The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread - Page 293 - Blu-ray Forum

SpaceDandy · 04-10-2021, 02:03 PM

Well yes, KSM is not great, especially for the premium price they're charging in general. And I was told about the Captain Tsubasa release. 50 SD episodes on a BD50 is doable. But let it be a SD content... I don't think SDBD will ever be a thing in Europe. The few people who buy Blu-rays nowadays wants HD.
From what KaizerChef showed of Texhnolyze, the quality felt acceptable. It's blurry but it was likely better than bare DVD MPEG2 encodes. Also MPEG2 is of course out of date but if handled correctly it can be just fine on BD.
Btw, slightly out of subject but what's going on with Nipponart? They haven't released anything new for a while now and plannings are empty.

TThomas · 04-10-2021, 03:18 PM

KSM has improved recently - and their prices are on the same level as other German distributors (which is still premium compared to the US, UK, FR or others).
But unless there are extreme issues, German companies always reuse their discs for any repack or reprint - so these old titles won't get fixed.

Nipponart did licence Tsugumomo S2, but date TBA. Their release of S1 was uncensored (Funimation: censored)
However, the company and shop is still active. Their magazine "Toxic Sushi" is also published every 3 months. Nipponart also sub-licenced some titles to Anime on Demand and Crunchyroll for streaming, which includes Hellsing TV (nice 1080p upscale).
Their distributor AV Visionen (owned by Crunchyroll) also issued some "pre-packs" of various titles, containing all 3 DVD/Blu-ray singles of a season (without the shop-exclusive storage box).

What's going on? I don't know. But it could be some covid-related stuff, as the cancellation of Anime Japan and other industry events made it diffult to get in touch with Japanese companies regarding licencing - especially for smaller companies.

It also seems that they decided to not release two licences:
- Vatican Miracle Examiner
- Akiba's Trip
Well, the first is obvious - and the second? Without a dub anime doesn't sell in Germany - but for a title like this, even with a dub (~€ 60k) the distributor might end up losing money.

(But no title ever will gain fewer sales than Infini T-Force)

Footlong Shoe · 04-10-2021, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mangaranga

The UK BD of Silver Spoon Season 1 has incorrect gamma and loses a decent amount of texture detail compared to a 720p JP BDrip. Not ideal by any means but still entirely watchable. Season 2 however has been Evergarden'd, immediately noticeable by how unnaturally the character's faces glow. This appears to be when the sloppy output from the UK author began as it also has the I-frame pulsing problem that plagues B The Beginning and Birthday Wonderland - something which once again was very easy to pick up on as the S1 BD is very clean with minimal noise, whereas S2 is the polar opposite.

Yeesh. I'd been wanting to pick this series up on Blu-ray for a long time and I just ordered it since I've gone region free. I might have to cancel at least season 2 if it looks this bad...

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

At least when VIZ was active with DVDs and not Blu-rays, they'd translate stuff into English. I've not looked into how things have been with them in the Blu-ray era.

Every Viz Blu-ray I've watched (Jojo's, Hunter x Hunter, One Punch Man, Osomatsu-san) has left all the credits in Japanese. It seems to be their standard practice now not to touch them.

Mangaranga · 04-10-2021, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Footlong Shoe

Every Viz Blu-ray I've watched (Jojo's, Hunter x Hunter, One Punch Man, Osomatsu-san) has left all the credits in Japanese. It seems to be their standard practice now not to touch them.

I could be wrong, but I want to say that the only titles of theirs which have translated credits are Sunrise titles (Tiger & Bunny/Accel World TV) which I assume were done by Sunrise themselves.

NLScavenger · 04-10-2021, 06:49 PM

The talk of German BDs reminds me that KSM released the 13 episode series Orange on 3 discs with an average video bitrate of 10mbps: https://ninotaku.de/orange-bd-review/

Naiera · 04-10-2021, 09:01 PM

professorwho · 04-10-2021, 09:16 PM

Also similar to when Kazé released the second Bleach film, The Diamond Dust Rebellion, on a BD-25 with tons of audio and subtitle tracks at a shockingly pathetic 8.74 mbps for the video encode of a film with intense action sequences and lots of fast motion.

via KyoAni.de's review

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Disc Size:      18.430.824.148 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        Yes
BDInfo:         0.5.6

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-----                   -------             -----------     
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-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
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DTS-HD High-Res Audio           Italian         2046 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz / 2046 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)

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-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
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Presentation Graphics           English         0,123 kbps                      
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Presentation Graphics           French          1,080 kbps                      
Presentation Graphics           German          27,238 kbps                     
Presentation Graphics           German          1,496 kbps                      
Presentation Graphics           Italian         24,131 kbps                     
Presentation Graphics           Italian         1,034 kbps                      
Presentation Graphics           Polish          24,175 kbps                     

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Name            Time In         Length          Size            Total Bitrate   
----            -------         ------          ----            -------------   
00018.M2TS      0:00:00.000     1:32:44.684     14.789.486.592  21.262          

CHAPTERS:

Number          Time In         Length          Avg Video Rate  Max 1-Sec Rate  Max 1-Sec Time  Max 5-Sec Rate  Max 5-Sec Time  Max 10Sec Rate  Max 10Sec Time  Avg Frame Size  Max Frame Size  Max Frame Time  
------          -------         ------          --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  
1               0:00:00.000     1:32:44.684     8.742 kbps      47.623 kbps     00:23:09.513    36.317 kbps     00:56:31.137    32.825 kbps     00:23:14.101    45.575 bytes    421.406 bytes   01:17:17.883    

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----            ---             ----            -----           --------                --------------          --------------          -------------   -----           
00018.M2TS      4113 (0x1011)   0x1B            AVC                                     5564,559                8.742                   6.080.547.514   33.124.246      
00018.M2TS      4352 (0x1100)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       jpn (Japanese)          5564,559                2.084                   1.449.445.100   8.744.970       
00018.M2TS      4353 (0x1101)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       fra (French)            5564,559                2.096                   1.458.193.432   8.788.632       
00018.M2TS      4354 (0x1102)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       deu (German)            5564,559                2.102                   1.461.758.220   8.807.409       
00018.M2TS      4355 (0x1103)   0x85            DTS-HD HR       eng (English)           5564,559                2.046                   1.423.254.888   8.347.536       
00018.M2TS      4356 (0x1104)   0x85            DTS-HD HR       ita (Italian)           5564,559                2.046                   1.423.253.988   8.347.534       
00018.M2TS      4608 (0x1200)   0x90            PGS             fra (French)            5564,559                24                      16.361.286      95.652          
00018.M2TS      4609 (0x1201)   0x90            PGS             fra (French)            5564,559                1                       751.222         4.301           
00018.M2TS      4610 (0x1202)   0x90            PGS             deu (German)            5564,559                27                      18.946.371      109.849         
00018.M2TS      4611 (0x1203)   0x90            PGS             deu (German)            5564,559                1                       1.040.416       6.046           
00018.M2TS      4612 (0x1204)   0x90            PGS             eng (English)           5564,559                26                      17.900.071      104.728         
00018.M2TS      4613 (0x1205)   0x90            PGS             ita (Italian)           5564,559                24                      16.784.980      97.955          
00018.M2TS      4614 (0x1206)   0x90            PGS             ita (Italian)           5564,559                1                       719.186         4.128           
00018.M2TS      4615 (0x1207)   0x90            PGS             nld (Dutch)             5564,559                25                      17.074.669      99.538          
00018.M2TS      4616 (0x1208)   0x90            PGS             pol (Polish)            5564,559                24                      16.815.802      98.265          
00018.M2TS      4617 (0x1209)   0x90            PGS             eng (English)           5564,559                0                       85.269          493

Kind of want to buy it just to see how it looks in motion, lol

SpaceDandy · 04-10-2021, 09:39 PM

We're in for some terrible anime blu-rays? Hang on, here's a very solid one in the domain.
I'll review it someday. As to how it got that bad, it's apparently a mix between flawed materials & the BD author being clueless about his job (and loosing it quickly after

).

EDIT: Regarding Orange, still probably better than the hardsubbed DVD-only french release. This ATAxCR deal was a terrible joke and a bloody mess.

TThomas · 04-10-2021, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

The talk of German BDs reminds me that KSM released the 13 episode series Orange on 3 discs with an average video bitrate of 10mbps: https://ninotaku.de/orange-bd-review/

https://i.imgur.com/4MiWsKt.png

That was 2019 - and Orange is a calm slice of life title that doesn't require high bitrates if one knows how to encode. A lot of banding however was baked into the masters - the Funimation release also suffers similar problems despite way higher bitrates.

Dino-Killer 912 · 04-11-2021, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpaceDandy

• Kana does (?)

Wait, Kana does? I'm about to buy the Concrete Revolutio French Blu-ray released by Kana... I already knew that American Blu-ray by FUNimation has English telops. Now I may consider the German Blu-ray by KSM.

By the way, do you know how Dybex did on FLCL? Thanks!

TThomas · 04-11-2021, 08:08 AM

KSM @ Concrete Revolutio:

Mediainfo for Eps 8 - 13:

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Menu
00:00:00.000                             : en:Chapter 01
00:00:21.479                             : en:Chapter 02
00:07:21.607                             : en:Chapter 03
00:24:11.032                             : en:Chapter 04
00:24:32.637                             : en:Chapter 05
00:31:28.678                             : en:Chapter 06
00:48:22.065                             : en:Chapter 07
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00:54:28.932                             : en:Chapter 09
01:12:32.765                             : en:Chapter 10
01:12:55.329                             : en:Chapter 11
01:19:47.282                             : en:Chapter 12
01:36:44.215                             : en:Chapter 13
01:37:05.820                             : en:Chapter 14
01:43:22.863                             : en:Chapter 15
02:00:55.289                             : en:Chapter 16
02:01:17.144                             : en:Chapter 17
02:08:27.783                             : en:Chapter 18

Screens from Ep 8

Episodes 1 - 7 have significantly larger files and higher bitrates. Simply weird.
Could someone provide Funimation screens for comparison?

SpaceDandy · 04-11-2021, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dino-Killer 912

Wait, Kana does? I'm about to buy the Concrete Revolutio French Blu-ray released by Kana... I already knew that American Blu-ray by FUNimation has English telops. Now I may consider the German Blu-ray by KSM.

By the way, do you know how Dybex did on FLCL? Thanks!

Unfortunately I can't verify this one specifically. Anime-HD tested the boxset some years back and did not provide any captures of the op&eds. But the PQ was good. Test (French beware) - Captures. I asked him to verify some other Kana BD to make I did not state something wrong.

I very rapidly went through that one as you requested it, has japanese telops.
FLCL (France, Germany - Dybex)
Authoring: ?
Episode 1 captures

(Avg 35.55, max 44.80 Mbps)
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[Show spoiler]

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Nipponart (DE) disc should be identical.

BigOnAnime · 04-11-2021, 09:53 AM

10 years later, that FLCL upscale that smudged and smeared everything into oblivion still makes me want to vomit.

NLScavenger · 04-11-2021, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TThomas

KSM @ Concrete Revolutio:

[Show spoiler]

Seems like you took these screenshots in VLC (see vlcsnap in file name). VLC screenshots don't have correct colors and they also have jagged color contours due to poor chroma upscaling.

Dino-Killer 912 · 04-11-2021, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpaceDandy

I very rapidly went through that one as you requested it, has japanese telops.

My highest respect to you!

At the same time, I noticed that the original Japanese track of this release is lossy DTS 2.0...

SpaceDandy · 04-11-2021, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dino-Killer 912

My highest respect to you!

At the same time, I noticed that the original Japanese track of this release is lossy DTS 2.0...

To complete the reply. I can't say for Concrete Revolutio. But the telops are translated for Fire Force by Kana.
Capture courtesy of Anime-HD, follow their page!

SpazeBlue · 04-12-2021, 04:24 PM

Anyone knows how the UK Anime Limited sets of FMA compare to the FUNimation one? Is it just a port, or are they new discs?

professorwho · 04-12-2021, 08:19 PM

Exact same discs.

BigOnAnime · 04-12-2021, 11:07 PM

Locked to Region B though, I can't play the discs at this time as a result.

Kyle15 · 04-14-2021, 02:15 AM

Apologies if this has been discussed at length, but is there a preferred/best release of Attack on Titan out there? I don't bother with Funimation discs any more but I'll make an exception if any aren't awful.

I've never seen it before aside from the first episode and I'd ask in the main thread but I don't want to spoil anything.

04-10-2021, 09:39 PM	#5848
SpaceDandy Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2018	We're in for some terrible anime blu-rays? Hang on, here's a very solid one in the domain. I'll review it someday. As to how it got that bad, it's apparently a mix between flawed materials & the BD author being clueless about his job (and loosing it quickly after). EDIT: Regarding Orange, still probably better than the hardsubbed DVD-only french release. This ATAxCR deal was a terrible joke and a bloody mess.

04-10-2021, 02:03 PM	#5841
SpaceDandy Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2018	Well yes, KSM is not great, especially for the premium price they're charging in general. And I was told about the Captain Tsubasa release. 50 SD episodes on a BD50 is doable. But let it be a SD content... I don't think SDBD will ever be a thing in Europe. The few people who buy Blu-rays nowadays wants HD. From what KaizerChef showed of Texhnolyze, the quality felt acceptable. It's blurry but it was likely better than bare DVD MPEG2 encodes. Also MPEG2 is of course out of date but if handled correctly it can be just fine on BD. Btw, slightly out of subject but what's going on with Nipponart? They haven't released anything new for a while now and plannings are empty.

04-10-2021, 03:18 PM	#5842
TThomas Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2019	KSM has improved recently - and their prices are on the same level as other German distributors (which is still premium compared to the US, UK, FR or others). But unless there are extreme issues, German companies always reuse their discs for any repack or reprint - so these old titles won't get fixed. Nipponart did licence Tsugumomo S2, but date TBA. Their release of S1 was uncensored (Funimation: censored) However, the company and shop is still active. Their magazine "Toxic Sushi" is also published every 3 months. Nipponart also sub-licenced some titles to Anime on Demand and Crunchyroll for streaming, which includes Hellsing TV (nice 1080p upscale). Their distributor AV Visionen (owned by Crunchyroll) also issued some "pre-packs" of various titles, containing all 3 DVD/Blu-ray singles of a season (without the shop-exclusive storage box). What's going on? I don't know. But it could be some covid-related stuff, as the cancellation of Anime Japan and other industry events made it diffult to get in touch with Japanese companies regarding licencing - especially for smaller companies. It also seems that they decided to not release two licences: - Vatican Miracle Examiner - Akiba's Trip Well, the first is obvious - and the second? Without a dub anime doesn't sell in Germany - but for a title like this, even with a dub (~€ 60k) the distributor might end up losing money. (But no title ever will gain fewer sales than Infini T-Force)

04-10-2021, 06:49 PM	#5845
NLScavenger Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2013 Location:Netherlands 4K collection:20 Blu-ray collection:831 Trading Score:9	The talk of German BDs reminds me that KSM released the 13 episode series Orange on 3 discs with an average video bitrate of 10mbps: https://ninotaku.de/orange-bd-review/

04-10-2021, 09:01 PM	#5846
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25

04-11-2021, 09:53 AM	#5853
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:671 DVD collection:714	10 years later, that FLCL upscale that smudged and smeared everything into oblivion still makes me want to vomit.

04-12-2021, 04:24 PM	#5857
SpazeBlue Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2019 Location:Idahoe 4K collection:117 Blu-ray collection:211 Blu-ray reviews:2	Anyone knows how the UK Anime Limited sets of FMA compare to the FUNimation one? Is it just a port, or are they new discs?

04-12-2021, 08:19 PM	#5858
professorwho Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2017 4K collection:229 Blu-ray collection:982 Blu-ray reviews: 64 Trading Score:7	Exact same discs.

04-12-2021, 11:07 PM	#5859
BigOnAnime Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Minnesota, USA 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:671 DVD collection:714	Locked to Region B though, I can't play the discs at this time as a result.

04-14-2021, 02:15 AM	#5860
Kyle15 Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Alabama 4K collection:151 Blu-ray collection:393 DVD collection:8 Trading Score:5	Apologies if this has been discussed at length, but is there a preferred/best release of Attack on Titan out there? I don't bother with Funimation discs any more but I'll make an exception if any aren't awful. I've never seen it before aside from the first episode and I'd ask in the main thread but I don't want to spoil anything.

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