Season Four set arrives 2/19/2008

[MajinVejitaXV]

Hey, we got over one hundred episodes in less than a year. That's really fast in my opinion, if you compare it to other DVD-releases of current shows: usually around 26 episodes per year. (Fine, that was purely based on Viz's release of Bleach, but I think it seems like other shows are released at the same speed, too.)

Toei released the entire show in 15 months (DBZ that is) in terms of their DVD singles. It's the same logic as FUNi's stuff, the episodes were already in the can and they just had to produce menus and packaging.

FUNi's dragging this out. Possibly because that god-awful movie might happen. Or, maybe they'll cancel these sets like every other incarnation of the series

-Corey

[Onikage725]

$50? Who's paying $50 for these? You can do an easy $30-35 at FYE or Walmart, and I've seen as low as $20 on Ebay. Anyone who pays the SRP on these doesn't know how to shop around at all.

Well, those in Australia have to pay $60 for their R4 sets. ;;

Jeez that sucks. I'd just invest in a region-free DVD player (or watch them on computer) in that case.

[Vekurotto]

Toei released the entire show in 15 months (DBZ that is) in terms of their DVD singles. It's the same logic as FUNi's stuff, the episodes were already in the can and they just had to produce menus and packaging.

FUNi's dragging this out. Possibly because that god-awful movie might happen. Or, maybe they'll cancel these sets like every other incarnation of the series

-Corey

From a practical standpoint these releases should be somewhere in the Cell saga by now. Now I think they may be dragging this out for a business standpoint. I don't think they'll cancel these, since people are extremely fed up with there handling of Dragonball related DVD releases, but hey they canceled the UUE line and discontinued all of the Dragonball 2 packs, thinking that nobody would care. Turns out a lot of them didn't that's why they're getting the demastered sets instead.

[Raki]

$50? Who's paying $50 for these? You can do an easy $30-35 at FYE or Walmart, and I've seen as low as $20 on Ebay. Anyone who pays the SRP on these doesn't know how to shop around at all.

Well, those in Australia have to pay $60 for their R4 sets. ;;

That's insane. The US release i have covers regions 1,2,and 4.

[Raki]

Apparently the Dragonball movies are being released again(no sign of Movie 1): http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc ... s/6928.php

[denitonis]

*Grumbles about no uncut One Piece release date*

Sorry this is a bit off-topic but I can't resist, has there been any official word that One Piece is being released uncut with off course the Japanese audio subtitled?
Also I think it is quite logical they release the boxes with a bit of time between them they wouldn't want to rain on their own parade by releasing to many shows at the same time, since everybody has a budget to spend, and by releasing to much at the same time people might not have the money for their other releases.
But that is just my humble opinion.
Also is it already confirmed how much episodes the next box will have, since I still think they will cut it up in 3 untill the end of the Cell saga with the Outworld tournament episodes as they will probably also do with the Post Cell saga episodes, bringing it up to a total of 9 boxes for all of Z.

[MajinVejitaXV]

Well, those in Australia have to pay $60 for their R4 sets. ;;

That's insane. The US release i have covers regions 1,2,and 4.[/quote]

Your US release is also NTSC

-Corey

[Hero 004]

It makes sense to me why they're releasing the boxes so slowly: having them released over a long period of time adds more hype to the idea; makes it more of an event. Personally, I don't like it when things are released really fast and close together.

However, with these I would rather them be released fast so that they can move on to a better way of presenting it faster.

[Raki]

Well, those in Australia have to pay $60 for their R4 sets. ;;

That's insane. The US release i have covers regions 1,2,and 4.

Your US release is also NTSC

-Corey[/quote]I forgot to put in there that i usually pay 30 dollars for my sets. I just can't think of anyone paying 50 bucks or more for imperfect sets.

[ETC123]

Remember, that's $60 AUD, which in turn happens to be like, $53 USD...

WOah, that's one crazy conversion. But then again the AUD is doing a lot better these days, as per the conversion.

Besides which the DBZ sets do get discounts and what not that normal Anime releases don't get over here. And they are kinda priced 'fairly' for the market. Not everyone imports, not everyone wants to import and not everyone could be bothered importing. It's hardly as if Madman has to justify charging much less because a few people in Australia get it for relativley less. Also remember that the US buying market is like, ten to fifteen times as large as the Australian one so they have different condition.

Also remember that people aren't as fussed as us, as has been mentioned. THey 'dont care' that it is in widescreen. All they care about is 30-40 episodes in a box for $60, which is better than 3 episodes for $18-25.

denitonis: Yeah, they've confirmed that One Piece will be getting an uncut release, but I would be rather hesitant about getting it. Firstly, and this is a bit of a nitpick, but FUNimation still can't encode video for nuts unless its outsourced. Secondly, they'll be beggining at episode 144, due to contractual obligations (eps 1-143 video rights are still with Viz/4Kids until 2009, so it's kinda like DBZ with Pioneer), which means the release is going to be like DBZs (only more economical). THey're also only going to be doing 2-3 releases per year, so the chances of the entirety of uncut One Piece ever coming out (It's at what, 3..400 episodes now? No end in sight?) entirely on DVD is basically not possible.

I mean, it's still your money, but its good to have that sort of perspective sometimes.

[Vekurotto]

Apparently the Dragonball movies are being released again(no sign of Movie 1): http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc ... s/6928.php

Isn't this basically the same thing that Funimation already released in late '05 and is still in print? I think we can assumed that movie 1 uncut dubbed and subtitled will never happen thanks to that retarded deal Funimation made way back when.

As for the season sets I think the count is getting lower too. Because just Garlic Jr.-Androids is like 28 episodes(only an estimate). And Garlic Jr. is a sucky filler arc, so that's about 15 episodes. And I'm damn sure that they aren't going to put Cell in this one coming up. Oh well I'd rather buy the Yu Yu Hakusho's 2 Disc sets than these. Those are done the way the Season sets should have been done. They have, the episodes, English & Japanese, no demastering, fullscreen, 14-16 episodes, and good video quality. Anyway so I've gotta let this go.

[denitonis]

Firstly, and this is a bit of a nitpick, but FUNimation still can't encode video for nuts unless its outsourced.

I'm not that much of a video-tech goeroe but I actually think their Full Metal Alchemist and Samurai 7 releases are good.
I see Dragon Ball Z as an oddity and the only reason I'm buying these Season sets is to have the subtitles, since I'm one of those lucky few with all of the Dragon Boxes.

Secondly, they'll be beggining at episode 144, due to contractual obligations (eps 1-143 video rights are still with Viz/4Kids until 2009, so it's kinda like DBZ with Pioneer), which means the release is going to be like DBZs (only more economical). THey're also only going to be doing 2-3 releases per year, so the chances of the entirety of uncut One Piece ever coming out (It's at what, 3..400 episodes now? No end in sight?) entirely on DVD is basically not possible.

I mean, it's still your money, but its good to have that sort of perspective sometimes.

As you might have realised I did not know about any of this and 2 or 3 releases a year wouldn't be bad as long as we get boxed episodes like they do with Naruto and Dragon Ball Z I wouldn't be buying them if they are single releases.
I am mostly a boxset collector due to them taking up less space, at the moment the only exceptions are the Guyver, FMA, the original Dragon Ball dvd's from Funimation and Hunter X Hunter (dutch/french release).
But still 2 or 3 release of boxed sets with episodes wouldn't be bad just look at Bleach they release 7 dvd's in a year's time which is equavalent to 28 episodes in a year which probably also means 2 boxsets a year, but that is just the problem with these long-running series.
Depending on how they treat One Piece I might or might not warrant it worthy to buy but rest assured I always start with animeondvd.com as a resource on dvd's to form my opinion on whether or not to import any of these dvd's, but your view is very much appreciated, thank you.

[SatoSky]

Don't know about Samurai 7, but I thought Funi's Fullmetal Alchemist DVD's sucked. I'm not talking about the content, they had some nice extras, I didn't like the way they were encoded. The video was full of noise and lots of macroblocking. I think they could have done a little bit better, but it's Funi so they just have to give you the bare minimum.

[ETC123]

FMA was... well yeah, you summed it up well.

denitonis: I'd keep in mind FUNimation's track record as far as series over 52 episodes is concerned. GT and Yuyu were okay, but DB won't see a full release, nor will Case Closed, Kodocha was half licensed and we all know how DBZ's history went (and given it's suffering nearly the exact same conditions as OP, this should be a very good guide for you all).

[SatoSky]

FMA was... well yeah, you summed it up well.

denitonis: I'd keep in mind FUNimation's track record as far as series over 52 episodes is concerned. GT and Yuyu were okay, but DB won't see a full release, nor will Case Closed, Kodocha was half licensed and we all know how DBZ's history went (and given it's suffering nearly the exact same conditions as OP, this should be a very good guide for you all).

Agreed. I'm loving the Yu Yu Hakusho sets. There's not much to say for extras, but at least the actual episode content is there. Eye catchers and next episode previews as well... Not to mention that I actually like their dub opening and ending as much as their Japanese counter parts. When it comes to DBZ as it's if somebody rubbed grease all over the damn ball.

[Raki]

FMA was... well yeah, you summed it up well.

denitonis: I'd keep in mind FUNimation's track record as far as series over 52 episodes is concerned. GT and Yuyu were okay, but DB won't see a full release, nor will Case Closed, Kodocha was half licensed and we all know how DBZ's history went (and given it's suffering nearly the exact same conditions as OP, this should be a very good guide for you all).

Agreed. I'm loving the Yu Yu Hakusho sets. There's not much to say for extras, but at least the actual episode content is there. Eye catchers and next episode previews as well... Not to mention that I actually like their dub opening and ending as much as their Japanese counter parts. When it comes to DBZ as it's if somebody rubbed grease all over the damn ball.

That's why i'm about to buy the 7 of the Yu Yu Hakusho sets in a few days.

[ETC123]

According to TRSI, the Bardock and Trunks specials will be getting a double-feature release thingo.

No idea if this is cropped or not but it's still something.

[fps_anth]

According to TRSI, the Bardock and Trunks specials will be getting a double-feature release thingo.

No idea if this is cropped or not but it's still something.

Well damn, that's something! I guess they aren't planning to release these in their movie box set (you know they're gonna do that). Even though they're probably gonna be cropped, at 20 something bucks, it's not bad for the both of them.

[Vekurotto]

Even though they're probably gonna be cropped, at 20 something bucks, it's not bad for the both of them.

I don't think these are going to be cropped, but if they are then there goes my last chance at ever owning the Trunks and Bardock TV Specials since the original releases are scarce now.

[Ex-Dubbie369]

Well, I'm glad I snatched up a copy of the Bardock special a few months ago. They had a few at Z Store, even though it couldn't be found anywhere else.

EDIT: Looks like both specials are currently unavailable from Z Store.