Tokusatsu DVDs

[Shynilyte]

Uh, when did Golden Media ever hold the R1 Ultra Series license? Also, since nobody has shown any official documents regarding the licensing stuff, I'm more inclined to believe kpa over anyone else for now.

Point is this kind of thing is common. Now I don't know which SciFi Japan staff member you talked to, I know several myself, but I have yet to hear anything regarding Chaiyo's involvement as definitive as what you posted and as I've posted have heard the exact opposite from August Ragone who is very close to Tsuburaya Pro.

It was Keith. The post I quoted has his name in the signature. Just click on the little arrow for the thread it was from.

Also, Ragone specifically mentioned on his blog comments that he has no clue how the hell Golden Media even got the license, so that in itself sounds... fishy, to say the least.

Not sure how Golden acquired them, but it's legitimate and legal at this time — unless Tsuburaya is able to overturn the court's decision at some point in the future.

I'm not sure what "the court's decision" refers to, but it might be the verdict that judges in some countries still acknowledge Chaiyo's "contract" as legit. I mean, if this really did indirectly come from Tsuburaya, why would they even want to overturn the court's decision?

The post says that GMG got their copies of Utraseven from a Japanese affiliate of Chaiyo, which is honestly really vague. Tsuburaya Pro. themselves were affiliates of Chaiyo. Hell they were business partners for years until Chaiyo tried to rip them off and it turned into the Ultra Galaxy Legends Mega Monster Court Battle Saga.

Key word there being "were". I'm pretty sure Tsuburaya haven't been affiliates of Chaiyo since at least the 1990s. Any Chaiyo affiliates now most likely don't include Tsuburaya.

Also, this is just speculating, but the fact that no Showa Ultra Series has been released by Tsuburaya's Malaysia/region 3 affiliate, Speedy Video (except for the "compilation" films) makes me suspect that Chaiyo still has a hold on this stuff somehow.

(also, in case anyone's wondering, yes, Speedy Video in Malaysia do have the legit TPC license. Tsuburaya even made an announcement on their own site. See here and scroll down to the entry dated 05/18/2010)

 

[Painted_Outlaw]

Someone should get August to post here, I'm sure he has an account and it'd be a big help. :V

 

[Bigdog]

Someone should get August to post here, I'm sure he has an account and it'd be a big help. :V

Agreed. I'm confused as **** right now because if it is official, I might buy it because I loved the first episode, but I would love for some more clarification on Golden Media Group

I swear this rights stuff is like reading a mightily confusing novel or watching Inception the first time.

 

[Shynilyte]

Based on Ragone's own statement, it already sounds suspicious.

it's legitimate and legal at this time — unless Tsuburaya is able to overturn the court's decision at some point in the future.

Why is there a possibility that Tsuburaya themselves might make this non-legit? If it did come from TPC, albeit indirectly why would they want to remove the set's legitimacy and legality? Even if Golden Media did get the actual license, it sounds like TPC would rather take it away from them.

Also, Tsuburaya's current English site, which does have news on releases outside of Japan makes no mention of the Shout Factory set.

 

[Mr. Yellow]

Seems like this question gets asked a lot..I wish there was a wiki for this kind of stuff.

August used to come on here, but not so much anymore.

Hit him up on Twitter - @RagoneAugust

 

[Painted_Outlaw]

I didn't realize that was Keith's handle here. I know he's had some issues with the set.

Keith as in HJU Keith? What problems did he have with the Ultraseven set? :sly:

 

[Mr. Yellow]

Pretty sure they meant Keith Aiken, he's the SciFiJapan guy.

 

[Painted_Outlaw]

Oh, my mistake then; I know just about nothing of this "SciFiJapan" thingy... other than that it sounds like a cool name for a TV channel.

 

[Shynilyte]

SciFiJapan is a news/review site for, well, Japanese sci fi, basically.

Here's their staff/contributor list. Apparently, Jim Ballard was hired to help write an English translation for Ultraman Zero: the Revenge of Belial, even though the Japanese DVD and Blu-ray did not use it.

 

[Bigdog]

SciFiJapan is a news/review site for, well, Japanese sci fi, basically.

Here's their staff/contributor list. Apparently, Jim Ballard was hired to help write an English translation for Ultraman Zero: the Revenge of Belial, even though the Japanese DVD and Blu-ray did not use it.

So we're getting it on Crunchyroll?