Funimation's Shinobi movie preorder at Amazon - Blu-ray Forum

Giyomu · 02-27-2008, 12:18 PM

damn me

i bought the hddvd in france 5days before they annouced blu ray release in US...
think I still might double dip on it because hddvd japanese audio track is near 0.
supposed to be a dolby true HD, all speaking voices are coming from the rear left speaker (and believe me, only from it!) ... I couldn t watch the movie till the end

MOONPHASE · 02-27-2008, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Giyomu

damn me

i bought the hddvd in france 5days before they annouced blu ray release in US...
think I still might double dip on it because hddvd japanese audio track is near 0.
supposed to be a dolby true HD, all speaking voices are coming from the rear left speaker (and believe me, only from it!) ... I couldn t watch the movie till the end

funimation didnt do a good job of the japanese version of dbz but however cant really say what they will do to shinobi but it does say special edition

statikcat · 02-27-2008, 01:17 PM

Awesome to see this getting done. I second Azumi - and of course getting the 2nd released in USA on any foramt would be nice too.

lnh_boy · 02-27-2008, 01:28 PM

I was hesitant to pick this up on DVD because there is another series of films called Shinobi and they seem to be notoriously terrible. I read up on it and gave it a shot. It's definately worth buying again on Blu-Ray. The ultimate "Romeo & Juliet meets Seven Samurai meets X-Men".

lnh_boy · 02-27-2008, 01:31 PM

I second the Azumi films as well as The Great Yokai War. That's a fun one.

tilallr1 · 02-27-2008, 01:42 PM

In my humble opinion you are better off watching the full anime story Basilisk, instead of watching Shinobi. Basilisk is 10 times better a story then Shinobi. Basilisk I believe was released first (Based off a Manga series I believe) and then a much shorter, trimed live action version was released called Shinobi. They basically mutilated the story of Basilisk which had double the number of super ninjas (Shinobis).

But on a side note if you haven't watched Basilisk first this isn't probably that bad. I would strongly recommend you watch the live action film first before the anime. Especially if you're not a big fan of anime. If you like the movie then you'll love the anime. It broadens the story and makes a whole lot more sense.

Rustmonsteru · 02-27-2008, 01:55 PM

I liked the premise of Shinobi/Basilisk but I thought the implementation of both was poor - Shinobi being too short to handle the full story and Basilisk just left a bad taste in my mouth. It was a combination of my dislike for the animation style and that the characters were too syrupy and melodramatic. Also, I've never found Funimation to have very good video quality on their discs.

02-27-2008, 01:42 PM	#6
tilallr1 Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Great White North Home Theater Gallery:410 4K collection:78 Blu-ray collection:2009 DVD collection:2598 Blu-ray reviews: 33 Trading Score:248	In my humble opinion you are better off watching the full anime story Basilisk, instead of watching Shinobi. Basilisk is 10 times better a story then Shinobi. Basilisk I believe was released first (Based off a Manga series I believe) and then a much shorter, trimed live action version was released called Shinobi. They basically mutilated the story of Basilisk which had double the number of super ninjas (Shinobis). But on a side note if you haven't watched Basilisk first this isn't probably that bad. I would strongly recommend you watch the live action film first before the anime. Especially if you're not a big fan of anime. If you like the movie then you'll love the anime. It broadens the story and makes a whole lot more sense. Last edited by tilallr1; 02-27-2008 at 01:45 PM.

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02-27-2008, 12:18 PM	#1
Giyomu Banned Member since:Sep 2007 Location:France Blu-ray collection:347 Blu-ray reviews:6	damn me i bought the hddvd in france 5days before they annouced blu ray release in US... think I still might double dip on it because hddvd japanese audio track is near 0. supposed to be a dolby true HD, all speaking voices are coming from the rear left speaker (and believe me, only from it!) ... I couldn t watch the movie till the end

02-27-2008, 01:17 PM	#3
statikcat Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Washington, DC Blu-ray collection:67	Awesome to see this getting done. I second Azumi - and of course getting the 2nd released in USA on any foramt would be nice too.

02-27-2008, 01:28 PM	#4
lnh_boy Senior Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:New Hampshire 4K collection:851 Blu-ray collection:3525 DVD collection:980 Digital collection:6786 iTunes collection:8901 Trading Score:373	I was hesitant to pick this up on DVD because there is another series of films called Shinobi and they seem to be notoriously terrible. I read up on it and gave it a shot. It's definately worth buying again on Blu-Ray. The ultimate "Romeo & Juliet meets Seven Samurai meets X-Men".

02-27-2008, 01:31 PM	#5
lnh_boy Senior Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:New Hampshire 4K collection:851 Blu-ray collection:3525 DVD collection:980 Digital collection:6786 iTunes collection:8901 Trading Score:373	I second the Azumi films as well as The Great Yokai War. That's a fun one.

02-27-2008, 01:55 PM	#7
Rustmonsteru Expert Member Member since:Mar 2007	I liked the premise of Shinobi/Basilisk but I thought the implementation of both was poor - Shinobi being too short to handle the full story and Basilisk just left a bad taste in my mouth. It was a combination of my dislike for the animation style and that the characters were too syrupy and melodramatic. Also, I've never found Funimation to have very good video quality on their discs.

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