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Mawdryn
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Actually, they don't. They admitted that their earlier attempt to revive Robotech as a CGI-series was a costly blunder and that the earlier still Robotech: The Movie didn't work the way they planned.
Quite a few companies have their toes in real estate. But Harmony Gold is still in the entertainment business, but more as a licensing company.
The problem with any new post-series movies is that they unfortunately became tied-up with Warner Bros and Tobey McQuire's production company in their attempt to produce a live-action Robotech movie. Harmony Gold still has plans for them, but is stuck in a waiting game with WB. Not wanting to wait forever, Harmony Gold then decided to proceed with a separate movie/OVA that is set during the timeframe of the original Robotech series featuring some characters that didn't appear in The Shadow Chronicles.
I disagree, I liked it.
So do I.
So do most franchises that have been around for a long time. But rather than try to redo what they did before, Harmony Gold opted to continue the Robotech story forward with The Shadow Chronicles.
Yep, it's that A&E. They acquired the license to all 85 episodes of the original Robotech series last year and released it as a remastered collection featuring ten hours of new bonus material, including I believe a trailer for the upcoming Robotech "sidequel." |
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Primus
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I'm quoting both of you to show how embarrassingly off these posts are. Funimation will be moving to larger non-13 episode sets for Dragon Ball Kai re-releases, but most likely, the reason for the discontinuation of these sets is the Kenji Yamamoto music scandal. The music scandal that has seen Toei, and its partners attempt to erase every single instance of that music's existence from the face of the planet. Guess which score is on Funimation's sets 1-4? Guess which score isn't on 5+? Sales have nothing to do with this. Dragon Ball Kai could be (and may likely be) one of Funimation's best sellers and this outcome still would've happened. |
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Ashen Phoenix
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Phew. That's a big relief. I was worried I wouldn't be able to complete my Kai collection on DVD. I couldn't care less about Blu-ray since I've never seen/bought one, but I hope they don't make a trend of this for some of their less-profitable titles. |
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JamesFox
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You people BETTER get Nerima Daikon Bros. RIGHT NOW
or else you have shown that you are the problem for lack of quirky anime here in the US |
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INS Division 6
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wow and they are selling out fast. I live in PA and got the last copy of Nerima Daikon Brothers (SAVE) from amazon that my closest amazon distribution center had.
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jlaking
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So Nerima Daikon Bros. and Kodocha are going out of print, you know that means RACS will be increasing the price on the copies they have left.
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Iritscen
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Yes, this explains why I was having trouble finding new volumes of Kai on Amazon this morning. Phew, I was getting worried. But in fact, this is the most ideal outcome for me, as someone who wants Kikuchi's scores, not Yamamoto's (all the more so now that I know Yamamoto is a thieving scumbag), and who wasn't committed to buying all seven (?) volumes of the old release. Bring on the season sets! (But part of me does wish that the English audio track used Faulconer's music!) |
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masonjar7
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My quesion is are they ever going to release Dragon Ball Z 2.1 on Blu Ray or because of the restoration work being so hard are they going stop restoration and not finish the rest of the series?
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