The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread

[SMD88]

Originally Posted by peppapigstan

Worth noting it's possible the old scan was sharpened + new BD color grading is more flat & based heavily on the cels so the mountain details might appear DNR'd when really it's just that the color grading is subdued

Shurrato arguably probably has more DNR since it's difficult to spot any remaining chroma grain unlike L-Gaim, but the 16mm filmstock is probably better than what they used for L-Gaim (or the camera was more in-focus)
I'd agree that L-Gaim would benefit from less DNR given how it probably naturally looks softer & that grain removal makes the image look less pleasant, but they're using the OCNs (finally) instead of making new prints so detail loss isn't as big

It is such a damned shame that they DNR'd it to hell and back. Christ they piss me off. It looks so much better than the LD/DVD version it's not funny. Then they ruined it with the grain removal. I wish those despicable jerks at BV could put out shows that look as beautiful as Victor's Giant Gorg and Xabungle sets. Just once.

If only they had made a DVD "HD Remaster" box. I always think the same about the Dirty Pair movie (should have been done along with the HD prints for BVs OVAs) and VAP's TV/OVAs. Although, VAP did not do many "HD Remasters" on DVD, if any.

[SMD88]

Not BD (sadly), but does anyone know if the Aniplex Rurouni Kenshin box was a new master? I cannot work it out. Anything of Kenshin I find online seems to be the shitty US DVDs. Much like You're Under Arrest. I am almost certain that the BV box set was a new component print but all I see is the ugly LD master dump DVDs.

I missed out on buying the Taiwan set many years ago, but I remember an Anime on DVD thread where they were being discussed. It was mentioned that the first disc (or possibly 2) was composhite and the rest used the component master. The box set is still not cheap, and I do not want to waste $350 on it if it is the same old LD masters. Too bad it is so "cheap and nasty" in the packaging department, too. Sigh, what happened to you Japan?

[SMD88]

I am curious about the Jp version of CYBER CITY OEDO 808. People on amazon are complaining about it being BD25, where as the US disc is about 28GB. Did they just use Discotek's BD and take out the English soundtracks, extras etc? I have the TOEI Goku BD, which I know is not as nice as the US. Why the hell TOEI did not use the same disc, I will never know. I did not open the Jp disc as I have the US one. I would like the Jp OEDO, but will not bother if it is a step down from the Discotek disc.

[peppapigstan]

please condense your posts, also use the "Edit" button to add on to your posts

[NLScavenger]

Dynit's Blu-ray of the original Space Battleship Yamato series is a repeat situation of 2199 where Voyager Entertainment (I guess) gave the international licensee a mutilated master with very blurry chroma (e.g. #13).

https://slow.pics/c/1URDVGOS

[CrashOveride95]

For the record, the BD credits the licensor to be TFC/Tohokushinsha, same as the JPBD

Additionally, the masters provided to Dynit do not have the changes made to the 2023 JPBD rerelease (chiefly, the newly discovered magnetic audio for episode 8)

[Gowho]

Just to put it out there, Voyager has went through a couple of name changes since 2199 to where the current 3199 series has them credited just as Voyager (ボイジャー).

[SMD88]

Originally Posted by peppapigstan

please condense your posts, also use the "Edit" button to add on to your posts

No, they are all different subjects.

[Kyle15]

My goodness

[kiorei]

Hello. New here. long time lurker though. Wondering if anyone here knows if the Crest of the Stars blu-ray boxset is worth the upgrade from the Bandai dvds?

[CrashOveride95]

Originally Posted by kiorei

Hello. New here. long time lurker though. Wondering if anyone here knows if the Crest of the Stars blu-ray boxset is worth the upgrade from the Bandai dvds?

It is an upscale due to the series being heavily edited on videotape, I'd suggest sticking with the DVDs

[Naiera]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

My goodness

Lawd have mercy

[kiorei]

Originally Posted by CrashOveride95

It is an upscale due to the series being heavily edited on videotape, I'd suggest sticking with the DVDs

Thank you for the answer. Will hold onto the DVDs then.

[NLScavenger]

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket - 2020 JPN BD vs 2019 USA BD vs 2002 USA DVD

Certain famous line from the English DVD subtitle track got changed on both Blu-ray releases.

2020 JPN BDInfo

Disc Title:     MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM 0080:War in the Pocket DISC1
Disc Label:     UCG_0080_D1
Disc Size:      31,653,524,996 bytes
Protection:     AACS
Playlist:       00002.MPLS
Size:           25,316,050,944 bytes
Length:         1:21:06.528
Total Bitrate:  41.62 Mbps
Video:          MPEG-4 AVC Video / 37,318 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio:          Japanese / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /  2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitle:       Japanese / 26.12 kbps
Subtitle:       English / 27.57 kbps
Subtitle:       Chinese / 26.69 kbps
Subtitle:       Chinese / 26.83 kbps
Subtitle:       Chinese / 25.78 kbps

[SpaceDandy]

Originally Posted by SpaceDandy

Short notice FYI, Anime Limited/KSM Tekkonkinkreet BD (FRA/GBR/GER) has wrong colours and poor compression. The 2007 Sony BD is much better.

Follow-up:

REVIEW - Amer Béton (Tekkonkinkreet) - Blu-Ray Collector - All The Anime - YouTube

The only good BD is the antique Sony BD. All subsequent releases or streams, even the JP BD, have severe colour issues. It looks as if they applied a YCC range conversion on the RGB channels.

[NLScavenger]

I ordered a used German copy after I watched the review yesterday.

[NLScavenger]

My Hero Academia: You're Next - USA BD vs JPN BD

Toho's first self-released anime Blu-ray in the US and possibly the last now that they own GKIDS.

USA BD is region free. Subtitle options are English dubtitles, SDH, French and Spanish. The OVA is in Japanese with only English SDH subs, Pre-film theater manners is dubbed only with English texts.

Disc Title:     My Hero Academia: You’re Next
Disc Label:     MY_HERO_ACADEMIA_YOURE_NEXT
Disc Size:      31,650,052,389 bytes
Protection:     AACS
Playlist:       00800.MPLS
Size:           30,212,438,016 bytes
Length:         1:49:58.592
Total Bitrate:  36.63 Mbps
Video:          MPEG-4 AVC Video / 25,647 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio:          English / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz /  3558 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1 / 48 kHz /   448 kbps / DN -31dB)
Audio:          Japanese / Dolby TrueHD/Atmos Audio / 7.1 / 48 kHz /  4500 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1 / 48 kHz /   640 kbps / DN -31dB)
Subtitle:       English / 38.23 kbps
Subtitle:       English / 42.89 kbps
Subtitle:       French / 29.27 kbps
Subtitle:       Spanish / 27.73 kbps

[SpaceDandy]

US BD has had some questionable chroma rounding/truncation.

[Glorian]

Does anyone know if Anime Limited's release of God of High School is better video wise than the Viz release (like Tower of God and In/Spectre), or if it's just a clone of the Viz release?

[Jackson_H]

Amazon shipped my copy of Legends of the Dark King on Monday (1 day early) which has never happened with me before

I guess the site reviewer did too

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Legen...380310/#Review

The encode is indeed new. All episodes are 1080p/24fps AVC (previous release was 1080p/1080i VC-1)

Both audio tracks are also lossless DTS-HD MA (prior release had lossy Japanese audio)

Interestingly the clean opening & ending extras are 480i VC-1

Could be that there is no HD clean versions (Japan doesn't have its own BD IIRC) so the only clean OP & ED is the Japanese DVD copy and Sentai didn't want to upscale them