Upcoming UK Anime DVD Artwork!
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ConanThe3rd
Railgun
Really not selling me on buying DVD only, there, MVM.
Shiroi Hane
Dragon Knight
Given that the DVDs will also be interlaced, should interlaced but at higher resolution with more efficient compression win out?
devilrules666
Combat Butler
I will be honest MVM has never had the greatest art style on their covers.
Invisible Crane
Adventurer
devilrules666 said:
Why are people whining about MVMs cover art. Seriously this is like say...complainig about the new Devil May Cry game simply because of Dante's new look, it does not affect the actual content!
Joshawott said:
That and this is the DVD artwork thread...
And that.ColdCobra said:
And urgh...MangaUK posted an unboxing of their and Kazé's Code Geass rerelease. The DVD version looks so much nicer - Slimpacks holding 6 discs that get progressively darker as the series goes along, whereas the BD is a single amaray with 2 discs. Bleh.
ayase
State Alchemist
Oh, for f*cks sake. After the continental European edition came as two separate cases in a nice box? I knew we weren't getting the artbook, but still... do they not think that quality of presentation might possibly, just ever so slightly matter to people who've chosen to purchase something in high definition? Yeah, give the cheaper DVD a nice box and shaft the consumers who you already know are willing to pay more for higher quality. Makes perfect sense, that. Brb, learning French.Joshawott said:
Mangaranga
Za Warudo
I'm still wondering whether or not to cancel my Pre-order, I still don't know how to feel about 25 episodes with picture dramas and JP/ENG/Commentary audio being shoved onto 2 discs. Oh and it will 99% surely be sub locked. (PLS STOP KAZE)ayase said:
I'm probably over thinking it, as a 700-800mb 1080p Dual Audio rip looks/sounds decent enough, but I'm paying for the best quality here, not for something which could be equal or worse.
I wouldn't have minded paying for two half series sets per season with 2 discs each to get better quality. (Heck, maybe even slightly more for P1 with an artbox.)
The lack of an artbox is another minus, but let's be honest, any artbox for a UK release is going to look worse than something Funi put out due to having The massive logos for the BBFC, Manga, and Kaze plastered on the front/spine. (Another + for US releases.)
I do wonder why Sentai and Funi have such small simple logos, yet Manga and Kaze have massive ones which take up so much space, and that's before we get 2 DISC SET shoved somewhere on the box.
ayase
State Alchemist
I'll probably still get it. After all £26 for a full 25 episode series on BD isn't to be sniffed at (picture quality didn't look to be affected in the European version which is also 2 disc) and I am looking forward to watching it for the first time. I purposefully didn't buy Geass when Beez first released it because I was holding out for it on BD, a gamble which even I'm somewhat amazed paid off. Still yet to happen with Gundam 00 though, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Rather than wishing that the BD packaging had been better, I almost wish the DVD packaging had been worse. It's like buying a top of the range car with a better engine only to find it doesn't have the option of a leather interior, when the basic model gets it as standard.
Rather than wishing that the BD packaging had been better, I almost wish the DVD packaging had been worse. It's like buying a top of the range car with a better engine only to find it doesn't have the option of a leather interior, when the basic model gets it as standard.
Mangaranga
Za Warudo
Let's be honest though, the DVDs, unless they are just repackaging the Beez release, are going to be inferior due to locked subs, which I imagine is far worse on DVDs than BDs. And that leads onto another issue.ayase said:
Remember the Black Lagoon BDs?
Remember how Funimation put out a superior in almost every aspect, non sub locked release a few months after the Kaze one?
Yeah, I don't really want to be in the same situation again. Both Manga and Kaze don't have the best track record when it comes to quality.
From buying the Kaze releases, I always feel like I have an inferior product (Samurai Girls, Black lagoon) or that there is some other problem. (Berserk 'Collectors edition' having the booklet stuck inside the Packaging, Locking Subtitles on releases, Spine Text the wrong way)
I'll be honest, they are good because they are bringing more BD releases here, it's just how they are doing it which bugs me, especially when unlike others I can get a better quality R1 Product. I know we aren't Kaze's main market but from what I've seen so far, it would be nice if our releases at least matched up to the US ones.
I hope the new anime distributor here can give us good quality releases which do not have these issues, not that I'm worried if they have Andrew and the NISA team behind them. I would love to see them snap up shows which Kaze has the FR rights to (Garden of Sinners, Fate/Zero [Hint Hint Andrew
]) just because I would love problem free, good quality products which I don't have to be wary of buying/Pre-ordering.
Mangaranga
Za Warudo
A few still shots aren't much to go by to tell the overall quality.ayase said:
I'm looking at Kaze stuff on Amazon FR and I'm seeing things like half of Fate Zero on one BD and Garden of Sinners movies 5-7 on one BD (despite 5+7 being 2hr long). Clearly someone at Kaze likes over compression. I dread to think what they must look like considering they are all darker shows where banding and such would be much more obvious.
Let us also consider that the Uncompressed files on Japanese Blurays are about 6-7gigs per episode. Assuming Kaze are actually using all of a BD50 for the first 13 eps (Which they probably won't, nobody other than NISA seems to) the eps will be around 3 gigs each, possibly less.
I'm guessing KAZE have the MangaUK approach, reduction in quality/production cost to offer a lower price point. (I mean seriously, look at their pricing.)
It's going to look better due to being progressive instead of interlaced, also no PAL speedup.Joshawott said:
I also expect the colours on the BD would look better than a washed out looking DVD.
Other than that, I have no idea how big the difference would be. I've never actually seen Code Geass in SD.
Just be sure it will look better though, the only shows I have seen which look better on DVD instead of BD are Shakugan no Shana 1/2.
If only this were 3 discs and 100% not sub locked, then I wouldn't have to worry.
jonno394
Za Warudo
I'm not too fussed with the blu-ray packaging, though I would really appreciate it if Manga at least try and get some more artwork on the inside of the cases to capitalise on the hug amount they have in the DVD set, and also, slipcases are not as good as slipboxes. The FMA US BD volumes look awesome imo thanks to the slip boxes.
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