any dragonball fans?

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by gobo

Gosh... That didn't sound rude or anything

I'm just angry. It's childish to hold onto rights for something only because another company wants it. I'm sure Funimation was in business by the time the DVD came out, and they didn't take those rights because they didn't see them profitable. Bad foresight on their part. In fact, the DVD set in question has the Funimation Logo on the cover, and on the episodes themselves.

I say Funimation... plant a story that you're releasing it, and make a mock cover and everything... then Lion'sgate will go whining and snarffing to you... THEN you can negotiate with them.

[gobo]

I don't claim to be a DB die-hard, so I might not be the most informed on the matter. But, in my search for some sort of indication as to what to expect in the near future, I read this quote from a wikipedia page I've already lost that say Funi plans to reissue the original DB series in this 'season' fashion of theirs as soon as Lionsgate's license expires in 2010. Thought you might like to know... even if it is unreliable.

[Drtooth]

Great news if it's true. I mean, I'd buy a couple of the DBZ sets... I don't care for the DBGT stuff... but I would make sure to get every single DB set available.

Of course, I think I have that one that's a hundred bucks. That's the only one I have, actually.

[gobo]

As of May 19th, Funi will be finished reissuing Z on DVD with Season 9 (not 10 as I had previously estimated) and Fusion Reborn/Wrath of the Dragon Double Feature. The only Dragon Ball ANYTHING left to be reissued after that is the original series (and the 3-movie box I had previously mentioned was a half-decade ago, so...), so let's hope the DBE movie tanks hard enough that Lionsgate loosens their grip on the license, shall we?

I wonder how long until we see a dub of the New DBZ OVA. Think it'll crop up as soon as the movie hits theaters? And, I guess the Famicom OVA will never again see the light of day...

I'll tell you this... I'd rather go to a thearter and pay money to watch the English dub version of the new DBZ OVA instead of the "Evolution" peice of crap.

Would be nice to hear the English cast of DBZ in something new other than a video game. I never much cared for the Japanese voices. Some of the characters just sound wrong. Goku's And Freiza's Japanese voices sound especially wrong.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by gobo

As of May 19th, Funi will be finished reissuing Z on DVD with Season 9 (not 10 as I had previously estimated) and Fusion Reborn/Wrath of the Dragon Double Feature. The only Dragon Ball ANYTHING left to be reissued after that is the original series (and the 3-movie box I had previously mentioned was a half-decade ago, so...), so let's hope the DBE movie tanks hard enough that Lionsgate loosens their grip on the license, shall we?

Honestly, Dragon Ball (Z Gt or otherwise) hasn't been popular for years (outside meme of course)... it was only when plans to release this crappy film were announced that any interrest came back into the property. And basically I see an overpriced toy line that didn't sell, a couple video games, and these DVD's being the only things we're really seeing so far. Of course, I also saw a couple T-shirts. Now, in all this time, when Lionsgate wasn't making any profit off the DVD set (it's almost 10 years old at this point... and released well before their name change), they could have just sold the rights back to Funimation for a hefty profit. They didn't. Either they still think it makes them money, or they're just being anuses because they have a license they weren't doing anything with that someone else wants.

I saw SCREW IT! Screw the dub. Release the first 13 episodes subtitled only. There has to be a loophole about that.

[That Matt Guy]

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