Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:27 am
While I'm sure there are some copies floating around that surface occasionally (I know there were a few individual disc copies possibly available on the TezukainEnglish forums), it's pretty unreasonable to expect many people to be able to find/afford these IMO.
I eventually was able to find part of the set on eBay and the other part through messages to that same distributor [their last set AFAIK]), it just took a lot of work to find and I don't know of any other copies available. Part of the reason frankly I was willing to pay a good premium for it was I figured I could share it before it was completely gone and it might help with this project... It's something that just shouldn't die.
Once again, even though I've already bought the US release as is (and I encourage others to do so even though the US release does have its limitations), I seriously would buy the series again if rereleased properly (widescreen, uncompromised 5.1 audio, and proper subtitles), but there's no indication that's coming (ditto for the 2003 movies). So yes, as much as I wish there was a proper complete version out there for English-speaking markets, I do support a freely available fansub in lieu of that and until that's a reality.
While in theory your idea of subtitle scripts is a good one, there are just two many barriers - importing the DVD's at a high cost, removing the region restrictions, incorporating the scripts onto the DVD's (I'm not even sure how to do that and I'm decently versed in this stuff), etc. to make it practical, in my opinion.
I eventually was able to find part of the set on eBay and the other part through messages to that same distributor [their last set AFAIK]), it just took a lot of work to find and I don't know of any other copies available. Part of the reason frankly I was willing to pay a good premium for it was I figured I could share it before it was completely gone and it might help with this project... It's something that just shouldn't die.
Once again, even though I've already bought the US release as is (and I encourage others to do so even though the US release does have its limitations), I seriously would buy the series again if rereleased properly (widescreen, uncompromised 5.1 audio, and proper subtitles), but there's no indication that's coming (ditto for the 2003 movies). So yes, as much as I wish there was a proper complete version out there for English-speaking markets, I do support a freely available fansub in lieu of that and until that's a reality.
While in theory your idea of subtitle scripts is a good one, there are just two many barriers - importing the DVD's at a high cost, removing the region restrictions, incorporating the scripts onto the DVD's (I'm not even sure how to do that and I'm decently versed in this stuff), etc. to make it practical, in my opinion.