Mirai (2018) pre-order - Blu-ray Forum

Chaotic · 12-28-2018, 04:40 PM

https://www.amazon.com/Mirai-Blu-ray...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

The Debts · 12-28-2018, 04:45 PM

Would be great if that's the art that they go for. Surprised GKIDS isn't putting this out themselves.

Also, is this going to come with a MA code? That'd be neat.

Hellspawn28 · 01-04-2019, 12:47 AM

I wonder when we will see a release date?

zw94 · 01-15-2019, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Debts

Would be great if that's the art that they go for. Surprised GKIDS isn't putting this out themselves.

Also, is this going to come with a MA code? That'd be neat.

Doesn't GKIDS release through Universal?

hazelwu · 01-22-2019, 03:31 PM

Great, nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.

Dubstar · 01-22-2019, 03:32 PM

^ and still no release date

youngtiffani · 01-22-2019, 06:28 PM

Hopefully we'll get a release date soon as this wast nominated for an Oscar!

Dubstar · 01-22-2019, 09:05 PM

I got a tweet from GKids that they want to keep this in 'select theaters' and a few more bookings if possible in the coming weeks - the only theater I see doing a screening in the Washington DC area is the Old Greenbelt theater but not til March. Hope the nomination actually proves it worth and we can get to see this on the big screen.

Hellspawn28 · 01-31-2019, 01:46 AM

If it is not out yet on Home Video in Japan, we may have to wait longer since Anime companies in Japan like a 5-10 month wait to avoid reverse importing.

BluBonnet · 01-31-2019, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellspawn28

If it is not out yet on Home Video in Japan, we may have to wait longer since Anime companies in Japan like a 5-10 month wait to avoid reverse importing.

Reverse-importing? Isn't that the same as exporting?

svenge · 02-01-2019, 08:34 AM

In this context, it refers to Japanese customers buying less-expensive US releases instead of their more-expensive domestic versions. So they're importing, but it's "reverse" in that usually an originating country's customers usually don't resort to re-importing exported products. It would be like someone in the US importing a Chevy Camero from Japan, for example.

Since Japan and the US share the same BD region code, Japanese licensors have resorted to tactics such as artificially delaying US release dates and forcing discs to have always-on English subtitles when the Japanese audio track is selected in order to combat the "problem".

professorwho · 02-01-2019, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Reverse-importing? Isn't that the same as exporting?

Anime is still released in volumes in Japan, typically at $50-$60 for 2-4 episodes each. The trade off is way better picture quality (35 mbps+ bitrates on everything) than the s**t by FUNimation and crew here (20 mbps or lower). As such, limitations are imposed when released here-

Subtitles are locked (can’t be turned off) when set to Japanese audio, so say to annoy people in Japan importing them. Video quality is worse, due to cheap tactics on the part of FUNi (or, as we call them now, FAILimation), as well as long delays between the JP release and the international one.

In total- it sucks to be a western anime fan. There are exceptions- Justin Sevakis and the Italian anime wizard mp3dom show that a talented compressionist can make the wait worth it, but that’s rarely the case. Besides Aniplex and some UK releases, we get the short end of the stick.

yanghao6998 · 02-02-2019, 06:01 AM

A Hong Kong blu ray has just been released with English subs
https://www.yesasia.com/global/10717...0-en/info.html

svenge · 02-02-2019, 02:53 PM

Yeah, but it's only on a BD-25. Seeing that the Japanese BD (which has zero bonus features on the primary movie disc) takes up 35GB, that means that the video encode for the HK disc will be somewhat badly compromised even after switching out the uncompressed LPCM audio for DTS-HD MA. My guess is that the video bitrate will be about 30% lower (i.e. ~25Mbps instead of the JP release's 36Mbps), and the encode may end up with compression-based artifacting due to that.

I'd recommend that anyone considering importing the HK BD just hold out for however many months it takes and wait for the US release from GKIDS/Universal. Their previous anime releases (e.g. The Tale of Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, and Mary & The Witch's Flower) all turned out quite well technically.

Hellspawn28 · 02-03-2019, 07:02 PM

I bet May or June will probably be when the movies comes out on Blu-Ray in America.

e_d · 02-07-2019, 02:27 PM

Amazon now has a date up for the US disc: 2019-04-09.

gwfb5 · 02-09-2019, 06:02 AM

Does GKIDS/Universal have the Canadian distribution rights to this?
There's currently no listing for it on Amazon.ca, and I'd rather not have to import it.

CamzoOG · 02-09-2019, 03:47 PM

Any one have any bets on what region locking this will have? Universal seems like a lottery most of the time.

disneywildcat · 03-05-2019, 02:47 AM

ICYMI, congratulations to Mamoru Hosoda for winning his fifth Japan Academy prize for Best Animated Feature (for Mirai).

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-award/.144078

Can’t wait to get this in a month!

disneywildcat · 03-05-2019, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwfb5

Does GKIDS/Universal have the Canadian distribution rights to this?
There's currently no listing for it on Amazon.ca, and I'd rather not have to import it.

Mirai’s Canada distribution rights belong to MK2 Mile End.

https://variety.com/2018/film/global...18-1202698558/

12-28-2018, 04:40 PM	#1
Chaotic Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Denver, CO	Mirai (2018) pre-order https://www.amazon.com/Mirai-Blu-ray...=ATVPDKIKX0DER Last edited by Scottie; 12-28-2018 at 06:13 PM.

02-01-2019, 08:34 AM	#11
svenge Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Washington State 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:474 DVD collection:157 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:67	In this context, it refers to Japanese customers buying less-expensive US releases instead of their more-expensive domestic versions. So they're importing, but it's "reverse" in that usually an originating country's customers usually don't resort to re-importing exported products. It would be like someone in the US importing a Chevy Camero from Japan, for example. Since Japan and the US share the same BD region code, Japanese licensors have resorted to tactics such as artificially delaying US release dates and forcing discs to have always-on English subtitles when the Japanese audio track is selected in order to combat the "problem". Last edited by svenge; 02-01-2019 at 08:39 AM.

02-02-2019, 02:53 PM	#14
svenge Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Washington State 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:474 DVD collection:157 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:67	Yeah, but it's only on a BD-25. Seeing that the Japanese BD (which has zero bonus features on the primary movie disc) takes up 35GB, that means that the video encode for the HK disc will be somewhat badly compromised even after switching out the uncompressed LPCM audio for DTS-HD MA. My guess is that the video bitrate will be about 30% lower (i.e. ~25Mbps instead of the JP release's 36Mbps), and the encode may end up with compression-based artifacting due to that. I'd recommend that anyone considering importing the HK BD just hold out for however many months it takes and wait for the US release from GKIDS/Universal. Their previous anime releases (e.g. The Tale of Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, and Mary & The Witch's Flower) all turned out quite well technically. Last edited by svenge; 02-02-2019 at 03:00 PM.

12-28-2018, 04:45 PM	#2
The Debts Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2013 Location:ME 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:332 DVD collection:181 MA collection:143 Digital collection:211 iTunes collection:147 Prime collection:122 Blu-ray reviews: 5	Would be great if that's the art that they go for. Surprised GKIDS isn't putting this out themselves. Also, is this going to come with a MA code? That'd be neat.

01-04-2019, 12:47 AM	#3
Hellspawn28 Expert Member Member since:Apr 2012 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:726 DVD collection:107	I wonder when we will see a release date?

01-22-2019, 03:31 PM	#5
hazelwu Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2011 Location:Alhambra, CA	Great, nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.

01-22-2019, 03:32 PM	#6
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29	^ and still no release date

01-22-2019, 06:28 PM	#7
youngtiffani Special Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2014 Location:Washington, USA Blu-ray collection:635 DVD collection:27 Digital collection:187 iTunes collection:1535 Trading Score:211	Hopefully we'll get a release date soon as this wast nominated for an Oscar!

01-22-2019, 09:05 PM	#8
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29	I got a tweet from GKids that they want to keep this in 'select theaters' and a few more bookings if possible in the coming weeks - the only theater I see doing a screening in the Washington DC area is the Old Greenbelt theater but not til March. Hope the nomination actually proves it worth and we can get to see this on the big screen.

01-31-2019, 01:46 AM	#9
Hellspawn28 Expert Member Member since:Apr 2012 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:726 DVD collection:107	If it is not out yet on Home Video in Japan, we may have to wait longer since Anime companies in Japan like a 5-10 month wait to avoid reverse importing.

02-02-2019, 06:01 AM	#13
yanghao6998 Active Member Member since:Nov 2013 Location:Singapore 4K collection:139 Blu-ray collection:230	A Hong Kong blu ray has just been released with English subs https://www.yesasia.com/global/10717...0-en/info.html

02-03-2019, 07:02 PM	#15
Hellspawn28 Expert Member Member since:Apr 2012 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:726 DVD collection:107	I bet May or June will probably be when the movies comes out on Blu-Ray in America.

02-07-2019, 02:27 PM	#16
e_d Special Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2017 Location:Online	Amazon now has a date up for the US disc: 2019-04-09.

02-09-2019, 06:02 AM	#17
gwfb5 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:New Brunswick, Canada 4K collection:68 Blu-ray collection:1188 DVD collection:266 Digital collection:590 iTunes collection:362 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:123	Does GKIDS/Universal have the Canadian distribution rights to this? There's currently no listing for it on Amazon.ca, and I'd rather not have to import it.

02-09-2019, 03:47 PM	#18
CamzoOG Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2015 Location:Scotland 4K collection:435 Blu-ray collection:1116 Digital collection:273 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:29	Any one have any bets on what region locking this will have? Universal seems like a lottery most of the time.

03-05-2019, 02:47 AM	#19
disneywildcat Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2012 Location:AZ, USA Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	ICYMI, congratulations to Mamoru Hosoda for winning his fifth Japan Academy prize for Best Animated Feature (for Mirai). https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-award/.144078 Can’t wait to get this in a month!

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