Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo (1978) 4K UHD - Blu-ray Forum

McCrutchy · 12-15-2018, 05:52 PM

VAP will release Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo AKA The Mystery of Mamo (ルパン三世ルパンVS複製人間) (1978) in Japan on March 20th, 2019.

reanimator · 12-15-2018, 07:55 PM

Man, I have been waiting and waiting for another 4K anime announcement. This will do just fine!

NLScavenger · 12-15-2018, 08:00 PM

I hope Mamo will fare better than the 2 previous 4K UHD attempts from TMS.

Ashita no Joe 2
Space Adventure Cobra

crazy_gringox · 12-15-2018, 09:03 PM

Rights to Mamo also belongs to TMS, so it will be same restoration. VAP only distributes it. Same as Cobra and Joe was released by Fox.

There is also mentioning on amazon page that second Lupin III Movie - The Castle of Cagliostro will be released on 4k UHD by VAP.

Dailyan · 12-15-2018, 09:09 PM

GenPion · 12-15-2018, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by crazy_gringox

Rights to Mamo also belongs to TMS, so it will be same restoration. VAP only distributes it. Same as Cobra and Joe was released by Fox.

There is also mentioning on amazon page that second Lupin III Movie - The Castle of Cagliostro will be released on 4k UHD by VAP.

THAT right there is the bigger announcement. I hope it has English subtitles!

Dailyan · 12-16-2018, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by NLScavenger

I hope Mamo will fare better than the 2 previous 4K UHD attempts from TMS.

Ashita no Joe 2
Space Adventure Cobra

With Lupin being TMS' crown jewels (The whole company basically owes it's existence to Lupin) I hope it turns out like that trailer that dropped months ago for that 4D presentation. Even with the YT compression; it looked damn good.

Dailyan · 12-16-2018, 06:09 PM

By the way here's the trailer that debuted last year for Mamo's "MX4D" presentation. Presumably this could be a basis or a general idea as to how the UHD will look like.

MattPerdue · 12-16-2018, 07:22 PM

Not bad if that's how it'll look.

Personally I'm hoping for a new Discotek BD with all their stuff from the DVD they did with this transfer.

Still have yet to see this one myself though.

Dailyan · 12-16-2018, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MattPerdue

Not bad if that's how it'll look.

Personally I'm hoping for a new Discotek BD with all their stuff from the DVD they did with this transfer.

Still have yet to see this one myself though.

It's a solid Lupin adventure. It can get a little surreal later in the film (Even by Lupin standards) but I still enjoyed it. Yuji Ohno's score is fantastic. I wouldn't mind getting a Discotek Blu...or they do a really, really limited print of this UHD (Granted, if the UHD isn't Joe or Cobra bad).

professorwho · 12-17-2018, 12:46 AM

I'm down for Mamo and Cagliostro if it has none of the DNR'd nonsense of the other TMS remasters.

Also, I've heard that subtitles with HDR can cause eyestrain- does that hold any water?

SpaceBlackKnight · 12-17-2018, 03:53 AM

Keep in mind that unlike Cagliostro (which is co-owned by Studio Ghilbi and was reported to be a 4k SDR restoration from a 8k scan), Mamo is 100% owned by TMS and has a 2k master from their elements. The footage in the trailer if i'm not mistaken looked like an older 2k master and may not be the final look until we see screenshots from the disc. Going by their previous UHD efforts, I have a gut feeling that we're gonna be in for quite a "ride" if they decide to take a different "approach" for the UHD than what we see on the trailer.

Dailyan · 12-17-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

Keep in mind that unlike Cagliostro, which is co-owned by Studio Ghilbi

No it isn’t. TMS, if anything, sub-licensed it to Ghibli. None of the international releases (Including Discotek’s Blu) nor the original Japanese Blu make any mention of Ghibli on the packaging.

NLScavenger · 02-18-2019, 05:42 PM

I have a very bad feeling about this

Dailyan · 02-18-2019, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by nlscavenger

i have a very bad feeling about this

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professorwho · 02-18-2019, 07:11 PM

Motherf**ker... get that DNR sh*t outta here...

But if TMS likes this, who knows what they’ll do to Cagliostro and Akira...

Dailyan · 02-18-2019, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by professorwho

Motherf**ker... get that DNR sh*t outta here...

But if TMS likes this, who knows what they’ll do to Cagliostro and Akira...

Seems like they just applied the same LUT as Joe and Cobra...sigh. I'll have to either hunt down a VAP disc or hopefully Discotek can save us.

professorwho · 02-18-2019, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Dailyan

Seems like they just applied the same LUT as Joe and Cobra...sigh. I'll have to either hunt down a VAP disc or hopefully Discotek can save us.

I informed Justin about this. Who knows what’ll happen. If they can somehow get the 4K scan with zero DNR, we’d be in luck.

Jacob The Great · 02-19-2019, 04:13 AM

I just hope The Castle of Cagliostro is a Studio Ghibli/Walt Disney Japan release instead of a TMS/VAP release.
With Ghibli, at least there will be no DNR. And it will be in HDR10+ and will be in a ridiculously high bitrate on a triple-layer disc, to boot.

Dailyan · 02-19-2019, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Jacob The Great

I just hope The Castle of Cagliostro is a Studio Ghibli/Walt Disney Japan release instead of a TMS/VAP release.
With Ghibli, at least there will be no DNR. And it will be in HDR10+ and will be in a ridiculously high bitrate on a triple-layer disc, to boot.

It will be a VAP release. By the way, the master was pretty grain managed to begin with. What makes you think Ghibli do any of that for their UHDs? They haven’t released one yet and we don’t know what to expect.

12-15-2018, 05:52 PM	#1
McCrutchy Contributor Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:East Coast, USA Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:1263 Blu-ray collection:6773 DVD collection:253 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:17	Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo (1978) 4K UHD VAP will release *Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo* AKA The Mystery of Mamo (ルパン三世ルパンVS複製人間) (1978) in Japan on March 20th, 2019.

12-15-2018, 07:55 PM	#2
reanimator Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2008 4K collection:2198 Blu-ray collection:3877	Man, I have been waiting and waiting for another 4K anime announcement. This will do just fine!

12-15-2018, 08:00 PM	#3
NLScavenger Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2013 Location:Netherlands 4K collection:19 Blu-ray collection:830 Trading Score:9	I hope Mamo will fare better than the 2 previous 4K UHD attempts from TMS. Ashita no Joe 2 Space Adventure Cobra

12-15-2018, 09:03 PM	#4
crazy_gringox Junior Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:92 Blu-ray collection:732	Rights to Mamo also belongs to TMS, so it will be same restoration. VAP only distributes it. Same as Cobra and Joe was released by Fox. There is also mentioning on amazon page that second Lupin III Movie - The Castle of Cagliostro will be released on 4k UHD by VAP.

12-15-2018, 09:09 PM	#5
Dailyan Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Feb 2015 Location:Beyond the Blue Horizon 4K collection:195 Blu-ray collection:2245 DVD collection:197 Blu-ray reviews: 58 Trading Score:55

12-16-2018, 07:22 PM	#9
MattPerdue Special Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2012 4K collection:502 Blu-ray collection:1335 Trading Score:148	Not bad if that's how it'll look. Personally I'm hoping for a new Discotek BD with all their stuff from the DVD they did with this transfer. Still have yet to see this one myself though.

12-17-2018, 12:46 AM	#11
professorwho Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2017 4K collection:229 Blu-ray collection:982 Blu-ray reviews: 64 Trading Score:7	I'm down for Mamo and Cagliostro if it has none of the DNR'd nonsense of the other TMS remasters. Also, I've heard that subtitles with HDR can cause eyestrain- does that hold any water?

12-17-2018, 03:53 AM	#12
SpaceBlackKnight Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:346 Digital collection:20	Keep in mind that unlike Cagliostro (which is co-owned by Studio Ghilbi and was reported to be a 4k SDR restoration from a 8k scan), Mamo is 100% owned by TMS and has a 2k master from their elements. The footage in the trailer if i'm not mistaken looked like an older 2k master and may not be the final look until we see screenshots from the disc. Going by their previous UHD efforts, I have a gut feeling that we're gonna be in for quite a "ride" if they decide to take a different "approach" for the UHD than what we see on the trailer.

02-18-2019, 07:11 PM	#16
professorwho Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2017 4K collection:229 Blu-ray collection:982 Blu-ray reviews: 64 Trading Score:7	Motherfker...** get that DNR sh*t outta here... But if TMS likes this, who knows what they’ll do to Cagliostro and Akira...

02-19-2019, 04:13 AM	#19
Jacob The Great Active Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:12	I just hope The Castle of Cagliostro is a Studio Ghibli/Walt Disney Japan release instead of a TMS/VAP release. With Ghibli, at least there will be no DNR. And it will be in HDR10+ and will be in a ridiculously high bitrate on a triple-layer disc, to boot.

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