I own the 2002 limited-edition set, seen in the photo below, and there are no English subs or dubbing (this is a Japanese-only release, so they English subs or dubbing would be superfluous). The English dubbing was done by the US company, Telecast International, and the English dubbing would not...
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release May 8, 2007 Media Contact: Joanne Ninomiya (808) 845-8567 JN Productions, Inc. SEQUEL TO THE EVER-POPULAR "KIKAIDA" SERIES TO BE RELEASED IN MAY Honolulu, Hawaii - May 8, 2007 - JN Productions Inc., the Hawaii-based media company, will release...
All ratings based on the Japanese versions only: :star: to :star: :star: :star: :star: :star: Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) :star: :star: Space Amoeba (1970) :star: :star: :star: Godzilla's Revenge (1969) :star: :star: Latitude Zero (1969) :star: :star: Destroy All Monsters (1968)...
I live in the US and purchase many DVDs of Japanese television series that will mostly likely never find their way to being licensed for release in North America. I have not only found the standard of picture and sound to be top-notch, but also the pressing, packaging and presentation to be...
In 2002, SPECTREMAN was issued in a deluxe Limited Edition set with a 1/1-scale Spectreman helmet as the case for the jewel cased DVDs. While this is still available from some retailers in Japan, this June (2007), SPECTREMAN will be re-issued in a no-frills box set. Both sets feature the same...
The Japanese version of THE SPACE GIANTS, MAGUMA TAISHI, was issued twice on Laserdisc in Japan. But, so far, no announcement of a DVD release. In 2002, SPECTREMAN was issued in a deluxe Limited Edition set with a 1/1-scale Spectreman helmet as the case for the jewel cased DVDs. While this...
There was a recent interview with Cliff MacMillan of BCI/Eclipse with Ian Friedman (I don't have enough posts to be able to include links here) where he states that BCI is not going to release any of other Ultraman series which had been claimed to be under the ownership of Chiayo Productions...
Cool. This will be interesting to see after all of these years since I have not been tempted to pursue illegal copies of these. I was under the impression that most American television series were shot on 35mm, since most early filmed television was (HIGHWAY PATROL, I LOVE LUCY, etc.). I'd be...
I have seen the document. The document is in both Japanese and English, one page each, and there are mistakes in the Japanese page which belie it's true nature. Officials from Tsuburaya Productions, let alone the late CEO, who was the second son of the man who founded the company, wouldn't refer...
This is not true. I have the copies of all of the original United Artists Television versions of ULTRAMAN, and the only things that were cut from the original Japanese version of the episodes themselves were literally a second or two of blood-letting in Episode 8 (where Chandora bites Red King...
As far as I know, neither BCI or Tsuburaya Productions (TPC) have spoken to each other about this project. I don't know where BCI obtained their English-language tracks, but to the best of my knowledge, they did not obtain them from TPC (who also have the Spanish and French tracks that were...
The original version of STAR BLAZERS was SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (Uchu Senkan Yamato), now controlled by Tohokushinsha Co., Ltd., which has warned both Leiji Matsumoto and Yoshinobu Nishizaki that for future official YAMATO productions, they will have to go through them. So, we'll see... As...