The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread

[kevers7290]

Originally Posted by TThomas

3 discs, Digipack in flimsy box, assuming the same new masters as the japanese release (but different encode), no visual edits and nothing burned in
Movies include Jap DTS-HD MA 5.1, OVAs PCM 2.0
Movies 3, 4 and 5 are presented in widescreen, Movies 1, 2 and OVAs pillarboxed

Sample screens from Book of Spells OVA:
https://www.anisearch.de/images/news...-naga-1FVP.png
https://www.anisearch.de/images/news...cheln-XFYT.png
https://www.anisearch.de/images/news...ywing-C654.png
https://www.anisearch.de/images/news...andit-HE3F.png
Screens taken from https://www.anisearch.de/news/review...-von-nipponart

Just to note:
I guess that Movie 5 was partly done digitally, showing artifacts around characters - but these are also present on the japanese Blu-rays.

Thank you! Just what I needed.

[AreaFive]

Are there any differences between Sentai's earlier Vampire Hunter D blu-ray release and the later steelbook or is it simply the same disc with different packaging?

[BoopityBoop]

Originally Posted by AreaFive

Are there any differences between Sentai's earlier Vampire Hunter D blu-ray release and the later steelbook or is it simply the same disc with different packaging?

It's definitely not the same disc based on the copyright date at the end of the credits, but no idea if the PQ is any different since I don't own that release (it probably isn't).

[BigOnAnime]

Video quality may have a difference, though probably not too significant. The original release was authored by Joel McCray who had a much better track record than David Williams who stopped authoring discs in late 2014. The newer release should have also been authored by him. What's more likely to have a difference is the quality of the translation, the SteelBook should also have a supervising translator credit.

[vincentric]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

[Show spoiler]Mobile Suit Gundam SEED - BD / SDBD / DVD

A shame that the corrected discs have an RGB level issue, but it can be mitigated by setting RGB level to Full (won't fix all issues such as lost detail in screenshot #11). Could have been better, but I can't say that I'm unhappy with this release. Both BD and SDBD are a massive upgrade over the Beez DVD! I will still be keeping my Beez DVDs for the booklets and the Dutch subtitles.

Anime Limited UK / Rightstuf corrected BD


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[Show spoiler]Phase 01

Disc Title: Gundam_SEED_BD1
Disc Label: GUNDAM_SEED_BD1
Disc Size: 33,360,195,388 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00001.MPLS
Size: 6,958,086,144 bytes
Length: 0:23:54.015
Total Bitrate: 38.82 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 33121 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /  1730 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz /  1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /  1752 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz /  1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Subtitle: English / 41.043 kbps
Subtitle: English / 5.798 kbps

Phase 38 (40 in original)


Phase 47 (49 in original)

Bandai BD


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[Show spoiler]Phase 01


Phase 38 (40 in original)


Phase 47 (49 in original)

Anime Limited UK / Rightstuf corrected SDBD


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[Show spoiler]Phase 01

Disc Title: Gundam SEED SDBD1
Disc Label: GUNDAMSEEDSDBD1
Disc Size: 47,005,473,307 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00001.MPLS
Size: 1,874,233,344 bytes
Length: 0:23:55.033
Total Bitrate: 10.45 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 9460 kbps / 480i / 29.970 fps / 4:3 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   192 kbps / DN -27dB
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   192 kbps / DN -27dB
Subtitle: English / 13.424 kbps
Subtitle: English / 2.189 kbps

Phase 40


Phase 49

Beez PAL DVD


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[Show spoiler]Phase 01


Phase 40


Phase 49

Took only one screenshot of Special Edition SDBD because I'm frankly not interested in cropped letterboxed compilation films

Movie - Original - HD Remaster


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[Show spoiler]Special Edition 1

Disc Title: Gundam SEED SDBD3
Disc Label: GUNDAMSEEDSDBD3
Disc Size: 35,474,374,508 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00001.MPLS
Size: 11,581,888,512 bytes
Length: 1:33:40.881
Total Bitrate: 16.48 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 15249 kbps / 480i / 29.970 fps / 4:3 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   192 kbps / DN -27dB
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   192 kbps / DN -27dB
Subtitle: English / 10.860 kbps
Subtitle: English / 0.223 kbps

Special Edition 2

Playlist: 00002.MPLS
Size: 11,516,669,952 bytes
Length: 1:33:42.016
Total Bitrate: 16.39 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 15157 kbps / 480i / 29.970 fps / 4:3 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   192 kbps / DN -27dB
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   192 kbps / DN -27dB
Subtitle: English / 10.744 kbps
Subtitle: English / 0.165 kbps

Special Edition 3

Playlist: 00003.MPLS
Size: 12,192,540,672 bytes
Length: 1:33:39.547
Total Bitrate: 17.36 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 16085 kbps / 480i / 29.970 fps / 4:3 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   192 kbps / DN -27dB
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   192 kbps / DN -27dB
Subtitle: English / 11.215 kbps
Subtitle: English / 0.394 kbps

TY for sharing. The RGB level issue affecting the 'fixed' BDs is extremely annoying to me. Enough for it to be a dealbreaker for me I think. Even though we've seen worse issues before am just really tired of seeing the same mistakes happen over and over and over again. I've stopped buying many discs because of this I want to continue supporting physical releases but at this point I'd rather just save my money.

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by vincentric

TY for sharing. The RGB level issue affecting the 'fixed' BDs is extremely annoying to me. Enough for it to be a dealbreaker for me I think. Even though we've seen worse issues before am just really tired of seeing the same mistakes happen over and over and over again. I've stopped buying many discs because of this I want to continue supporting physical releases but at this point I'd rather just save my money.

Even worse are the corrupted frames in episodes 8, 25, 33, 39. Pretty sure Nozomi is aware of the problems, but seems like they don't care.









At least the SDBD is pretty good. Pretty much artifact-free SD video. I've synced the PCM track from Taiwanese DVD to all the episodes.

[NLScavenger]

BDInfo and screencaps of Funimation's How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? BD (in Spanish)

[EricHG]

I assume the Discotek Lady Oscar/Rose of Versailles uses a recent Japanese restoration but I'd love to compare. I've watched about half so far, and comparing it to the old RightStuf DVD, it mostly looks great. One thing I noticed (especially on earlier episodes and on "still" images in episodes) is the sorta frame jitter, which I find pretty common to all TV anime from that era, feels more pronounced on the BluRay than the old DVD but that's probably partly just because the picture is so much clearer. (Apologies for not being the best at describing this).

One odd thing is the ED is *much* "dirtier" image quality wise than they were on the old DVD. But in the bonus credit-less ED it looks like the brighter copy they used for the DVD except, well, without credits.

Anyway, overall so far I'm pleased (while France got a deluxe limited edition, they also have one budget release with all forty episodes on *one* Bluray)

[EricHG]

One odd thing comparing Rose of Versailles early episodes to a download I found of the Japanese BluRay, it seems obvious it's the same remaster. The differences in this remaster I mentioned, like how (like a lot of older TV anime) the frame "moves" more than I noticed with the old DVD are the same on the Japanese download. Oddly, the differences I noticed is the intro title card (before the cold opens) are still on the Japanese remaster and still have the slight frame movement of some other shots on the Discotek BluRay.

I also noticed something else on episode three, at the hour and 25 (or so) second mark there's a moment where the frame "jumps" that isn't on the Japanese remaster. Does anyone else notice this? Or am I crazy (I don't think that could be an individual disc defect) Just makes me curious how these releases use the original Japanese remaster or not.

[Memade]

First volume of AOT final season blu-ray is coming out on the 7th. Very interested to see what they fixed.

[EricHG]

And now I'm wondering if the Discotek Rose of Versailles/Lady Oscar remaster IS the same as the Japanese BluRay. For the most part they look the same but, for example, Discotek's mostly very clean presentation has a large scratch running through the middle of the screen on episode 7 (the 2 h 38 minute time stamp on disc one) for a good 10 seconds that isn't in the Japanese release... Curious...

[NLScavenger]

It's possible that the Bandai release has additional restoration work. Q-TEC mastered the Bandai Blu-ray.

[NLScavenger]

Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes - Polyband Anime BD (Germany)

It's a pretty good release with English subtitles to boot. Translation and timing of subtitles could have been better, but the subtitles are serviceable (same translator that did the theatrical subs of Weathering With You btw)



BDInfo

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     Shinchan: Crash! Königreich Kritzel und fast vier Helden - Blu-ray™
Disc Label:     SHINCHAN 28
Disc Size:      23,200,241,842 bytes
Protection:     AACS
Extras:         BD-Java, 50Hz Content
BDInfo:         0.7.5.8

PLAYLIST REPORT:

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VIDEO:

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MPEG-4 AVC Video        21984 kbps          1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

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DTS-HD Master Audio             German          1975 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz /  1975 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz /  1509 kbps / 16-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio             Japanese        1978 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz /  1978 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz /  1509 kbps / 16-bit)

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           German          48.353 kbps                     
Presentation Graphics           English         28.804 kbps                     
Presentation Graphics           German          0.699 kbps

[orionl4]

the MVM UK Accel World blu ray releases, both Vol 1/2 and the 2nd release with the collection have a sub file glitch in Episode 13 that causes this frame for a few seconds at the end https://i.imgur.com/45F0e9x.png and a video glitch for a couple frames in Episode 24 https://i.imgur.com/jCTrnwa.png , https://i.imgur.com/enywaz8.png and the audio loudness is lowered, I believe that these issues are not present in the US Viz release of Vol 1/2

[EricHG]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

It's possible that the Bandai release has additional restoration work. Q-TEC mastered the Bandai Blu-ray.

That makes a lot of sense-especially since the differences I've noticed (the film jumping for a frame, the splice mark I mentioned here) seem like things that could be relatively easily fixed, whereas the more general stuff that's harder to fix like the screen not staying fixed are apparent in both remasters (being more "shaky" at the same times)

[Mangaranga]

Originally Posted by orionl4

the MVM UK Accel World blu ray releases, both Vol 1/2 and the 2nd release with the collection have a sub file glitch in Episode 13 that causes this frame for a few seconds at the end https://i.imgur.com/45F0e9x.png and a video glitch for a couple frames in Episode 24 https://i.imgur.com/jCTrnwa.png , https://i.imgur.com/enywaz8.png and the audio loudness is lowered, I believe that these issues are not present in the US Viz release of Vol 1/2

It's probably a Hanabee problem as they re-encoded the Viz BDs (2xBD50 per part) so that each part would fit on a BD50 and a BD25.

[Mangaranga]

Just a quick one from me, and a somewhat interesting one for once.

Funimation's BD release of Appare Ranman appears to be filtered - with a deband filter applied and light grain added. There is 100% detail loss, and it varies depending on the scene. Normally "Funimation" and "Filtering" are usually a cause for concern, but I really do not have a problem with their decision to do so this time (assuming they did), if anything just the blanket approach taken.

The Japanese BD appears to be, quite frankly, a shit show - full of of blocking and banding of varying severity in practically anything that isn't a grain heavy flashback scene (think Re:Zero S1 before it was "fixed"). You can see three direct comparisons between the JP and US BD here, as well as some episode vs PV comparisons both sourced from Funi's disc here. The episodes themselves are encoded at 31-33mbps.

The detail loss varies from minimal to somewhat extreme, with the second image in the JP comparison being the most obvious example (it'd be nice to see scene by scene filtering to avoid this but hey, this is a start) and honestly, in this scenario specifically I'd much rather trade the detail to have a disc that doesn't actively offend my eyes during playback.

[SpaceDandy]

If a fellow German user pass by, they can provide feedback on their release from Polyband Anime.
One review, which doesn't give any technical info, says PQ gets a 10. Probably still an indicator it may be fair or better than the US/JP release.

[Naiera]

100% detail loss?!

[SpaceDandy]

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (France - Dybex)
Authoring: Dynit
Gallery (See all)



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Dynit release should be identical, with ita sub/dub rather and no dutch.