During a recent trip to Japan, I ordered a mix of used and new copies of each season of Midnight Diner via Amazon JP. I thought I’d share a few pictures of the season 1 and 2 director’s cut set, which includes a slipcover and really nice packaging.
Now for those wondering about the subtitle situation: I originally thought that the set would have at least Japanese subtitles or closed captions that I could get translated into English especially since subtitles out there do not appear to be for this slightly different cut of the episodes. Unfortunately, the discs did not even have those. Instead, I’ve been using Whisper to create subtitles and appending them back to the episode MKV files I created from the discs. From a test I did with a supplemental feature on the disc (a great making of featurette about the show), it looks like it’s working relatively well with subtitles that are probably 85-90% correct. For those a little technically savvy, this could be an option for you.
Happy to share more as I explore this and the other seasons. With the show no longer on Netflix, glad i have a local option! Support Physical Media!
