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New Ultraman 1966 Region 1 DVD Discussion

He's Red and Silver, as tall as a building, and kicks the butts of Giant Monsters!! He's also Japan's most enduring and favorite Superhero!! From Ultra Seven to Ultraman Orb, discuss the many incarnations of Ultraman here!! Let's not forget Zone Fighter! Kamen Rider! Gridman! The infinity of Toei Sentai Teams! For such a small island, Japan is bursting with colorful superheroes! Discuss Japanese Heroes here as well!!

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Postby Robert Saint John » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:52 am

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Postby MouthForWar » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:55 am

I'm gonna go look for it soon. I hope a store around here is carrying it (stores in my area tend to really suck when it comes to new releases)
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Postby Robert Saint John » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:59 am

Links to recent reviews, as mentioned in the previous thread:

http://10kbullets.com/reviews/ultraman- ... olume-one/
http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4512
http://www.dvdmoviecentral.com/ReviewsText/ultraman.htm
http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/006823.html#more


(RobD, has your review been posted yet?)


Volume 2 news: http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6024
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Postby Shonokin » Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:44 pm

I'll keep my legal and moral views to myself in this thread, hopefully we can keep that topic going only in the other thread and keep this exclusively to the actual DVDs themselves.

As I've mentioned in another place, the sales rank at amazon.com is #34 today. That is really freakin good for any DVD, much less a 40 year old kids' show.
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Postby Robert Saint John » Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:51 pm

Yeah, that's quite a rank. I don't think any of the recent Godzilla DVDs (GMK, GxMG, SOS, GFW) ranked quite that high, but I recall that one of them broke into the Top 100, and another (GMK I think) broke the Top 50.
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Postby Jim Ballard » Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:59 pm

Quick R1/R2 comparison:

REGION 1, BCI (from Andy Simon):
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REGION 2, HAPPINET:
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Postby MouthForWar » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:38 pm

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Postby RobD » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:40 pm

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Postby MouthForWar » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:42 pm

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Postby Robert Saint John » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:44 pm

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Postby Joseph Goodman » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:07 pm

If these are ripped from the R2's, how do you explain the differences in framing on the sides?
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Postby MouthForWar » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:08 pm

Just in case anyone was wondering, this is what the copyright info on the back says:

*Copyright* 1966 Tsubaraya Production Co. Ltd; Licensed by Tiga Co. Ltd as agent for Tsubaraya Chaiyo Co Ltd and Sompote Saengduenchai
*TM* Tsubaraya Productions Co Ltd.

Exclusively Distributed by BCI Eclipse Company, LLC Newbury Park, CA 91320
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Postby RobD » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:11 pm

Here's a comparison of screengrabs I took just now from my sets:

BCI release:



Region 2 release:



Can we stop saying BCI didn't use the region 2 discs now? :)
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Postby Robert Saint John » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:25 pm

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Postby MouthForWar » Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:20 pm

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Postby RobD » Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:29 pm

More screen comparisons.

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Postby Shonokin » Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:29 pm

I just checked, these are dual layer discs.
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