altered episodes with Rougela where she is purple now.

Wasn't that just the Japanese version and not the English dub?

I'm aware OLM has re-released old episodes with the new purple Jynx/Rougela on Japanese streaming platforms, but to my understanding The Pokemon Company USA can't be bothered to sync up the dub audio to the new versions and is content with just pretending those episodes no longer exist

[JulieYBM]

For an anime example, Pokemon Company USA apparently removed ALL episodes featuring Jynx pre-redesign many of these episodes reran on American tv for years and were included in early home video release for vhs and dvds

They've begun releasing digitally altered episodes with Rougela where she is purple now.

Wasn't that just the Japanese version and not the English dub?

I'm aware OLM has re-released old episodes with the new purple Jynx/Rougela on Japanese streaming platforms, but to my understanding The Pokemon Company USA can't be bothered to sync up the dub audio to the new versions and is content with just pretending those episodes no longer exist

Oh, that's a good question, I don't know.

[Jord]

Dragon Ball stayed under the radar but imagine if someone took notice and removed all episodes that featured Mr.Popo so the original series, for example, would jump from 123, with Goku going up to meet God, right to episode 133 at the start of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai

Well, they did paint Popo blue, which looked ridiculous.

I was suprised to see Popo pop in Daima though. I feel we haven't seem him in a while.

That being said, I can see your point and the shows could get censored even more.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

That being said, I can see your point and the shows could get censored even more.

Ironically when the TOEI movie remasters came out in 2018 the Blu-Rays had censorship but on Amazon Prime and Netflix Japan they were uncut.

I agree though that with streaming platforms the risk is always there.

[DB_Fan1991]

They've begun releasing digitally altered episodes with Rougela where she is purple now.

Wasn't that just the Japanese version and not the English dub?

I'm aware OLM has re-released old episodes with the new purple Jynx/Rougela on Japanese streaming platforms, but to my understanding The Pokemon Company USA can't be bothered to sync up the dub audio to the new versions and is content with just pretending those episodes no longer exist

Oh, that's a good question, I don't know.

TPCi acts like the old episodes with Jynx do not exist to this day. It’s sad that they are too lazy to sync up the dub to the updated footage, but then again I have issue with how they handle the dub to this day like them still changing the music, but that’s a topic for another forum.