That is sweet! Gaogaigar given time will be oop and I'm considering this year buying titles like this as I'll regret it once they are oop. Streaming's already taken over and I'm not quite sure what's keeping physical afloat. But you picked a classic. I just received Hokuto no Ken (the TV series) on blu-ray for the first time. I've never owned it in it's entirety. Very grateful to have these classic titles. Glad you posted too
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That’s one big reason I went ahead and picked it up quickly. Just have a feeling it will go oop faster than other titles. I’m still regretting not getting Ideon and Xabungle when I had the chance. There’s a ton of the classic mech series that I still have on my buy list that I fear could be in the same boat. Hopefully I can get those soon too soonish but Urusei Yatsura will come first for anime purchases this year.That is sweet! Gaogaigar given time will be oop and I'm considering this year buying titles like this as I'll regret it once they are oop. Streaming's already taken over and I'm not quite sure what's keeping physical afloat. But you picked a classic. I just received Hokuto no Ken (the TV series) on blu-ray for the first time. I've never owned it in it's entirety. Very grateful to have these classic titles. Glad you posted too
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I regret not getting Ideon too. At the time I first starting increasing my retro anime collection from 2012 - 2016 ; I bought Discotek titles in bulk for very little. I figured Ideon and some other titles would just remain in print as I was not aware of how blu-ray was becoming less and streaming more. I do feel that's one factor in the reason print numbers are likley lower and it costs a fortune for Discotek to get these from licensing to a printed release.
Missing out on Ideon did sting quite a bit. Even more so when there was word from the company releasing it on Reddit that the show was not OOP at all and thus would return, but that was like two years ago and there's been nothing in terms of an update. A shame, I'm ready to buy it the second it returns, if it does. Gunbuster is certainly a title I plan on not missing around this time for sure.
I missed some at the time 'in print' titles which I'm kicking myself for not picking up. For instance the "You're Under Arrest OVA and TV series" or one I complain about missing every other 5 pages in the thread...Maison Ikkoku the series. I never bought those when VIZ released on DVD. Went back to buy them in about 2017 and saw one season going for about $120 and the latter two seasons almost never available at all. I never picked up any and we'll have to see if it ever come out on blu-ray.
I really hope something good happens with Maison Ikkoku in the future. It deserves to be brought back. Always wanted that on a newer format.
I mean, it appears Maison Ikkoku was given a blu-ray release back in 2017...in JP. They look a little expense but if you pass by these, you should pick them up. What bothers me is Warner clearly approved these releases and yet didn't bother to release in North America / Europe (that I'm aware of).
In the past before I had kids, I would’ve considered getting Maison Ikkoku’s Japanese release but the prices are just way too much for me to spend on an anime release now a days. It was a big reason I had kinda dropped out of anime for a while. The prices, the region issues, difficulties buying disks from America at the time, and honestly bullying from former places of employment here I got from coworkers about my anime interests.
What's availability like for multi-region blu-ray/DVD players out there. I found 2 of them here and am able to play a number of titles from different regions. In Mexico, they're mostly using Region 4 which won't play in a traditional Region 1 DVD player. I did notice that some Discotek blu-rays (most) have Region A only which is odd. Sounds like you did find some gems those regardless. Price stopped me in recent years. In the late 2000's, many of the anime titles seemed to level out in price. However, that price increase started as soon as the older publishers in North America started either liquidated or otherwise.
Many things would be great had CG not replaced traditional animation. I would even prefer stop motion claymation to the CG we have now. Was this a story that was written recently?
I imagine so it's since a dual anniversary project. I get that Lupin has been pretty busy lately with part 6, 0, etc. so something had to give somewhere but it's such a fun ride that would have benefited a lot from not having a bunch of expressionless dolls jerking around.
I never saw Kodocha. Is that something I'd regret not buying when the physical market for video eventually collapses? Likewise looking for Urusei Yatsura updates. Almost seems like they mentioned it being a steelbook release.
Kodocha is one of the divine treasures as far my circle of friends go. I absolutely adore it and still have my extra fancy fansub VHS tapes sitting around.
Even though I have the bluray I still have only seen as far as the original Kodocha fan sub group did it (going to binge this as soon as I can) and it’s a hilarious show. One of those late 90s gems. I hear it loses its appeal after a while but I’m still a fan.
I miss seeing media in this thread. Now, I've never seen an episode of Kodocha. Never saw many things from the 90's although I did buy something 90's recently which I may like or regret. I checked our Mexico Amazon and it's there at a pretty good price. But, I need to be sold first. Keep in mind, I watch my anime with my wife. I've shown her certain anime which bored her. She's watching Hokuto no Ken TV for the first time and really enjoys it. Then again, she's a huge Bruce Lee fan, Stallone fan (he does resemble Stallone). She the media. If RetroCrush had clips on it, please post.
I had no idea about the changes so I'm glad it was too pricey to pick up. I'd have been really pissed to waste all that money.
Yeah I remember when it came out no one knew until reviews came out that word of the missing audio was revealed. There was a claim that it was mentioned at some convention before release but I never was able to find such info back then. I remember so many people were frustrated by it and ended up not picking up the series including myself. I can deal with the change in opening and ending themes but never removing audio from the show itself. Of course I blame Johnnys for this. They are so crazy about these things to the point they get tv guide covers censored on Amazon japan if there are any of their idols on the cover. Also sucks as one of my favorite themes, Inu Yasha’s “Change the world” isn’t even available on the streams of the show in Japan. Like before I can deal with that, but it’s annoying.
So, who botched the audio? Was it from the JP source or was it Funimation? Speaking in past tense.
I never buy anything incomplete. I was looking at the expensive oop "You're Under Arrest" boxsets. There were only two and then there's Ghost Sweep Mikami. I wanted those and I think they're complete but can't tell. It's not worth the possible loss. Hoping both are not in some kind of licensing limbo and can get picked up by Discotek.
I know where you can find some of that stuff that's censored but won't post here. Who are Johnnys? Sorry for being naive on that.
Johnny’s Entertainment aka Johnny & Associates are Japans biggest boy idol band company. They basically have almost a complete monopoly on the market and have had for decades. All the big names over the years, SMAP, v6, Tokio, etc. when you see a Japanese boy band, it’s almost certainly a part of that company.
That's quite a story there. I'm well aware that in most countries that any movie using an original recording from a pop artist has to pay millions to get the rights to distribution. Glad Discotek was able to release this in it's original format. Hiding the Tokio member by screwing with the subs sounds like how they changed the subs in Angel Cop (the last episode) to make it seem like they were angry at "American Corporations." When in reality they were assuming no one spoke Japanese and wouldn't catch the fact that the actual dialogue was demonizing "Jewish bankers" as the ones who threated global collapse.
I'm really out of touch. Looks like he passed away back on the 13th. Still a great loss but looking at the greats...they're all getting up there in age. He accomplished an incredible amount in his active years. Galaxy Express 999 and Captain Harlock are my two favorite Matsumoto series. The Cockpit's another great one he wrote along with Kawajiri (who directed the OVA).
