Wanted to give a heads up to anyone that may be interested in ADV's rerelease of their Daimajon films. The second film, The Wrath of Daimajin isn't presented with it's OAR. I just viewed it today and compared it to my original copy, and there is definitly some information missing. You can see a comparrison in the video section of my review here:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=15153

It's too bad that ADV went to the trouble to get a remastered print and then didn't give us OAR.

I knew ADV were going to mess this up. I was really excited to see these coming in 16 x 9. Then I remembered the company putting these out. They re-released Destroy All Monsters non 16 x 9. They list the first Gamera film as being 16 x 9 when it is not. There are numerous sound issues and other flubs on their Anime, as I hear it.

I have emailed them, but am not holding my breath for a reply. Hopefully, by some miracle they fix this one.

That sucks. I guess I'll just keep my old 3-Pack.

Same here!

I have the 3 pack but also sprang for the R2 sets which are all anamorphically enhanced. They were about $37 apiece but well worth it. if you are interested they are still available here: www.cdjapan.co.jp

They are $43 apiece now.

The first disc is a beautiful 16 x 9 OAR transfer, so definitely get that one. It's only 9.99 at Best Buy.

I just emailed there sales department informing them of this problem. Maybe more emails will open their eyes to this problem. They did such a great job on Daimajin 1.

Thanks,
jg
http://www.advfilms.com/FILMScontact.asp

It's funny that they quote DVDTalk on the back of the DVD, and they are getting bashed(rightfully so) by us.

So the recent re-release of Gamera Guardian of the Universe (that came out with the box set) isn't 16x9?

Gamera GOTU, is not anamorphic. I recently bought the limited edition "turtle shell" like boxset and 2 and 3 are, but not 1.