The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread

[King Crimson]

I figured i'd ask the question here, what's the best release for Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent and Paprika in 1080p HD. English friendly.

[NLScavenger]

The 2015 Anime Limited UK BD of Perfect Blue and the US BD of Tokyo Godfathers are the best releases of those films.

The Manga UK BD of Paprika is the best release that I know of, but Umbrella released a Blu-ray in Australia last month. Don't know how it compares with the Manga UK release.

Likewise with Paranoia Agent. Was recently released with English subs(?) in Taiwan (distributor website says it has English subs, but packaging doesn't mention it), but no one has posted screenshots from that release.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

The Manga UK BD of Paprika is the best release that I know of, but Umbrella released a Blu-ray in Australia last month. Don't know how it compares with the Manga UK release.

Knowing Umbrella it’ll be either a direct port of an existing release or pulse-y shite.

[BigOnAnime]

Originally Posted by SpazeBlue

Nisekoi: False Love Box Set review (separate volumes also reviewed)

Nisekoi: Volume 1 is a great introduction to the charming series. The characters are quirky and fun to spend time with. The animation is stellar. The production has so many good attributes that it is easy to become absorbed by the series and to have a good time. Don't overlook this under-the-radar gem. Highly recommended.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Nisek...110415/#Review

Um, it was one of the most popular anime of 2014... In fact, it's the 101st most popular anime on MAL. Pretty much everyone saw it if they're an anime fan. Personally I was never a fan of it, it bored me to absolute tears.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/18897/Nisekoi

[professorwho]

Nisekoi is great. Love the Shaft Nouvelle Vague style.

[Naiera]

Can’t get enough of that Shaft ish.

[Dailyan]

I prefer Superfly myself

[Naiera]

Undercover Brother is my thing.

[Tylerfan]

Gandhi II was better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ega...ature=youtu.be

[pikagreg]

But...Black Dynamite....I sell drugs to the community.

[BigOnAnime]

More reviews are now up. Emma S2, Galaxy Express 999, Lupin III: The Columbus Files, Black Clover S3 Parts 1-2.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Emma-...238010/#Review
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Galax...212650/#Review
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Lupin...282279/#Review
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Black...273146/#Review
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Black...281039/#Review

[SpaceDandy]

Eeek, Nisekoi. I hated absolutely everything about this show. I'm still mad Japan prefers that romcom over Yasuhiro Kanō's (which has since fallen in the ecchi hole).

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I reviewed this one for AniméHD some years ago but had taken captures with VLC. Here's a proper, revised review.

The Dragon Dentist (France - Dybex)
Authoring: AV Media Barcelona
Movie gallery

Bitrate (Avg: 27.2, max 45.96 Mbps)
MediaInfo:

[Show spoiler]

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Duration                                 : 1 h 32 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 29.7 Mb/s
Writing application                      : MakeMKV v1.15.4 darwin(x64-release)

Video
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Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
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Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
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Duration                                 : 1 h 32 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 27.9 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 36.0 Mb/s
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)                       : 0.560
Stream size                              : 17.9 GiB (94%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #1
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Format                                   : DTS XLL
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Duration                                 : 1 h 32 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 1 066 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Stream size                              : 702 MiB (4%)
Title                                    : Stereo
Language                                 : Japanese
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #2
ID                                       : 3
ID in the original source medium         : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                                   : DTS
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
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Duration                                 : 1 h 32 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
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Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 505 MiB (3%)
Title                                    : Stereo
Language                                 : Japanese
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Text
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Language                                 : French
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Menu
00:00:00.000                             : en:Chapter 01
00:04:33.731                             : en:Chapter 02
00:14:09.014                             : en:Chapter 03
00:24:17.831                             : en:Chapter 04
00:33:17.745                             : en:Chapter 05
00:40:42.731                             : en:Chapter 06
00:46:00.007                             : en:Chapter 07
00:54:45.865                             : en:Chapter 08
01:01:41.864                             : en:Chapter 09
01:08:26.477                             : en:Chapter 10
01:15:19.556                             : en:Chapter 11
01:20:32.118                             : en:Chapter 12

Great film, too bad it appears to have bombed nearly everywhere.

[SpazeBlue]

I should have stuff up for Black Rock Shooter soon, just experiencing technical difficulties.
It should be up by the end of the month.

[BigOnAnime]

The Beyond the Boundary SteelBook got reviewed. No mention of the dub situation (ALL of Krystal LaPorte's lines replaced by Kira Vincent-Davis in the TV series + OVA) which isn't much of a surprise as they're likely unaware of it.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Beyon...271503/#Review

BTW, interestingly the old releases of Beyond the Boundary are still available. I'm wondering if they decided to keep them in-print after the backlash so the old dub is still available physically, save for on the OVA. Hopefully the non-SteelBook complete set when that eventually happens includes both the old dub and the new dub.

[NLScavenger]

Fate/Zero standard edition has a lower video bitrate for the season 1 episodes. Episode 1's double length makes it impossible to reuse the original season 1 video on 2 discs. Season 2 uses the same video as the original release.

There's not much of a difference between the original and standard edition season 1 episodes, but the standard edition is slightly worse because of additional low-pass filtering.

Standard Edition | Original release





Season 2 being 100% identical means that the standard edition retains the low-pass filtering from the original release

Original/Standard | Madman/MVM



Standard edition


Original release


Episode 02 - standard edition


Episode 02 - original release


Standard edition has 24-bit Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0 and English DTS 2.0 tracks (447 kbps). The decoded output of the DTS-HD MA track is bit-for-bit identical to the 24-bit PCM track.

[cooperb21]

Originally Posted by BigOnAnime

The Beyond the Boundary SteelBook got reviewed. No mention of the dub situation (ALL of Krystal LaPorte's lines replaced by Kira Vincent-Davis in the TV series + OVA) which isn't much of a surprise as they're likely unaware of it.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Beyon...271503/#Review

BTW, interestingly the old releases of Beyond the Boundary are still available. I'm wondering if they decided to keep them in-print after the backlash so the old dub is still available physically, save for on the OVA. Hopefully the non-SteelBook complete set when that eventually happens includes both the old dub and the new dub.

How is video quality and subs on new collectors edition vs old one? To be honest I don't like dub for this anime, but the steel book dub is slightly better. I'd be more interest in quality of video.

[BigOnAnime]

No idea about video quality, but something to note, it has the OVA, the original release did not as it was previously exclusive to the LE which has long since sold out and is a pain to get. As for the subs, also no idea, but the SteelBook has a "Supervising Translator" credit for the TV series, meaning they may have ironed out any translation errors the original release had.

[HyugaKojiro]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Fate/Zero standard edition has a lower video bitrate for the season 1 episodes. Episode 1's double length makes it impossible to reuse the original season 1 video on 2 discs. Season 2 uses the same video as the original release.

There's not much of a difference between the original and standard edition season 1 episodes, but the standard edition is slightly worse because of additional low-pass filtering.

Standard Edition | Original release

Is this for the Aniplex US release?

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by HyugaKojiro

Is this for the Aniplex US release?

Screenshots are from the Japanese releases. US releases should use the same video encodes.

[ShiroNek0]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Screenshots are from the Japanese releases. US releases should use the same video encodes.

You mean US releases use the same source with original JP release right? IIRC the JP Standard edition comes out much later.