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Umbrella Ent. Releases Tokyo Godfathers on Blu-ray in Australia




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trilaan



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:22 am Reply with quote
My reaction, being in the US, was a deep *GASP!* followed immediately by "Awwww!"
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:56 am Reply with quote
And here I thought I was all done with importing Aussie releases. Razz

Seriously though, I can't understand why we've been so screwed over when it comes to Kon's works. The UK has a lovely BD release of Paprika, a release of Millennium Actress with a dub, and Paranoia Agent is still in print there. Australia has much of the same, and now this. Meanwhile all we ever got were barebones sub-only releases of Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers, plus long-discontinued Paranoia Agent sets that legitimately cost a kidney. Paprika is the only thing still in play. At this point I half-feel that other English-speaking territories are ahead of the US exclusives-wise.
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joe_g7



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:22 am Reply with quote
Wish I could buy this, I loved the movie.
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azabaro
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:56 am Reply with quote
Top Gun wrote:
Seriously though, I can't understand why we've been so screwed over when it comes to Kon's works.


I think at least some of Kon's work is under Sony's control in the US. I know at least that Tokyo Godfathers was streamed on Sony's own Crackle streaming service a couple years back, and I don't think they'd license a work just to put it on a service most folks have never heard of. I doubt they're intentionally holding up any release; they may just need a work to perform at a much higher scale than most anime companies would in order to give it any real attention (even just the attention needed for licensing discussions).
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CatSword



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 1:27 pm Reply with quote
As expected, it's sub-only...it'd be really cool if someone could find that lost Animax Asia dub. I mean, I doubt it's actually good, but I really want to hear it.
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Sylontack



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:51 pm Reply with quote
CatSword wrote:
As expected, it's sub-only...it'd be really cool if someone could find that lost Animax Asia dub. I mean, I doubt it's actually good, but I really want to hear it.


Pretty sure the UK DVD has it, if you can get a copy from Amazon UK should it still be in print you shouldn't have an issue hearing it.
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Del Rey Amontillado



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:53 am Reply with quote
Still waiting for the day it gets a US Blu-ray release Crying or Very sad
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