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[Mangaranga]

Wait...7 discs.

The US release only had 6.

Probably because Manga had to do a ****** PAL conversion.

 

[Emo185]

Wait...7 discs.

The US release only had 6.

Probably because Manga had to do a ****** PAL conversion.

Well the Digimon Season Sets had rather 'questionable' visual quality (pixilation and such) when released in US by Flatiron Film Company / Cinedigm, so maybe the episodes have been spread out across an additional disc to make them better quality?

Either that or its just a template place-holder xD

 

[Shiroi Hane]

I like how it says 'the official first season' - as if there was an unofficial first season too.

It's essentially identical to the American cover, and New Video have been putting "The Official.." on their covers since at least they started doing Digimon.

 

[Peachy]

 

[NormanicGrav]

Going to MCM? There's an exclusive Space Dandy reversible cover for the Standard Season 1 Blu-ray available at their booth:

As you'd get them at MCM Comic Con - exclusive sleeve on the left, standard edition on the right

Inside the case! Disc 1 is feeling very Dandy today isn't it?

Disc 2 is a lot more laid back, everyone's favourite space cat right?

Standard edition comes with a reversible cover of it's own for those who dislike clutter

 

[NormanicGrav]

And Kill la Kill Part 1 is unveiled:

Want to see what's inside the booklet? Visit the blog post!

 

[jonno394]

Looks fantastic. Can't wait.

 

[Lavigne]

Yep, looks gorgeous, can't wait!

 

[Cel]

Kill la Kill looks amazing. Take note, MangaUK, that's how you do a collectors edition.

 

[NormanicGrav]

 

[Lutga]

Lucky they'd done away with their disc count icons by the time of this release, eh.

 

[Rosencrantz]

That's nice, art box I assume?

 

[NormanicGrav]

That's nice, art box I assume?

Exactly the same as Madman's, so yes.

 

[black1blade]

The shiki pic looks a bit off centre or is just a teaser image and not the template for the real box?

 

[Shiroi Hane]

It depends how wide the spine is.

 

[Peachy]

 

[Lutga]

Yum, that is one tasty apple-eating Monogatari cover.

Tomoko's facial expressions on the Watamote cover always crack me up too.

 

[NormanicGrav]

Hayao Miyazaki Blu-ray Collection finally revealed:

Includes the following:
- Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
- Laputa: Castle in the Skey
- My Neighbour Totoro
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Porco Rosso
- Princess Mononoke
- Spirited Away
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Ponyo
- The Wind Rises

Bonus Disc of content, TBC - may include contents from Japanese Blu-ray Box set:

Also comes two bonus discs containing "Yuki no Taiyo" pilot film (5mn), "Akado Susu no Suke" (episodes 26,27, 41 for a total of 30mn), "On Your Mark" video clip, and Hayao Miyazaki press conference on his retirement (90mn). Discs come in digipak with illustrated jacket. Also includes booklet. As bonus of individual release are not included, transfer rate is slightly better.

 

[Mangaranga]

Do we know yet whether the films in this collection have been heavily DNR'd like the individual releases? That's pretty much the only thing which would make it worth buying in my mind.
Best case scenario is that we get a straight 1-1 copy of the Japanese encode this time around. Worst case is that it uses the same encodes from the current UK BDs with Extras removed.

 

[fabio de lunatico]

That set would be an elegant solution to the issue of inconsistent spines that plague the existing Studio Canal releases. Don't think it'd be worth £180 just for that, mind. Unmolested Japanese transfers on the other hand...

Anyone know why the Japanese set has so many 1-star reviews on Amazon.jp? Neither my Japanese skills nor Google Translate are of much help.