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amagee
 Posts: 333 Location: Orlando, FL |
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This is a question to anyone who has the new FLCL release from Funimation. Does it retain the same extras from the original Synch-Point releases?
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richfam
Posts: 34 Location: Lindsborg, KS |
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Funimation's DVD release has the following on-disk extras:
* Director's Commentaries for all six episodes * "Ride on Shooting Star" Music Video by The Pillows * AMV-type videos for five other Pillows songs * Dubbing Outtakes * Textless Closing Song * Trailers In looking over old reviews of the Synch-Point releases, it seems that they included on-disk image galleries which are not included in this Funimation release (or, at least, not on the DVD version, which is the one that I bought). The Synch-Point releases also had other extras items such as booklets, etc. So the Funimation release does not have all of the extras that the earlier releases had, but it does have some very good extras. The Director's Commentaries, in particular, were quite interesting. |
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braves
 Posts: 2309 Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas) |
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Is the director commentary track with Tsurumaki or is it with Marc Handler?
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richfam
Posts: 34 Location: Lindsborg, KS |
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The commentaries are from Tsurumaki. These are entirely in Japanese and so are subtitled, but the context of the questions & answers suggests that the commentaries were recorded while Tsurumaki was visiting the US, and that the interviewer was an American.
Finding six full episodes of comments from the Japanese director was a pleasant surprise for me... I had no idea that anything like this would be included. There is all sorts of discussion about cultural issues, etc., and fascinating descriptions of which show elements were long-planned... and which were dreamed up and thrown in during the actual production phase. Great stuff! |
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Starsplash Taiwan
Posts: 134 Location: Taipei Taiwan |
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hmmm... checked this out and it seems awsome. I think Ill get my hands on it when I get back to the states this may. But only 6 eps though? are the eps still like 24 min or are they longer?
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murph76
 Posts: 3291 Location: Akron, OH |
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I think the final episode pushes a bit past 30 minutes, but they're generally 24-or-so minutes long. From reading this thread, I'll pass on the blu-ray. It doesn't seem like there's any additional material from my Synch-Point release. |
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braves
Posts: 2309 Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas) |
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Zopelthe543
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Does anyone own the Blu-ray version? For some reason I've seen some people give low reviews for it in Amazon saying that the blu-ray version is joke and isn't worth it. They bring up a bunch of points that make me question if its a good idea to buy the BR. here's a link, that way I don't have to explain word for word
http://www.amazon.com/FLCL-Complete-Collection-Kari-Wahlgren/product-reviews/B004DMIIPA/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar Anyways I already own the original dvds but I'm a bit disapointed in them for multiple reasons (disc 2&3 have japanese commentary but no subtitles for them) and seriously considering in getting funimation's release but don't know if I should pick up the BR or just stick to DVD. |
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luffypirate
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Those are troll reviews. Never believe the video snobs. Go for the Blu-ray if you don't have a monster of a HDTV. You won't see all those imperfections they are talking about. Better audio, cleaned up picture, and it's dirt cheap too. |
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varmintx
 Posts: 1255 Location: Covington, KY |
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An unfortunate problem for all upscales is that they are inevitably going to be compared to true HD encodes. I've said it many times before, but a blu-ray is pretty much always going to look and sound better than a DVD, and it only becomes more obvious the larger the display size.
Here's a post by someone who was quite upset with the BD release initially, but then compared it the DVD. Here's Hi-Def digest's 2-star for video review...but if you actually read it:
And, blu-ray.com's 3-star for video review:
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Zopelthe543
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Well thanks for helping me out guys, I appreciate it. wish I was able to find this sooner so I could of snagged a copy on some rightstuf sale. either way I'm now determined to get the copy.
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varmintx
Posts: 1255 Location: Covington, KY |
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It's down to $21 at Amazon.
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Starsplash Taiwan
Posts: 134 Location: Taipei Taiwan |
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is this the actual cover for both blurey and DVD? I thought there was another one. The close up of the girls face. I kinda like that one better. |
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Sanosuke_Inara
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