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Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:57 am
by Gojira69
I need this on Blu-Ray with original soundtrack and title sequence. All the trailers for extras too! When's it coming?
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:23 am
by Benjamin Haines
I'd nab it if the price was right. I never got the 2000 Media Blasters DVD with the widescreen transfer and the original Japanese audio, so I've only ever seen the AIP-TV version of the movie on pan-and-scan DVDs. I want to check out a quality presentation of Gappa because as it is I've never liked the movie.
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
by O.Supreme
https://www.amazon.com/Gappa-Triphibian ... 330&sr=8-1Still surprisingly reasonably priced considering the DVD release is almost 20 years old. I got the MB version a few years back, it's OK, but since I grew up with the AIP-TV version, the International Dub (like most Toho International Dubs) is inferior IMHO. I pretty much put it in the same category as X from Outer Space, which while it did get a nice release from Janus films, still hasn't received a Blu-Ray release. I'm not even sure who has the rights to Gappa in North America anymore. Media Blasters I thought was long dead, but they still *claim* to be contracting and releasing new content, but I cant recall anything they have released in the past few years.
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:40 pm
by Benjamin Haines
^ To me, $24+ for a used DVD with a non-anamorphic transfer of a movie I don't even like just isn't worth it, even if it is the best available version by default.
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Sun Jun 30, 2019 5:29 pm
by H-Man
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:37 am
by Gojira69
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:27 am
by lhb412
^ No, they released it as a part of their Shochiku DVD set - no Blu-ray.
Although, it's the only title that was a part of that set that I could totally see them doing a Blu-ray for. Maybe if their upcoming Toho releases are big enough successes it will encourage them to do more in the genre?
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:31 am
by O.Supreme
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:35 pm
by Gojira69
If I recall, I have a Norwegian DVD release for this with trailers I've not seen anywhere else.
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Sun Jul 07, 2019 12:08 am
by H-Man
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Sun Jul 07, 2019 1:36 am
by O.Supreme
Also the fact that I just remembered I got it confused with the X from outer space. I grew up watching the AIP version which was released on Orion VHS, but wasn't until janus DVD release that I heard the international version.
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:13 pm
by GFan
I have a special place in my heart for GAPPA, it really deserves a Blu-ray release! I wonder if an HD transfer has even been done in Japan yet.
Re: Its time for a "Gappa" re-release
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Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:37 pm
by Gojira69