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 Post subject: Twilight of the Cockroaches What Happened to this film?????
PostPosted: 16 Jul 2020, 21:24 
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I own: Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987) (Uncut) [LVD9201]

I've seen the streaming version online and its horrible, may even be worse than the LD, never saw the pq of the Japanese release.

But does anybody know what happened to this film, how is the quality so horrible for all releases?
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 Post subject: Re: Twilight of the Cockroaches What Happened to this film??
PostPosted: 17 Jul 2020, 12:26 
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Maybe the original film reels were destroyed in a fire, similar to what happened to a bunch of OVAs from that same time period?
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 Post subject: Re: Twilight of the Cockroaches What Happened to this film??
PostPosted: 17 Jul 2020, 15:02 
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That's what I figured, shame as its a very interesting film.
Saw the Japanese LD for sale on YJ but passed as I don't need an LD with the same master without subs :lol:

Is there a list of possible films lost due to this fire in Japan?
Is this the fire that all talk about???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack#:~:text=The%20Kyoto%20Animation%20arson%20attack,and%20destroyed%20most%20of%20the

Thought it would have been something that happened a longer time ago.
Above is all I could find online.
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 Post subject: Re: Twilight of the Cockroaches What Happened to this film??
PostPosted: 17 Jul 2020, 19:24 
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rein-o wrote:
Saw the Japanese LD for sale on YJ but passed as I don't need an LD with the same master without subs :lol:

Also according to the database, the US LD is in widescreen, but the JP disc is pan & scan.
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 Post subject: Re: Twilight of the Cockroaches What Happened to this film??
PostPosted: 17 Jul 2020, 20:12 
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I don’t own any version of this movie.

So what looks bad about it? I know it’s hybrid live action cel animation. Are we talking about bad video transfers or are we talking about it just looking all rough and DIY like Gumby?

EDIT: I just did some looking and I guess this was produced by Madhouse so probably it was smooth as silk...
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All about LD care, inner sleeves, shrink wrap, etc.

https://youtu.be/b3O-vHpHRpM
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 Post subject: Re: Twilight of the Cockroaches What Happened to this film??
PostPosted: 17 Jul 2020, 20:30 
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Its very dark, I think its on Tubi now free streaming, you can see that its actually worse on the tubi than LD.

Reminds me of US films on early Japanese LDs, just very dark and since the film is mostly at night its even harder to see much.
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