Anime releases where you still kept the DVDs after buying its Blu-ray re-release? - Blu-ray Forum

darktruth · 02-11-2016, 07:12 PM

Just curious if there have been any anime releases where you still kept the DVD edition after buying its Blu-ray release? Was it for bonus stuff not included in the Blu-ray re-release? Better artwork and packaging on the DVD release? Or something else? I'm curious to know.

The only ones in my collection where I still have the DVD format releases after buying their BD re-releases are the JP LE DVD season 1 volumes for Working!! (Wagnaria!!) (purchased the JP Perfect Blu-ray Boxset for season 1 that had new character commentaries recorded for the boxset) and the LE DVD releases for all the Kara no Kyoukai movies.

Majority of the other anime releases I've purchased have been in the JP Blu-ray format imports right from the start, so I tend to ignore their BD boxset re-releases unless it has some brand new bonus content that I find worthwhile to buy. Most of the JP anime imports in my collection that are in DVD format are from my early days of importing (2007-2009) before I even had a Blu-ray player. Some of these imports were the Sola LE DVD volumes, Clannad & Clannd; After Story LE DVDs, Kimi ni Todoke Seasons 1 & 2 first press DVDs and Shakugan no Shana II DVDs.

I've kept the Working!! LE DVDs for their bonus CDs that are a mixture of soundtracks and drama CDs that didn't get transferred over to the "Perfect Blu-ray Box" re-release, and likewise for the Kara no Kyoukai LE DVDs that contains the CD soundtrack for each of the films (that were not included in the LE BD Box release), but also for the bonus condensed size pamphlet books that contains interviews with the production staff as well as the funny 4-koma comic strips. The digipak packaging and bonus set of postcards stored in the special envelopes also makes it worthwhile to keep the DVD versions of it.

The early JP anime DVD imports mentioned above are some of the series I'm looking into purchasing of their BD Boxset re-releases (except for the Shana series probably due to the bad reviews of the upscales), but I will still keep their DVD releases in my collection because they contain some great physical bonuses.

02-11-2016, 07:12 PM	#1
darktruth Member Member since:Feb 2016 Blu-ray collection:23	Anime releases where you still kept the DVDs after buying its Blu-ray re-release? Just curious if there have been any anime releases where you still kept the DVD edition after buying its Blu-ray release? Was it for bonus stuff not included in the Blu-ray re-release? Better artwork and packaging on the DVD release? Or something else? I'm curious to know. The only ones in my collection where I still have the DVD format releases after buying their BD re-releases are the JP LE DVD season 1 volumes for Working!! (Wagnaria!!) (purchased the JP Perfect Blu-ray Boxset for season 1 that had new character commentaries recorded for the boxset) and the LE DVD releases for all the Kara no Kyoukai movies. Majority of the other anime releases I've purchased have been in the JP Blu-ray format imports right from the start, so I tend to ignore their BD boxset re-releases unless it has some brand new bonus content that I find worthwhile to buy. Most of the JP anime imports in my collection that are in DVD format are from my early days of importing (2007-2009) before I even had a Blu-ray player. Some of these imports were the Sola LE DVD volumes, Clannad & Clannd; After Story LE DVDs, Kimi ni Todoke Seasons 1 & 2 first press DVDs and Shakugan no Shana II DVDs. I've kept the Working!! LE DVDs for their bonus CDs that are a mixture of soundtracks and drama CDs that didn't get transferred over to the "Perfect Blu-ray Box" re-release, and likewise for the Kara no Kyoukai LE DVDs that contains the CD soundtrack for each of the films (that were not included in the LE BD Box release), but also for the bonus condensed size pamphlet books that contains interviews with the production staff as well as the funny 4-koma comic strips. The digipak packaging and bonus set of postcards stored in the special envelopes also makes it worthwhile to keep the DVD versions of it. The early JP anime DVD imports mentioned above are some of the series I'm looking into purchasing of their BD Boxset re-releases (except for the Shana series probably due to the bad reviews of the upscales), but I will still keep their DVD releases in my collection because they contain some great physical bonuses.

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