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Hi Fandom post! Discotek here.

When we first made the DVD version, we used the masters from the Blue Fleet box set that was released in Japan. The company actually sent us the sample along with the master tapes. So we have the Blue Fleet set in our possession. We had read on this very forum that the Blue Fleet set was the best version that you could get. So we decided that we would use the masters for that. When we checked the video quality, it was WAY WAY better than the BE DVD that came out in 2000. So of course we would use that better video. It also had the same English subtitles that were on the Bandai Entertainment DVD. And it has the English dub already synched to the better video quality. There’s no 5.1 English dub that we could find. The dub on the BE DVD is 2.0, and the Blue Fleet box set is 2.0, the Japanese blu ray is 2.0. The Japanese tracks are 5.1.

We did not know about there being an alternate dub. We did know that there was a Toonami movie version that had a bunch of scenes cut but since we were releasing the full Japanese version the dubs wouldn’t match up so we didn’t even consider it a possibility that the dub for these Japanese releases would be somehow changed. We didn’t compare the dub from the BE DVD to the Blue Fleet set because we haven’t seen anyone mention that the Japanese versions used the Toonami dub. We even used a very knowledgeable person who has been involved with many US anime releases in the past to author the BD. He didn’t know there were two dubs. We now know that it’s the same voice actors but apparently they changed some lines to make them less offensive. There’s one line thats different in the first episode I believe. There are various other lines in later episodes. We would have been happy to put the BE dub on the BD but as an extra. The dub on the Japanese BD is uncompressed and sounds much better so we went with that. So apparently all Japanese releases use the Toonami version, at least the Blue Fleet box and the Blu Ray.

What we plan on doing in the future is making a single disc DVD that will have the Bandai Entertainment version of the dub on it, along with the Japanese and English subtitles. And we will use the Blue Fleet video since that is the best quality. We will probably just do it as an Amazon or online exclusive type thing. So anyone that really needs that dub can get that specific version. We will update here when this disc is ready and point to where it can be bought.

It will be next year sometime when we do this, we have to synch the BE audio to the Blue Fleet video. We are very busy right now trying to work on so many new titles including a bunch of Lupin the 3rd stuff. We are sorry this happened but it was unintentional and would have used the BE DVD dub had we known it was an issue.

And also in the future, if there’s ever a title that you see we are releasing and this could happen please send an email from the Discotek web site and we will definitely check it out and make changes if possible before its too late.

We have actually passed on some older titles because we weren't allowed to include the English dub that came out in the US before. Sometimes the Japanese companies don't like the dub. They might think it isn't good enough quality, or it wasn't approved through them directly, or various other unknown reasons. Or in the original contract, the dubbing company might own the rights to the dub. And if that company goes out of business, then nothing can be done. There have been a few classics that we tried to get, but they said we could only release them subtitled. We are working on one right now that we are trying very hard to get the English dub for but if not we will release subtitled since it's a very good title even if it's subtitled only.

Luckily we were free and clear to include the Mad Bull 34 dub!

DNA 2 Complete Collection all 15 episodes. Japanese language with English subtitles, and the English dub. Coming June 24th 2014.

Ringing Bell movie. Japanese language with English subtitles and the English dub. Also will include commentary with Mike Toole from ANN. Coming June 24th 2014.

School Days complete 12 episode TV series and Magical Heart Kokoro-chan OVA. Japanese language with English subtitles. Coming June 24th 2014.