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Discotek has Digimon Adventure 02- New Digital Remaster on Blu-ray, Dub First, Sub Later

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Discotek Media has announced via their Otakon panel, recorded stream, and social media that they have licensed Digimon Adventure 02.



https://twitter.com/x/status/1685351085018648576

The video masters (what remained of them) were in poor shape, so the entire show was reedited together from source Japanese footage, the best footage that could be found of things unique to the dub (or otherwise recreated), and then that restoration was upscaled via AstroRes for the new Blu-ray release, repairing various composite video artifacts from when the show was originally made, ala the Season 1 Blu-ray.

Extras for the release will a number of art galleries featuring production artwork from the show.



The English dub, made by Saban Entertainment, will get a Blu-ray first, later followed by a release of the uncut Japanese version.



Like Season 1, I'm the producer of the releases. Onkeikun & Chris McFeely have both been pulled in to help on occasion.





A few image comparisons of the existing video masters (roughly equivalent to what is on the old DVDs), and the new remastered footage.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1685351302338129920

Only a few episodes of Season 1 had major issues and were put back together. For 02, all of it was. The comparison shows the significant leap the new release will be over what 02 had.

Missing recaps, etc. were restored/recreated and reinserted where they belong.

In addition, I went over every discussed bit of "This was removed in a later repeat for reason x or reason y" to make sure the dub was complete, or at least as sure it's complete that we can be.



There will be plenty more to talk about for Digimon Adventure 02 soon.

It was also noted, Digimon Adventure 02 was 'not' the focus of the special screening, starting directly after the panel... so...
 

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I've got some dvds to buy in the near future. Loving the stronger support of the franchise. Finally.
 
Awesome, though the cover for the English Version being in the style of the Japanese Version of Season 1 does mess with the OCD a bit LOL.

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Will you recreate the text in the intro? :) The one where the word "Di" and "Digimon" flies over the screen
 
Mikebike said:
Will you recreate the text in the intro? :) The one where the word "Di" and "Digimon" flies over the screen
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That intro starts being used around episode 10 or so, I forget where. (I think it's one of the episodes that didn't have an intro in the original airing because it aired as part of a multi-episode special.)
 
DigitalCorp said:
Will this be released on DVD as well? I don't have a Blu-Ray player.
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There simply isn't a market for anime DVDs in general, minus very rare odd off titles, so it just isn't worth it for Discotek to do them.

It may be worth it to check any game systems you have to see if they have a Blu-ray player built in, or see if there are any basic cheap players for sale that are good enough for you needs, as prices have gotten decent low for players.
 
I am so stoked for this release! We've been going through the Adventure sub recently and it has been such a dream come true. Can't wait to get my hands on this and I will try to wait patiently for Tamers (and Frontier, and Savers, and everything else!!!).
 
MarcFBR said:
DigitalCorp said:
Will this be released on DVD as well? I don't have a Blu-Ray player.
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There simply isn't a market for anime DVDs in general, minus very rare odd off titles, so it just isn't worth it for Discotek to do them.

It may be worth it to check any game systems you have to see if they have a Blu-ray player built in, or see if there are any basic cheap players for sale that are good enough for you needs, as prices have gotten decent low for players.
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DVDs still tends to outsell the other two formats believe it or not. This account follows sales and seems to post them weekly. I guess people like the affordability.

 
Storm Eagle said:
MarcFBR said:
DigitalCorp said:
Will this be released on DVD as well? I don't have a Blu-Ray player.
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There simply isn't a market for anime DVDs in general, minus very rare odd off titles, so it just isn't worth it for Discotek to do them.

It may be worth it to check any game systems you have to see if they have a Blu-ray player built in, or see if there are any basic cheap players for sale that are good enough for you needs, as prices have gotten decent low for players.
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DVDs still tends to outsell the other two formats believe it or not. This account follows sales and seems to post them weekly. I guess people like the affordability.

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"There simply isn't a market for anime DVDs in general, minus very rare odd off titles, so it just isn't worth it for Discotek to do them."

By and large, anime fans have abandoned DVD. It still being a massive market for discs in general isn't relevant to the Discotek market, which isn't the general market.


Some titles could certainly do well on DVD, but Discotek has moved on from the format, minus reprinting existing discs, and spinning things up for a single title isn't in the cards.


I've worked on hundreds and hundreds of discs, if I actually properly counted, it might even be in the thousands.

I know how many DVDs I've worked on for sure though, between multiple companies:
Two.

A visual audio drama for the Rokujouma franchise, which wasn't a retail disc.
The UK DVD of Belle.


The general market is based on people having DVD players for years and years, and they are so cheap to replace you can quite literally end up spending more on a fast food meal than a new DVD player. (The affordability thing isn't wrong, especially for sales and catalog titles, but getting odd off favorites on Blu-ray is actually insanely cheap, especially if you get stuff on sale.)
 
MarcFBR said:
Storm Eagle said:
MarcFBR said:
DigitalCorp said:
Will this be released on DVD as well? I don't have a Blu-Ray player.
Click to expand...
There simply isn't a market for anime DVDs in general, minus very rare odd off titles, so it just isn't worth it for Discotek to do them.

It may be worth it to check any game systems you have to see if they have a Blu-ray player built in, or see if there are any basic cheap players for sale that are good enough for you needs, as prices have gotten decent low for players.
Click to expand...
DVDs still tends to outsell the other two formats believe it or not. This account follows sales and seems to post them weekly. I guess people like the affordability.

Click to expand...
"There simply isn't a market for anime DVDs in general, minus very rare odd off titles, so it just isn't worth it for Discotek to do them."

By and large, anime fans have abandoned DVD. It still being a massive market for discs in general isn't relevant to the Discotek market, which isn't the general market.


Some titles could certainly do well on DVD, but Discotek has moved on from the format, minus reprinting existing discs, and spinning things up for a single title isn't in the cards.


I've worked on hundreds and hundreds of discs, if I actually properly counted, it might even be in the thousands.

I know how many DVDs I've worked on for sure though, between multiple companies:
Two.

A visual audio drama for the Rokujouma franchise, which wasn't a retail disc.
The UK DVD of Belle.


The general market is based on people having DVD players for years and years, and they are so cheap to replace you can quite literally end up spending more on a fast food meal than a new DVD player. (The affordability thing isn't wrong, especially for sales and catalog titles, but getting odd off favorites on Blu-ray is actually insanely cheap, especially if you get stuff on sale.)
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I guess that's why Discotek does standard definition on Blu-ray, although I personally don't mind standard definition on DVD at all.
Muur said:
The official Kizuna came with both DVD and blu ray weirdly enough. In one package
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That was Shout! Factory though, and not Discotek. Even they haven't ditched DVD, and even still put things that could be shown in HD on DVD.
 
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