Re: Kimba The White Lion DVD Set On Sale Today

Yeah, but if they're using the original Japanese film, how are they
going to match up the English dub track, which was made for a version
that was considerably cut from the Japanese original? Are they making
cuts to match? That seems like an awful lot of work for a company to
undertake given the relatively small profit margin. What company is
doing it?

If that's the case, I'm certainly grateful they're doing it and I plan
to buy the set. But I'm just curious about how it's being done.


CAndersen wrote:
> On 29 Nov 2005 12:21:48 -0800, leo86@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >Thank you for this valuable info. Even one episode uncut and in its
> >original Japanese is better than none.
> >
> >I haven't seen any DVD release of this series before, only the VHS
> >tapes released by The Right Stuf International. I didn't find the
> >visual quality (in terms of color and brightness) on those tapes to be
> >of the highest order. Are these new DVDs any better in those terms?
>
> Short answer: Incredibly better.
>
> Long answer: The VHS tapes, and the DVDs released thru Rhino, were made by
> using collected 16mm prints that were originally sent to individual TV
> stations to broadcast. These prints were 30+ years old, worn, and on
> Eastman film stock which is notorious for rapid color fading. The new DVDs
> use visual materials from Tezuka Productions, who own the original
> negatives, and who transferred them to DVD brilliantly a couple of years
> ago.
>
> These pages
> http://kimba.tvheaven.com/ex1.htm
> http://kimba.tvheaven.com/ex8.htm
> were created to compare the old Rhino DVDs with the Japanese DVDs.
> The NEW Kimba DVDs look identical to the Japanese DVDs.

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