The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread

[BigOnAnime]

Sometimes there is something to gain with R1 releases over Bandai Visual releases. See: Patlabor TV (MJ release looks much better), Akira (FUNi has less DNR and no windowboxing as well as subtitles instead of dubtitles)

[kevers7290]

Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

Sometimes there is something to gain with R1 releases over Bandai Visual releases. See: Patlabor TV (MJ release looks much better), Akira (FUNi has less DNR and no windowboxing as well as subtitles instead of dubtitles)

Agreed. But the Japanese sets almost always have nicer packaging
I'd like to Frankenstein my Funi Akira disc into a Bandai set with the slipcase and obi one of these days.

[BigOnAnime]

Forgot to post these earlier, Sensuifu dropped more screens.

Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace
http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/...l=1#post360285

Wake Up! Girls Movie
http://www.fandompost.com/oldforums/...l=1#post360286

[Mangaranga]

Seraph of the End (Universal UK)

Screenshots (Episode 1, OP/ED)

BDINFO

[StefaanD]

Originally Posted by NormanicGrav

Since the UK release of Blue Exorcist TV series was covered here, I was wondering if anyone covered the film version as well? I would like to see a comparison between the Manga UK & Aniplex version to see if it's worth going for the UK release or not. I liked the manga, want to own the series but I'm not feeling the Aniplex pricing honestly (the UK release for the main series is said to be pretty solid anyway).

Just received the UK version of Blue Exorcist movie and here is what MakeMKV says about it

[Mangaranga]

Originally Posted by StefaanD

Just received the UK version of Blue Exorcist movie and here is what MakeMKV says about it

Aniplex Disc



It's the same disc.

[GearstinCinema]

Sentai DVD and Blu rays are like identical in video quality, I bought that Fate spin off on both and I can't really tell the difference from blu ray and dvd. WTH?

[Naiera]

If think your equipment might be faulty.

[vincentric]

Nice blu exo confirmation.

[vincentric]

Have a DVD v BD comparison for Ninja Scroll. Taken from the Manga UK steelbook release.

The BD, predictably, kills the DVD when it comes to compression, as well as clarity and line detail. The difference can be pretty astonishing at times (screencap 5 in particular).

There is also a brightness/contrast difference. The DVD looks darker and the BD brighter. Am honestly not sure which is the correct timing here but my eyes tell me the BD looks better as it contains slightly less black crush.

01 UK DVD | UK BD

02 UK DVD | UK BD

03 UK DVD | UK BD

04 UK DVD | UK BD

05 UK DVD | UK BD

06 UK DVD | UK BD

07 UK DVD | UK BD

08 UK DVD | UK BD

09 UK DVD | UK BD

And some stats, I have the data amount for the video but not the audio. The dvd is rolling with around 4GB of video data, and around 18 GB for the BD.

[BigOnAnime]

How is Sentai's BD by comparison? Did people complain about that one (particularly the earlier disc), or am I remembering wrong? Also really need to finally see this movie someday to see what all the fuss was about.

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by vincentric

Have a DVD v BD comparison for Ninja Scroll. Taken from the Manga UK steelbook release.

The BD, predictably, kills the DVD when it comes to compression, as well as clarity and line detail. The difference can be pretty astonishing at times (screencap 5 in particular).

There is also a brightness/contrast difference. The DVD looks darker and the BD brighter. Am honestly not sure which is the correct timing here but my eyes tell me the BD looks better as it contains slightly less black crush.

01 UK DVD | UK BD

02 UK DVD | UK BD

03 UK DVD | UK BD

04 UK DVD | UK BD

05 UK DVD | UK BD

06 UK DVD | UK BD

07 UK DVD | UK BD

08 UK DVD | UK BD

09 UK DVD | UK BD

And some stats, I have the data amount for the video but not the audio. The dvd is rolling with around 4GB of video data, and around 18 GB for the BD.

US and Japan screenshots and BDinfo report: http://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=621

[vincentric]

Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

How is Sentai's BD by comparison? Did people complain about that one (particularly the earlier disc), or am I remembering wrong? Also really need to finally see this movie someday to see what all the fuss was about.

Don't know. I owned the original release but I sold it before I could take some screencaps when it went out of print.

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

US and Japan screenshots and BDinfo report: http://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=621

My fifth screencap image perfectly matches theirs, nice coincidence. Taking a quick look between their shots and mine, it looks like the US Sentai and UK Manga release are using the same encode, while the JP image has a slightly darker contrast. And the JP disc is using a higher bitrate than the uk and us ones.

[Naiera]

Stats for this release of GITS 2: Innocence.

[Show spoiler]General
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 22.4 GiB
Duration : 1h 39mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 32.4 Mbps

Movie name: GHOST IN THE SHELL 2 : INNOCENCE
Encoded date : UTC 2016-05-25 10:50:48
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.9.10 darwin(x86-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.9.10 (1.3.3/1.4.4) darwin(x86-release)
Original source medium : Blu-ray

Video
ID : 1
ID in the original source medium : 4113 (0x1011)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=10
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 39mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 29.8 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.599
Stream size : 20.6 GiB (92%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
ID in the original source medium : 4352 (0x1100)
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : MA / ES Discrete / Core
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 39mn
Bit rate mode : Variable / Constant / Constant
Bit rate : 2 527 Kbps / 1 509 Kbps / 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 7 channels / 7 channels / 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, Back: C, LFE / Front: L C R, Side: L R, Back: C, LFE / Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 93.750 fps (512 spf)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossless / Lossy / Lossy
Stream size : 1.75 GiB (8%)
Title : Surround 6.1
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Text
ID : 3
ID in the original source medium : 4611 (0x1203)
Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration : 1h 39mn
Bit rate : 79.1 Kbps
Count of elements : 2739
Stream size : 56.1 MiB (0%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

[wesslan]

So better/worse/same as the great JP disc?

[Naiera]

No idea.

[Girls With Guns]

Sorry, didn't get a chance to do the BDinfo for JP Innocence disc last night, I'll try to get to it tonight...

[mp3dom]

Watching the mediainfo stats, it should be a rip of the japanese disc (meaning the video is bit for bit identical).

[kevers7290]

WOW! Thanks for all the info everyone! I'm thinking the Korean release is the way to go for me as it's on par with the JP disc, has that beautiful slipcase packaging and is slightly cheaper. If anything it should be an upgrade over the Manga disc. My last major concern is the quality of the subs on the JP/KOR release. Are they faithful? I suppose anything is better than the botched subs on the UK disc...

[Naiera]

It's a really sweet slip with even sweeter artwork underneath.