Madman DVDs

[TokyoVigilante]

I got my Madman of Godzilla vs. Megalon a month or so ago and it's almost a cruel irony that it's the best DVD I own (as far as video quality goes). Is this consistent with their releases? I'm very tempted to just ditch all of my Sony DVDs for Hedorah-Mechagodzilla and just getting the Boxset with those movies. Probably for the nineties films also at some point.

Discuss!

[Rockzilla]

I have the heisei box set from them and the video quality is great. It actually looks just as good as those HD TV rips I got from demonoid. Granted the HD rips were compressed, but still the Madman DVDs are superb in video quality.

I'm not sure how the other DVDs hold up, so I can't vouch for those.

Theoretically everything from Madman should look better than our region 1 dvds since PAL is a higher resolution format than NTSC.

[ZigraDude]

I have their Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S DVDs, as well as their Godzilla Showa Classics Vol. 2 and Heisei Godzilla Set. The quality is great for the DVDs and they do use a similar print from the Toho DVDs (Except Megaguirus, which is the International print found on the Sony DVD but it still has good quality), so the overall video and audio quality is great. I'd definitely recommended getting these if you don't want Sony's DVDs or ADV's DAM release (And I strongly recommend the latter). They're worth the money.

[Emperor5353]

I know this post is a year old but I did start getting my Madman Showa box sets and I am pleasantly surprised by the overall picture quality....I haven't seen Godzilla VS The Sea Monster in years..(actually had forgotten about it)..brought back a flood of memories

[tymon]

Does anyone know how the picture quality of these DVDs compare to their R1 counterparts (particularly Sony's excellent Showa releases?)?

[Goji]

These all use bland R2 transfers..meaning they don't look nearly as nice as the Sony DVD's. They also feature the exact same subs as those releases. There isn't really any point in owning them.

[wataru]

These all use bland R2 transfers..meaning they don't look nearly as nice as the Sony DVD's. They also feature the exact same subs as those releases. There isn't really any point in owning them.

BUT WAIT!

Theyre legit releases!

[Goji]

The Showa releases are completely pointless for anyone that already has all the R1's. The Heisei set on the other hand, is worth getting.

[Legion1979]

The Showa releases are completely pointless for anyone that already has all the R1's.

Unless someone wants to see true Japanese versions without resorting to bootlegs. And from all accounts Sony's DVDs are getting harder to find.

[Tamura]

Theoretically everything from Madman should look better than our region 1 dvds since PAL is a higher resolution format than NTSC.

They are upscales of Toho Video's mediocre NTSC versions, so no.

I got my Madman of Godzilla vs. Megalon a month or so ago and it's almost a cruel irony that it's the best DVD I own (as far as video quality goes).

No kidding?

[Goji]

If people want to see the Japanese title screens/credits of Showa films (that Sony released) that badly, then sure. It's definitely a more attractive option compared to an expensive R2 with no subs..but I just can't recommend the Showa releases to people that already own the R1's.

[Legion1979]

If people want to see the Japanese title screens/credits of Showa films (that Sony released) that badly, then sure. It's definitely a more attractive option compared to an expensive R2 with no subs..but I just can't recommend the Showa releases to people that already own the R1's.

Oh me neither for the most part. Aside from Megalon, cause who knows when we're getting that.

[TheXFilter]

I'm thinkink on buy the first pack of madman Showa. Can anyone upload some screencaps, from, for example, Godzilla vs Mothra (1964)?

Thanks

[Goji]

As stated earlier, they use the same transfers as the Japanese R2 DVD's.

[Emperor5353]

I'm thinkink on buy the first pack of madman Showa. Can anyone upload some screencaps, from, for example, Godzilla vs Mothra (1964)?

Thanks

I can upload some caps for you later today

[TheXFilter]

Perfect!! Thanks a lot!!

[Emperor5353]

Here is some screen captures from Godzilla VS Mothra...these are from the Madman dvd's

[wataru]

Those arent bad.

[Tamura]

Looks exactly like the Toho transfer that has monopolized the market.

[Emperor5353]

I am extremely pleased with the picture quality of these dvds
I have the Showa Vol 2 coming this week....