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Unconfirmed but there's a good chance they'll reuse the Australian discs since those are Region B.
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Depends, I can't fully speak for the quality other than it being better than Viz's 2014 upscale but if you're into extras, I don't think there were any other than the same creditless videos and the one interview with Stephanie Sheh, Robbie Daymond and some Viz reps that was in the first season 1 set.
"Launch Trailer", what is this, a video game?
Also LMAO @ this cropping on Twitter
Jose Argumedo (@arguingmeadows.com)
Does this release contain the BGM only tracks that the Japanese DVDS had back in the day? I can’t recall if the Japanese Blu-ray’s also have that option .
I have my pioneer and first run Viz discs for the movies.
The discourse over 4:3 is odd to me because it’s obvious that the widescreen presentation was always the original intended viewing experience . It’s not as though it was cropped for the home video releases intentionally. The animators knowingly created a product that was being filmed and matted to standards that differ from the TV Series . The unfinished art and backgrounds that are seen in the 4:3 print on the pioneer DVD sets are clear indications that it wasn’t meant to be seen that way.
I would even argue that US possession of 4:3 prints of the films is more in line with TOEI distributing low quality betacam footage for tv airings during the 1990s and 2000s. It’s likely that it made more sense to distribute the 4:3 print as it didn’t require reformatting for standard US TV screens. I don’t know that home video release was ever an original concern during the late 90s - 2000s in sailor moon. The ADV and Pioneer sets use the ‘raw’ broadcast masters provided by TOEI and not a finalized clean master which was already in existence at that time in Japan .
I just feel that there is very little to gain in a 4:3 release . I’m thrilled that the original films were telecined in true HD which is more than we will likely get for the tv series.
I have my pioneer and first run Viz discs for the movies.
The discourse over 4:3 is odd to me because it’s obvious that the widescreen presentation was always the original intended viewing experience . It’s not as though it was cropped for the home video releases intentionally. The animators knowingly created a product that was being filmed and matted to standards that differ from the TV Series . The unfinished art and backgrounds that are seen in the 4:3 print on the pioneer DVD sets are clear indications that it wasn’t meant to be seen that way.
I would even argue that US possession of 4:3 prints of the films is more in line with TOEI distributing low quality betacam footage for tv airings during the 1990s and 2000s. It’s likely that it made more sense to distribute the 4:3 print as it didn’t require reformatting for standard US TV screens. I don’t know that home video release was ever an original concern during the late 90s - 2000s in sailor moon. The ADV and Pioneer sets use the ‘raw’ broadcast masters provided by TOEI and not a finalized clean master which was already in existence at that time in Japan .
I just feel that there is very little to gain in a 4:3 release . I’m thrilled that the original films were telecined in true HD which is more than we will likely get for the tv series.
I'd guess the outrage would be because the previous showing of the features had "4:3" on the back.
I never noticed any unfinished backgrounds in those versions. If you have time and this isn't too bothersome, can you show some examples? If it was intended to be viewed in 16:9 its a little strange they intentionally formatted it where there would be cut off parts of word boxes like this
It's also strange there's doesn't seem to be a 4:3 version of Ami's first love yet there's pictures of it in Animanga and this Japanese commercial
I just assumed the 4:3 versions got lost or badly preserved or something.
I never noticed any unfinished backgrounds in those versions. If you have time and this isn't too bothersome, can you show some examples? If it was intended to be viewed in 16:9 its a little strange they intentionally formatted it where there would be cut off parts of word boxes like this
It's also strange there's doesn't seem to be a 4:3 version of Ami's first love yet there's pictures of it in Animanga and this Japanese commercial