Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 DVD Giveaway

Burned in subtitles plus the wonderful ghosting you're bound to get with any NTSC-to-PAL format conversion... Yeah, sounds like a real winner of a DVD!

I want to send a pissed off Sasori over to Eureka's headquarters...

I don't really understand this, as a remastered version was released in Japan a few years back. The print used for the Image version was in relatively rough shape.

Why didn't they port the Studio Canal transfer from France? It's a good transfer (own the dvd), although a bit too bright. It's much less cropped than Toei. Other Studio Canal transfers have been ported to European coutries and even Australia several times in the past.

Now I don't regret cancelling my pre-order.

Is it cheaper to sub-license the film through Image instead of Toei?

Ah well time to order the French dvd because I don't feel like growing any older waiting for an Aussie release.

Mikko Koivisto is right. Comparing the Image transfer to the Studio Canal transfer at the site DevilDead around a year ago, I decided to go for the French release. It appears to be far superior to the R1 transfer now inexplicably being used for the current UK DVD.

there's a screenshot comparison for Image, Studio Canal and Toei at asiandvdguide forum

The French version doesn't do anyone much good unless they speak Japanese or French, at least this release has English subs even if they are burned in...

Still a shame they'd put out such a shoddy release..