Kraken Releasing to put RETURN OF GODZILLA on Blu-Ray

[Mac]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... lm/.102281

September 13th. Finally.

[Gojira07]

I'll be skeptical of this until I have a copy in my hand. Especially with both versions included...

[Specium Ray]

Outstanding! Nice to have the dub version as well. G85 will likely be lost to time, I for one will shed no tears.

[lhb412]

Woohoo!

I'd love for the American edit to be included, but it's not a deal breaker for me. Kraken's previous releases were solid, and hopefully we'll see more from them.

[Henry88]

[Benjamin Haines]

Well, it's been 31 years since New World released Godzilla 1985 in North American theaters. Maybe whatever contractual reasons Toho had for withholding the film from home video distributors no longer apply because enough time has passed for those original contracts to expire?

Is Anime News Network normally a reliable news source? I can't find any official announcement from Section23 yet.

[Henry88]

[klen7]

Happy Dance for RoG. I wonder if G'85 has been the only version stuck under the legal red tape this whole time?

[O.Supreme]

ANN is reliable. However... I'll curb my enthusiasm until I see/hear more. I would have expected Son Of Godzilla & G vs MG before this one (other Showa titles Kraken easily could pick up from Sony), but hey....I'd take the long shot before the most likely any day. Also I have my New World VHS, digital backup, and a few other copies in various formats of Godzilla 1985, so the fan community can keep it alive even if it never sees a legit release anytime soon.

[KaiserGhidorah]

I hope and pray they release Godzilla 1985 with this. This is the version I really want on bluray.

[Baltan II]

Another website looks to have a proper press release by Kraken/Section23, on top of ANN generally being a reliable source. I almost feel like I recall a similar issue the first time around with Kraken Releasing's announcement of their first Godzilla movies seeming less than transparent because sites got press releases before they had a real web presence or something, but I could be mistaken there.

[Benjamin Haines]

[KaiserGhidorah]

KPA confirmed it on Facebook and said there will be an article about the release later today on Scifi Japan. Please oh please have Godzilla 1985 on this.

[Dai]

Great news. Aside from the Criterion release of G54, Kraken's releases were the cream of the crop in the first wave of Godzilla blu-rays.

[GFan]

SWEEEEEET!!!

Glad I held off buying a Blu-ray bootleg of this. EDIT: Guess we won't be seeing that HD print of GODZILLA 1985!!??

I hope Kraken gets around to securing SON OF GODZILLA and GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA. Their other Goji Blu-rays are wonderful!

[Gwangi]

[Specium Ray]

I think G85 has importance as a historical item, and I don't want to deny anyone the chance to buy it. But I never understood why New Line felt they had to make those changes. You're just driving up costs on something that has a pretty low return to begin with. Before today, I thought it was like KKvsG where Universal owned their cut for perpetuity, and Toho couldn't release their cut, but who knows?

[O.Supreme]

[Specium Ray]

[Mexigojira]

Great news, and yes, after a long time, finally we're getting a Blu-ray and DVD.

[canofhumdingers]

Wow, awesome news. I was just watching the Toho bluray of this today while feeding the baby a bottle.

I have to say, I hope they have access to a better transfer than the one used for the Japanese disc. While that bluray is the best I've ever seen the film look on home video, it's still a LOOOONG way from actually looking good. In fact, it's one of the worst looking BDs in my collection (not THE worst, but certainly in the running).

And please please let the dubbed version they mention be the American cut! We know a decent transfer of G'85 exists thanks to Monsters HD!

[Henry88]

[Dr Kain]

Just 84? No MG74 or Son either?

Hold on a minute, WHAT?!

[O.Supreme]

I just wonder where the actual press release is section23 doesn't even have a functioning website

[Shokara]

I saw this article on Anime News Network, and I just about flipped my "OH GODZILLA! WHAT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE!". Finally, the only Godzilla movie left to ever get an official North American disc release is coming.