Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise - Releases

[Otakuboy]

Does anyone know if its region locked? i noticed on the back cover it says "this disc is intended for playback in US and Canada, some or all content and features may be unavailable in other regions"

[chronoclast]

Originally Posted by Otakuboy

Does anyone know if its region locked? i noticed on the back cover it says "this disc is intended for playback in US and Canada, some or all content and features may be unavailable in other regions"

It's locked to Region A.

That disclaimer on the back cover means it has an anti-reverse importation measure that only affects Japan. If you try playing the disc in a player that has it's country code set to Japan, it won't work. Any other country it will though.

[Otakuboy]

Originally Posted by chronoclast

It's locked to Region A.

That disclaimer on the back cover means it has an anti-reverse importation measure that only affects Japan. If you try playing the disc in a player that has it's country code set to Japan, it won't work. Any other country it will though.

Oh okay, thanks for that.

[emmet otter]

Does anyone know why this was re-released again in 2019? Anything different in terms of PQ? Im interested in purchasing this
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Royal...lu-ray/239368/

[keitaro]

Wouldn't know. I own the Bandai Visual USA Blu-ray for Honneamise. The perfect release

[Jim Purcell]

Originally Posted by keitaro

Wouldn't know. I own the Bandai Visual USA Blu-ray for Honneamise. The perfect release

Except for being in a gross DVD case.

[Naiera]

That's one DVD-height release I don't mind. Gorgeous box.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by emmet otter

Does anyone know why this was re-released again in 2019? Anything different in terms of PQ? Im interested in purchasing this
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Royal...lu-ray/239368/

Same as the old Sentai disc.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Same as the old Sentai disc.

Which doesn't have the original Japanese Dolby Surround mix (in lossless LPCM 2.0), sadly.

[BigOnAnime]

Hot take: DVD cases>Blu-ray cases

I didn't have a problem with that release being DVD height, as well as that time period when Sentai, Aniplex, and FUNimation were putting BDs in DVD cases.

[professorwho]

Hotter take: Criterion cases>Everyone else

[BoscoTheMan82]

The only Criterion I own is It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World and that case is hot garbage.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by BoscoTheMan82

The only Criterion I own is It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World and that case is hot garbage.

The one in a real case or the sh*tty Digipak? If it’s the Digipak, it makes sense, as Digipaks are cancerous, but Criterion’s standard cases are my golden standard.

[BoscoTheMan82]

Its the Digipak, complete garbage case

[rickah88]

Give me a sleek Digipak, ideally a Digibook, over dime/dozen plastic cases any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

[Kyle15]

I just got a copy of the original Bandai Visual release and it's pillarboxed like the Maiden Japan edition; the reviewer's assumption that the Bandai one wasn't like this is wrong. That aside, I didn't pay a ton for it at all and the presentation is gorgeous. Absolutely lovely packaging.

EDIT: I meant windowboxed, sorry for the confusion.

[TThomas]

Pillarboxed? not windowboxed?
Could you provide screens?

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by TThomas

Pillarboxed? not windowboxed?
Could you provide screens?

Sorry, I meant windowboxed. Slip of the tongue there.

[svenge]

Here's a BDInfo scan of the 2019 re-release.

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     Royal Space Force BD-1
Disc Size:      32,867,416,064 bytes
Protection:     AACS(v68)
BDInfo:         0.7.5.9 (compatible layout created by DVDFab 12.0.1.8)

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   00042.MPLS  
Length:                 2:01:28.281 (h:m:s.ms)
Size:                   31,401,302,016 bytes
Total Bitrate:          34.47 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
MPEG-4 AVC Video        26000 kbps          1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
DTS-HD Master Audio             English         2116 kbps       2.0 / 48 kHz / 2116 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio             Japanese        4344 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz / 4344 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           English         0.163 kbps                      
Presentation Graphics           English         37.14 kbps                      

FILES:

Name            Time In         Length          Size            Total Bitrate   
----            -------         ------          ----            -------------   
00006.M2TS      0:00:00.000     2:01:28.281     31,401,302,016  34,467 kbps

[professorwho]

On the topic of Honnêamise, I have the 1990 CAV Laserdisc box set. I did an unboxing of sorts for it in the haul thread here so people can see how beautiful Laserdisc releases are, and how we'll never match them with today's releases.

Now, this was the CAV re-issue of the first home video transfer (previously a 1987 CLV disc), so it gives an interesting perspective on how the film was first seen by many people. Now, all the JP and NA BDs are windowboxed, while the UK/FR releases (the same disc) aren't because they cropped the image to fill more of the screen (a bad idea, IMO). So, how does the LD compare?

They f**king have it windowboxed as well. This makes no sense, as literally every other letterboxed LD I have that isn't supposed to be replicating a 1.66:1 AR or something like that is not windowboxed. A good example of a LD set that's windowboxed intentionally to preserve the correct aspect ratio of their films is the James Bond Connery Collection Vol. 1 set. It's an amazing set, and the windowboxing is to preserve the 1.66:1 AR of the first 3 films. Wings of Honnêamise has no excuse. The film was produced for a 1.85:1 AR, so either that or a 1.78:1 are equally as acceptable, IMO, so this windowboxing nonsense is rather illogical.

In 1998 there was a remastered edition of the film, also on LD, but also on DVD. I might get it (not sure if on LD or DVD, however), but from what I've heard it's also windowboxed. The old Manga Ent DVD is as well, so literally every major home video release of this film is windowboxed (save for the UK/FR release which cropped it out and removed picture information, so I don't really count it), so I suspect that when Bandai does the 4K UHD (which we know they'll do at some point along with the Patlabor films- they are the cash cows that always show up on each new format) it'll be windowboxed as well until someone there decides to give a damn and present the film in either 1.78:1 or 1.85:1

I would take screencaptures, but with LD it's rather tricky, but I intend to eventually make a full post on the multiple releases of this film some day, and by then, I'll have sorted out the screencap issues.