The new release thread!

[Ash]

[WarriorKalia]

[cmoon]

New things:

Well, picked up many of the items I've mentioned.

Galapagos--nice, well produced series, but a little thin on content. As much as I enjoy the more accessible nature of the BBC's newer documentaries, sometimes there is a sacrifice of content for artful nature cinematography. Can't we have both?

Twin Peaks season 2. I keep thinking at some point I can divorce myself from the time and place I saw this first and actually watch it objectively. Not going to happen. I'm glad they finally put it out.

WKRP season 1: With not a shred of money to do the right thing and license the original music, a few of the gags have been killed and the substitute/generic music is hit or miss. That said, In the late 70's, there was nothing quite like this--still one of the funniest sitcoms ever.

The Red Star (videogame): This one completely snuck up on me. Something like guardian heroes, contra, or any number of old 2D brawlers, only its a modern 3D game (oh, lots of old-school shooter parts too!) I don't recommend many video games because my tastes are still rooted in the arcades from the late 80's/early 90's. This fits in there (in fact, fans of the GBA Astroboy would like this), but isn't getting any distribution--so you won't find it in stores.

Also, someone just snuck out some nice subtitled versions of Godzilla raids again and Mothra vs. Godzilla. Now someone needs to release the original Mothra movie.

New stuff for May:

Taito Legends 2 (video game): another compilation--this one has been out everywhere else in the world except the US. I need it for the truly awesome 2D 'space shooter' G-Darius.

Also spotted some previews for a game called Odin Sphere. I don't want to say too much just from the trailers, but it looks like a blast to me (action rpg sidescroller thingy!)

[strobe_z]

[quote=cmoon]WKRP season 1: With not a shred of money to do the right thing and license the original music, a few of the gags have been killed and the substitute/generic music is hit or miss. That said, In the late 70's, there was nothing quite like this--still one of the funniest sitcoms ever.
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I remember that show fondly. I can still hear the spliced together music clips they used for the radio contest.

Not sure quite what you mean though... have they changed something?

[cmoon]

A lot of the music in WKRP would require that royalties be paid for their inclusion--an utterly stupid situation. Obviously there was no money for it, so they replaced those segments with generic music, and in a few spots, cut the scenes altogether. Is this terrible? Absolutely, but they still do well with what they have.

Of course, the response from the few fans out there is to boycott this set, which will of course mean no release of season 2 or 3.

Guess what? There never will be money to pay those music royalties, so better to salvage what we can than ensure it never gets released.

Personally, while I got quickly hear what was changed, it is tolerable and the shows retain most of their original creative force.

And funny enough, the episode where they splice the clips together is unchanged!

[Kevin]

New Releases highlighted on AlexRossArt.com

It's worth it just to see his art:

http://www.alexrossart.com/rossreport.asp?id=311

http://www.alexrossart.com/wallpapers.asp are some great wall papers including those featuring Gatchaman

And here's a link to Gatchaman featuring Ross' art on the cover of the DvD set:
http://www.amazon.com/Gatchaman-Collect ... 564&sr=8-1

[Ash]

It already passed, but this was my OHMIGAWDIMUSTHAVEMUSTHAVEMUSTHAVE release for April. Ever since late last year I had been scouring the online gamestores for a preorder XD



Gyakuten Saiban (Ace Attorney) 4 =D Also related to my wanted-release for September.

May
The Kindaichi Casefiles 15. Tokyopop is sooooooooo slow with releasing these books, but at least they are still releasing them!

September
. You know you want more Ace Attorney!

Unknown
. A translation of more stories by Edogawa Rampo, the father of modern Japanese mysteries. Loved Kurodahan's previous release of The Black Lizard/Beast in the Shadows, so expecting much from this!

[Huscheli]

*makes grabby hands* Gyakuten...Saiban...4....Box...AHHH
What's the extra stuff?^^

[Ash]

The box included:

Gyakuten Saiban 4 (duh)
Gyakuten Saiban Jiten ('dictionary', contains music and all the info (from the court records, character profiles, locations, opening / ending movies etc.) from the first 3 games
Gyakuten Douga (DVD with all the promo movies available (cept for one or two for GS4))
Odoroki Headphones (red GS branded headphones)