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Idea: Battle Angel Alita (1080p and 4K UHD) (* unfinished project *)

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While performing my first render on Blender and Resolve for my main project, A Fistful of Dollars, over the past week, I discovered that due to a combination of space issues and not-exactly-high-end hardware, preparing the footage for assembly would take a whole lot longer than I had projected. So, while waiting patiently for the process to move along at the pace it itself appears to prefer with my current setup, I figured I may as well pass the time by doing a test of the Video Enhancer app which became free a couple of months or so ago, since I’ll inevitably use it on plenty of my larger projects in the future, and I figured, since Cameron/Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel is coming to theatres next month, why not test it on the two-part OVA adaptation of the manga?

This small-scale project will use the Manga UK English dub, and also feature the original Japanese audio as well as Spanish, French, German, and Italian dubs. A 1080p version will be released initially, hopefully around the time Alita: Battle Angel is released theatrically next month, and I’ll also do a 4K UHD release for a later date, either to coincide with the home media release of Alita: Battle Angel or alongside my main project, A Fistful of Dollars. Battle Angel Alita will be presented at its original 4:3 aspect ratio and feature new titles by yours truly, to correspond with each language, plus the original Japanese titles.

More info will be available closer to release.

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Cool you know the manga video dub is already sync to an HD version it’s on YT.

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I gotta check that out. BTW until I can get something definitive from the PolyGram Video release of The Basketball Diaries (which I don’t have yet), I can’t be truly sure whether to start my release of Battle Angel Alita with the PolyGram Filmed Entertainment “red line” logo (as seen on PolyGram releases until September 1997) or just an Island Pictures logo.

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After careful consideration, I have decided that releasing this so soon probably isn’t the best idea, especially considering box office projections for Alita: Battle Angel. I still intend to work on it at some point, though.