Gungrave Japanese dvd 7& 8 release as well as a pic of the 1st dvd

[beck]

Sorry for slacking on updating the pics to the Japanese covers. I also realized while looking back in the past entries that I didn't even make a post regarding the 1st one so I'm just adding it in here and for good reason too.

The 1st dvd cover:



Did anyone else notice that we were jipped on the cover for the US release? Why did they take off the pic of Brandon and Harry? Yet the pic with Grave is the same. *scratches head*


#7:



#8:



With all these really nice covers for the dvds, I don't think that the US releases will be able to use all of them since the Japanese dvds have between 2-3 eps each on theirs, their set will be much bigger and longer than what the US will be. As stated before, there will be a total of 7 dvds for the US, where as already Japan is up to 8 and that covers eps. 15 and 16.

Comments

[duolon2k3.livejournal.com]

the 8th case looks badass. reminds me of alucard

[snowflake-star.livejournal.com]

I'm confused, is it a game or an anime?

[yankeerose69.livejournal.com]

The anime is based on the PS2 Gungrave game. The game was created by Yasuhiro Nightow, the guy that created Trigun.

[duolon2k3.livejournal.com]

yep ;D.


Overdose = badass btw

[baikautsugi.livejournal.com]

I believe there's a SECOND box for the Japanese releases as well. Not fair.

The good thing about Geneon is that they're pretty nice about extras, so we might get a gallery of Japanese DVD art in one of the future volumes. I think that's what they did for "Heatguy-J" anyhow.

I often question the decisions US companies make about DVD covers too. Referring back to "Heatguy-J" again, the Japanese releases had some very cool and stylish retro-looking cover art created specifically for the DVDs, but I don't think they used any of them for the US releases. They used some more cliché-looking images instead. The cover is meant to sell the product, so it baffles me as to why they would choose something that is lesser in design.

And don't get me started on the Japanese GW DVD boxes...

[yankeerose69.livejournal.com]

Yup, here is the pic to the 2nd box:



Pretty neat, it has Harry's men in their "superior" form, the ones they are in when they fight Grave.

Now the 1st box that has the art that the US release has with their's, in Japan, they call that a "half box" (makes sense). The one above must be that other half *lol*

The good thing about Geneon is that they're pretty nice about extras, so we might get a gallery of Japanese DVD art in one of the future volumes.

That would be neat. In fact, I just saw the cover for the 2nd GG dvd and they are keeping the art they used here. BUT because of the lesser dvds we are getting in the US, we are going to miss out on some really good covers that the Japanese used. They skip 2 cover sleeves by the time US dvd #3 comes out. Not to confuse you as I explain my meaning::

The US cover for #3 will be what they used for Japanese cover #5. Check out the links I saved in my gungrave community memory section and click the links that I posted the covers too and you'll see which ones we'll be missing here

I'm just glad that for Wolf's Rain, they are keeping that neat art deco on the US covers.

They used some more cliché-looking images instead. The cover is meant to sell the product, so it baffles me as to why they would choose something that is lesser in design.

Oh I noticed that too regarding the cliche'ed images on some covers we get and then you feel jipped when you see the original japanese covers.

OMG! I saw the Japanese GW dvd pics and my jaw hit the floor. Yet we get kinda lame pics for our covers.

[baikautsugi.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's the box. Maybe Geneon will give away a foldable/collapsable version of this 2nd box (vs. the solid box that came with the first volume) with the last volume of the domestic release. They could call it an "alternate box" ^_~ It'd be much more flimsy than the first box but you'd get the choice of storing the dvds in either boxes (Yes, I'm being silly...)

That's right! I forgot about the "Wolf's Rain" dvd covers.

Now that I think of it, Bandai is doing a rather good job of keeping original dvd art. This goes back to your talk about our "lesser DVDs", but for their release of "Argento Soma" they compensated for this by having double-sided cover art sheets. So, our volume 3 comes with the cover art for probably what was the cover art for the Japanese volume 6 & 7.

Yeah, the GW DVD box art is gorgeous. (Again, more Art Deco/Art Nouveau style material.) Apparently when they first came out, the covers caught the attention of some design magazines in Japan which until then had absolutely nothing to do with animé.

[yankeerose69.livejournal.com]

Pfft! It would be nice if they would offer us the 2nd box but hell, if they can't offer us reversible covers, I doubt that they'd use their heads on the 2nd box.

I think that for the most part, now a days, these companies are using their heads to use the original Japanese art covers. I know they kept that for the FMP! covers (shocking)

Just wish that Bandai would offer a new change of covers for the GW dvds, but then again if they re-issued those dvds just for that, I'd be pissed or they should allow those who have the dvds to do a trade in. *lol*

[baikautsugi.livejournal.com]

Actually, Bandai has been reissuing a lot of their older titles as "Complete Collection"s this past year... Not like you wanted to hear that, right? ^_^;