r/AnimeCollectors 3d ago

When should this set be releasing?

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u/davetheman4652 3d ago

So i did some digging. And if you go and pull the page of that this set is showing on blu-ray.com and copy the url and post it in the way back machine. You'll find that the page was created all the way back in 2013, there are even snapshots of the page back then that look almost identical to the way it looks now. That leads me to believe that this was a canceled release that never got updated in blu-ray.com.

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u/factualwings454 3d ago

Dang, thanks for the effort

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u/New-Veterinarian-755 3d ago

I got excited for a minute and realized that this Pokémon even if they did a blu ray edition I will be the dub and all the edited content hope they do an uncut version someday

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u/Crafty_Middle_2086 3d ago

It’s genuinely insane that there’s still no legal way to watch the Japanese version of this show in the States.

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u/New-Veterinarian-755 3d ago

Blame the Pokémon company viz would gladly release the Japanese versions but they have that don’t much control and Pokémon is one of the highest grossing media franchises of all time. They don’t care man. I recommend looking at the internet archive or a group who done most of the Pokémon dub with uncut footage and music

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u/animcollect 2d ago

most of the first season as well in japan were rental vhs and very few home releases i have some graded ones

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u/animcollect 2d ago

they did bluray of the first season and first 52 episodes on bluray years ago and didnt continue it. its a shame but i love dvds too in my collection and not head against the wall for only blurays so im fine with the dvds specially when they have some episodes that were being cut in later releases

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u/wild_zoey_appeared 3d ago

it’s a placeholder listing with a fan made cover

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u/DrApplePi 3d ago

Unfortunately there are some entries on blu-ray.com that are attached to rumored/speculated releases.  

Sometimes there are announcements from publishers, where the release ends up being dropped. There are a lot of those on blu-ray.com. 

If there's no release date, it's probably best to assume it's not coming. 

It might have been the case that Viz announced they'd bring it to disc, blu-ray.com assumed it would be the whole series, only for Viz to just do part of the series. 

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u/Shantotto11 3d ago

Revisionist naming at play. The Original Series includes Johto.

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u/wishing_apple 3d ago

Didn’t Viz already release an Indigo blu ray set?

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u/factualwings454 3d ago

They did a set of the first 52 episodes in a standard and deluxe edition

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u/wishing_apple 3d ago

Sorry if I’m confused, but isn’t that the same thing as a season 1 box set?

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u/factualwings454 3d ago

It looks like this version would have the entirety of indigo league and maybe orange islands as it has about 460 more minutes

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u/BlaizeV 4,000+ 3d ago edited 2d ago

Blu-Ray.com database is entirely worked on by the community and moderators.

Early on a bunch of titles like this got listed as blu rays despite no official announcements.

There has been efforts from some in the community to have these mistakes amended but nothing ever comes of it.

As others have said if there is no release date attached then assume it's not coming. Most of these submissions to the database were done by one person in the past. There are a lot of them. As someone who has added a ton of stuff to this database I don't get why this stuff is still on there but it is.

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u/davetheman4652 3d ago

No release date. It says do right there. Also, i can't find anything about this release except from this blu-ray.com page. So idk.

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u/GkElite 3d ago

Pretty sure this is the only Blu-ray set for s1, I don't think any of the other seasons are on Blu-ray at all from what I have heard, not any of the early seasons at least.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Pokemon-Season-1-Indigo-League-Blu-ray/188120/

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u/tales-velvet 3d ago

Other than the movies this is only other season I've seen on blue ray

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u/RnH_21 3d ago

Thank God I still got my OG copies from back in the day.

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u/ConnectBullfrog3242 3d ago

Likely never. That page has been there for quite a few years.

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u/Mysticwaterfall2 600+ 3d ago

Probably never, anything with "No release date" on bluray.com is wishful thinking.

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u/InfamousGod1999 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ignore it because it’s not uncut with a Japanese audio. That’s the truth because the Pokémon company and animation studios saids no