by the fans for the fans

ORIGINAL POST IN SPANISH FANDOM AND THANKS TO JOST FROM SPAIN.
www.robotech.com/community/forum/read.php?id=2022119&forumid=18


AND YOUTUBE COMMERCIAL


PRICE 2.95 EURO'S (4-5 DLRS)

YOU GET
1.ONE DVD WITH 4 EPISODES
2.BOOKLET THAT CONTAINS
A)ON HOW THE STORY CAME FROM 3 SERIES.
B)ABOUT THE RECENT NEWS OF THE RLAM FROM WB
3.COUPONS TO COLLECT AND BUY JAPANESE VERSION SERIES THAT MADE UP ROBOTECH (JAPANESE VERSION WITH SPANISH SUBS AND PORTUGUESE)

AND FROM WHAT I HEAR THE AUDIO AND VISUAL IS SUPERB.

NOW SPANISH FANS CAN REJOICE THAT THE ORIGINAL VERSION LIKE HEARD IN MEXICO AND ACROSS LATIN AMERICA T.V. BACK IN THE 80'S IS NOW ON SALE. VOICES THAT I KNOW LIKE RICK HUNTER AND SCOTT BERNARD VOICED BY JESUS BARRERO SOUNDS MUCH BETTER THAN ANY OLD VHS TAPE CIRCULATING IN THE BLACK MARKET.

NOW WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH POSTING HERE?

IT ALSO HAS THE AUDIO IN ENGLISH LEGACY VERSION.
IT IS A NON REMASTERED VERSION. AND FOR THOSE THAT MISSED OUT ON THE ORIGINAL LEGACY COLLECTION, NOW YOU CAN GET IT FROM SPAIN.

HEHEHE

SO WHAT THEY COULD NOT DO IN THE STATES, THE SPANIARDS DID IT, PUTTING A SPANISH AND ENGLISH VERSION FROM THE 80'S AND WITH THE REMASTERED LOOK. ALSO, THE EXTRAS THAT THE REMASTERED EDITION HAVE, LIKE THE SHOWER SCENE, IS NOT ON IT.


*PUMPS FIST IN AIR*
GOOD DAY FOR SPANISH FANS!!!!!!!
AND BOY WE GOING TO GET THEM DVD'S

SALUDOS AMIGOS!!!!

Because, despite Spanish being one of the main sub-languages in the USA, companies have no obligation/incentive to produce it.

In Europe, we have this thing where international releases must contain subtitles of the major, sub, and transient languages within the EU. Or the product is often taxed higher when being marketed inside the EU.

It sounds silly, but its often cheaper in the EU to make separate national releases, instead of paying to have sub transcripts in all the languages. That's why the shows have been split up where the UK version caters for English, Scandinavia & Asia, The French version covers France, Central Europe(Germany, etc, etc), and Africa. Spanish one will cover the usual, Spain, S.America, South East Asia.

If you look at an ordinary, recent Hollywood DVD release, in the US dvd I bet you have about 20 subtitle choices, right? My DVD's tend to have about 40-50 choices.

EU policy makers are Nazi's.

AH. GOOD POINT.

BACK WHEN THEY DID THE REMASTERED VERSION, ADV THROUGH A SPANISH COMPANY RE-DUBBED IT AND IT WAS WORSE THAN WHAT THEY DID FOR THE DUBB OF THE ORIGINAL MACROSS.

THEY DID NOT USE THE ORIGINAL DUBB.

I GUESS, HG WENT WITH A COMPANY WILLING TO USE THE ORIGINAL DUBB SINCE THE COMPLAINS OR THE SPANISH DUB WAS REALLY BAD. TOOK LONG BUT WHAT THEY GET IS:

REMASTERED AUDIO FROM HOW IT SOUDED IN T.V. AND EVEN THE GUN SOUNDS ARE THE SAME.

REMASTERED VISUAL BUT STILL THE SAME CONTENT TO THE LEGACY VERSION.

AND THEY KEEP THE ORIGINAL VOICE ACTORS.

AND THAT'S A HUGE PLUS!

FROM RT.COM

An Open Message about Piracy
An executive from Divisa Home Video shares how illegal downloads is hurting the Spanish market
Author: Tommy Yune & Juan Jose Redondo

www.robotech.com/news/viewarticle.php?id=405

When I attended FanExpo at Santiago, Chile in 2005, one of the most frequent requests by Spanish-speaking fans was for a modern re-release of the Robotech television series with the original 1986 Spanish voice tracks. This was a project that we had quietly worked on for a very long time, and we are pleased to announce the new DVD release produced by Divisa Home Video.

Many fans wondered why it had taken so long, considering that the Spanish-language market is a very large segment of the Robotech fan base. Sure, there were the challenges of explaining the all the dizzying details regarding the various versions of Robotech to the uninitiated. Most home video marketing executives will instinctively request the 2003 remastered version of Robotech that was first released by ADV Films with both English and Spanish tracks in 5.1 surround sound. However, the 2003 Spanish tracks were recorded in Mexico City without the original 1986 actors. This has happened before with other series such as The Simpsons and nostalgic fans will quickly let you know that they notice the difference. The whole idea of releasing an older version in plain stereo would be counterintuitive unless the DVD distributor were unfamiliar with Robotech's history in Spanish fandom. We finally found the right partner who understood all the issues with Juan José Redondo, the head of acquisitions at Divisa Home Video. However, this process took very a long time as other interested publishers were being affected by a very serious issue: PIRACY.

Illegal downloads, especially in Spanish-speaking markets, is so widespread that it is making it more difficult for official distributors to recoup their investment, and this has the direct consequence of hurting the prospects of future projects in markets most affected by piracy. Even major established companies such as Divisa are feeling the effects of this situation and Mr. Redondo would like the share the following message to Spanish fans.

Best regards,
Tommy Yune
Harmony Gold USA


Dear friends,

You know we have tried to keep you updated about the untenable situation of the Spanish market, not just because of the Global Downturn but also (and most important for us…) because of the effects of illegal downloads of copyrighted materials. I suppose we sometimes seemed “apocalyptic” in our comments… but I’m afraid the situation is really serious, so serious that a great deal of the industry is in danger and could disappear in the short term. To date, DIVISA has not been directly affected by piracy on the internet (because our catalogue is not focused on blockbusters, but on silent films, documentaries, etc). However, the huge decrease of revenues of the main clients we usually work with (El Corte Inglés, FNAC, Media Markt, Carrefour, etc) has caused a huge decrease of the DVD corners in the stores… which means less DVD on the shelves and lower wholesale prices.

The Rodríguez Zapatero Government (our Prime Minister) went on holidays without approving any Legal measure against illegal downloading. The whole Spanish audiovisual industry was hoping that, in the last Cabinet of Ministers – held early August – the Minister of Culture would present a Royal in Council to lay the foundations for the above-mentioned regulation. Unfortunately, it seems we need a miracle to put into practice a series of consistent measures against piracy on the internet, when it should be the other way round: an obligation of the Spanish Government to protect the legal companies that, till not long ago, belonged to a solid, profitable, beneficial sector for the National Public Treasury. However, and due to their slovenliness, lack of interest or spurious interests of some members of the Government, the audiovisual industry is going bankrupt.

The apathy of our Government when the time comes to legislate and instil our society that illegal downloading of copyrighted material= CRIME is leading us to an untenable situation. Spain ranks # 3 in the "top-ten" of most pirate countries in the world (together with China and Russia). Considering the number of households of each country and the fact that more than 300 million illegal downloads were made in Spain throughout 2008, we begin being conscious of the seriousness of this matter. Other European countries (France, UK, Netherlands, Sweden …) are currently fighting against this curse. Nevertheless, our country makes the old saying good. "Spain is different..."

I highly encourage all of you to take a look at the September 2009 issue of Tercer Mercado Video, the leading professional magazine of the Spanish home video market. I think it’s a very good way to learn more about the whole and understand our position while discussing new acquisitions in the near future. In any case, (and quoting a good friend of mine) “when the storm winds blow, it is not the time to reduce power to our engines”. The one thing that we believe is that the best way to handle this is to trade our way through it.

I hope you find it of interest.

Best wishes,
Juan José Redondo
Divisa Home Video


Yes, some fans have rationalized sharing their old VHS copies of Robotech as their favorite episodes were once almost impossible to find. However, as we're now working to making Robotech more easily available everywhere, from home video to digital downloads to free online streaming (with commercial sponsorship), we hope fans understand how it is important to support official distributors to help make more future releases such as this possible.

SPANISH VIDEO TO ADD ABOUT PIRACY.

still buying, but there are several things that i dislike...

very interesting ,I do understand why all this piracy thing must be a real pain in the ass for Companies as HG ,I have a question in how many languages was the robotech series dubbed same question for Macross and the other original series

thx