UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread
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ActionFaust
Cardcaptor
Similar thing happened to my copy of Kino's Journey. It was delivered yesterday but the notification only appeared today.Received a shipping notification for Napping Princess today and also one for Princess Arete which already arrived 2 weeks ago.
Jaysgba
Combat Butler
I'll have to double dip on this for the artbox.
mikezilla2
Adventurer
the 4k not an upscale ? guessing getting the 4k versions in EU/UK isnt happening ?
ayase
State Alchemist
I'd certainly hope not, given that those films were traditionally animated and made for cinema release.
While it's no CCA, I like F91. I know a lot of people don't. Would probably have been considerably better as a series (as it was originally conceived) though.
Scavenger
Adventurer
I assume it is true 4K. The Bandai Visual page mentions 4k remaster and HDR.
Can't see AL releasing them on 4K UHD, but I'm hoping they could at least get access to the 4K masters and the 4.1 mix for the 1080p Blu-ray. The old CCA and F91 HD masters suffer from a bit of contrast boosting and a bit too much dnr.
If there were to be a release of either - which is something I hope we'd be able to do - it's certainly something we'll look into but ultimately we can only work with the materials we're supplied with.
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Yupa
Brigade Leader
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Edit: the last question was about expanding to other territories like the Netherlands and Denmark with localized subtitles. I live in the Netherlands and I can safely say: don't bother adding Dutch subtitles. This may seem odd to you but we don't like reading subtitles in our own language. The older fans have been burned too many times by badly translated releases from Kaze and Dybex and the newer fans have become accustomed to English subs thanks to simulcasting. People nowadays are weirded out when they see a release with Dutch subtitles, like the ones from Universal Pictures.
Edit: the last question was about expanding to other territories like the Netherlands and Denmark with localized subtitles. I live in the Netherlands and I can safely say: don't bother adding Dutch subtitles. This may seem odd to you but we don't like reading subtitles in our own language. The older fans have been burned too many times by badly translated releases from Kaze and Dybex and the newer fans have become accustomed to English subs thanks to simulcasting. People nowadays are weirded out when they see a release with Dutch subtitles, like the ones from Universal Pictures.
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Scavenger
Adventurer
RE: that last question... If you were to enter the Dutch market, I would suggest to focus mainly on getting movies out here in a timely manner. Building a healthy mainstream acceptance of anime should be the no.1 priority and movies will fit that bill. Don't bother with TV series, because it's gonna be a waste of money.
Your Name also had decent Dutch subtitles from what I remember. Periscoop Film is aiming to release the Blu-ray next Friday, but someone from their marketing department told me it has lossy Dolby Digital 5.1. smh.
I personally don't mind Dutch subtitles as long as they are good. Yes, the Dutch subtitles from A-film (Manga Ent.), Dybex and Kazé were often subpar or outright bad, but there are releases with good Dutch subtitles out there. The ones that spring to mind are from Nekotachi Entertainment, who handled the Dutch BEEZ releases. It seems like Nekotachi doesn't do translation work anymore, as they seem to be working on game development tools these days.
Your Name also had decent Dutch subtitles from what I remember. Periscoop Film is aiming to release the Blu-ray next Friday, but someone from their marketing department told me it has lossy Dolby Digital 5.1. smh.
Jon O Fun
Combat Butler
Any chance of a Testament of Sister New Devil early bird?
Yami
Thousand Master
Awesome! Any on-disc extras other than The Spider and the Tulip?
Anime1977
Thousand Master
I think I'll pass on this one and know It's historical but it's blatant propaganda and the bbfc should of gave it a 12 because a its propaganda film.
Jaysgba
Combat Butler
No. Just no.
ayase
State Alchemist
Wouldn't really make much of a difference I don't expect, because honestly, who's going to show WWII propaganda that's really only interesting today from a technical and historical perspective to children under 12?
I mean Triumph des Willens is a very well made film but I don't imagine many people watch it for its entertainment value. Let alone kids trying to buy it from HMV.
"C'mon kids, who wants to watch WWII propaganda?"
"Yay!"
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animefan2017
School Idol
any info on when re:zero early bird is as well as its contents?
Jaysgba
Combat Butler
We still need to wait for it to be delayed before there's an early bird. There's no way in hell it'll actually see a release a week after the USrelease.
animefan2017
School Idol
yeah just debating whether it be out or whether it will match the usa release as otherwise will be at anime expo to pick a copy up there