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NEWS: Australian release of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

That's a pretty cool idea. Far better than what Bandai is doing here.

13 episodes on one dual-layer disc? What kind of compression are they going to be using?

Although 13 episodes on one disc? Isn't that pushing it a bit? Hell that a lot of episodes, I wonder if that will be spread out among 2 dvds.

i wonder about the pricing. maybe i'll just get that instead of bandai's. that is if it uses the english version.

britannicamoore wrote:

i wonder about the pricing. maybe i'll just get that instead of bandai's. that is if it uses the english version.

No, it'll be in Australian like most Australian releases

pffft! that is of course if you don't have to send half of the 4 volumes back to get them swapped becuase they're faulty...

madman's track record isn't the most promising...

i wonder about the pricing. maybe i'll just get that instead of bandai's. that is if it uses the english version.

well i thought to myself thats pretty stink when i first start reading it, when then it started making a bit more sense, and being a haruhiist i obviously am gonna get all 4, its just that, i still kind of wish for a special edition to be released here though, i wan all the bonuses


and also 14 episodes on 1 disk isnt that bad, I've made home made dvd of haruhi in high quality single layer i don't see why people are surprised about it, it'll be pretty good decent quality if its done on dual layer, just gonna know what settings to put

Pongo wrote:

well i thought to myself thats pretty stink when i first start reading it, when then it started making a bit more sense, and being a haruhiist i obviously am gonna get all 4, its just that, i still kind of wish for a special edition to be released here though, i wan all the bonuses and also 14 episodes on 1 disk isnt that bad, I've made home made dvd of haruhi in high quality single layer i don't see why people are surprised about it, it'll be pretty good decent quality if its done on dual layer, just gonna know what settings to put

There's a difference in putting 14 fansubbed episodes on one DVD and putting 14 mpeg2 DVD-quality episodes on one DVD. I haven't even seen bootleg DVDs do any more than ten episodes, so it'll be interesting to see how this turns out, to say the least.

The details that you are waiting for is here! I will repost this as a news item when it is 100% confirmed. These are subject to change but so far we plan to include for the Australian/NZ release of Haruhi:

Volumes 1-4 in Home Video/Chronological order just like US/JPN DVD release. These will be the DVD versions with the cleaned up animation etc. All volumes will have a reversible alternate cover featuring the JPN LE DVD art

Volume 1 ULTRA SUPER LIMITED EDITION will include
Volume 1 (duh)
"Dan Cho" Leader Arm Band
REDEMPTION VOUCHER! <- This is important as it is only going to be included in the V1 LIMITED EDITION BOX only. You will need to collect this and the 3 other vouchers (one in each volume) to redeem a special double DVD set that will contain the entire series in broadcast order.

So to make this clear again. To get a 5th volume double DVD set featuring the entire series in broadcast order (there's a space for it in the box by the way) you will need the vouchers from:
V1 and box
V2
V3
V4

Volume 1 stand alone DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY VOUCHERS!

Once you have all the vouchers you will have a window of 2-3 months to send it in to redeem the DVD. Once the offer period has expired, we will not be accepting the redemptions!

We may also have more in store for the V1 and box, so stay tuned. It's all pending approval from our licensor at the moment, but we will let you all know once we can release information!