The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by Ikari

Is the Japanese set out of print? Can't find it on Amazon Japan

https://www.amazon.co.jp/The-Rose-of.../dp/B00KBPN2G8 For some reason the Amazon JP listing displays the cover of the old German DVD set, but the rest of the pictures are from the Japanese BD.

[Total Procall]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

They're alright, if you can accept the color issue. Stardust Crusaders part 1 has glitched frames in final episode.

They have incorrect colour same as VIZ then? Are the glithed frames in the VIZ version too?

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by Total Procall

They have incorrect colour same as VIZ then?

Yes

Are the glithed frames in the VIZ version too?

That I don't know.

The glitched frames happen in two scenes very briefly

[Mangaranga]

Originally Posted by Total Procall

They have incorrect colour same as VIZ then? Are the glithed frames in the VIZ version too?

Checked both instances of corruption Scav posted and they're not present on Viz's discs.
Wouldn't be the first Madman disc to have corrupt Frames as Your Name has an instance of it too.

I wouldn't let the incorrect colour space dissuade you from purchasing the Viz sets for Jojo - and that's coming from me.
The discs are very solid with that being the only minor blemish, and you probably won't even notice without doing direct comparisons.
It's not like Inuyasha where the shift was done twice, making bright reds wine red for example
If you have the ability to play back via MPC-HC on PC, there's even a built in filter you can enable for bt.601->bt.709 to correct this during playback which is part of why I'd much rather deal with content incorrectly encoded in bt.601 than something with the 0.88 gamma bug.

On that point, maybe more of a question for Scav, but is there an easy way to correct the gamma bug during playback with MPC/MPV?
I've yet to find a solution for it.

[NLScavenger]

In MPV you can tweak gamma via 5 and 6 keys during playback, but it's not the greatest solution. Better would be a vapoursynth script that's mapped to a shortcut.

In MPC you can serve an avisynth script.

[Total Procall]

Originally Posted by Mangaranga

On that point, maybe more of a question for Scav, but is there an easy way to correct the gamma bug during playback with MPC/MPV?
I've yet to find a solution for it.

There is also a gamma bug for jojo on viz/manga uk blu's? That would be much worse imo. Thanks for the input btw.

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by Total Procall

There is also a gamma bug for jojo on viz/manga uk blu's? That would be much worse imo. Thanks for the input btw.

No gamma bug.

[TThomas]

D.Gray-man Blu-ray by Hardball Films Germany


Blu-ray include Japanese & German LPCM, original japanese credits

https://slow.pics/c/WqRE4wiT

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 / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 2 h 16 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 18.9 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 30.0 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Original frame rate                      : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan type, store method                  : Separated fields
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.152
Stream size                              : 18.1 GiB (86%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #1
ID                                       : 2
ID in the original source medium         : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings                          : Little / Signed
Codec ID                                 : A_PCM/INT/LIT
Duration                                 : 2 h 16 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 30.000 FPS (1600 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 1.47 GiB (7%)
Title                                    : Stereo
Language                                 : German
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #2
ID                                       : 3
ID in the original source medium         : 4353 (0x1101)
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings                          : Little / Signed
Codec ID                                 : A_PCM/INT/LIT
Duration                                 : 2 h 16 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 30.000 FPS (1600 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 1.47 GiB (7%)
Title                                    : Stereo
Language                                 : Japanese
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

[Kool-aid23]

Does anyone have the BDinfo of Studio Ghibli's Ocean Waves box vs silhouette?

Regards,

[professorwho]

I don't think there's been any info on the Ghibli ga Ippai BD Box anywhere online. Truly bizarre.

[AreaFive]

Were there any improvements between Sentai's original blu of Gunbuster: The Movie (which I have) and the newer pressing?

[Member-571539]

Originally Posted by AreaFive

Were there any improvements between Sentai's original blu of Gunbuster: The Movie (which I have) and the newer pressing?

Joel McCray was responsible for authoring the Maiden Japan release while Ryan Anthony handled the Sentai disc. I haven’t really heard much about the latter’s work, but McCray was considered pretty reliable during his tenure working for Sentai. I would expect no major issues with the Maiden Japan disc.

[AreaFive]

Originally Posted by gloomranger

Joel McCray was responsible for authoring the Maiden Japan release while Ryan Anthony handled the Sentai disc. I haven’t really heard much about the latter’s work, but McCray was considered pretty reliable during his tenure working for Sentai. I would expect no major issues with the Maiden Japan disc.

Thanks, I watched it a few years ago and recall no issues at all. I'm always open to upgrades though.

[NLScavenger]

Queen Millennia Vol. 1 - KSM Anime BD (Germany)


Watched the first 2 episodes and so far I'm impressed by the remaster. Never thought that we would ever get a proper remaster of a 16mm Toei production.

Did notice some color flickering in episode 2, kind of like color temperature switching from warm to cool. According to dubudavid that's caused by damage on the negative.

I was also quite impressed by the Japanese audio. The Japanese track appears to be from the optical track as par for the course with Toei, but it is surprisingly quite clear. I checked a DVD rip and it had very muffled audio.

I'm hoping that these sets do well enough for KSM/Plaion to commission more classic anime remasters.

Before I forget:
- Region free
- No locked subtitles
- Next episode previews and preview for episode 1 are a bonus on Disc 4.

BDInfo Episode 01 (00007.M2TS + 2 seconds of black frames from 00013.M2TS)

Disc Title:     Die Königin der 1000 Jahre - Vol.1 Disc 1
Disc Label:     KOENIGIN_DER_1000_JAHRE_V1_D1
Disc Size:      43,719,068,547 bytes
Protection:     AACS
Playlist:       00005.MPLS
Size:           7,090,951,296 bytes
Length:         00:24:15.454
Total Bitrate:  38.98 Mbps
Video:          MPEG-4 AVC Video / 34,865 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio:          German / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   677 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz /   384 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio:          Japanese / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /  1457 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz /   768 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitle:       German / 29.87 kbps
Subtitle:       German / 3.90 kbps

00007.M2TS

[Mangaranga]

I don't think I posted here, but Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan ended up being a safe Viz title to pick up. It retains the same authoring house and corrected encoding setup (BT.709 colour space instead of BT.601) as Jojo Golden Wind Part 2 and (seemingly) Boruto. No obvious or major issues, and that's considering the episodes are about 1gb less per episode that Jojo due to being on a BD25.

Some Comparisons between the JP and US BDs

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by Mangaranga

I don't think I posted here, but Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan ended up being a safe Viz title to pick up. It retains the same authoring house and corrected encoding setup (BT.709 colour space instead of BT.601) as Jojo Golden Wind Part 2 and (seemingly) Boruto. No obvious or major issues, and that's considering the episodes are about 1gb less per episode that Jojo due to being on a BD25.

Some Comparisons between the JP and US BDs

I'd start buying Viz discs if they could turn around like this for all their titles. That's really good.

[sagadego]

Same here

[sagadego]

anybody how media blasters tweeny witches blu ray is?

[v_i]

Originally Posted by sagadego

anybody how media blasters tweeny witches blu ray is?

I have the BD, and it looks fine to my eyes, but that doesn’t mean a whole lot. I did play it side by side with the dvd, and it didn’t look any worse, which has happened with a few Media Balsters BDs. I would give more info, but I’m not exactly sure how to do that. Screenshots of VLC?

[BigOnAnime]

Originally Posted by Soulblazer

Has anyone else actually watched the blu-rays yet [Tweeny Witches]? Major video issues start in the second half of episode 14 on the second disk. The pixilation continues into all of episode 15-18 and I do not know how far it goes yet. It might be better to just stick with the DVDs (although perhaps the DVDs have video issues too and the Blu-Ray upscale(?) just made it worse). It seems that Media Blasters does not bother to QA any of their work.

https://fandompost.vbulletin.net/for...ge2#post847768