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I know someone who has a copy of a lost film, but... Apr 19, 2021 21:15:21 GMT

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Post by MediaMonster on Apr 19, 2021 21:15:21 GMT

I'm going to be very vague for a reason, as I don't want this person to be harassed. They do not speak English.

There is a lost film I've been searching for, and I was able to find someone who owns a copy of it. However, they're unable to release it. They were told not to duplicate it, and not to share it with anyone.

What would be the best way to proceed, moving forward? Hope that eventually someone else finds a copy of it? I know that the film was distributed in one way or another, but not officially, and only in very limited quantities among a small group of people.

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Apr 19, 2021 21:15:21 GMT MediaMonster said:

I'm going to be very vague for a reason, as I don't want this person to be harassed. They do not speak English.

There is a lost film I've been searching for, and I was able to find someone who owns a copy of it. However, they're unable to release it. They were told not to duplicate it, and not to share it with anyone.

What would be the best way to proceed, moving forward? Hope that eventually someone else finds a copy of it? I know that the film was distributed in one way or another, but not officially, and only in very limited quantities among a small group of people.

What's the name of this film?

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I know someone who has a copy of a lost film, but... Apr 19, 2021 22:13:25 GMT

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Post by PikaFusion on Apr 19, 2021 22:13:25 GMT

Apr 19, 2021 21:15:21 GMT MediaMonster said:

I'm going to be very vague for a reason, as I don't want this person to be harassed. They do not speak English.

There is a lost film I've been searching for, and I was able to find someone who owns a copy of it. However, they're unable to release it. They were told not to duplicate it, and not to share it with anyone.

What would be the best way to proceed, moving forward? Hope that eventually someone else finds a copy of it? I know that the film was distributed in one way or another, but not officially, and only in very limited quantities among a small group of people.

What is the film? You can DM me a name if you are not comfortable with it being public.

Regardless, have you found another person with the film in the past other than this person? Or perhaps the person who has it is a staff member for the film team who worked on the movie?

Did you have to translate what the other person who had the film said via translation sites? Google Translate isn't the best, and if you have to resort to translation, I recommend Deepl. (If you speak the language they speak, ignore these two sentences)

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I know someone who has a copy of a lost film, but... Apr 19, 2021 22:46:12 GMT

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Post by MediaMonster on Apr 19, 2021 22:46:12 GMT

Apr 19, 2021 22:13:25 GMT PikaFusion said:

Apr 19, 2021 21:15:21 GMT MediaMonster said:

I'm going to be very vague for a reason, as I don't want this person to be harassed. They do not speak English.

There is a lost film I've been searching for, and I was able to find someone who owns a copy of it. However, they're unable to release it. They were told not to duplicate it, and not to share it with anyone.

What would be the best way to proceed, moving forward? Hope that eventually someone else finds a copy of it? I know that the film was distributed in one way or another, but not officially, and only in very limited quantities among a small group of people.

What is the film? You can DM me a name if you are not comfortable with it being public.

Regardless, have you found another person with the film in the past other than this person? Or perhaps the person who has it is a staff member for the film team who worked on the movie?

Did you have to translate what the other person who had the film said via translation sites? Google Translate isn't the best, and if you have to resort to translation, I recommend Deepl. (If you speak the language they speak, ignore these two sentences)

Ahh, sorry for the lack of details regarding the film itself... here is an article I wrote on the wiki about the movie. It was an unofficial fan film, although it's rumored that staff members from different official anime production teams worked on it.

This is the only person I know for sure who owns a copy of the film. There are a few other possible candidates, but their messages can be summed up with "I have no way to play the movie, and I don't currently have it in my possession, it's at my relatives house/storage/etc."

I know of a fellow archivist who's fluent in Japanese, and she translated what the other person said.

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I know someone who has a copy of a lost film, but... Apr 19, 2021 22:51:15 GMT

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Post by PikaFusion on Apr 19, 2021 22:51:15 GMT

Apr 19, 2021 22:46:12 GMT MediaMonster said:

Apr 19, 2021 22:13:25 GMT PikaFusion said:

What is the film? You can DM me a name if you are not comfortable with it being public.

Regardless, have you found another person with the film in the past other than this person? Or perhaps the person who has it is a staff member for the film team who worked on the movie?

Did you have to translate what the other person who had the film said via translation sites? Google Translate isn't the best, and if you have to resort to translation, I recommend Deepl. (If you speak the language they speak, ignore these two sentences)

Ahh, sorry for the lack of details regarding the film itself... here is an article I wrote on the wiki about the movie. It was an unofficial fan film, although it's rumored that staff members from different official anime production teams worked on it.

This is the only person I know for sure who owns a copy of the film. There are a few other possible candidates, but their messages can be summed up with "I have no way to play the movie, and I don't currently have it in my possession, it's at my relatives house/storage/etc."

I know of a fellow archivist who's fluent in Japanese, and she translated what the other person said.

Ah ok got it.

How hard has it been to find people that have the film/candidates?

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I know someone who has a copy of a lost film, but... Apr 19, 2021 22:58:16 GMT PikaFusion likes this

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Post by MediaMonster on Apr 19, 2021 22:58:16 GMT

Apr 19, 2021 22:51:15 GMT PikaFusion said:

Apr 19, 2021 22:46:12 GMT MediaMonster said:

Ahh, sorry for the lack of details regarding the film itself... here is an article I wrote on the wiki about the movie. It was an unofficial fan film, although it's rumored that staff members from different official anime production teams worked on it.

This is the only person I know for sure who owns a copy of the film. There are a few other possible candidates, but their messages can be summed up with "I have no way to play the movie, and I don't currently have it in my possession, it's at my relatives house/storage/etc."

I know of a fellow archivist who's fluent in Japanese, and she translated what the other person said.

Ah ok got it.

How hard has it been to find people that have the film/candidates?

Very difficult. The only candidates are * to my knowledge * those who worked in the La Moon doujin circle during the time of Joka's production, and possibly those who were able to purchase a copy of the film during their limited screenings. I'm not sure if the film was sold during these screenings, though. There's very limited information available.

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I know someone who has a copy of a lost film, but... Apr 25, 2021 1:30:34 GMT via mobile

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Post by MediaMonster on Apr 25, 2021 1:30:34 GMT

Apr 24, 2021 23:44:34 GMT nogginoid said:

Well...if this person is not allowed to duplicate and/or share it, who told them that? Is it someone from a company?

I was not told who gave them a copy of the film. All I was told was that they were unable to share it. Japanese copyright laws are very strict, and I have a hunch it might have something to do with that, even if the film was a fan production. I’ve had a similar problem with a lost Osamu Tezuka animated special. Like this situation, we know someone who owns a VHS copy of it, but is unable to duplicate or share it with us.

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