Overseas Upcoming Non-UK Anime BD/DVD Artwork

[DE] Nipponart

Ergo Proxy [Blu-Ray] - SRP 59.95€
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Haibane Renmei [Blu-Ray] - SRP 59.95€
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It's unclear if the art is final or not, since it'll be released in November it's still subject to changes.

Nadia (1/3) [Blu-Ray] - SRP 59.95€
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[DE] Peppermint Anime

Wolf's Rain [Blu-Ray] - SRP 69.99€
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The prices seems to go down in Germany these days. Too many distributors overbidding in the past-recent years and price reaching up to 150€ for a 12-eps series has probably killed the market. Exactly what has happened in France few years ago and seems to be happening again because one distrib' is particularly retarded. g-r-e-a-t.
 
SpaceDandy said:
[DE] Nipponart

Ergo Proxy [Blu-Ray] - SRP 59.95€
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Haibane Renmei [Blu-Ray] - SRP 59.95€
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It's unclear if the art is final or not, since it'll be released in November it's still subject to changes.

Nadia (1/3) [Blu-Ray] - SRP 59.95€
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[DE] Peppermint Anime

Wolf's Rain [Blu-Ray] - SRP 69.99€
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The prices seems to go down in Germany these days. Too many distributors overbidding in the past-recent years and price reaching up to 150€ for a 12-eps series has probably killed the market. Exactly what has happened in France few years ago and seems to be happening again because one distrib' is particularly retarded. g-r-e-a-t.
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I got burned so hard with the Nipponart BD release of GitS:SAC. I don't know if it was my Blu-ray player but it had some subtitle issues and the video was pretty choppy as in lower framerate during some scenes. Granted it didn't have the black bars like some other releases do which is nice but the other issues are just bad.
 
Robbl said:
I got burned so hard with the Nipponart BD release of GitS:SAC. I don't know if it was my Blu-ray player but it had some subtitle issues and the video was pretty choppy as in lower framerate during some scenes. Granted it didn't have the black bars like some other releases do which is nice but the other issues are just bad.
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The SAC BDs in Japan/Korea are 1080i30, reason being that the CGi was done at 30fps and BDs do not support 1080p30. From what you're saying it sounds like the publisher encoded it at 1080p24, thereby dropping six frames each second which would explain why it looks so choppy.
SAC should also have slight black bars on the top and bottom of the image unless they've also decided to crop the overall picture.

Yupa said:
Finally on Blu-ray! I hope MVM will take notice, even though they re-released it on DVD last year. It still looks as bad as it did in 2003, so any visual upgrade is welcome.
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Not to crush your hopes and dreams, but the Japanese BD is an upscale and looks equally awful.
 
Yeah. I'd love a Haibane Renmei BD if only for nice limited edition packaging and whatnot (being that it's a fantastic show that deserves some nice treatment). In terms of video quality, however, it might be one of the worst upscales out there.
 
Mangaranga said:
Not to crush your hopes and dreams, but the Japanese BD is an upscale and looks equally awful.
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I'm sorry but it is far from being awful, especially when you consider the original Geneon release (that was the one distributed worldwide). That one was especially blurry and had other issues. The blu-ray is a definite improvement over it. I wouldn't go and call it very good but it's still worth the upgrade unlike some titles like, say, Gankutsuō (where the blu-ray brings just nothing. you can straight compare it with DVD, it will just match and someone might even missmatch the screens if they aren't aware).
There are some comparison screeenshot on this Haibane fansite (bottom of the page): Sekai no Hajimari -- A Haibane Renmei fan page

So yeah, anyone calling it one of the worse upscale out there is definitely wrong. Most people who haven't seen it or haven't compared it with the previous releases say that, curiously.
 
SpaceDandy said:
I'm sorry but it is far from being awful, especially when you consider the original Geneon release (that was the one distributed worldwide). That one was especially blurry and had other issues. The blu-ray is a definite improvement over it. I wouldn't go and call it very good but it's still worth the upgrade unlike some titles like, say, Gankutsuō (where the blu-ray brings just nothing. you can straight compare it with DVD, it will just match and someone might even missmatch the screens if they aren't aware).
There are some comparison screeenshot on this Haibane fansite (bottom of the page): Sekai no Hajimari -- A Haibane Renmei fan page

So yeah, anyone calling it one of the worse upscale out there is definitely wrong. Most people who haven't seen it or haven't compared it with the previous releases say that, curiously.
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Thank you, that's exactly what I was hoping for. I know it will never look as good as a new show created in HD, but upscales can still be an improvement over the DVD.
 
SpaceDandy said:
I'm sorry but it is far from being awful, especially when you consider the original Geneon release (that was the one distributed worldwide). That one was especially blurry and had other issues. The blu-ray is a definite improvement over it. I wouldn't go and call it very good but it's still worth the upgrade unlike some titles like, say, Gankutsuō (where the blu-ray brings just nothing. you can straight compare it with DVD, it will just match and someone might even missmatch the screens if they aren't aware).
There are some comparison screeenshot on this Haibane fansite (bottom of the page): Sekai no Hajimari -- A Haibane Renmei fan page
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Whilst it doesn't explicitly state what DVDs are used in that comparison, I'm going to assume they're the R2J discs and aren't representative of the US/UK releases. I say that because the DVD screens look way better than the BD. For the latter the line art is smeared to hell, and whilst the show appears to have a darker colour palette to start with, it's even more muted on the BD. Whilst I agree with you that Gankutsuou is worse than this, I would still be hesitant to call this an upgrade from what I've seen.
 
Found this comparison: Haibane Renmei : Screenshot Comparison
Sadly it doesn't specify which DVD release this is taken from. But I'm fairly certain this is from the 2010 DVD release which use the Blu-Ray remaster as a source, hence the pretty much matching quality. But the previous DVD sets in Japan and the ones released elsewhere are just not that good. So it's still an upgrade for us baka gaijin.
 
[DE - Peppermint] Trigun DVD
  • A4 format
  • DVD cases are just thrown into the box tho
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[DE - Peppermint] Haikyu
  • Artcase is a 10€ Akibapass shop exclusive
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US | Maiden Japan

The Good Witch of the West: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
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The Good Witch of the West: Complete Collection [DVD]
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Hinako: Complete Collection [Combo]
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US | Sentai Filmworks

Bakuon!!: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
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Bakuon!!: Complete Collection [DVD]
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Beyond the Boundary -I'll Be Here- [Combo]
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Chihayafuru: Season 1 Collection [Blu-ray]
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Chihayafuru: Season 1 Collection [DVD]
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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: Season 1 Collection [Blu-ray]
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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: Season 1 Collection [DVD]
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Golden Time: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
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Matoi the Sacred Slayer: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
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Matoi the Sacred Slayer: Complete Collection [DVD]
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Onigirl: Complete Collection (Shop Exclusive Edition) [Combo]
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Tamako -love story- [Combo]
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Ushio & Tora: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
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Ushio & Tora: Complete Collection [DVD]
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All 3 of them have less than 5 on MAL, and I'm not sure of the other two, but Sleeping With Hinako is literally almost 50 minutes of just watching her sleep.
 
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