Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy Coming from Umbrella May 1, 2019 - Blu-ray Forum

Steve Freeling · 04-17-2019, 03:00 AM

Umbrella is releasing this soon. It's up for pre-order on Amazon AU.

There has only been one English-friendly Blu-ray release to date: the Manga UK Blu-ray.

Only problem is, it's region B-locked. There's still no word on whether we'll ever see it Stateside or not. None of the other releases, despite being region-A, have been English-friendly, which is to say, no English dub and no English subs. So... what are the chances Umbrella's release will be region free and English-friendly like their release of the Cowboy Bebop movie?

SpaceBlackKnight · 04-25-2019, 11:38 PM

Sony owns it stateside (as Destination Film/TriStar had distributed it theatrically). If a US BD release were to materialize it'd probably be through ether Sony themselves, Mill Creek in a Metropolis style steelbook, or Funimation (which Sony owns and had recently put out Cowboy Bebob: The Movie also under licence from Sony and Sunrise).

LexInHD · 04-26-2019, 12:20 AM

I would be happy if Sony took back all their anime and live action foreign stuff from Mill Creek and released it under the Funimation label. There's stuff that we haven't seen and didn't know existed in that pile of titles.

professorwho · 04-26-2019, 12:46 AM

I hope Dynit does an Italian release with English subs (and maybe dub), as they already did that with one Sony owned title- the Bebop movie.

slerch666 · 04-26-2019, 01:22 PM

If you have a BD drive on a computer and don't mind ripping it with MakeMKV, it's easy enough to avoid region encoding. Makes watching it maybe a little annoying but it is serviceable since most BD players offer USB playback.

Dragon Ranger · 04-26-2019, 02:37 PM

I live in the UK and still haven't upgraded from my DVD edition; I am a bad anime fan!

Steve Freeling · 05-21-2019, 02:33 AM

So, has anyone laid hands on the disc who can tell us its region coding? Rewind/DVDCompare has nothing.

BoscoTheMan82 · 05-21-2019, 03:39 AM

The disc is not region locked, I put up a post in the video quality thread Here

Steve Freeling · 05-21-2019, 03:47 AM

Thanks for letting us know. I'll have to see about importing a copy when I get some spending money.

Steve Freeling · 07-04-2019, 05:06 AM

The review is up.

LexInHD · 07-04-2019, 11:56 AM

I'm not surprised that the master used for the DVD was recycled for the Blu-Ray. If I could get it for cheap, I'd buy it, but otherwise passing on it.

Steve Freeling · 05-27-2025, 10:08 PM

Screenshot comparison with the Kocn Blu-ray

04-17-2019, 03:00 AM	#1
Steve Freeling Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:May 2011 Location:Roswell, GA 4K collection:98 Blu-ray collection:564 DVD collection:161 MA collection:4 Digital collection:61 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:78	Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy Coming from Umbrella May 1, 2019 Umbrella is releasing this soon. It's up for pre-order on Amazon AU. There has only been one English-friendly Blu-ray release to date: the Manga UK Blu-ray. Only problem is, it's region B-locked. There's still no word on whether we'll ever see it Stateside or not. None of the other releases, despite being region-A, have been English-friendly, which is to say, no English dub and no English subs. So... what are the chances Umbrella's release will be region free and English-friendly like their release of the Cowboy Bebop movie?

04-25-2019, 11:38 PM	#2
SpaceBlackKnight Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:346 Digital collection:20	Sony owns it stateside (as Destination Film/TriStar had distributed it theatrically). If a US BD release were to materialize it'd probably be through ether Sony themselves, Mill Creek in a Metropolis style steelbook, or Funimation (which Sony owns and had recently put out Cowboy Bebob: The Movie also under licence from Sony and Sunrise).

04-26-2019, 12:20 AM	#3
LexInHD Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2010 Blu-ray collection:226	I would be happy if Sony took back all their anime and live action foreign stuff from Mill Creek and released it under the Funimation label. There's stuff that we haven't seen and didn't know existed in that pile of titles.

04-26-2019, 12:46 AM	#4
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 hope Dynit does an Italian release with English subs (and maybe dub), as they already did that with one Sony owned title- the Bebop movie.

04-26-2019, 01:22 PM	#5
slerch666 Active Member Member since:Oct 2016 4K collection:31 Blu-ray collection:1408 DVD collection:1379	If you have a BD drive on a computer and don't mind ripping it with MakeMKV, it's easy enough to avoid region encoding. Makes watching it maybe a little annoying but it is serviceable since most BD players offer USB playback.

04-26-2019, 02:37 PM	#6
Dragon Ranger Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 Blu-ray collection:258 DVD collection:85	I live in the UK and still haven't upgraded from my DVD edition; I am a bad anime fan!

05-21-2019, 02:33 AM	#7
Steve Freeling Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:May 2011 Location:Roswell, GA 4K collection:98 Blu-ray collection:564 DVD collection:161 MA collection:4 Digital collection:61 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:78	So, has anyone laid hands on the disc who can tell us its region coding? Rewind/DVDCompare has nothing.

05-21-2019, 03:39 AM	#8
BoscoTheMan82 Active Member Member since:Feb 2019 Location:North Dakota Blu-ray collection:655 DVD collection:464 Trading Score:1	The disc is not region locked, I put up a post in the video quality thread Here

05-21-2019, 03:47 AM	#9
Steve Freeling Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:May 2011 Location:Roswell, GA 4K collection:98 Blu-ray collection:564 DVD collection:161 MA collection:4 Digital collection:61 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:78	Thanks for letting us know. I'll have to see about importing a copy when I get some spending money.

07-04-2019, 05:06 AM	#10
Steve Freeling Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:May 2011 Location:Roswell, GA 4K collection:98 Blu-ray collection:564 DVD collection:161 MA collection:4 Digital collection:61 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:78	The review is up.

07-04-2019, 11:56 AM	#11
LexInHD Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2010 Blu-ray collection:226	I'm not surprised that the master used for the DVD was recycled for the Blu-Ray. If I could get it for cheap, I'd buy it, but otherwise passing on it.

05-27-2025, 10:08 PM	#12
Steve Freeling Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:May 2011 Location:Roswell, GA 4K collection:98 Blu-ray collection:564 DVD collection:161 MA collection:4 Digital collection:61 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:78	Screenshot comparison with the Kocn Blu-ray

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