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So, looking through the Amazon.com Listings, Penguindrum part 2, Space Pirates Part 2 and Kamisama Dolls are all listed as 1080i on the back of the box. The thing this time is that Kamisama Dolls is distributed by Media Factory in Japan, rather than Starchild/King Records.
I can't decide if this is licensors supplying shittier masters or just Sentai screwing up. Some of their other releases state 1080p on the box, and nobody else seems to be suffering from this thus far.

All i'll say is that if this picks up, and applies to other companies, I'm going to be buying a lot less Anime.
I wouldn't complain if we had to pay slightly more for proper releases, but there are people on sites like amazon.com who complain about paying $60 for a DVD/BD combo.
Why is anime so heavily discounted in the US anyway? They usually pay around $36-42 for a release, down from $60.

<blockquote data-quote="Mangaranga" data-source="post: 390531" data-attributes="member: 147">So, looking through the Amazon.com Listings, Penguindrum part 2, Space Pirates Part 2 and Kamisama Dolls are all listed as 1080i on the back of the box. The thing this time is that Kamisama Dolls is distributed by Media Factory in Japan, rather than Starchild/King Records.I can't decide if this is licensors supplying shittier masters or just Sentai screwing up. Some of their other releases state 1080p on the box, and nobody else seems to be suffering from this thus far.All i'll say is that if this picks up, and applies to other companies, I'm going to be buying a lot less Anime. I wouldn't complain if we had to pay slightly more for proper releases, but there are people on sites like amazon.com who complain about paying $60 for a DVD/BD combo.Why is anime so heavily discounted in the US anyway? They usually pay around $36-42 for a release, down from $60.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mangaranga, post: 390531, member: 147"] So, looking through the Amazon.com Listings, Penguindrum part 2, Space Pirates Part 2 and Kamisama Dolls are all listed as 1080i on the back of the box. The thing this time is that Kamisama Dolls is distributed by Media Factory in Japan, rather than Starchild/King Records. I can't decide if this is licensors supplying shittier masters or just Sentai screwing up. Some of their other releases state 1080p on the box, and nobody else seems to be suffering from this thus far. All i'll say is that if this picks up, and applies to other companies, I'm going to be buying a lot less Anime. I wouldn't complain if we had to pay slightly more for proper releases, but there are people on sites like amazon.com who complain about paying $60 for a DVD/BD combo. Why is anime so heavily discounted in the US anyway? They usually pay around $36-42 for a release, down from $60. [/QUOTE]