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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

Another laserdisc came in today. This time it's the first episode of Giant Robo from 90s outfit LA Hero.

Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

From a cursory search, i've found release date listings for the first and second Pretty Sammt OVA episodes on US laserdisc under the label of "Tenchi & Friends Special" but didn't bother with the 3rd episode. Go figure.

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

Mailbag Day!

Believe it or not, it's more Tenchi! Near the end of the OG 90s OVA release from the US and also cane across the second episode of the Pretty Sammy spinoff OVA too. More US laserdisc releases are also on the way to me over the next week. So stay tuned for more!

Two anime laserdiscs. On the left is Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki episodes 10 and 11. On the right is the second Pretty Sammy episode.

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 2d

just to add my two cents about physical media - your favorite website, streamer, or online archive could vanish tomorrow due to any number of deliberate or accidental actions on the part of any number of people or organizations. Physical media? You have to destroy it YOURSELF

Rollin Bishop @rollin.bsky.social · 2d

Counting just DVDs and up – not VHS or digital purchases – I have 493 movies and TV shows on physical home video.

I'm not saying you should be where I'm at. But I am arguing you should consider getting closer.

Me in re:frame #21:

Let's get physical (media)

An ode to discs, tapes, and boxes.

buttondown.com

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vi @v-i.dev · 4d

I think I’ve now seen proof of a rounded-slipped copy of Cyber City Oedo 808 in a blurry photo on a Japanese auction site (and of course I forgot to save it before the page went down)

This almost certainly means another stealth re-release is out there. If you stumble across a copy, post pictures!

vi @v-i.dev · Jun 3

It appears that Discotek did stealth updates to the non-Steelbook release of Angel Cop (and maybe Cyber City Oedo 808). It now ships with the Remastered disc out of the Steelbook. Far as I can tell, only way to tell it apart is a rounded slipcover and not saying "Enhanced from SD" on the back

Old Angel Cop Blu-ray front cover, with right angle corners on the slipcover

(image stolen from https://www.ebay.com/itm/156680892135 )

Back of the original Angel Cop Blu-ray, showing VIDEO: 1080p 1.66:1 OAR (Enhanced from SD)

Front of the new Angel Cop BD, showing rounded corners on the slipcover

Back of the new Angel Cop BD, showing VIDEO: 1.33:1 4:3 / 1080p High Definition

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⚡Bubblegum Midlife Crisis⚡ @bunnycartoon.bsky.social · 4d

oh shit, You're Under Arrest! is coming out on bluray in Japan!

コミックナタリー @comic.natalie.mu · 4d

「逮捕しちゃうぞ」OVAがHDテレシネでBlu-rayに、夏実と美幸の出会いからコンビ確立まで
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/643523

#逮捕しちゃうぞ

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Schmullus (Logan) @schmullus.bsky.social · 6d

Replaced the case for Dirty Pair TV and it's a perfect fit and no more stacked discs.

The exact one I bought - www.ebay.com/itm/20512781...

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vi @v-i.dev · 7d

Speaking of Urban Vision, does anybody know the story behind the “American Anime” badge on some of their releases? Was it a separate company? Just a label? I can’t find any info on it.

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 7d

I've made this mistake of trusting a wiki before with "VHD was advertised in National Geographic in 81/82".

Looked through every issue from those years and nothing at all was there. Sam is going above in beyond in some wonderful research into the anime industry and fandom.

Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 7d

Uhhhhhh...

OK... so story time. When researching for my book, I went out of my way to not reference wikis, because they're not trustworthy. In some cases this resulted in me dropping $100, $200 on old magazines for sales data, because I didn't want to fuck up.

Seeing this get published saddens me.

わたしがExceed Gunblaze Vengeanceわけないじゃん、ムリムリ！（※ムリじゃなかった!?） @takamomchi.bsky.social · 10d

i tripped into the index on my way to illusion of gaia -

wh

you're cre

you're crediting fandom? UH? UHHHHHHHHHHHHH??????????????

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Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 9d

Bryan Lee O'Malley has revealed on Instagram that Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is officially getting a Blu-Ray! The series will be released on Blu-Ray on December 2nd! I'm very happy to see more stuff from Netflix get released on physical media. More of this please!

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 19d

Something a little different today, but I scanned an 8 page issue of Toei's New Disc Press advertising pamphlets from summer of 1996. This was in the sleeve of one of the Tenchi laser discs I got recently. Scanned at 600 DPI.

archive.org/details/toei...

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 18d

Here's something special I've wanted to get uploaded. A rip of the staff audio commentary from the original laser disc release of Belladonna of Sadness, featuring Eiichi Yamamoto, Ken Fukai, Gisaburo Sugii, and Atsushi Tomioka.

Please note, this is in Japanese only.

archive.org/details/bell...

Belladonna Of Sadness Laser Disc Staff Roundtable Audio Commentary : Mushi Production : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Staff roundtable audio commentary from the 1987 laser disc release of the 1973 film Belladonna of Sadness (Kanashimi no...

archive.org

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

Guess I'm in a Tenchi Muyo! mood these days. Mihoshi Special US laserdisc and the DVD set for Universe acquired recently.

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

Also always found it funny that Funimation provided this layout explaining Tenchi's messy continuity (or lack thereof). Granted, I do think Tenchi in Tokyo needs to be further removed from the rest; in a black hole.

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

No clue if the Mihoshi Special had the usual sticker on the shrink wrap or not like the other OVA discs, they didn't even bother with a translated back sleeve either, but the inserts are in English.

Also iirc Tenchi Universe did get a SD on Bluray release in Japan not too long ago.

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

Guess I'm in a Tenchi Muyo! mood these days. Mihoshi Special US laserdisc and the DVD set for Universe acquired recently.

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Mike Toole @miketoole.com · 11d

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"Physical Media Collector Pumped for Downfall of Humanity" Onion headline, only the photo is replaced with one of me surrounded by my DVD/BD hoard

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vi @v-i.dev · 12d

Got something exciting in the mail today: a copy of Captain Harlock V1 on VHS from FHE *in decent shape!*
I believe this is a later print run, based on the MGM sticker on the back, and the use of a Disney style case inside instead of a flimsy plastic tray.

Now to find V2…
(Cyborg 009 VHS for scale)

Captain Harlock and Cyborg 009 VHS tapes next to each other. The Harlock one is massive

Backs of the tapes, showing a clumsily applied Distributed by MGM/UA sticker on the back

The VHS case itself, which is totally blank other than a Harlock sticker

The inside of the VHS case, showing the tape (with an oversized sticker) and a cutout for a Betamax version

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 12d

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 12d

The Tenchi Muyo tape in the clamshell contains the first three episodes of the original OVA from it's Toonami TV edit. So it's before episodes 4 and 5 with the infamous digital bikinis added to the girls.

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 12d

Recently received a cool donation of some sealed VHS promo copies of some early 2000s Pioneer releases and a Manga Entertainment preview tape too.

Thanks to @professorotaku.bsky.social and his friend Brian for these!

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 17d

Please ignore I misspelled Kuni Fukai's name, but once again want to share this upload of the Belladonna laserdisc commentary.

Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 18d

Here's something special I've wanted to get uploaded. A rip of the staff audio commentary from the original laser disc release of Belladonna of Sadness, featuring Eiichi Yamamoto, Ken Fukai, Gisaburo Sugii, and Atsushi Tomioka.

Please note, this is in Japanese only.

archive.org/details/bell...

Belladonna Of Sadness Laser Disc Staff Roundtable Audio Commentary : Mushi Production : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Staff roundtable audio commentary from the 1987 laser disc release of the 1973 film Belladonna of Sadness (Kanashimi no...

archive.org

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 17d

Please ignore I misspelled Kuni Fukai's name, but once again want to share this upload of the Belladonna laserdisc commentary.

Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 18d

Here's something special I've wanted to get uploaded. A rip of the staff audio commentary from the original laser disc release of Belladonna of Sadness, featuring Eiichi Yamamoto, Ken Fukai, Gisaburo Sugii, and Atsushi Tomioka.

Please note, this is in Japanese only.

archive.org/details/bell...

Belladonna Of Sadness Laser Disc Staff Roundtable Audio Commentary : Mushi Production : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Staff roundtable audio commentary from the 1987 laser disc release of the 1973 film Belladonna of Sadness (Kanashimi no...

archive.org

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 17d

BTW, if you do want to learn more about JVC's plans to release VHD in the US that they eventually pulled back from doing, Techmoan has a great video about it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Zt...

VHD in the USA: Videodisc Failure to Launch

YouTube video by Techmoan

www.youtube.com

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Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social · 17d

This is why it's always best to try and verify these things and never take a wikipedia page at it's word. Someone's half-remembered thought can just be posted and go unverified for nearly 20 years (this edit was added in 2007). It's removed now, thanks to my rainy day boredom.

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