Forum - View topicNEWS: Aniplex Ships Rurouni Kenshin OVA/Film BDs in Japan, U.S. on Same Day
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Sam Murai
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Maybe they'll do something similar to the Utena remaster and just replace it with higher-quality CGI and/or photography. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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NISA getting Madoka would be pretty nice. |
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reanimator
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You're right. It's the main reason why I've been avoiding buying most of US releases. Anyone can download or watch streams. Anime fans in Japan, majority of them living in Tokyo area, can watch hyped anime titles on their TV. It's the bonus materials that tempt hardcore fans to spend so much on videos. Japanese companies have been doing this for 20+ years. NIS understands the attractiveness of bonus materials so well. I just bought Persona Trinity soul when it was on sale. I'm glad that American company like Right Stuff is doing the same thing with Utena. A lot of people who are not used to pay high price on Anime videos may not like it. It's the economic reality of anime business that western fans have been ignorant to. When people watch anime for free or at low cost, not everyone who have watched it will not buy the video. That applies to any medium live or animated. I've watching shows like "Fringe", but I still haven't bought the video. |
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teh*darkness
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The prices on those Kenshin releases place them outside my "what I'm willing to pay for 30 minutes of animation" range. Though the movie is obviously longer, but it's also the only thing I don't already own on DVD, as I had no interest in it.
I also couldn't care less about Madoka, but the Bakemonogatari news has piqued my attention. Please let that line in the article mean they are going to license it to a US company, so we can get it at a normal person price? Please? |
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Ingraman
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I'm not sure that Aniplex's price would be too abnormal if they do release Madoka or Bakemonogatari, since it won't be a simultaneous release with Japan (obviously why the Kenshin and Kara no Kyoukai releases were pricey). Durarara!! was well-priced, and the Baccano! BD release was near-perfect with a significantly cheaper price than what I paid for the Japanese set. I'm hoping for either Aniplex, NISA, or Nozomi to release the two series, although I'm doubtful about the latter two (and Nozomi still has yet to say anything about BD, which is the only way that I'll buy either show)... |
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Dante80
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^^ this I will definitely buy those OVAs. Also, good news about Bakemono and Madoka. Both shows deserve a good release, and we will hopefully get that.
Hm, for me it works differently. As a collector, I couldn't care less about price/'. What I want is the added value to a show I have already seen for free. Thats the reason I also detest some the latest Funis barebone/halfassed releases. Its a matter of personal preference though really, the best would be to have the option for both. |
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asimpson2006
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I probably won't get these, since I have never seen them before plus the price seems a bit too high for my tastes. Even though I am a collector I like and prefer cheaper priced releases due to the limited budget that I have to run on.
I wish AOA (my acronym of Aniplex of America) would have cheaper releases for those who want cheaper priced releases. |
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Darksorrow29
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I don't think it was specifically stated in article... but are these bluray releases for kenshin going to be digital remasters?
I'd assume so... o_o? -edit- nvm i found it on aniplex's site All 4 OVA episodes Total Running Time: 125 min. 1080 Hi-def picture, digitally remastered |
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cyberbeing
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Just keep in mind that the Tsuioku-hen Blu-ray will be 1440x1080 (4:3), which is the original aspect ratio of the 4 OVA episodes. They won't be cropping it to 16:9 like the director's-cut. |
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Darksorrow29
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@Cyber
I'm not exactly an expert on the 4:3 , 16:9. Basically what I'm getting at is the director's cut is more of a wide screen view and the 4:3 is full? Im curious if th Blurays will look better than the director's cut then? |
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cyberbeing
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You could think of it as wide vs full if you want. The basic idea is something as follows for the original 4:3 source frames played back on a wide-screen TV:
Original 4:3 frame on 16:9 TV with black boxes on the sides 4:3 frame with the top and bottom of the frame cropped off to make it 16:9. Since the original source was animated to a 4:3 aspect ratio, that is what you want and it will yield the highest quality for the remaster. I only mention it because many people nowadays expect everything on Blu-ray to be 16:9 (wide), which is not the case here. Aniplex is being stupid and showing all their screen caps and blu-ray trailers in 16:9 with small footnotes that the Blu-ray will be in the original 4:3 aspect ratio. Now if you must have a wide 16:9 picture, many TVs have zoom/crop functions to turn 4:3 sources into 16:9, if that is what you desire. |
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