Toho Kingdom

GodzillaFan1996 wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 12:18 pm Received my 4k blu ray set this morning and I can absolutely say that this release blows all other Godzilla releases/transfers (Showa, Heisei, and Millennium) out of the water with its sharp image, beautiful details, and outstanding colors. I hope this is evidence that Toho is finally realizing the value of their most iconic film franchise. My only nitpick is that there is no English subtitles, but that is to be expected.

Chrispy_G wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 1:05 pm

GodzillaFan1996 wrote: ↑Thu May 13, 2021 12:18 pm Received my 4k blu ray set this morning and I can absolutely say that this release blows all other Godzilla releases/transfers (Showa, Heisei, and Millennium) out of the water with its sharp image, beautiful details, and outstanding colors. I hope this is evidence that Toho is finally realizing the value of their most iconic film franchise. My only nitpick is that there is no English subtitles, but that is to be expected.

Now it is just a matter of hoping and praying for a proper US release. Doesn't even need to be a 4K disc, a standard BR sourced from this transfer, with quality subtitles(and a pipin' hot new English Dub ) would be fantastic.

If ever there was a time for Universal to jump up, make whatever deal necessary with Toho, and put out a set that has both versions in it....now would be it. We got GvK THIS year, so the timing would be on point....outside of that, a significantly less potent but 'kinda timely' time to release it would be next year when the original turns 60 years old.

canofhumdingers wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 6:04 pm Hng…. I don’t have a 4K system (yet) so it would just be a shelf warmer until I’m able to build my home theater…. Surely if it’s selling out they’ll reissue it (or, God willing, well actually get a US distributor to issue 4K discs with subs some point down the road). I mean, they released the BDs multiple times and they were never terribly hard to come by. I don’t care much about a big fancy box set full of stuff I can’t understand anyway, but I do care about having 4K copies of the films once I upgrade to 4K. :-/

goji1986 wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 4:32 am Mothra 61 is getting the 4K treatment, this time with theatrical screenings.

https://youtu.be/ZgMrFRLoW_Y

Chrispy_G wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 9:52 pm A shame that we can't really hold out hope for a "Mill Creek is releasing the entire Ultraman Library" type of deal with the entire Godzilla/Toho monster back catalog using the 4K restorations as they get completed.

I mean...I am sure a deal that includes a huge percentage of the relevant films COULD happen in theory, but I get the sense that there will always be fractured distribution rights due to there being so many films. It seems like every time you get a bit of consolidation of a number of films under one roof(Criterion getting all of the Showa Godzilla films, Rodan and Garantuas) you start to get things like Sony beginning to lose some of their earlier acquired titles.

Legion1979 wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 9:31 am

Chrispy_G wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 9:52 pm A shame that we can't really hold out hope for a "Mill Creek is releasing the entire Ultraman Library" type of deal with the entire Godzilla/Toho monster back catalog using the 4K restorations as they get completed.

I mean...I am sure a deal that includes a huge percentage of the relevant films COULD happen in theory, but I get the sense that there will always be fractured distribution rights due to there being so many films. It seems like every time you get a bit of consolidation of a number of films under one roof(Criterion getting all of the Showa Godzilla films, Rodan and Garantuas) you start to get things like Sony beginning to lose some of their earlier acquired titles.

By the time Toho finally decides to let an American distributor have access to the 4K masters, I wonder if anyone will even be releasing physical media anymore.

Chrispy_G wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 9:52 pm A shame that we can't really hold out hope for a "Mill Creek is releasing the entire Ultraman Library" type of deal with the entire Godzilla/Toho monster back catalog using the 4K restorations as they get completed.

I mean...I am sure a deal that includes a huge percentage of the relevant films COULD happen in theory, but I get the sense that there will always be fractured distribution rights due to there being so many films. It seems like every time you get a bit of consolidation of a number of films under one roof(Criterion getting all of the Showa Godzilla films, Rodan and Garantuas) you start to get things like Sony beginning to lose some of their earlier acquired titles.

omgitsgodzilla wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 4:45 am I mean, it seems like the way they do things is basically standard practice. I'm not sure I've ever heard of other Japanese studios having even as much presence here as Toho does, which as far as I know amounts to an office or two and some lawyers.