disney japanese laserdisc

[wizzer]

i was brousing around and found this site to be pretty complete with whats avaliable on japanese laserdisc. personaly i had totaly forgot about chip n' dales rescue rangers until i was browsing through these. anyway i just thought some people here wouldn't mind checking out this site as it also describes alot of the censored material that was avaliable in japan. anyway take a look and comment if you please.

JAPANESE LASERDISCS

[MickeyMousePal]

This hyperlink is cool.
It shows most of the VHS Japanese Videos.
The pictures are great looking.
Do they have these in English in the United States.
Will Chip'n' Dale Rescue Rangers or Ducktails come out on DVD any time soon.

[Loomis]

Ooh! I really hope they release some of those on DVD. Look at all that Pooh! More Pooh than you can poke a stick at...How cute is "Paw and Order"?

And with the current success of the Disney Princess line of merchandise, I'm surprised they haven't released more of theseon DVD. They would be nice lilttle stocking-fillers...

God, makes me want to buy a LD player and get the lot

[goofystitch]

It seems like Japanese people get all the good releases. How hard would it really be for Disney to release these on DVD here?

[Loomis]

It seems like Japanese people get all the good releases. How hard would it really be for Disney to release these on DVD here?

The Japanese get all the cool stuff.

Every single CD I've bought seems to have a "Japanese Bonus" edition, that has extra tracks and videos and things.

I wonder if it is just that the Japanese are just more demanding consumers? Or the Japanese distributors are able to secure the rights to more things?

[MickeyMousePal]

The Japanese get all the cool stuff.

Every single CD I've bought seems to have a "Japanese Bonus" edition, that has extra tracks and videos and things.

I wonder if it is just that the Japanese are just more demanding consumers? Or the Japanese distributors are able to secure the rights to more things?

I wish I was a Japanese person and I live in Japan.
How can they get better DVD's then the United States?
Why do other countries DVD's look different all the time.
If I do get a DVD in Japanese I won't understand what they are saying.
I wonder if other countries get delays like the United States.

[The Lizard King]

I wish I was a Japanese person and I live in Japan.

You don't quite know what your wishing for, do you? If your "wish" was to come true, then you would be a person struggling with your own cultural identity and still be living with the shame of your father's and grandfather's atrocities in WWII.

How can they get better DVD's then the United States?

They don't. The site in question is for LaserDiscs, not DVDs. Disney released much of their library in Japan in the early- to mid-1980s for two reasons: 1. They really needed the money; 2. They thought that the uncensored LDs would be isolated in Japan and never reach the U.S. shores (this was WAAAAAY before eBay).

Why do other countries DVD's look different all the time.

Why do cars marketed in other countries look different than the ones marketed in the U.S.?

If I do get a DVD in Japanese I won't understand what they are saying.

Most Japanese R2 NTSC DVDs of American films are subtitled only. In other words, the dialog is still in English.

I wonder if other countries get delays like the United States.

The studios have their reasons for releasing films in different parts of the world at different times -- that's why there is region coding in the first place. For every title that is out on R1 initially, there seems to be just as many released on R2/R4 PAL first. In other words, the U.S. doesn't get any more "delays" than any other region IMHO.

TLK

[Loomis]

I wish I was a Japanese person and I live in Japan.

You don't quite know what your wishing for, do you? If your "wish" was to come true, then you would be a person struggling with your own cultural identity and still be living with the shame of your father's and grandfather's atrocities in WWII.

The shame of the fathers aside, I would simply argue that if you were a Japanese person living in Japan, you would, by definition, be Japanese and hence, half of that sentence is redundant.

Besides, we have all seen Lost in Translation and we know that Japan rocks. Hard.

[2099net]

I wonder if it is just that the Japanese are just more demanding consumers? Or the Japanese distributors are able to secure the rights to more things?

It's because most things cost more money in Japan. It's an incentive to stop personal imports which are often cheaper (sometimes half the price of the original CD or DVD).

[The Lizard King]

The shame of the fathers aside, I would simply argue that if you were a Japanese person living in Japan, you would, by definition, be Japanese and hence, half of that sentence is redundant.

WHAT, pray tell, are you talking about?

TLK

[Billy Moon]

WHAT, pray tell, are you talking about?

He's probably suggesting that there was a rather racist tone in your previous post, and I tend to agree with him.
I apologize if I misunderstood something.

[The Lizard King]

He's probably suggesting that there was a rather racist tone in your previous post, and I tend to agree with him.
I apologize if I misunderstood something.

Then point out the "racist" quote that you are refering to. Considering that I'm 1/4 Japanese, this seems like a rather bizarre accusation from my perspective.

TLK

[Maerj]

I think that you are both misunderstanding his post.

I think that he is saying that if you live in Japan, you are a Japanese citizen, thus are Japanese. Like if I move in with Loomis, become a citizen, then I would be Austrailian, even though I am not originally from there.

[The Lizard King]

I think that he is saying that if you live in Japan, you are a Japanese citizen, thus are Japanese. Like if I move in with Loomis, become a citizen, then I would be Austrailian, even though I am not originally from there.

Okay, that makes sense to me. Thanks for explaining this to me, T!

TLK

[Rebel]

Glad you understand TLK, but I am still confused about what was redundant or racist in the comments posted to this thread.

It is possible to be a non-Japanese person, but still be living in Japan as a Japanese citizen. Likewise it is possible to be a Japanese person who does not live in Japan. It is even possible to be a Japanese person living in Japan who is not a citizen of Japan (ie you were born in the US and then later moved to Japan).

Where does the redundancy come in?

I also see nothing racist about the comments regarding struggling with cultural identity and the ancestoral guilt.

However, I guess that is all probably off topic anyway.

[The Lizard King]

Glad you understand TLK, but I am still confused about what was redundant or racist in the comments posted to this thread.

It is possible to be a non-Japanese person, but still be living in Japan as a Japanese citizen. Likewise it is possible to be a Japanese person who does not live in Japan. It is even possible to be a Japanese person living in Japan who is not a citizen of Japan (ie you were born in the US and then later moved to Japan).

Where does the redundancy come in?

I think that Loomis made an assumption that led him to believe that I was being redundant. I, of course, have a similar perspective as you, so I don't feel that I was being redundant at all. Maerj just pointed out Loomis' assumption and that was the viewpoint that Loomis was posting from. I don't mean to imply that I agree with Loomis' point-of-view on this particular thread, because I don't.

I also see nothing racist about the comments regarding struggling with cultural identity and the ancestoral guilt.

Neither do I, as I saw my mother's side of the family constantly struggle with these two issues day in and day out.

However, I guess that is all probably off topic anyway.

Yup.

TLK

[Disneykid]

Loomis wasn't talking about you, TLK. He meant the following was half redundant:

I wish I was a Japanese person and I live in Japan.

[Loomis]

Glad you understand TLK, but I am still confused about what was redundant or racist in the comments posted to this thread.

It is possible to be a non-Japanese person, but still be living in Japan as a Japanese citizen. Likewise it is possible to be a Japanese person who does not live in Japan. It is even possible to be a Japanese person living in Japan who is not a citizen of Japan (ie you were born in the US and then later moved to Japan).

Where does the redundancy come in?

I think that Loomis made an assumption that led him to believe that I was being redundant. I, of course, have a similar perspective as you, so I don't feel that I was being redundant at all. Maerj just pointed out Loomis' assumption and that was the viewpoint that Loomis was posting from. I don't mean to imply that I agree with Loomis' point-of-view on this particular thread, because I don't.

I also see nothing racist about the comments regarding struggling with cultural identity and the ancestoral guilt.

Neither do I, as I saw my mother's side of the family constantly struggle with these two issues day in and day out.

However, I guess that is all probably off topic anyway.

Yup.

TLK

This looks like it has all been resolved in my slumber, but I'd like to point out that I was by no means suggesting anyone was being racist.

Very quick on this forum to assume that.

I was saying that if I had made a sentence to the extent of "An Australian person living in Australia" or a "American person living in America" then half of the sentence would probably be redundant. Then again, it might not be.

I was trying to be clever, but as with every time I try that...it backfired.

Sorry for any confusion or bumped elbows... Please accept this dancing pink elephant

[MickeyMousePal]

That's for the information The Lizard King.
It was very useful.