Brave Story Review

[Chris Beveridge]

Review

Released By: Warner Bros. Japan
MSRP: 4980
Running time: 111 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen
Resolution: 1080p
Encoded With: MPEG-2
Release Date: 11/23/2006
Review Date: 12/01/2006
Date Announced: 09/19/2006
Region: A - N. America, S. America, East Asia
Reviewed By: Chris Beveridge

In Summary:
Brave Story is a beautiful showcase for what high definition can do for anime, at least when it comes to theatrical features. While there are areas that I' m sure will improve as new tools are available on the authoring side, this title being the start of everything has set the bar very high for the anime field. It also sets things high for those on the creative side, particularly when it comes to areas like posterization because they have to make sure their level of quality is high as well. When all is said and done, Brave Story is a great piece of eye-candy. One that makes it incredibly difficult to go back to DVD afterwards. This is the start of the culmination of what I've wanted my viewing experience to be like with anime.

[Josh]

Nice job, Chris!

[dialog_gvf]

Nice review.

Official site page of all the versions.

Chris, is there anything about the nature of this particular anime that you would make it difficult to encode?

Gary

[Chris Beveridge]

Not really. It's a pretty straightforward piece. With it being a new show it doesn't have the problems of older shows that were passed through analog devices at one point or another.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

Brave Story being the first real anime release on Blu-ray is something that I've been waiting years for.

Ahhh .. Add other movie genres and I've been saying that too for years

Great review. I specially liked the technical part, particulary the one about standing close to the screen to scrutinize the quality. I've been doing that a lot lately! Reading it makes one want more releases like that!
Here's to more to come!