FLCL to be re-released
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FLCL to be re-released
I just thought I'd post this bit of news for anybody who doesn't know yet. [url]www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-06/funimation-licenses-gainax-flcl-anime[/url] I'll definitely be getting it.
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Whoa sweet. I just got the whole show a few months ago--I happened to randomly come across the first two vols in FYE in October/Novemberish, grabbed them like hotcakes (brand new, too!), and ordered a "used, like new" vol 3 off amazon.
I don't think I need another release, but considering how desperately I hunted the damn series all summer I can definitely sympathize with anyone trying to get their hands on it. It'd be nice if Funi picked up the rights to Haibane Renmei as well (or some old sk00l shit) & released some box sets.
I don't think I need another release, but considering how desperately I hunted the damn series all summer I can definitely sympathize with anyone trying to get their hands on it. It'd be nice if Funi picked up the rights to Haibane Renmei as well (or some old sk00l shit) & released some box sets.
FLCL getting re-released... IN BLU-RAY!
I really hope it's as awesome as the Ultimate Edition (which I wanted to buy, but it's out of print, and as much as I love FLCL, I'm not paying 200 dollars). Now I want the exact release date!
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Wow, a show re-licensed by a different company including the previous dub? That doesn't happen that often, does it?
FLCL is one of my favorites, but I don't know about spending money to buy it again on BluRay. Maybe I'll ask for it as a gift some time, and give the DVDs to someone who has never seen it.
FLCL is one of my favorites, but I don't know about spending money to buy it again on BluRay. Maybe I'll ask for it as a gift some time, and give the DVDs to someone who has never seen it.
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I agree, that is weirdThe Eva Monkey wrote:Wow, a show re-licensed by a different company including the previous dub? That doesn't happen that often, does it?
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What? This happens all the time.
Most of Geneon rescues kept the original dub. Shana, Familiar of Zero, etc. It's much, much cheaper to buy the original dub rights than re-dubbing it. Only exceptions like One Piece where the dubbing it themselves would increase the value far beyond keeping the original.
Most of Geneon rescues kept the original dub. Shana, Familiar of Zero, etc. It's much, much cheaper to buy the original dub rights than re-dubbing it. Only exceptions like One Piece where the dubbing it themselves would increase the value far beyond keeping the original.
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Ah, Fooly Cooly. That show epitomizes me adolescence and it's probably the only thing I'm capable of feeling genuine nostalgia for. It recalls wide stretches of green, warm summer days and clear blue skies (which for some reason, are all symbols of childhood to me, don't ask why) which seem now to be perpetually covered in grey (both the sky and the earth). I got the DVDs way back in either '05 or '06 and I played them to death, really I could watch it non-stop. Then when my DVD player broke down and I had to watch all my DVDs on the PS2, for some reason I could still play FLCL on the broken DVD player, which always struck me as odd. I still have them and whenever I do watch them again, every muscle in my body is filled with the joy and vigor that cynicism has resolved away. I don't watch them much anymore though, it's too sacred to me.
Funny, I think I discovered Eva not long after FLCL, not sure (oh wait, yes, I am sure, because they made an Eva reference in episode 2 or 3 and I didn't know what Eva was when I first saw FLCL), and while Eva made the bigger impression on me, FLCL has remained pure. Eva is so deeply ingrained into my brain, I can't distinguish it from me anymore, but FLCL is still something alive, something free . . . something I've lost.
Eh, I hate this sentimental crap. Remind me to never share my feelings with you people again.
Funny, I think I discovered Eva not long after FLCL, not sure (oh wait, yes, I am sure, because they made an Eva reference in episode 2 or 3 and I didn't know what Eva was when I first saw FLCL), and while Eva made the bigger impression on me, FLCL has remained pure. Eva is so deeply ingrained into my brain, I can't distinguish it from me anymore, but FLCL is still something alive, something free . . . something I've lost.
Eh, I hate this sentimental crap. Remind me to never share my feelings with you people again.
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Cant wait always wanted to get the series on dvd now's my chance to own it on bluray
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Late reply is late but this is awesome news. I have some crappy (most likely a bootleg instead of a fansub, I got it from a family member -_-; ) DVD-release of FLCL, so getting a legit copy that's hopefully not too expensive is great news.
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To bring this thread more up to date: shortly after Funimation announced that it was releasing FLCL on Blu-ray (most likely upscaled like their other Blu-rays of standard definition anime), Gainax announced its own Blu-ray release of the show. As far as I've been able to find, the Gainax ads didn't say anything about the show being HD, and I've read several places (that probably copied the information from each other) that FLCL was only rendered at 480p. This makes sense, as HD televisions didn't do much in the way of existing when FLCL was produced.
This doesn't mean a Blu-ray release is pointless, however. Because of its storage capacity, all six episodes can be stored on one single-layer disc without any compression artifacts. DVDs tend to have compression artifacts no matter how hard they try not to. MPEG-2 is just so darn inefficient by modern standards.
This doesn't mean a Blu-ray release is pointless, however. Because of its storage capacity, all six episodes can be stored on one single-layer disc without any compression artifacts. DVDs tend to have compression artifacts no matter how hard they try not to. MPEG-2 is just so darn inefficient by modern standards.
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NAveryW wrote:To bring this thread more up to date: shortly after Funimation announced that it was releasing FLCL on Blu-ray (most likely upscaled like their other Blu-rays of standard definition anime), Gainax announced its own Blu-ray release of the show. As far as I've been able to find, the Gainax ads didn't say anything about the show being HD, and I've read several places (that probably copied the information from each other) that FLCL was only rendered at 480p. This makes sense, as HD televisions didn't do much in the way of existing when FLCL was produced.
This doesn't mean a Blu-ray release is pointless, however. Because of its storage capacity, all six episodes can be stored on one single-layer disc without any compression artifacts. DVDs tend to have compression artifacts no matter how hard they try not to. MPEG-2 is just so darn inefficient by modern standards.
Considering FLCL's more digital nature, i doubt this will be the case. I don't know really much about this, except that I imagine it would be easier to rerender or whatever would be required to bump FLCL up to BluRay quality on a computer, whereas with Eva they'd pretty much have to reanimate the whole series. There's probably a hidef digital master of FLCL in the Gainax database somewhere.
Hopefully. I'd loooove to see FLCL on the 1080 dpi. Roll one up, burn one down and have a FLCL party. Mmmmm. I'm squishy inside just thinking about it.
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Woah, the Japanese release will contain the English subtitles AND the English dub! It also says it's "1080p High-Def", though for all we know that could still just mean upscaled. But yeah, English subtitles. And the English dub, which is the first dub I think of when I think of "high-quality English dub". Screw the Funimation release; I know what I'm buying.
...When I can afford to pay $150 plus shipping for a six-episode OVA.
...When I can afford to pay $150 plus shipping for a six-episode OVA.
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I wonder if indeed this is a proper remaster instead of just upscaling will Funi get it or are they doing the BD themselves. Please let them get it from the Japanese. I don't have that kind of money to blow on a 6ep show, regardless of how much I love it.
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