Blu-ray Review: "Gunbuster: Aim For The Top"

[kndy]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

I picked up the Japanese Blu-ray releases of Bubblegum Crisis and Riding Bean, and those look superb. The Japanese BDs don't have subtitles, but the difference in quality between the DVDs and the BDs is so huge that it'd be hard to watch the DVDs again. It'd be great if AnimEigo could release these on Blu-ray; all they'd have to do is use the encodes from Japan and add their subtitles (which is what they did with their remastered Oh My Goddess!). I don't know how expensive it would be to license the new transfers, though (and get the BD rights).

I hope they release these on Blu-ray as well but knowing that the Industry reps on the aod forums are reading all these anime fans not wanting blu-ray or complaining how most anime fans watch anime on their computers and seem so defiant over blu-ray just bugs the crap out of me. As for these two titles, not sure if Animeigo still has the rights to them and not sure how many licenses they still retain for anime at all.

Btw, were there any extras to the BGC or Riding Bean Japan releases?

[Jeff Kleist]

I got ahold of Robert Woodhead RE Bubblegum Crisis:

We are going to start testing the waters with BluRay this year, but no
promises about what titles come out first or when. If it proves
cost-effective then a good part of our catalog will get re-released on
BluRay.

[u_nick]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kleist

I got ahold of Robert Woodhead RE Bubblegum Crisis:

That's actually great to hear. I get scared with NO word coming from the anime companies. Definitely good to hear they're at least thinking about it.

[Zen_Amako]

Originally Posted by kndy

Btw, were there any extras to the BGC or Riding Bean Japan releases?

No extras. You don't even get the music videos and the trailers that were included on the DVDs (I'm keeping my DVD set because of this). What you do get are brand new transfers in HD. The picture quality is really amazing if you're used to watching BGC on LD or DVD. If you want extras, though, you're out of luck.

[Michael.Schinke]

RIDING BEAN!! I was going to include Riding Bean on my list of wants, but I foolishly thought it would be a little obscure to referance. That's the last time I underestimate you lot.