Announcement here: http://twitter.com/animetoday

Of course, this means I will now have 3 different versions of SKU, but I'm preordering as soon as it's up.

Nozomi is known for the amazing releases of niche series.  They also often have neat little treats for preorders, like cute phone charms and the like.  Shoddy packaging is rather inconceivable.  I've heard it will have a dub, which I assume means they got the CPM dub for it.  Nozomi tends to skip dubs in order to provide a more polished product when they know it won't make much.

Edit: Here's the packaging for one of their fairly recent releases, Emma, which included booklets.

Last edited by Mylene (07-02-2010 05:35:42 PM)

Now I know what to buy with my mural money. 

Argh I never ever buy anime twice even if it's remastered but... DARN IT! Sigh... guess I have to

Like Mylene mentioned Nozomi is fantastic when it comes to DVD boxes. Maybe they'll use the sexy Japanese remastered covers. Now that would be awesome.

Last edited by chrisb (07-02-2010 06:21:10 PM)

chrisb wrote:

Like Mylene mentioned Nozomi is fantastic when it comes to DVD boxes. Maybe they'll use the sexy Japanese remastered covers. Now that would be awesome.

I kind of hope they don't since I've already got those and would like some new/different art.  But I won't wish ill against them if they do, nor anyone who hopes for it.   They are rather beautiful.

I am on fucking board with this shit!  No more rare DVD hunting for fans!

Utena deserves no less than the full big-money treatment.

Nozomi is the premier fan-oriented R1 anime distributor, full stop.  The best possible company has rescued Utena is all that anyone needs to know.

This will be a high quality release for certain, and Nozomi knows that it's people like us who are going to be buying this. But rest assured they'll do their best to bring even more people into the fold.

For more squeeing and info, see this thread on Mania.com (I'm Serial Experiments Nobue there, btw).

Last edited by Imaginary Bad Bug (07-02-2010 07:28:44 PM)

I'm so happy I can cry. Now I can own a legitimate copy!

edit: Also,

Calamity wrote:

This also means the remastered version will finally stop taking up 11 gbs of my hard drive. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh what fantastic news this is!

THIS. Only since they're all uncompressed its more like 90 gigs D:

Last edited by haelsyx (07-02-2010 08:05:42 PM)

Awesome... I feel like this is just awesome ...I will be buying this, it is soooo worth it.

^ Lol sorry guys. It's only one scene but at :39 Utena and Anthy actually kiss. It was in some Japanese magazine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQy16Ku2sq4

thanks chrisb. Again then . Sorry that seem to have robbed me of my communication skills.

chrisb wrote:Lol sorry guys. It's only one scene but at :39 Utena and Anthy actually kiss. It was in some Japanese magazine.

You mean in episode 39?

Anyhow, did that ending actually made to the TVs? I can just imagine the thousand parents of outrage screaming at Be-papas' door clamoring for Ikuhara... maybe Ms. Saito is his rose bride

Last edited by teyhy (07-03-2010 12:01:15 AM)

I think he meat 39 seconds into his clip. XD

The Utena twitter bot informed me of this earlier. Well, the English one anyway.

chrisb wrote:

Nozomi is also awesome when it comes to extras. What kind of extras would you guys like to see on these new DVDs? I'd like an artbook myself with lots of glossy images of official Utena art Maybe some Japanese commercials, a textless version of the opening and the unedited version of the 2nd ending which really does exist Also maybe have the duel songs playing without any voice over just for kicks.

They can remove the English voice actor interviews, they had no idea what they were talking about when it came to the show and weren't very passionate about it except for a few of them.

You mean like... The same extras as the other DVDs? I don't care for the commercials personally. I didn't like them. D:
Seazer karaoke is weird though. (I DO IT AT EVERY PARTY. AND YOU BETTER TOO IF YOU'RE COMING.)
As long as they're good quality DVDs, they could give me a flaming bag of shit with them, and I wouldn't care.

And they talked more about themselves, and, I'm sorry, but I just don't CARE about how Jimmy Zoppi got his job.


I think that video is an edit, since I think the image is in the garrerly. (I assume it is, cause I know I have it anyway...) And it just... doesn't fit right really.

[edit:] Really? I hated the fanstuff they put in with the movie DVD. I thought it was really stupid. :\

Last edited by allegoriest (07-02-2010 11:28:26 PM)