Zone Fighter DVD?

[omgitsgodzilla]

Media Blasters (from their FB page, not sure it's valid for mailing): 132 West 36th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10128
Shout! Factory: 2034 Armacost Ave, 1st Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025

[kpa]

actually just wond3ring ho many zone series were there?

Jim Ballard did a great ZONE FIGHTER Series Guide that should answer any questions you (or anyone else here) has about the show...

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009 ... ies-guide/

[Living Corpse]

Done, spread the word my brothers.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnpVdovaMfI

EDIT: Remade video because some troll posing as Toho got it taken down.

[omgitsgodzilla]

Good video. I'm thinking I might share the word a little over on KaijuPhile, but they seem kinda dead. Should I?

[Legion1979]

I just can't see this series ever getting released in this country. It's incredibly obscure first off, and Godzilla only appears in 5 episodes. The market for something like this just isn't there, and I can't imagine a full series release for the show being very profitable at all. I'd rather see more Ultra series get a shot at a release here (Ultra Q and Seven especially) than Zone Fighter.

[Inferno Rodan]

I just can't see this series ever getting released in this country. It's incredibly obscure first off, and Godzilla only appears in 5 episodes. The market for something like this just isn't there, and I can't imagine a full series release for the show being very profitable at all. I'd rather see more Ultra series get a shot at a release here (Ultra Q and Seven especially) than Zone Fighter.

Iron King and Red Baron are FAR more obscure and also lack the draw of Godzilla (5 eps is 5 eps), and they still managed to get DVD releases.

[Legion1979]

I just can't see this series ever getting released in this country. It's incredibly obscure first off, and Godzilla only appears in 5 episodes. The market for something like this just isn't there, and I can't imagine a full series release for the show being very profitable at all. I'd rather see more Ultra series get a shot at a release here (Ultra Q and Seven especially) than Zone Fighter.

Iron King and Red Baron are FAR more obscure and also lack the draw of Godzilla (5 eps is 5 eps), and they still managed to get DVD releases.

Good point, but considering this is Toho/Godzilla, as well as the licensing fees involved, it might not be the smartest investment. Who knows.

[Tyler]

It's better to do something than complain and do nothing.

[Legion1979]

It's better to do something than complain and do nothing.

I'm not complaining. There's a difference between trying to be logical and realistic and complaining.

You know what else is better? Being productive in a thread and not posting just to knock down someone that you seem to enjoy following around and trying to knock down. If you don't want to read what I write just put me on ignore.

Anyway...

[Tyler]

I wasn't directing that towards anyone in particular.

[Living Corpse]

Good video. I'm thinking I might share the word a little over on KaijuPhile, but they seem kinda dead. Should I?

Sure go ahead. Even if there's only like 5 guys still over there that means 5 more guys to tell their friends and follow G-Fans. I've actually gotten quite a few e-mail responses from several people saying they will spread the word. One guy said he's gonna send like 5 letters to one and 3 to the other and post it on twitter to spread the word.

EDIT: Shit. Guys for some reason my video response won't show up. I've tried it on my own videos several times, each time approving it and they still won't show up.

[omgitsgodzilla]

It shall be done...

[Living Corpse]

It shall be done...

Good, the more word spreads like a virus the more people are likely to send letters. To tell you the truth I never thought I'd be something like this for a DVD. I did however plan on doing it to get ZF in a Godzilla game.

[Malchik]

Iron King and Red Baron are FAR more obscure and also lack the draw of Godzilla (5 eps is 5 eps), and they still managed to get DVD releases.

Did Mill Creek (or preexisting distributer) buy the rights to both of those series through TBS & Nippon respectively? Or did they just buy the rights from an American distributer who's rights have yet expired?

I'm seriously asking this question because that's where the probability of this series being released on R1 lies.

[JVM]

I can see the ZF episodes with Godzilla being released as special features in a movie-based DVD but I can't see a whole series release but hey, I'm in support of it

[kpa]

Iron King and Red Baron are FAR more obscure and also lack the draw of Godzilla (5 eps is 5 eps), and they still managed to get DVD releases.

Did Mill Creek (or preexisting distributer) buy the rights to both of those series through TBS & Nippon respectively? Or did they just buy the rights from an American distributer who's rights have yet expired?

I'm seriously asking this question because that's where the probability of this series being released on R1 lies.

BCI licensed RED BARON and IRON KING from Senko Kikaku, the owners of Senkosha Productions. Mill Creek acquired the shows when they purchased some of BCI's library after that company folded.

I can see the ZF episodes with Godzilla being released as special features in a movie-based DVD but I can't see a whole series release but hey, I'm in support of it

I think ZONE FIGHTER would be a natural for a US release. Several distributors (Media Blasters, Shout! Factory, BCI, Mill Creek, Joyplex, AnimEigo) have released complete series in North America, and that includes a lot of shows that are more obscure/less marketable than a Toho monster series. All of Toho's monster movies (not counting some co-productions) have been released in the US either theatrically, on TV, or on video, so there's clearly a long established market for that product here. I would just pitch ZONE FIGHTER as the only live action Toho production featuring Godzilla and other Toho monsters that has never been released in this country.

[Gojira-Fan]

It would be awesome if Zone Fighter got released outside of Japan.

I would like to help support this cause. So I'm wondering how persistent I should be. Also, when should I send the letter? Someone mentioned it would be a better idea if all the letters came in at once, and I agree.

[Living Corpse]

It would be awesome if Zone Fighter got released outside of Japan.

I would like to help support this cause. So I'm wondering how persistent I should be. Also, when should I send the letter? Someone mentioned it would be a better idea if all the letters came in at once, and I agree.

I don't think we're gonna have a date to send them in until we feel we have enough people join the cause.

[omgitsgodzilla]

Perhaps we should do a roll call of who's on board with this?

[BountyHunter]

You can sign me up.