OFFICIAL Anime on Blu-ray (USA releases)

[SteelPen]

Hey guy/girls, I'd like to pick up some DC/Marvel BDs, any suggestions? Thanks!

Thinking of...to start...

Batman: GK
Hulk Vs
Batman/Superman: PE

[Kevtronn]

Originally Posted by Redliner17k

Hey guy/girls, I'd like to pick up some DC/Marvel BDs, any suggestions? Thanks!

Thinking of...to start...

Batman: GK
Hulk Vs
Batman/Superman: PE

Not Anime, but I do recommend Hulk Vs.

[vashanime04]

Originally Posted by Redliner17k

Hey guy/girls, I'd like to pick up some DC/Marvel BDs, any suggestions? Thanks!

Thinking of...to start...

Batman: GK
Hulk Vs
Batman/Superman: PE

I'd say go with Batman/Superman: PE and if your a fan Green Lantern i'd also get Green Lantern First Flight it is awesome!

[kndy]

Originally Posted by Kevtronn

Not Anime, but I do recommend Hulk Vs.

Hehe...if it's created by a Japanese anime studio of an American character... is it anime? Even the old GI Joe, Transformers series...made by Sunbow in Japan but always wondered, should it be called anime? I know that "GI Joe Sigma 6" was created by Gonzo, "Hulk Vs." by Madhouse.

Originally Posted by eastx

Now, not making both language tracks lossless on the Blu-Ray is indeed a form of cheating. But the US Blu-Ray will cost me $20 or so, whereas the Japanese one would cost $70-ish. I'm not sure the Japanese track will have $50 worth of difference between the 2 versions.

With Japanese consumers allowing to purchase from amazon.com to save way more money than what they pay in Japan, I think what we are seeing is problems with US and Japan being on the same region. Reverse importing is going to be a major issue, especially as people want simultaneous releases and both language tracks.

As for the Asian releases, like the crappy Dimension releases with the bad dub...that's Weinstein's decision.

[TokyoLee]

Originally Posted by Redliner17k

Hey guy/girls, I'd like to pick up some DC/Marvel BDs, any suggestions? Thanks!

Thinking of...to start...

Batman: GK
Hulk Vs
Batman/Superman: PE

Hulk Vs

[SteelPen]

Originally Posted by Kevtronn

Not Anime, but I do recommend Hulk Vs.

Originally Posted by vashanime04

I'd say go with Batman/Superman: PE and if your a fan Green Lantern i'd also get Green Lantern First Flight it is awesome!

Originally Posted by TokyoLee

Hulk Vs

Thanks for the suggestions! I ordered Hulk Vs & Green Lantern: 1st Flight just now from Amazon! $24.98 for both!

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by kndy

Hehe...if it's created by a Japanese anime studio of an American character... is it anime? Even the old GI Joe, Transformers series...made by Sunbow in Japan but always wondered, should it be called anime? I know that "GI Joe Sigma 6" was created by Gonzo, "Hulk Vs." by Madhouse.



With Japanese consumers allowing to purchase from amazon.com to save way more money than what they pay in Japan, I think what we are seeing is problems with US and Japan being on the same region. Reverse importing is going to be a major issue, especially as people want simultaneous releases and both language tracks.

As for the Asian releases, like the crappy Dimension releases with the bad dub...that's Weinstein's decision.

Well there's anime of those kinds of series and there are ones that are not.

And yes thank you for pointing out the point i've been making all of this time about the importing issue and with America and Japan being the same region on Blu-ray causing problems.

[Blufan11]

has there been talk of spirited away on bluray? here or in japan?

[FailedEXE]

Originally Posted by JediFonger

you know... i thought situations would IMPROVE w/blu-rays when it came to anime. the reality is, it is going to be about the same experience as anime on DVD (that is: keep waiting for another decade) or just import.

the market reality is that that anime occupies a small fraction of US (even though it's quite profitable). it has always been treated as an unimportant/second class/low priority/no1 cares genre.

the IRONY is that the more distributors/studios treat anime as such, the LESS people wan to buy it on any media. anime are such a fickle crowd they want the BEST PQ and will goto GREAT lengths to get it.

The sad thing about this is that it's true. Japanese entertainement has always been a niche market in the US but it's become much more unpopular these days. I haven't been keeping up on the news of anime since 2007 because I think we hit a road block of anything that particulary stands outs, compared to everything I watched in the early to mid 2000's.

It's 2010 now, about 2 years since HD-DVD's defeat and nearly 4 years since Blu-rays market inception and I am still waiting for favrorite anime remasters Elfen Lied, Black Lagoon, Trigun ect.

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by FailedEXE

The sad thing about this is that it's true. Japanese entertainement has always been a niche market in the US but it's become much more unpopular these days. I haven't been keeping up on the news of anime since 2007 because I think we hit a road block of anything that particulary stands outs, compared to everything I watched in the early to mid 2000's.

It's 2010 now, about 2 years since HD-DVD's defeat and nearly 4 years since Blu-rays market inception and I am still waiting for favrorite anime remasters Elfen Lied, Black Lagoon, Trigun ect.

Trigun has no one licensing it at this moment so 1st thing's 1st is to get someone to license it before worrying about a Blu-ray release.

Elfen Lied is ADV Films and ADV has had it quite rough these past couple of years such as losing about 30 of their recent series and Funimation rescuing most of them as well as some Geneon series like When They Cry, Shakugan no Shana, Black Lagoon(which you mentioned), Samurai Champloo, and some other ones.

So the end result is we really only have Funimation and Bandai supporting anime in America and Funimation's Blu-rays are not exactally what fans want as far as not being able to put Japanese lossless audio on most of their Blu-rays and also some pq issues especially on their upscaled Blu-rays.

[TL OWNS U]

Originally Posted by Blufan11

has there been talk of spirited away on bluray? here or in japan?

I am wondering the exact same thing

[u_nick]

^ I think a recent (disney?) release had a few HD shots of it in a trailer/clip reel. As far as I remember it wasnt a reel for Blu-ray, but just the properties in general. A lot of people hoped this meant it was one of the pieces coming soon, since the shots were shown in HD, but nothing official has been announced as far as I know.

[Clueless_Monkey]

Originally Posted by Blufan11

has there been talk of spirited away on bluray? here or in japan?

The Netherlands
http://www.asianblurayguide.com/news...d_in_november/

And some HD footage was on Disneys Snow White release: http://muhootsaver.tistory.com/entry...-on-Snow-White

[Blufan11]

Originally Posted by Clueless_Monkey

The Netherlands
http://www.asianblurayguide.com/news...d_in_november/

And some HD footage was on Disneys Snow White release: http://muhootsaver.tistory.com/entry...-on-Snow-White

bleh and the netherlands version is just an upscale any news on any of his movies? other than ponyo...

[kndy]

Originally Posted by FailedEXE

It's 2010 now, about 2 years since HD-DVD's defeat and nearly 4 years since Blu-rays market inception and I am still waiting for favrorite anime remasters Elfen Lied, Black Lagoon, Trigun ect.

Well, it does look like in 2010, anime on Blu-ray titles are starting to ramp up. The question though is quality control and audio issues (due to reverse importation).

As for ADV or Sentai Filmworks, I did give them a slight nod that if they are going to jump onto Blu-ray, that their release (next week) of "The Skull Man" should be for consideration.

But the good news is that there is no anime shortage, there is still a lot of anime being released (especially from FUNimation and Sentai Filmworks) in the US. The fact that we are receiving a good number of titles from the SF, is a good sign that the company formerly ADV, is getting healthier.

Now the question is...are people still buying or is everyone depending on Crunchyroll or other streaming sites for their anime?

I will say that I was talking to a few of my friends and associates who have written for anime publications and to my shock, many are now preferring their anime via streaming or via netflix and we got into discussions about the new TV sets that will have wireless capability. And there is one thing that they do make a point is that a lot of anime being released are devoid of special features (now they are mostly textless op/ed themes and trailers).

Anyway, I know it's difficult to be patient about anime releases on BD since its taking awhile. In some way, it's like 1993 again when we waited for ADV, AnimEigo and Pioneer to release anime on LD. Although the pricing still remains the same (at $29.99 or higher), at least we are getting complete series or a dozen episodes compared to the 1-4 episodes we received on LD back then.

[Kevtronn]

Originally Posted by kndy

Hehe...if it's created by a Japanese anime studio of an American character... is it anime? Even the old GI Joe, Transformers series...made by Sunbow in Japan but always wondered, should it be called anime? I know that "GI Joe Sigma 6" was created by Gonzo, "Hulk Vs." by Madhouse.

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

Well there's anime of those kinds of series and there are ones that are not.

Good question kndy, I think it is the fack that I never consider Hulk anime but if it is done by an anime studio than I guess it should be. And what Moonphase said.

Originally Posted by kndy

As for ADV or Sentai Filmworks, I did give them a slight nod that if they are going to jump onto Blu-ray, that their release (next week) of "The Skull Man" should be for consideration.

What Blu-ray are they jumping on? Or is this Japanese releases?

[metalgeargreed]

Originally Posted by kndy

Well, it does look like in 2010, anime on Blu-ray titles are starting to ramp up. The question though is quality control and audio issues (due to reverse importation).

As for ADV or Sentai Filmworks, I did give them a slight nod that if they are going to jump onto Blu-ray, that their release (next week) of "The Skull Man" should be for consideration.

But the good news is that there is no anime shortage, there is still a lot of anime being released (especially from FUNimation and Sentai Filmworks) in the US. The fact that we are receiving a good number of titles from the SF, is a good sign that the company formerly ADV, is getting healthier.

Now the question is...are people still buying or is everyone depending on Crunchyroll or other streaming sites for their anime?

I will say that I was talking to a few of my friends and associates who have written for anime publications and to my shock, many are now preferring their anime via streaming or via netflix and we got into discussions about the new TV sets that will have wireless capability. And there is one thing that they do make a point is that a lot of anime being released are devoid of special features (now they are mostly textless op/ed themes and trailers).

Anyway, I know it's difficult to be patient about anime releases on BD since its taking awhile. In some way, it's like 1993 again when we waited for ADV, AnimEigo and Pioneer to release anime on LD. Although the pricing still remains the same (at $29.99 or higher), at least we are getting complete series or a dozen episodes compared to the 1-4 episodes we received on LD back then.

ADV films no longer exists. It's FUNamation now.

[u_nick]

ADV split up into a handful of smaller companies, Sentai Filmworks being one of them.

Funimation bought out SOME of ADV's old licenses when they were going down hill. But for all intents and purposes, Sentai and a handful of others were created out of former ADV parts.

[JediFonger]

has Criterion ever done any Japanese animation? it would be AWESOME if Criterion started to =). just imagine =). *sigh*

[Kevtronn]

Originally Posted by JediFonger

has Criterion ever done any Japanese animation? it would be AWESOME if Criterion started to =). just imagine =). *sigh*

Criterion has Not done any Japanese animation. Would be nice