UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

Lucky_Deity said:
Blood+ is a big surprise, definitely will be getting that along with Blood: The Last Vampire, Eizouken and InuYasha S3 + S4.

Interested to see how AL's Akira release will be like, see if it's worth double-dipping or not.
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Andrew was talking about the master film they got for it. It was one from the time when you had to type the subs into the film, and no one knows where it came from because the BFI said it wasn't there's.
 
Scavenger said:
I feel that Manga UK is truly dead now with Anime Ltd's acquisition of AKIRA.
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I feel the same way, after all Akira was the first title released by Island World Video which later became Manga Entertainment and Manga held the rights for so long, it’s kind of sad to see. Hopefully AL gives it the deluxe treatment or I won’t be double dipping.

Unrelated to Akira. Blood+ and Blood The Last Vampire is great to see and I will definitely be getting them depending on how well they turn out.
 
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Jon O Fun said:
Wow so guessing they've finally cracked the Sentai egg 👏

Very happy about Blood+, was kind of expected after AL France got it but Akira is the crazy one... its literally already had a 4K AND cinema release in the last few years.
I think the HDR was botched but who is double (or in my case Octruple) dipping?!
Great get but seems kinda pointless.
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The HDR was eventually resolved for the Funi 4K release of Akira, I believe it was only an issue with the first print runs. However, there was some controversy with the colour grading and use of digital noise reduction (DNR).

Although, in my opinion, these criticisms were somewhat overblown and I think the 4K release of Akira out at the moment is absolutely fantastic overall; it's one of the better 4K experiences you can have with an animated film.

So unless Anime Limited manage to include some additional audio tracks (such as the original 1988 Japanese track, which the Japanese 4K release has), I can't see any reason to buy it again personally.
 
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I'm not a big fan of Blood: The Last Vampire, but when I do watch it I'm always distracted by how bad the old DVD looks. We're talking sub-SD levels of pixelation, like a 2005 YouTube video. I'll probably grab the Blu-ray, but likely not at its initial price, considering it's only 35 minutes long.

I wonder how AL will make their Akira release stand apart from previous ones. If they include the old Streamline dub then I hope they tweak the mix to make it less shrill. It gives me nausea on the current Blu-ray, which was never a problem on the ancient VHS.
 
Dai said:
I'll probably grab the Blu-ray, but likely not at its initial price, considering it's only 35 minutes long.
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Perhaps worth noting that the original Manga UK blu-ray is still fairly easy to find used copies of for under £20 or so from eBay and CEX (£12 plus postage from the latter). That said, it's a fairly old release (2009!) so a newer one by AL may well be better in the video quality department.
 
Now I'm done for the day and in a better place to think I can say they were thinking of announcing akira tomorrow because this 4k release will also have a new cinema release.
 
The Streamline dub track on the Funimation release has quality issues. Right before some of the reel changes, they briefly switch over to a mono source that I assume runs slightly longer, which lets them patch the gap between the reels. However, the gaps can be easily patched with other higher quality elements like the Japanese 2.0 Dolby Surround track. Neo Tokyo destruction iirc uses the mono source to deal with a sync issue immediately after; there are ways to deal with that without resorting to the mono source.

Speaking of the Japanese 2.0 Dolby Surround track, it's nerfed on the BD and UHD. The LaserDisc has better bass and they should use a PCM capture of that for their release.
 
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