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If we're lucky, the Nausicaa US Blu-ray will be as low as $15 after coupon. Amazon has it for $25 right now, and there's a $10 off coupon at http://www.disneymovierewards.go.com/promotions/special-offers/nausicaa-upgrade?cmp=dmov_dmr_nlc_upg_nausicaa but I have no clue how it works (my DVDs are on a shelf far away so I can't try it).
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Honest Thief posted:Whats the word with Redline's bluray release? Isn't the movie done since, like, 2009? Who knows really, I was still seeing listed as showing in theaters as recently as November when I was in Kyoto last year.
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I also saw Tales from Earthsea coming out (DVD) on the same date as Nausicaa. Is this the first official release of the movie, and do you think it will be long before a blu ray release follows the dvd or should I settle with the dvd?
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Redline was supposed to come out February. But if that release date held, it would have been out even before the Japanese Blu-Ray release so that was obviously a problem. Manga has delayed the release to a Summer/Fall listing with no actual release date for it yet.
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Keyboard Kid posted:If we're lucky, the Nausicaa US Blu-ray will be as low as $15 after coupon. Amazon has it for $25 right now, and there's a $10 off coupon at http://www.disneymovierewards.go.com/promotions/special-offers/nausicaa-upgrade?cmp=dmov_dmr_nlc_upg_nausicaa but I have no clue how it works (my DVDs are on a shelf far away so I can't try it). Sadly does not apply with Amazon. It gives you a coupon which seems to be for in-store redemption. May work on the Disney store site but Nausicaa isn't up on there yet so there's no way of knowing.
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TheFluff posted:more knk screenshots So anyone heard of any reactions about the quality of the knk BDs from the Japan-side of things? You know since they take their nerd-rage so much more seriously over there. This makes me worry about The Girl Who Leapt Thru Time BD releases.
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I don't recall there being anything wrong with the Japanese releases of TGWLTT or Summer Wars. I mean, the KnK BDs arguably look a little bit better than the DVDs, but it's just doubly disappointing when people were expecting demo material. And then triply disappointing when the price is factored in.
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DVDBeaver review of Summer Wars Picture quality is pretty good, but not as amazing as it could be.
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He seemed to love the PQ though  quote:Summer Wars has very little haze or blurriness produced as intentional effects to create the perception of motion. It is beautifully bright and smooth throughout. I suspect that in transferring digital animation to Blu-ray they have obtained the highest accuracy of the original appearance - and the animator's intent. Summer Wars is rife with vibrant eye-candy and looks quite marvelous. The animation style alternates between the, more passive, 'normal family existence and the, visually chaotic, Online 'virtual' one. Contrast is exceptional consistent and, frankly, there isn't a pixel out of place in this transfer. I was highly impressed.
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I got my copy last tuesday (always pre-order from Rightstuf) and it looks amazing. The menu is really nice and picture and sound are top notch. My only beef with it is that it uses horrible yellow subtitles that are hard to read because the backgrounds are always so bright. Good news is the dub is actually pretty good. The main character has the same voice as Dean Venture, which is awesome.
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Let it be known that I am ultra-picky about my BRD releases. Even the best upscale I'll rag on about. I think the Ghibli, Pixar and Disney BRDs have spoiled the hell out of me and I expect everything to be razor sharp. There's absolutely nothing wrong with Summer Wars in terms of picture quality, it's just that to me it's very blurry and I can't tell if that was an artistic decision or a problem with the transfer.
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Blu-ray.com also loved the SW release. I pretty much feel anything with at least 4/5 on that site is probably just fine as far as PQ goes. Looking like a must-buy to me.
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So the general opinion is the FLCL release coming out isn't worth having? I've wanted it since it aired on Adult Swim way back when and 25$ seems like a drat good deal. Is it just not as good as the quality could be or did it somehow get lovely?
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Len posted:So the general opinion is the FLCL release coming out isn't worth having? I've wanted it since it aired on Adult Swim way back when and 25$ seems like a drat good deal. Is it just not as good as the quality could be or did it somehow get lovely? It's much worse than it should be, probably better than any DVD release you could get though.
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AzraelNewtype posted:It's much worse than it should be, probably better than any DVD release you could get though. For $5 extra I'll go with the Bluray then. I'm just glad it's at an affordable price finally.
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Len posted:For $5 extra I'll go with the Bluray then. I'm just glad it's at an affordable price finally. That's exactly how I feel. I saw some screens from earlier in this thread that didn't bother me. Maybe it will be horrible in motion, but at least I'll get to own it.
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Currently 3 episodes into the FLCL blu and I'm loving it. However, compared to when I watched it on Cartoon Network on an oldschool TV, anything would look sharp. At the very least, it doesn't "look like rear end" or whatever sinful appearance upscale is supposed to assume.
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I figured it still looks better than any DVD you can get, it's a decent price, and at least the shelf life of blurays are much longer than DVDs, so why not?
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Space Fish posted:Currently 3 episodes into the FLCL blu and I'm loving it. However, compared to when I watched it on Cartoon Network on an oldschool TV, anything would look sharp. At the very least, it doesn't "look like rear end" or whatever sinful appearance upscale is supposed to assume. Is it out? Rightstuf lists it as being released Feb 22.
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RightStuf either made an error or does favors for pre-orders, because the blu and keychain arrived yesterday.
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Space Fish posted:RightStuf either made an error or does favors for pre-orders, because the blu and keychain arrived yesterday. Where'd you order from? ...what keychain? And if the upscale is really, really bad (like some people say) wouldn't the better idea be to get the new DVD and have your player upscale it?
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Skychrono posted:Where'd you order from? Space Fish posted:RightStuf either made an error or does favors for pre-orders, because the blu and keychain arrived yesterday. 
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Anime isn't streetdated like Videogames are. If Funimation (which released FLCL) sends Rightstuf the discs a week early, Rightstuf will ship it a week early. This is actually a pretty common occurrence and I've seen stuff ship even as far as a month ahead from its intended release date. I'm sure the anime companies don't care because it's money in their pocket regardless.
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I am going to be getting a PS3 tomorrow and wanted to ask: Is there a list of awesome anime movies/series to get on Blu-Ray? If not, are there you all would recommend getting? I personally love Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki films and enjoyed Paprika, but are there any other Blu-Ray video/audio quality and overall quality anime Blu-Rays you all would recommend? Thanks! 
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OrangeGuy posted:I am going to be getting a PS3 tomorrow and wanted to ask: Is there a list of awesome anime movies/series to get on Blu-Ray? If not, are there you all would recommend getting? Akira (100% wildly-enthuisastically recommended) The Wings of Honneamise Summer Wars Tekkon Kinkreet The Sky Crawlers Sword of the Stranger Escaflowne: The Movie Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (if you can find it) Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (only the first two parts of a planned six are available so far) Evangelion 1.11 & 2.22 (of a planned four parts) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (US release in April)
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AzraelNewtype posted:Heh... I read it wrong, as the previous guy said that that very store said it wasn't out yet. My mistake.
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Anyone want to bet Evangelion 2.22 will be available for sale this weekend at Katsucon? They are showing it there
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DarthJon posted:Anyone want to bet Evangelion 2.22 will be available for sale this weekend at Katsucon? They are showing it there Not likely. It's intended release date is late March. But I don't go to cons so I don't know if they push out product that far in advance. Also, just FYI, unless they've specified it's english dubbed, they're showing it subtitled. I saw it in January at the theater and it was then.
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Finally managed to watch Summer Wars despite having it since tuesday. It is a gorgeous movie and was really entertaining. I hopy GWLTT gets the same treatment in april.
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DarthJon posted:Anyone want to bet Evangelion 2.22 will be available for sale this weekend at Katsucon? They are showing it there Confirmed negative as of Friday night, though the first showing isn't over until after the dealers' room closes.
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I know people have been complaining about the Blu-Ray release of FLCL, but is it worth a buy from Amazon at 25 dollars + free 2-day shipping since I've enjoyed the one or two episodes I have seen plus I haven't bought the series before.
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I think FLCL on blu-ray looks and sounds great, and especially recommend it if you haven't seen nor owned the series before. Yes, it is an upscale; no, the series has not been ruined.
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Space Fish posted:I think FLCL on blu-ray looks and sounds great, and especially recommend it if you haven't seen nor owned the series before. Yes, it is an upscale; no, the series has not been ruined. If You have an upscaling DVD player is the difference worth it over just getting the DVD? I guess audio would be improved, and it would be more durable, but video wouldn't be better would it?
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Skychrono posted:If You have an upscaling DVD player is the difference worth it over just getting the DVD? I guess audio would be improved, and it would be more durable, but video wouldn't be better would it? People (who don't do a lot of work with video) tend to underestimate exactly how lovely MPEG-2 is. The original FLCL release was on three discs, so they could straight up throw bitrate at the video and avoid a lot of the problems. Nobody likes to see bitrate starved DVDs (if you happen to have Eureka seveN or the first Haruhi series, check out the first ED/OP respectively for huge breakdown). The Funimation release has all six episodes on one disc. By the way, merely being an upscale isn't why anybody is complaining about a lot of these upscales. The real problem is that a lot of them are just really poorly handled, and in some cases add artifacts that a competent upscale of the DVD (and therefore previously MPEG-2 encoded) source doesn't have. When you can beat the quality by upscaling your MPEG-2 poo poo, that's bad. Because of how awful MPEG-2 is though, in general there's actually no reason to balk at something for being a mere upscale, as long as they're honest about it anyway. These are old and actually look a bit better now because the person who uploaded to this site downscaled the BD rip to 720p, but you can still see some weird aliasing on lines, and it's a lot more noticeable in motion. And yes, I know that the BD rip is sharper looking, though that DVD upscale is a straight resize filter, no sharpening at all. The Q-Tec assholes that keep ruining anime oversharpen badly on top of just resizing, so it'd be fair to take that into consideration. Okay, actually I haven't seen a rip of the Funimation BDs anywhere to make these comparisons, there is precedent for them doing the mastering themselves and beating Japan at it (Full Metal Panic) but I wouldn't hold my breath. All that said, get the BD. The action is too fast and common for six episodes on a DVD to keep up, ugly upscale or not. 
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Five years ago, most places would have charged you at least 40 dollars to get all three flcl dvds. Now we get them on one disc for pretty cheap.
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So Tales of Earthsea (Gedo Senki) is being released the same day as the BRD of Nausicaa. While earthsea is only a dvd format, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about a blu ray release for it? I would love to get the movie but would really prefer a high def version of it.
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Len posted:Is there news of a Paranoia Agent bluray set coming out in the US? This would rule pretty loving hardcore, but PA was a Geneon title. I don't think I've ever heard anything about Funi even considering running a license rescue on it.
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