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OSR Bluray Update #3

Twitter: twitter[.]com/EiffelSavin/status/1245007298155741186

OSR Website: obanstarracers[.]com/osr-collector-bluray-update-3/

On March 31st (yeah I’m way late reporting this, sorry guys, I don’t really have an excuse) Savin gave us an update on the Oban Star Racers Bluray Project! He states that he’s currently negotiating with licensors in order to get more international dubs for the Bluray release. Originally only French, English, and Japanese were to be included, but many fans reached out to Savin about including dubs in other languages because that’s how they remembered watching the series as children.

Savin states that negotiations are slow, but that they are progressing. At this time it’s unknown what how many languages the Oban Bluray will include.

If you’re interested in the project, consider subscribing to the Bluray mailing list (linked on the OSR website)! It helps STW gauge interest.

Some more relevant information from the Twitter thread:

@Adultito: So the other dubs are Latin American Spanish, European Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian and Arabic, or are there more?

@EiffelSavin: Those plus a few more are our targets but we also have to consider costs and the amount of space available on the blurays. In other words, we're trying to recover, and plan to fit, as much as we can but there will have to be hard choices made too.

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@Ekana_Stone: Will the Blu-ray have the English Dubs Opening? @EiffelSavin: You mean the US opening song? That may be difficult because of the type of rights involved...

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@NekoItoi: I'm so happy that the bluray is actually gonna be happening! Kind of curious, are you gonna the short that inspired the series, Molly Star Racer as like an extra or something? @EiffelSavin: I'd love to but we don't own the right to the song. Not sure we can afford the fee on the budget we have.

[planetoban]

News!

Hi everyone, sorry that things have been slow around here! I have a few Oban-related things to announce:

1. Savin now has an Instagram! He’s been posting concept art from the original series on both it and Twitter. You can find it at instagram.com/eiffelsavin/

2. Savin has stated in a tweet that surveys regarding they Bluray release will be sent out TUESDAY 12/11. I’m assuming this will include questions about aspect ratio, bonus material, and other neat stuff. Surveys are being sent to everyone on the Bluray Project mailing list so make sure that you’ve signed up for it here: obanstarracers.com/news/bluray-project/

[planetoban]

The Kitsune Network on Twitter

“We are interviewing @Kirby_Morrow at this year's @comicconla #LACC2018! If anyone has any questions for him, reply with their question to this tweet! #Inuysha #Miroku #MikamiDeathNote #DEATHNOTE #ObanStarRacers”

Kirby Morrow, English voice actor for Prince Aikka, is being interviewed at LA Comic Con! Feel free to reply to the tweet linked above with your questions about playing the character!

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The HD broadcast of Oban Star Racers began today!

Read more on Catsuka (article in French)

On February 8, the HD remaster of OSR began airing on the French TV channel Mangas. Episodes air every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 14:25 (which I’m assuming is 2:25pm cet / 8:25am est / 1:25pm utc)

[planetoban]

An Oban Star Racers HD Broadcast will be Airing “Very Soon”

Watch here: https://twitter.com/LaChaineMangas/status/957659791282917377

French TV channel Mangas tweeted an apparent commercial/teaser for an upcoming HD broadcast of Oban Star Racers, stating that it will be airing “very soon”. So far, actual dates are unknown, but this goes along with last month’s post about an HD remaster of the series.

Unfortunately I don’t speak French, so I couldn’t glean any more information from the teaser itself.

[planetoban]

Oban Star Racers is being remastered in HD

(click the images for tweet sources)

Some exciting Oban news! A 16:9 HD remaster of the series is in the works, and an HD broadcast is planned for 2018! Currently, the dates, languages, and channels for any future broadcasts are TBA. Savin also confirmed that the Bluray release is still happening, but whether it will be in the original 4:3 format or the HD 16:9 format is undecided. Either way, an HD DVD release is also likely at some point in the future.

Get ready to re-make all those gifs 😄

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The latest Tweets from Savin Yeatman-Eiffel (@EiffelSavin). Producer, writer-director & series creator - Oban Star-Racers, The 2 Queens and more. Paris / Tokyo / Oban

Savin made a Twitter! Go follow him and Thomas Romain to stay in the know about Oban stuff.

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The broadcast date for “Descendants of the Sun” (Onew’s new drama) is expected to be pushed back to next year. (cr. munhwa)