DVD

I've posted my review of Green VS Red; tried something new for this review. Hope you enjoy; let me know what you think!

CD Japan's annual spring sale features three Lupin titles; you can pick up both the DVD/CD limited edition or the DVD only edition of the 2007 TV special for 10% off. The best deal is the 40% off you can get for the DVD/CD limited edition of the 2006 TV special.

Reed Nelson, Discotek's commentator for the Fuma DVD, reports the DVD release of Babylon has been put on indefinite hold due to declining sales growth in the anime market.

The DVD for the 2007 TV special is finally hitting the on-line stores for pre-order. Once again, there are two versions: just the DVD and a DVD/CD limited edition combo. You can pre-order from the usual sources -- CD Japan (regular, limited edition), Amazon Japan (regular, limited edition), DiscStation (regular, limited edition), and others I'm sure.

Funimation now has a replacement program for the First Haul box sets that contained the edited version of Twilight Gemini. Send an e-mail to orders@zstore.com with "Lupin Movie Replacement" as the subject line. They will send you instructions on how to get a replacement disc in their reply.

Reports are flooding in that the first Funimation box set of their Lupin titles contains the edited version of Gemini. It is currently unclear if this is a small batch of the sets or all of them. Follow the AnimeOnDVD.com thread for the latest news.

Decided to check out Vap's Lupin site today and found quite a surprise. Vap is producing a limited run of a DVD box set, but not just any old Lupin box set... This set features all three TV series, Mamo, Cagliostro, and Babylon. Oh, no; that's not all. They are using the HD masters produced for the recent satellite broadcasts with 5.1 soundtracks. Add in a booklet, box artwork by Yasuo Otsuka for good measure.

November 22 will see the now standard practice of releasing a DVD only version of the year's special and a limited edition DVD/CD bundle version. You can pre-order the standard version or the limited edition version at CD Japan.

Via AnimeOnDVD.com, FUNimation will be releasing two "movie packs" of their Lupin titles. Both are priced at $29.98 and will contain five titles. No word on packaging or which titles will be in which pack, but the release dates are November 7 and December 19. For those of you who complain about pricing, you are getting a bargin here; so quiet down and pony up that cash!

Via Akiba Blog (Japanese), there is a DVD box set of Gun-do Musashi being released this month. According to the CD Japan listing, it is a five disc set titled MUSASHI Original Version (on-aired) DVD-BOX [Limited Release]; it contains the first eight episodes, additional footage for the first three episodes, bonus footage, and more.