Topic: Initial D 4th Stage comments... - Archive Topic (Locked)

[Brokenimage0]

the dvd set link that comes first, i have a friend that has the stage 1 of that and its good quality and subs, i dont know about the other 2 stages though...he never got them. but they are very clear and good quality. i know where you can get them off of ebay but youll have to pm me about that. i dont like to link to stores and such but thats another matter.

[JC]

Region 2 DVDs can only be played on Western European and Japanese DVD players (un modified).  US is region 1,  East Asia (except Japan) 3, Autralasia region 5.

Australia is Region 4 mate

[gumbaloom]

Gentle reminder folks no trading bootleg DVD's. Some of the DVD's that have been linked in the past few posts are bootlegs. Live-eviL does not support in any shape whatsoever the activities of bootleg DVD makers.

-gumbaloom

[Dapprman]

Australia is Region 4 mate

Appols - I only ahve one DVD from there and that one is region free.
Great thing about bwing in the UK - we've been able to get multi-region DVD players for years   

[Kenji]

ok i have a question, it has had references before but i wanna get a straight answer.

TokyoPop has licenced Initial D 1-3 in america but does this licence stand for the UK, as we cant buy any Initial D over here apart from bootleg Ebay and imported stuff.

in which case is it ok to DL 1-3 still, if i live here?

If it is could someone PM me the name of a fansub group who did 1-3 with good subs (as this will only be for my use and isnt promoting it in america)

Thanks in advance 

Oh and great job L-E & IDE on Stage 4 keep it up 

[Brokenimage0]

im pretty sure LE is based in america which is why the distribution/promotion of bootleg versions of licensed anime isnt promotred here. as for teh UK i havent a clue...my subs are decent but i dont have the time or bandwidth to upload them all so im not going to, aside form the fact that i live in america and could get into toruble for it,getting caught or in trouble just isnt my cup of tea.

[Billthe3]

Gentle reminder folks no trading bootleg DVD's. Some of the DVD's that have been linked in the past few posts are bootlegs. Live-eviL does not support in any shape whatsoever the activities of bootleg DVD makers.

-gumbaloom

Sorry for that.  I think I've gotten rid of the bootlegs, unless they both were?

[dr_ishmael]

Sorry for that. I think I've gotten rid of the bootlegs, unless they both were?

Is this a decent dvd set?  I'm trying to find a good dvd set with the first three stages.
http://cgi.ebay.com/INITIAL-D-ANIME-COMPLETE-10-DVD-SET-US-Seller-3-95-S-H_W0QQitemZ5998368834QQcategoryZ73574QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Yep, that's a Hong Kong/Taiwan bootleg set.  See where it says "Initial D TV series collection (3 dvd)"?  Anything that puts 26 episodes on 3 discs (or otherwise has more than 5 eps/disc) is 99% not offical.  (Off the record, I also recognized it from the picture because a friend of mine bought them long before Tokyopop licensed the series.)

[gumbaloom]

Unless someone wants to disagree with me here, the only legitimate DVD's are

1) The Japanese Region 2's available from the likes of Amazon / CD Japan
2) Tokyopop Region 1's.

Anything else is a bootleg DVD. Apart from the issue of not promoting the distribution of licensed materials, the bootleg DVD makers are just in this to make a quick buck. Yes I KNOW it sounds old but the only reason why anime studios continue to make new anime and that INCLUDES OB planning is the money they make from sales of DVD's / CD's.

The bootleg DVD makers don't give a penny of their revenue back to OB Planning and lets face it all you guys want more Initial D right?. So which is better ?. A licensed product where a cut of that goes back to OB Planning so they keep on making ID till the cows come home or your $$ going to a bootleg DVD seller who runs off in to the sunset ?.

It's reasnoably simple to recognise a bootleg -
a) It's unbelievable cheap
b) It has Chinese subtitles
c) It's on ebay
d) It's Region 0 (all regions)

Note - There ARE some products for Hong Kong which ARE legitimate but you have to be very careful about what is legimate and what is not. I would advise against going to ebay if you're looking to buy genuine Hong Kong products.


-gumbaloom

[xXJackXx]

Australia is region 4 btw and my DVD player was advertised as a Region 4 player but all i had to do was ask the shop what the region free pin number was and enter that in and my dvd player is now region 0 player so it plays everything with out issue (its a sony dvd player)

[Billthe3]

Since everyone says tokyopop has ruined the series, is there any way to view the region 2 dvds in america?  Like would my ps2/computer be able to play them?

[Elchfaenger]

Usually you can change the region of your computer dvd-drive, but it might be limited to 4 changes or so. I'm quiete sure there is a way to reset this counter, but haven't done it yet.

[Dapprman]

I use DVDRegionFree from http://www.dvdidle.com/.  Works fine for me.  As a registered user you get free updates/upgrades.

[NStorm]

Unless someone wants to disagree with me here, the only legitimate DVD's are

1) The Japanese Region 2's available from the likes of Amazon / CD Japan
2) Tokyopop Region 1's.

Australia does have legit Region 4 releases, I think they are identical to the US release, but there may be some differences...

[JC]

Our legit releases are done by madman/tokyopop :/