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verlierer
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Have you watched any anime DVDs that contained around 12 episodes per disc? What was the quality like? 'Cause most contain 4-6.
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Dorcas_Aurelia
 Posts: 5344 Location: Philly |
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That sounds rather suspicious. What show was it, and are you certain it wasn't a bootleg?
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verlierer
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Shows like Minami-Ke, Toradora and To Aru Majutsu no Index, and they contain a sticker signifying that it has been approved by the Malaysian government or something.
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hissatsu01
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Bootleg. Very bootleg. |
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kilaria
 Posts: 135 Location: Dallas, TX |
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The Blu Ray versions of anime tend to have a lot more episodes per disk... (Tsubasa has at least 8 per disk, I can't remember exactly how many off the top of my head right now) But DVD's? Typically there are 3-4 episodes per disk and that's it.
The ones you have are definitely bootleg... |
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Key
Moderator
 Posts: 18173 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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For regular (i.e. non-Blu Ray) DVD releases, anything with more than 7 episodes on a single disk is almost certain to be a bootleg.
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daedelus
 Posts: 743 Location: Texas City, TX (ajd: 6/11/05) |
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Both Sentai and Funi have been cramming 7 episodes on one disc. The first disc of Spice and Wolf has 7 and I didn't notice any reduction in quality.
Then again, I'm using a BD player to watch,so the picture is being upscaled. |
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Mr Adventure
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That should make loss of quality more noticeable. Right? |
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wormraper
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not necessarily, most people forget that 95% of anime that is 6 discs or more per series for the singles are on single layer discs or even with special features only fill up 5-6 gigs on the disc. Funi and Sentai123 have been putting 6-7 eps on a disc with ZERO special features and Dual layer discs. |
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hissatsu01
Posts: 963 Location: NYC |
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The canard about singles releases being single layer is one that I really wish I could kill once and for all. Most singles releases going back at least 5 years were dual-layer. I checked my own collection last year and the following were all dual layer singles releases: Baccano Black Lagoon Captain Herlock (Geneon OVA release) Claymore Death Note Ergo Proxy Eureka Seven Excel Saga FLAG Full Metal Panic Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid Ghost Slayers Ayashi Hell Girl Kujibiki Unbalance Le Chevalier D'Eon Lucky Star Mushishi The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Noein Planetes Ramen Figher Miki School Rumble Toward The Terra Tweeny Witches Welcome to NHK Witchblade xxxHOLIC Zegapain I still fully expect the claim to be repeated that most singles releases were single layer. Strangely enough almost all the single layer discs for singles (that I checked) were Pioneer/Geneon releases, and they were generally known for good video quality. As for shows on dual layer discs not using much of that space, that was true for a lot of Funimation singles releases that for no good reason used very low bit-rates (and many looked awful as a result). I say no good reason because if you're spending more to author and manufacture dual-layer discs, there is no savings to be had in not using the space that you have available, and video quality can only suffer as a result. Personally I would far prefer they use high bit-rates and more discs, but the market has spoken and quality is not the most important factor for most fans, cheaper releases is. Last edited by hissatsu01 on Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:13 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7983 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Definitely, reeks of illegal bootleg. Partially because those aren't available in any English speaking country legally that I'm aware of and mostly because no company in it's right mind would put that many episodes on a disc. |
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Ggultra2764
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I'm not sure about Sentai's titles. But Funi's been able to cram in a boatload of special features on disks containing 6 or 7 episodes in the past and it might be due to the economy they've been toning down on the goodies. My thinpak set of Fruits Basket has 6 or 7 episodes per disk and has features such as voice actor interviews, character profiles, picture galleries, textless versions of the OP and ED and some commentary from the English dub cast of the series. |
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Wereknight
 Posts: 7 Location: USA |
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Actually I'm pretty sure that companies(Occasionally) do that.
I have 2 different box sets(That I'm sure are official) that have 16 episodes per. It just depends on how the company wants to make money. So it depends on the company that released it and when(Methods change) |
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Zalis116
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Paploo
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These reek of bootlegs..... I'd suggest checking out more information on the producer. If they have both chinese andenglish subs, I'd say bootleggyness is even more likely.
The only legit release I can think of with 12 or more episodes crammed onto one DVD is the SpeedRacer DVD's FHE/Lionsgate produced. Oddly, they were quick slick thanks to newly restored footage, and just a teensy bit sped up [it's unnoticeable]. Dubonly, so I don't think it could be done with other anime releases and still have quality- 7 episodes seems to be the limit. |
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