SD, HD, BR?

Otaku-san said:
Just to digress, but i also noticed that the first volume of Black God is set for a release around this time
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Last I heard the bd release was pushed back to early February. If you are planning to get the Kurokami bd you may want to think again as the US release is English dub only. The Japanese release is slightly better in that it has Japanese, Korean & English dub tracks but it has no English subtitles. It also has a lower episode count than the dvd release (4 episodes on bd versus 6 episodes on dvd).


http://www.mania.com/bandai-announces-f ... 18788.html

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http://www.mania.com/kurokami-bluray-ex ... 18809.html
 
The Japanese are being cautious with Blu-ray releases in America since it's the same region code. It explains why some are hesitating about either releasing the rights to US companies, including time-delays, or language restrictions.
 
Tachi- said:
I guess to sum things up, i'm asking.....why are they releasing Anime on BluRay when it can't be improved beyond its standard definition? Just seems like a scam to me.
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Ive seen the Blu Ray of DBK compared to the Standard and dude you totally can see the difference.

I can definately notice the difference in Blu Ray anime.
 
ayase said:
That little bit of extra effort is too much for me.
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*laughs* :D


So I wonder then, if the US is getting dicked on anime blu-ray releases for sharing region codes, will we get the same treatment just for being the same language & because we always get the same releases in different packaging to the US?
 
Fudce said:
The Japanese are being cautious with Blu-ray releases in America since it's the same region code. It explains why some are hesitating about either releasing the rights to US companies, including time-delays, or language restrictions.
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What I want to know is, whose f*cking stupid idea was it for Japan and the US to share region codes? Yeah, let's put the most expensive and one of the cheapest regional markets for home video in the same region! It's as though Japan wants to sabotage it's own domestic market...
 
ayase said:
Fudce said:
The Japanese are being cautious with Blu-ray releases in America since it's the same region code. It explains why some are hesitating about either releasing the rights to US companies, including time-delays, or language restrictions.
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What I want to know is, whose f*cking stupid idea was it for Japan and the US to share region codes? Yeah, let's put the most expensive and one of the cheapest regional markets for home video in the same region! It's as though Japan wants to sabotage it's own domestic market...
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Give them scrap metal....they'll build a robot.
Give them scrap paper....they'll make Manga.
Give them noodles....They'll make something wonderful to eat.
Give them a brain....they need one.
 
The most ridiculous thing is, putting Japan and the US in the same region renders the only point of region coding for HD media (market protectionism) instantly useless. They'd have been just as well off using no region coding!

Mutsumi said:
Or better yet, made the US & UK same region. :D
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That really wouldn't be such a bad idea now. Our DVD & BD prices have tumbled because of the recession, in some cases they're even cheaper than the American editions. I'd be willing to bet companies who operate in the US and UK would love it if they could release one product for both markets, and UK fans would win big time.

The only obstacle in our way: THE BBFC.
 
HMV sell a BD player that can be set to any of the BD regions. Then you can import ANYTHING and avoid the big bad BBFC ;) (without which we would not have Beez, Manga UK etc... but never mind)
 
Project-2501 said:
HMV sell a BD player that can be set to any of the BD regions. Then you can import ANYTHING and avoid the big bad BBFC ;) (without which we would not have Beez, Manga UK etc... but never mind)
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Do elaborate, both on the region free BD player and why you think Beez and Manga UK's existence depend on the BBFC. I understand we need domestic releasing companies because of the BBFC, but Beez are Bandai's distributor for the whole of Europe, not just the UK. The only thing the demise of the BBFC would do to Beez is leave them with more money in their pocket.
 
ayase said:
Project-2501 said:
HMV sell a BD player that can be set to any of the BD regions. Then you can import ANYTHING and avoid the big bad BBFC ;) (without which we would not have Beez, Manga UK etc... but never mind)
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Do elaborate, both on the region free BD player and why you think Beez and Manga UK's existence depend on the BBFC. I understand we need domestic releasing companies because of the BBFC, but Beez are Bandai's distributor for the whole of Europe, not just the UK. The only thing the demise of the BBFC would do to Beez is leave them with more money in their pocket.
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Nuh uh, it would leave them with less money. Or do you think Beez are making a great loss financially by serving the UK market? :O
 
What are you talking about? Having things rated by the BBFC costs a lot of money - if they didn't have to do that they'd be quids in, surely? They'd be putting out the same releases without one of their major costs.
 
Beez would just end up as a basic reseller for the UK. And retailers would just buy the cheapest DVD/BDs, they'd just try to bypass the local concerns as the likes of Tesco and Asda did with Levis jeans.

Why do people keep on importing R1s even when the same series is available on R2E? Because its often cheaper to buy the R1. And why wait for a UK company to release it if its already on sale from a US source?

Cost goes down with quantity, always the way. The best option for us in the UK would be for US companies to license for the USA and UK and then ship the same discs over here at the same time. Economy of scale. The downside is we'd be at their mercy and have little or no actual UK Anime industry.

The BBFC, for all its bad points, does protect the UK industry. I'd say its the main reason it still exists. Jerome from Manga even said so in an interview posted somewhere on this site. The downside is we get R2E releases long after the R1s or don't even get them at all.

I'd LOVE to see FAR more anime available over here and have it much much sooner. Cost is less of an issue cos I'm a old sod and think a 20MPG car is economical. Maybe some sort of self certification system for small sales figure and niche market releases with the odd random check from the BBFC just to make sure the ratings are right and keep the blue rinse curtain twitchers happy. Let the big boys pay full, you sell a million DVDs you can afford the BBFC fees ;)

But I don't see the BBFC as the only or biggest reason we get UK releases years after the US. I think the way the Japanese license anime has to change combined with our quite tiny market.

As for the player:
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch ... earch.y=13

Supposedly its £50 in store. Spec looks very basic, no internal audio decoding.
 
stuart-says-yes said:
do you want your kids growing up, thinking sex and drugs and rock n' roll is a good idea
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Yes. They are a good idea. The sex and the rock 'n' roll especially. The drugs less so. It depends which ones.
 
ayase said:
What are you talking about? Having things rated by the BBFC costs a lot of money - if they didn't have to do that they'd be quids in, surely? They'd be putting out the same releases without one of their major costs.
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No BBFC would mean nothing to stop the cheaper US DVDs being sold over here, since being rated would no longer be a requirement. How can the UK distributors compete with the scale of the US ones? Remember, many US anime DVDs are already region 2 compatible.
 
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