How to Spot a Bootleg

AaronAMV · Post by **AaronAMV** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:45 pm

http://www.amazon.com/FLCL-Fooly-Cooly- ... 733&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/FLCL-Fooly-Cooly- ... 733&sr=1-3
http://www.amazon.com/FLCL-Fooly-Cooly- ... 733&sr=1-4
Bootlegs?
I say this because this(DVD Box set) has the same cover as the third set.
http://www.amazon.com/FLCL-Ultimate-DVD ... 733&sr=1-5
I'm assuming that's the REAL Box set?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:25 pm

AaronAMV wrote:http://www.amazon.com/FLCL-Fooly-Cooly- ... 733&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/FLCL-Fooly-Cooly- ... 733&sr=1-3
http://www.amazon.com/FLCL-Fooly-Cooly- ... 733&sr=1-4
Bootlegs?

No, these aren't. These are the original volumes that Synch-Point released in 2003. The third volume was released both by itself and also with a box; I stupidly got the version without the box because I was cheap.

AaronAMV wrote:I say this because this(DVD Box set)...

Okay, THAT's a bootleg. The series was never released officially with everything on just one disk.

AaronAMV wrote:...has the same cover as the third set.
http://www.amazon.com/FLCL-Ultimate-DVD ... 733&sr=1-5
I'm assuming that's the REAL Box set?

Yes, that's the box set that was released later. Or one of them, at any rate; I don't know whether Synch-Point released one or two at different times.

AaronAMV · Post by **AaronAMV** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:47 pm

So the first three were just the DVDs right? I didn't see a box for the third volume.

So I was right about the bootleg. Alright, that's good.

And so the third one is so expensive because it's all three boxes, right?

Krisqo · Post by **Krisqo** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:55 pm

It has all three DVDV plus a fourth special features DVD. That might help boost the price since people originally payed ~$100 for the three disks separately. But this is does not appear to be a boot to me at all.

AaronAMV · Post by **AaronAMV** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:06 pm

Okay!

I'll probably just get the three discs though... >_>
I wish I had enough money for the whole series box.

AaronAMV · Post by **AaronAMV** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:35 pm

Which one is real...

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evan ... B0000639E0

http://www.amazon.com/Neon-Genesis-Evan ... 456&sr=8-1
Or is the only difference that it's platinum?
Is it really worth buying the platinum? Does it contain anything more than the regular box set?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:45 pm

They're both real; the first one was the ORIGINAL box set, while the second one is, as you said, Platinum.

If you plan on using this series for footage AT ALL, then you owe it to yourself to get the Platinum version. The original version was a horrible source, with plenty of GAiNAX jitter, dust and dirt, and (worst of all?) frame blending that made a clean IVTC impossible.
The remastered version fixes these issues and also improves the colors noticeably; about the only thing left to complain about is the fact that Japan got their version ("Renewal of Evangelion") released as 23.976 progressive with the 3:2 pulldown flag, while A.D. Vision for some reason gave it to us as 29.97 interlaced. But at least it's a simple and clean <s>(PLANITb Remix)</s> IVTC job now.

Plus, with the Platinum box set, you get nice Director's Cut footage to work with.

AaronAMV · Post by **AaronAMV** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:52 pm

Alright, looks Ima have to save up! :O
Thanks for the help.

AaronAMV · Post by **AaronAMV** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:04 pm

Anyone know the difference between the Origin: Spirits of the Past movie, and special edition?

http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Spirits-Sp ... 148&sr=8-2

AaronAMV · Post by **AaronAMV** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:41 pm

http://www.bargainanime.com/dvd-box-set ... anic-.html
Someone posted a question about this site around a month ago... But I'm doing it again to make sure. Is it legit? Both Full Metal Panic! and Full Meta Panic!: Fumoffu. Thanks