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Originally posted by Guest@May 3 2004, 11:39 AM
Ummmmm...i have a question and im realy sorry this is a bit off topic but i couldnt find an apropriate place to ask this so i did a quick search and this is the only thing that came up, anyway here is my question: Does anybody know what or who Hojo Michiru is :wacko: ?!?!??!? once again, [b]realy sorry.
He did the voice of Atlas in the Japanese 80s version of Astroboy.
How many volumes are there in the BW series? They have the 30th anniversary set, but there are also some others there that are just normal. Is there any difference?
192 episodes were made, of these about 96 were dubbed in English. All were destroyed when NBC was finished with them, because Mushi Studios was then bankrupt. Shawn Kleckner of The Right Stuf has been 'restoring' the dubbed series by using bootleg copies as 'masters.' Unfortunately, the video quality has been quite low, and the audio is far from crisp.
As far as the VHS tapes go, I believe there are 18 so far. The best source is eBay and the seller must be gleckner. gleckner is The Right Stuf's eBay name, and I have bought 3 packs of 6 tapes and am 100% satisfied. Plus, if you use buy now option, you still save money plus you get a free video of some unnamed title.
Of the 104 that were dubbed, 36 are available from The Right Stuf, and an additional 36 are available from a tape trader at http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/tapetrading.htm
That leaves 32 missing. Note that the tapes from the tape trader have never been officially licenced since the masters were destroyed, so technically these are "lost" dubs too. IMO, it's good to know that there are a few remaining copies in existance, even though they're not legit.
Now that I think about it, I wonder if it might be perfectly legal to distribute the "lost" episodes, or their English soundtrack at least. Anyone know who the last copyright holder was?
That leaves 32 missing. Note that the tapes from the tape trader have never been officially licenced since the masters were destroyed, so technically these are "lost" dubs too. IMO, it's good to know that there are a few remaining copies in existance, even though they're not legit.
Now that I think about it, I wonder if it might be perfectly legal to distribute the "lost" episodes, or their English soundtrack at least. Anyone know who the last copyright holder was?
Notwithstanding that NBC held a license to the dubbed version, it seems reasonable that Mushi or Tezuka would still have retained the copyright to the series. If NBC continued to hold it, the films would not have been destroyed. Because they were, and Mushi received a document stating so, I believe that Mushi still held the rights. Upon going bankrupt, any assets, I assume would have been transferred to the creditors. <_<
AFAIK, Mushi had the licence to the footage of the English version, but NBC owned the dub since it was done over in the US. Because when Mushi folded, NBC still had the dub. It was only when their licence expired and they tried to send the English masters back to Mushi that they had to destroy them because Mushi no longer existed.
I wonder why they didn't send the tapes to the creditors? And who received the certificate of destruction? It seems pretty grey, I wonder how The Right Stuf's licencing of the product was handled.
I wonder why they didn't send the tapes to the creditors? And who received the certificate of destruction? It seems pretty grey, I wonder how The Right Stuf's licencing of the product was handled.
Ask the robot god, he knows everything!
Dr Zar? Hey I'd like to see him go up against Odin!
That tape trader guy has heaps of episodes, would it be better to get some from the right stuff, and then get the rest from him. Or should i just get the lot from him??
Get what you can from The Right Stuf (or gleckner on EBay) first, you'll get better quality recordings, tape packaging, reliability, etc.
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