(this is by going to the site for the file, rather than downloading with inspect element.)
Haven't tried inspect element yet (it's blocked), so let's see what we can do about this.
You won't be able to download the .swf file directly through Nintendo's website, you have to use the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine doesn't have the .swf file archived. So unless the flash file was on some other (archived) site outside of this one, then you're out of luck.
And steal credit from OP? Knowing how this community is sometimes, they have every right not to share the link until they have the video downloaded.
NO. You can't help someone when given zero information, and to insinuate that I would steal credit based on absolutely no real information, simply because it's happened in the past with a relatively few cases, is frankly insulting. All I want to do is help, and I absolutely don't like your jumping to unfounded, false conclusions because of your personal biases and conjecture that you created in your own head.
Brother, I'd consider calling OP a troll for not posting a URL a textbook example of an unfounded and false conclusion.
Anyways, I won't be engaging with you any further. Jammy, where did you get the info that the pilot was once on Tumblr?
If you're not trolling or otherwise lying about his, post a link and we could help. Just saying you have possibly located it with no other information doesn't do anything to actually find or preserve the content.
And steal credit from OP? Knowing how this community is sometimes, they have every right not to share the link until they have the video downloaded.
Jammy, I'm not familiar with the site you listed, but I have a few suggestions. yt-dlp is something you can get from github. It uses the command prompt in your computer to download videos to any folder you set it to. If you're not familiar with using your computers command prompt, it can be a bit tricky to use, but there's tutorials on both the github page itself and elsewhere online. I use it because it's very helpful for obscure sites, so it might help here. Here's a link to the github page: github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
There's also Video DownloadHelper, which is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. It's much easier to use compared to yt-dlp, but in my experience, it has a lower success rate. Still, it could work. Here's the official website: www.downloadhelper.net/
Hopefully, one of these two methods works out. Good luck!!
Hey bluebaron, I found an investor catalog talking about Ultraman Tiga. I don't know how to send it set to the exact page number, but it has a search feature, so put in "Tiga" and you'll be able to find it:
The (52X30) in parenthesis means that there were 52 thirty minute episodes available. Though it doesn't necessarily imply that 4kids was going to dub the entire show. For some reason, Kirby is also listed as having 52 episodes, when it has 100. Makes me think this document is rather old, but I'm unsure.
If your off air recordings have the commercials on them, I think they're definitely worth archiving. I've had Japanese archivists take my recordings from the Internet Archive, isolate the ads, and upload them to YouTube lmao. They're very desirable. Even if they don't have ads, some original broadcasts are highly sought after due to their audio. Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z are two examples of this I can think of off the top of my head.
almost all the commercials are for gundam stuff lol
lol, that makes sense. I wish you luck going through your Japanese broadcast tapes, and I hope you find something cool!!
Post by MediaMonster on Sept 25, 2023 19:56:28 GMT
Many of the YouTube videos I'm searching for are Japanese commercials/ads for Gegege no Kitaro. YouTube channels with Japanese ads get taken down fairly frequently, so I've started downloading everything I can find using yt-dlp. Though, there's some I forgot to download, and they're no longer available... hoping to someday find them again.
Also, I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned in this thread, but I hope this resource helps others: There's a website that combs through different archives to search for deleted YouTube videos. You need the original YouTube URL in order for it to work, though. Its success rate is low (especially with very old/obscure videos) but I've been able to recover videos from YouTube channels such as Cartoon Network using this method. Check it out here:
An English language organization with English speaking members will mostly be interested in English language media? Shocking.
It's less about "Well, most people here speak English, so most people are going to focus more on English language media." and more about "There's not a lot of room for any kind of discussion of lost media in other languages, because they either get ignored or instantly shut down."
There's a language barrier when it comes to lost media of this type, which IMO easily explains why many users simply ignore these threads, since searching for leads may seem too difficult. But the disdain that many users have for media such as non-English dubbing is weird, and can easily discourage others.
If you ever decide to purchase tapes from Japan, I highly recommend starting off with small bundles of 5 to 10 tapes, so if you do get a junk lot it's not a total loss. Speaking from personal experience: be weary of lots that don't show the tape labels. I once purchased a lot where only a few of the labels were visible, and I later discovered that the tapes with missing labels had adult movies on them... of course, the seller never disclosed that in their listing, lol.
Do you know if there's a reliable way to estimate the year/timeframe of unlabelled ones, like by the manufacturer or design or something? Or is it just a lucky (?) dip?
It can be hard to tell, but sometimes the sellers will put an estimate for what year the tape is from in their item description. 80年-90年 is used for tapes that have programming from approx. the 1980s to the 1990s.
One more tip: If you see descriptions that specifically state what show is on the tape, it's most likely a scam. For some reason I see this a lot with Doraemon...
I hope whenever I go thru Japanese off air recorded tapes that I find something like this. (I've found lots of anime, but they're all stuff that got home media releases, but I'm sure there's someone out there who really wants to watch Gundam Wing as it originally aired.)
If your off air recordings have the commercials on them, I think they're definitely worth archiving. I've had Japanese archivists take my recordings from the Internet Archive, isolate the ads, and upload them to YouTube lmao. They're very desirable. Even if they don't have ads, some original broadcasts are highly sought after due to their audio. Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z are two examples of this I can think of off the top of my head.
"I don't know if they've done anything else to preserve it." Look at the thread. They reply to another user (in English) stating that they converted their VHS to a DVD. So yes, they are making efforts to ensure it's archived. Regardless, there's no reason to contact them any further, and I hope no one from the forums/wiki pesters them.
I've said this in the past with lost media of this type: Unless TMS is interested in releasing this officially (which I personally doubt), your best bet of finding this is through buying blank VHS/Betamax tapes from Japan.
This is the nature of trying to find lost media from Japan, especially from this time period. I have some personal white whales I've been trying to find for years now, but I'm not holding my breath, haha.
Oh, I didn't notice that, good to know. I only added the link to show off the screenshots. + You're right, I should've been more clear about telling people not to message them.
That might be a good idea, though, I might look into that next time I need a reason to justify all the money I spend on international shipping, lol.
If you ever decide to purchase tapes from Japan, I highly recommend starting off with small bundles of 5 to 10 tapes, so if you do get a junk lot it's not a total loss. Speaking from personal experience: be weary of lots that don't show the tape labels. I once purchased a lot where only a few of the labels were visible, and I later discovered that the tapes with missing labels had adult movies on them... of course, the seller never disclosed that in their listing, lol.
Sorry to bump a dead thread, but I've come back with (somewhat?) of an update.
I was doing a CDX search of Cartoon Network Asia's site, and found an image of Shugo Chara among some of the files. You can find it here.
Among the other files were images of other anime, including shows that had English dubs on the TV channel POGO in India such as Anpanman... which might sound odd at first, but POGO is also owned by Warner Bros. I also found an image file of My Melody, which seemingly confirms that Warner Bros. had broadcast rights to it at some point...
I think if there was a Shugo Chara English Dub, it most likely aired on a channel owned by Warner Bros., and was broadcasted somewhere in Southeast Asia instead of Canada.
I don't think this necessarily confirms or denies any theories at this point, though it's very odd to me that they have the show listed as "Shugo Charat" instead of "Shugo Chara". Both the website and the image file itself have this name, so I'm going to assume it was intentional.
Also worth noting: Turner's website had a section on Cartoon Network Philippines. This is where a large selection of lost English Dubs (My Melody, for example) are said to have aired. But of course, this section of the site wasn't archived. The image file for "My Melody" that I showcased was listed under Cartoon Network Korea, but since Turner would sometimes list the same shows if they aired in different countries, this doesn't necessarily confirm/disprove anything IMO.
I wouldn't be surprised if there was some attempt to localize this series. From researching other anime, it seems like there was a big push to export stuff to the US/Canada back in the late 00s/early 10s. One example I can think of is Marie & Gali, which (from the sources I've read) had already found a licensor (Breakthrough Entertainment) and was set to air on TV but just... never did, for some reason.
I would personally check what licensing conventions TV Tokyo went to during this time. It sounds like it was NATPE, but MIPCOM might be worth checking out since they had companies like Toei & 4Kids as vendors.
TL;DR Pretty much all of Canadian broadcasting is in this database, including dubs made by Canadian studios. (try looking up "Pretty Cure", for example) Unless this dub wasn't by a Canadian studio (which seems odd) it should be listed on here. Dubs are going to have a Time Credit of approx. 50% on the site. When looking up "My Guardian Characters", I didn't find anything.
I hope this helps!!
How does a person check NAPTE, MIPCOM and MIPTV DATEBASES? I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 4KIDS ULTRAMAN TIGA DUB THRU THOSE SOURCES .
Uh, okay. There's PDFs online for different years, they're available to the public. Check around the time period Tiga was airing/about to air on TV, and it should be listed among 4Kids catalog of shows. Not sure what else to say, especially since this has nothing to do with the topic of the thread.
Post by MediaMonster on Sept 21, 2023 22:04:44 GMT
Sorry to bump a dead thread, but I've come back with (somewhat?) of an update.
I was doing a CDX search of Cartoon Network Asia's site, and found an image of Shugo Chara among some of the files. You can find it here.
Among the other files were images of other anime, including shows that had English dubs on the TV channel POGO in India such as Anpanman... which might sound odd at first, but POGO is also owned by Warner Bros. I also found an image file of My Melody, which seemingly confirms that Warner Bros. had broadcast rights to it at some point...
I think if there was a Shugo Chara English Dub, it most likely aired on a channel owned by Warner Bros., and was broadcasted somewhere in Southeast Asia instead of Canada.
Post by MediaMonster on Sept 20, 2023 23:07:37 GMT
"I don't know if they've done anything else to preserve it." Look at the thread. They reply to another user (in English) stating that they converted their VHS to a DVD. So yes, they are making efforts to ensure it's archived. Regardless, there's no reason to contact them any further, and I hope no one from the forums/wiki pesters them.
I've said this in the past with lost media of this type: Unless TMS is interested in releasing this officially (which I personally doubt), your best bet of finding this is through buying blank VHS/Betamax tapes from Japan.
This is the nature of trying to find lost media from Japan, especially from this time period. I have some personal white whales I've been trying to find for years now, but I'm not holding my breath, haha.
Post by MediaMonster on Sept 15, 2023 16:46:57 GMT
I recently purchased some Betamax tapes from Japan, and one of them had a TV recording of a Monday Dramaland special on it titled “Osomatsu-Kun: Iyami and Chibita's Cooking Showdown" (おそ松くん イヤミ・チビ太の板前一本勝負). As the title suggests, it’s a (very loose) adaptation of the Osomatsu-Kun manga by Fujio Akatsuka. From the resources I could find online, this aired once in 1985 and didn’t receive any home video release. I uploaded the recording onto the Internet Archive, and you can watch it here:
I go into more detail in the description, but there’s a few seconds missing towards the opening because this tape was absolutely coated in mold. Regardless, I hope you all enjoy!