Those being the specific three Showa films Kraken released on BRD in 2014. It may have to do with a deal Toho had with Kraken? I mean delaying this set go another year or two would insure more, if not ALL the dubs could be included, I'd definitely opt for it. Heck we've waited this long, whats another couple years.
I guess this pretty much confirms that Toho either never produced English dubs themselves for GRA, MvG, GTTHM, and AMA, since those will not include a dub at all, or if they did, they were destroyed years ago, since other parties produced their own for American Audiences. Additionally I guess this confirms that a Toho Dub of KKvsG either was never made, or again, has been lost to time, because you know Toho would have forced Criterion to use it, which I actually would have been curious to hear.
If Media Blasters screw up in 2011 is the reason for all this, then Toho is way too strict. I mean Toho was basically dealing with a small time retailer out of NY, as opposed to Criterion, one of the most prestigious media distributors there is. I'm sure if Criterion were permitted, they would research to obtain the very best audio and visual sources possible for all of these films, like they did for the Godzilla BRD in 2012. Toho doesn't stand to lose anything by allowing american produced dubs be included with this set. It just doesn't make sense, which is the most frustrating part.
When an overbearing parent says "because I said so", it only causes frustration, but when they take the time to explain the reason why they make a decision, even when a child doesn't agree, at least they can respect the reason why the decision was made.
For good or ill, unfortunately, this outcome makes the MB/TS 2011 BRD of
Destroy All Monsters certainly one of, if not THE most valuable (personally and financially) items in my media collection.
There are no more good TV Shows, only ones that haven't disappointed me yet.