The Q & A Thread (for questions that do not need a thread)

I also recommend the 2004 live action film, if you can find it, and the 2007 live TV series (although I had to get this on Blu Ray from Amazon US and it was region A locked). Both good fun.
 
RonJB said:
Is the Internet Archive considered legit, as they appear to have the whole 26 episode live series for streaming or download. Which is nice (but I'm happy with my Blu Rays).
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I think it depends who uploaded it. I’ve noticed some studios upload VHS copies of things on there. So I guess that’s somewhat legit. I found the complete Cutie Honey Flash on there uploaded by a random person. As I can’t buy those legit, I downloaded the mkv files. I then used Handbreak to convert to mp4 with the subs burnt in which I’ve uploaded to my Apple Photos, I can now stream them from my Apple TV. Obviously it was a little work and I’d much rather buy them if they were available, but as they are not, I don’t feel too guilty. I also did the same with UY film, Beautiful Dreamer and I found a laserdisc rip of Starship Troopers OVAs.

I’ll have a look for the live action CH now 👍
 
I'm thinking of picking up the Rahaxaphon blu-ray steelbook from Ebay and I was wondering if the picture/sound quality in that version is any good, or is the more recent 2024 blu-ray release better?
 
A question from me for once (I was going to post this in the Crunchyroll UK thread but figured here was more appropriate).

Thanks to Dragon Slayer for providing me photos of the recent July releases for the three multi-language titles (The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far, I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too & The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World), I am wondering when they had changed the artwork approach for these releases.

For a bit of background/context, when they introduced the multi-language releases they took the approach of swapping the reversible/inside artwork with a German version of the front cover used on the slipcase (on top of the high SRP). The only title that had this exception was The Girl from the Other Side because its release was for UK & France only, but the rest did.

With these three mentioned above not having this modification of the artwork (despite including the same language options as per usual), my question now is when did this take full effect? There have been a few of these releases in recent months (below is a recap) and I would like to know which ones kept the original inside artwork and which didn't:
  • Dead Mount Death Play Part 1
  • I’m the Villainess So I’m Taming the Final Boss
  • The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World
  • KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World
  • The Legendary Hero is Dead!
  • Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement
I'm bringing it up here because very few would own these shows and unboxing photos for UK anime is pretty rare on the net in all honesty.
 
NormanicGrav said:
A question from me for once (I was going to post this in the Crunchyroll UK thread but figured here was more appropriate).

Thanks to Dragon Slayer for providing me photos of the recent July releases for the three multi-language titles (The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far, I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too & The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World), I am wondering when they had changed the artwork approach for these releases.

For a bit of background/context, when they introduced the multi-language releases they took the approach of swapping the reversible/inside artwork with a German version of the front cover used on the slipcase (on top of the high SRP). The only title that had this exception was The Girl from the Other Side because its release was for UK & France only, but the rest did.

With these three mentioned above not having this modification of the artwork (despite including the same language options as per usual), my question now is when did this take full effect? There have been a few of these releases in recent months (below is a recap) and I would like to know which ones kept the original inside artwork and which didn't:
  • Dead Mount Death Play Part 1
  • I’m the Villainess So I’m Taming the Final Boss
  • The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World
  • KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World
  • The Legendary Hero is Dead!
  • Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement
I'm bringing it up here because very few would own these shows and unboxing photos for UK anime is pretty rare on the net in all honesty.
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Not sure I understand the query, but here's my BD for saving 80k Gold.

Outside cover
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Insider cover
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CommanderZx2 said:
Not sure I understand the query, but here's my BD for saving 80k Gold.

Outside cover
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Insider cover
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Thanks! That's basically what I'm looking for with those remaining titles.

Last year's releases looked like this:


UPDATE - Okay so I think I may have identified the rest but its based on a guess going by how the recent sets have been labelled on the back case. It sounds like The Legendary Hero is Dead was the first to receive the treatment and the rest from there are like what I've mentioned with the artwork. The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World didn't have French support so the UK release is just a regular UK set in a way but with German support on the disc.
 
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farzam1999 said:
Anyone got the US 4K release of The Boy and the Heron? - Would like to know if the 4K disc works on non-American players, as GKIDS/Shout have locked 4K disks before.
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I received this last week, the 4k disc is region free and works in my UK player. The blu-ray is region A locked.

(Also for anyone searching, the JP BD has English subs, but the 4k disc doesn't...)
 
It seems quite easy: Those that have German text on the Slipcover have FSK on the reverse - those that have just English & French text on the Slipcover have inner print.
 
Hi there,
I am searching all over the place, but can't seem to find firstly if the upcoming My Hero Academia You're Next film is going to be in UK cinemas and if so which ones, I would really like to see it in a cinema if at all possible! I have access to Cineworld, Vue, Odeon and Curzon and none of their websites seem to be helping me out 🙃
 
Relaxo said:
Crunchyroll confirmed the UK+IE release will be on October 18.
However this announcement is just a few hours old, so just be patient ;)
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Do you have a source for this? I can't see anything on the Crunchyroll website and I know the US date is in October, but never seen confirmation of the UK. There's no PR been sent out either afaik
 
 
The GitS 2: Innocence I brought to send to my sister has the film on 2 discs. Apart from different extras the only difference seems to be the audio 5.1 for both languages on 1 and DTS on 2. I'm wondering if it matters which I send? or whether to just send both anyway disc 1 has a commentary and 2 has an interview.
 
D1tchd1gger said:
The GitS 2: Innocence I brought to send to my sister has the film on 2 discs. Apart from different extras the only difference seems to be the audio 5.1 for both languages on 1 and DTS on 2. I'm wondering if it matters which I send? or whether to just send both anyway disc 1 has a commentary and 2 has an interview.
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When it comes to DVD players, all can play Dolby Digital, but not all can play DTS. It shouldn’t be an issue with Blu-ray players though.
 
I collected GITS SAC season 1 in the original volumes and you got 2 discs per volume.
One is DTS (I'm sure) and this will explain why the audio is awful.
Think I will try it in my Blu-ray tonight.

Thanks
 
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