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Mar 19, 2014 4:53 PM
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It's been like 1.5 years since this premiered, question is.. where the hell is it?
Seems like an interesting story but I can't find any info on it..
Mar 19, 2014 9:26 PM
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Yes, I want to watch this movie so badly... Looks like nobody is interested in translating this movie...
Mar 19, 2014 10:52 PM
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I can't even find any raw let alone any japanese blu-ray...
Aug 23, 2014 7:38 AM
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Beats fuckin me man. We're all waiting. Even just for a RAW.
Oct 27, 2014 5:45 PM
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Any news on this?
Nov 3, 2014 10:54 AM
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No news, it may be a Phantom Blood + Araki situation where Negano really didn't like the movie and it did badly so it is never released on disc. Although in this case, he had direct involvement in its production so fault would lie with him. It's not on Amazon (though some merch is) fwiw.
Nov 13, 2014 2:35 PM
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AnimeEmperor said:
No news, it may be a Phantom Blood + Araki situation where Negano really didn't like the movie and it did badly so it is never released on disc. Although in this case, he had direct involvement in its production so fault would lie with him. It's not on Amazon (though some merch is) fwiw.

well i'm pretty sure The Five Star Stories manga was retconned to use terms from this movie such as GothicMade instead of Mortar Headd and Automatic Flower instead of Fatima, and the official FSS website is "automaticflowers.ne.jp" and full of Gothicmade stuff, so i don't think Nagano didn't like it... in fact, i think he really likes it...
but there's so little info about this in english, it's hard to know for sure. there just... isn't a DVD/Bluray release, as far as i can tell.
watch macross 7
Jun 6, 2015 10:47 PM
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The only explanation it's the tickets don't sell well.

It's a original anime, don't have that stuff of "Creator dosn't like"

But perhaps i'ts the same situation of Redline, small budget, small team, the BD will take a long time.
Aug 11, 2015 5:19 PM
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Well, in any case anybody is interested, here is why there won't be any blu-ray:

本作品は画質、音声などの収録データ容量の膨大さ故に公開当時家庭のTVで視聴可能なメディアの作成が技術的に不可能だったため、映像ソフトの発売が予定されていなかった。 このため上映期間の終了をもって鑑賞する手段がなくなるはずであった。 ところが、上映終了した映画をリクエストを受け付けて再上映するサービス「ドリパス」にリクエストが集まったことにより、再上映が決定したことがきっかけとなり、 当サービスに頻繁にリクエストが行われ、その都度日本各地の映画館で再上映されるという形で、最初の封切りから2年以上を経た2015年においても、映像ソフト化がされず劇場でのみ鑑賞できるという希有な映画となっている。


For a quick translation, the movie has been made with a technology that makes it impossible (for now) to watch the movie on our TVs, so the movie doesn't exist on blu-ray and DVD.
That's also why even in 2015, there are still some theaters in Japan that are tstill showing the movie.

(and for more infos on why it's impossible, I've read on AnimeSuki that GothicMade has been animated and mastered in 4k HD: it's 4096p as opposed to a blu-ray resolution of 1080p)
Jan 1, 2016 1:08 AM

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Exelen said:
Well, in any case anybody is interested, here is why there won't be any blu-ray:

本作品は画質、音声などの収録データ容量の膨大さ故に公開当時家庭のTVで視聴可能なメディアの作成が技術的に不可能だったため、映像ソフトの発売が予定されていなかった。 このため上映期間の終了をもって鑑賞する手段がなくなるはずであった。 ところが、上映終了した映画をリクエストを受け付けて再上映するサービス「ドリパス」にリクエストが集まったことにより、再上映が決定したことがきっかけとなり、 当サービスに頻繁にリクエストが行われ、その都度日本各地の映画館で再上映されるという形で、最初の封切りから2年以上を経た2015年においても、映像ソフト化がされず劇場でのみ鑑賞できるという希有な映画となっている。


For a quick translation, the movie has been made with a technology that makes it impossible (for now) to watch the movie on our TVs, so the movie doesn't exist on blu-ray and DVD.
That's also why even in 2015, there are still some theaters in Japan that are tstill showing the movie.

(and for more infos on why it's impossible, I've read on AnimeSuki that GothicMade has been animated and mastered in 4k HD: it's 4096p as opposed to a blu-ray resolution of 1080p)


awful excuse, really.

do the downgrade and put the 4k in Netflix JP.

Avatar is a movie tought to be watched in 3D. But anyone will die if see in 2D.
Feb 6, 2019 10:47 AM

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So still nothing I see? [Ultra HD Blu-ray was released like three years ago now and 4K screens exist. I can't see how waiting even longer to release this would benefit anyone, Nagano included. Especially how keen he was to release Five Star Stories in English too.
Oct 16, 2020 7:05 AM
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If Japanese wikipedia is to be believed, they actually produced it in 12k which means we're never gonna get this movie
Aug 31, 2021 6:03 AM

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I'm presuming that since the 10k resolution wasn't invented until 2016, 12k definitely didn't exist in 2012 so it's probably some misinformation and the highest possible quality it could be in is 8k which was invented in 2007. So most likely when 8k discs and streaming become readily available.
Sep 30, 2022 4:53 AM
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VanishingKira said:
https://twitter.com/comic_natalie/status/1568056662606618624
Getting another set of screening for it's 10 anniversary.

Likely before Mamoru Nagano locks this in the vault for another 10 years heh.


He is robbing us of a experience.
Nov 1, 2022 5:36 PM
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VanishingKira said:
https://twitter.com/comic_natalie/status/1568056662606618624
Getting another set of screening for it's 10 anniversary.

Likely before Mamoru Nagano locks this in the vault for another 10 years heh.


I just found out on this form that it's available on DVD and Blu-ray, and I missed the revival showing that was shown at the same time as Five Star Stories back in 2021, thinking I'd see it on an online video, so I'll be around to see the revival showing you posted the information for this week.

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