Showa-era Gamera (Shout! Ent. Releases)

[Forever Knight]

Am I not able to dream?.

 

[Japanfan4ever]

Here are some of the features, without much detail, from the Shout! Entertainment website.

2 BONUS - A Retrospective Look at the Gamera Franchise Gamera
3 BONUS - Audio Commentary Gamera
4 BONUS - Publicity Gallery

Sounds okay. Especially the first one.

 

[Kaiju]

Dude, there are still dozens of great toku/kaiju films still not released on DVD. Expecting blu-ray is a huge stretch. We're extremely lucky to even get this in it's original format, on DVD. Blu-ray is very far away for films like this. Maybe a decade away. :disappoin They're not the standard yet.

Dozens??? Think that's stretching it a bit. The majority of Toho kaiju films have an R1 release. Now Gamera is getting a sub job, Daimajin has been released. Doesn't leave many left. Now , I just hope they find a good enough print for Gamera 1980 , even how bad it is I still want that subbed hehe :buttrock:

 

[Japanfan4ever]

The majority of Toho kaiju films have an R1 release.

You mean excluding the 30 or so films that haven't been released yet, right? :eyebrow: Because the last time I looked 30 is considered two dozens + 6.

 

[ryuuseipro]

All of the Gamera films are already released on Blu-Ray in Japan. From what I've been told, Shout! is working with the new HD transfers, so a Blu-Ray release will one day still be possible.

 

[Japanfan4ever]

Of course they will. I just highly doubt it'll happen within the next 5 years. Not likely at all. Shout! Entertainment doesn't even deal with blu-ray films yet! You guys are jumpin the gun! :laugh:

 

[Kaiju]

You mean excluding the 30 or so films that haven't been released yet, right? :eyebrow: Because the last time I looked 30 is considered two dozens + 6.

Care to make a list of kaiju films?

 

[Japanfan4ever]

No, actually I wouldn't. But I will say this: of the 28 Godzilla films out there, there have been only 21 released uncut and subtitled. That's already 7 right there.

By the way, does anybody else realize that the original Godzilla has already been released on blu-ray?! :O_O: I never knew til now!

 

[Japanfan4ever]

I just found an article announcing that Shout! Entertainment had acquired the rights to all 8 Showa-era Gamera films, and will be releasing them through 2010! I'm pumped! I'm gonna change the title for this.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2010/02/13/showa-gamera-films-coming-to-dvd-from-shout-factory/

GREAT NEWS!​

 

[Forever Knight]

:buttrock: