Has FUNi announced any plans to officially release the OVA?

jduddy264 · Post by **jduddy264** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:58 am

I was watching it today and just started to wonder if FUNi had announced anything. Does anyone know anything about it? Weather they'll release it as another movie, 2 seperate specials, or even as a game? Any information would be appreciated!

Thanks.

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:01 am

OVA?
Do you mean the bardock and Trunks television specials?

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:18 am

Humpski wrote:OVA?
Do you mean the bardock and Trunks television specials?

Playdia Footage.

http://www.daizex.com/general/playdia/

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:07 pm

Oh that.

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:25 pm

The Lecherous Muten Roshi wrote:Playdia Footage.

Not exactly the same thing.

Gaiash · Post by **Gaiash** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:27 pm

There is no OVA

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:33 pm

Gaiash wrote:There is no OVA

When will Daizex get past this? Yes, there is. Toei themselves lists it as an OVA on their website.

BrollysKin · Post by **BrollysKin** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:09 pm

They won't. Nobody wants to admit they were wrong because most have their heads in their asses.

Alucard · Post by **Alucard** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:14 pm

Acid_Reign wrote:
Gaiash wrote:There is no OVA
When will Daizex get past this? Yes, there is. Toei themselves lists it as an OVA on their website.

I think you should actually read the article before commenting on it.

DaizenshuuEX wrote:We use the title "There is no OVA!" mostly as an attraction to lure you all into reading its history, but we do also think of it as a true statement! With such an amazing past, this footage is more than an OVA... it's fanboy legend ^_~.

This post goes to BrollysKin, as well.

_Jrinu_ · Post by **_Jrinu_** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:21 pm

Ignoring the arguing with an attempt to answer the actual question for this topic, FUNimation has not yet made any official announcements regarding the Playdia footage.

However, knowing FUNimation, I wouldn't put it past them to someday do something with it.

Gaiash · Post by **Gaiash** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:26 pm

Acid_Reign wrote:
Gaiash wrote:There is no OVA
When will Daizex get past this? Yes, there is. Toei themselves lists it as an OVA on their website.

Last time I checked OVAs were straight to DVD/Video anime. This is a VIDEO GAME, it appears on a came console, how is that and OVA?

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:54 pm

Alucard wrote:I think you should actually read the article before commenting on it.

I've read the article multiple times. The first time I read it was sometime in the late nineties, when Daizex was claiming that there was no OVA, period. Now the article, in a somewhat revised presentation, states "well...sorta."

I'll just let the link speak for itself: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/ov1990.html. If you can't read Japanese, that's a list of OVAs from the 1990s, straight from Toei's official website. It lists "Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans" as being released in August of 1993. The Playdia games didn't come out until 1994. Explain to me how it's possible for the video to be based on a game that didn't even exist at that time.

DaizenshuuEX wrote:We use the title "There is no OVA!" mostly as an attraction to lure you all into reading its history, but we do also think of it as a true statement! With such an amazing past, this footage is more than an OVA... it's fanboy legend ^_~.

How is this a counter-point? It more or less says that there is an OVA, despite what the title claims.

nathantheguitarist · Post by **nathantheguitarist** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:07 pm

Acid_Reign wrote:The Playdia games didn't come out until 1994. Explain to me how it's possible for the video to be based on a game that didn't even exist at that time.

The "Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans" was ORIGINALLY an NES game.

The videos that came out were animated video guides to that NES game.

Bandai then took those animated guides and put them onto interactive game things for the Playdia.

I see that they could release it, but it would have to be an interactive DVD or something, because as far as I know, the interactive guides that came to vhs included the 2-d shots of game footage in-between battles.

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:21 pm

nathantheguitarist wrote:The "Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans" was ORIGINALLY an NES game.

The videos that came out were animated video guides to that NES game.

Bandai then took those animated guides and put them onto interactive game things for the Playdia.

I see that they could release it, but it would have to be an interactive DVD or something, because as far as I know, the interactive guides that came to vhs included the 2-d shots of game footage in-between battles.

The NES gameplay was battle card-driven. The footage was never included. Read the following quote from the article more closely:

That same month, two VHS volumes were released, called "Official Visual Guides" for the games. What were they? Completely new, fully-animated, fully-voiced features telling the story to the game!

The Playdia game was based on the video which was based on the NES title. I doubt Toei would have listed it as an OVA if it were a simple walkthrough.

Thanos · Post by **Thanos** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:32 pm

There is no fucking OVA, and no, FUNimation will never translate the Playdia footage. Asking us here is a lot less effective than oh, I dunno, going to FUNi's website or the reading the news articles on the DBZ website, or even good ol' Google.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:40 pm

DaizEx wrote:It doesn't seem to be referred to as an OVA by Toei, themselves, and is more of an American-fan term used for the footage.

And yet it's been proven that Toei does refer to it as an OVA. I'm sure this is just something Mike needs to revise.

There is no fucking OVA

Ah. You may wanna book a flight to Japan, Toei seems to disagree with you. I'm sure they'd welcome the insight only you could provide, however ;p

-Corey

Thanos · Post by **Thanos** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:49 pm

Corey, they are wrong, then. If I write a book and swear it's a movie, does that make it true?

The point is, it's used in a Playdia game. There are different paths to take. Which, sounds like an FMV game. And, if you were a gamer from the mid-90's, you'd know that no one rips random paths from those games together into a video, and calls it a movie. >P

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:05 pm

Thanos wrote:The point is, it's used in a Playdia game. There are different paths to take. Which, sounds like an FMV game. And, if you were a gamer from the mid-90's, you'd know that no one rips random paths from those games together into a video, and calls it a movie. >P

Well, since I was a gamer from the early 90's until...well, now...I wish to refute this.

Horrible example, but remember Sega CD's "Power Rangers" game? It was essentially "choose your own adventure" with episode footage, much like the Playdia game was with the OVA footage. In both cases, the episodes (or OVA) came first and were later used for a game. Doesn't change what the footage used was before it was used in the games, however.

Making sense? I'm burned out today, so feel free to tell me if I'm not.

-Corey

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:14 pm

I find it a bit absurd that people actually think an 8-bit video game was capable of displaying (or even storing) FMVs, especially considering the fact that when put together, they comprised a full-length movie.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:22 pm

BrollysKin wrote:They won't. Nobody wants to admit they were wrong because most have their heads in their asses.

In order to say that, one must also have ones head up ones ass. Hold back your knife of a tongue, it does no one any good.

Acid wrote:I find it a bit absurd that people actually think an 8-bit video game was capable of displaying (or even storing) FMVs, especially considering the fact that when put together, they comprised a full-length movie.

I find it a bit absurd you jumped across a canyon to that conclusion.

Almost everyone wrote:BLARGH RABBLE RABBLE

Seriously, everyone, CALM DOWN. M'kay, so we don't agree over the exact title to give to a confusing piece of animation, so now we're calling people ignorant and names and getting all pissed at eachother?!

Absolutely stupid. Stop it.