Anime BD Release Date #02 (2010)

 

2010.01.22 Fate/stay night TV reproduction I

JP Geneon Universal 本編60分／片面・1層／カラー／16:9LB／HDサイズ／BDトールサイズ／リージョン:ALL 【音声】 リニアPCM・Stereo （日本語2ch） 製作：2010年

 

2010.01.22 Fate／stay night TV reproduction Ⅱ

JP Geneon Universal 本編60分／片面・1層／カラー／16:9LB／HDサイズ／BDトールサイズ／リージョン:ALL 【音声】 リニアPCM・Stereo （日本語2ch） 製作：2010年

 

2010.01.27 DARKER THAN BLACK 流星の双子 02

JP Aniplex ■収録内容 ・第3話「氷原に消える・・・」 ・完全新作「黒の契約者」外伝　第1話 ■初回生産限定版特典(Blu-ray/DVD共通) ・岩原裕二描き下ろし三方背BOX ・小森高博描き下ろしメタリックジャケット ・40Pスペシャルブックレット封入 ・購入者限定イベント参加応募券

 

2010.02.16 Claymore: Complete Series Box Set

US FUNimation. 3 Discs. 620min.

 

2010.02.24 機動戦艦ナデシコ Blu-ray BOX

KING RECORDS. 封入特典：36Pブックレット 外箱付／6枚組デジパック仕様＜BD5枚＋DVD1枚（特典DISC）＞ 本編685分（＋映像特典101分）／本編1080p High-Definition／BD50G／AVC 仕様［カラー／4：3］ 音声［日本語（リニアPCM／5.1chサラウンド）］ ※DISC5のみ16：9ビスタサイズ／音声2ヶ［①リニアPCM5.1ch サラウンド　②DTS5.1ch MASTER AUDIO

 

2010.03.16 Gunslinger Girl: Complete Series

US FUNimation. 2 Discs. 325min.

 

2010.07.14 風の谷のナウシカ

ウォルト・ディズニー・スタジオ・ジャパン / 片面2層 / 本編約116分 / MPEG-4 AVC / VWBS-1110

 

2010.07.23 機動警察パトレイバー アーリーデイズ

Bandai Visual HONNEAMISE. 片面2層 / 214分(予定) / MPEG-4 AVC 4:3(1080p) / リニアPCM (ステレオ) / BCXA-0259

 

2010.07.23 逮捕しちゃうぞ the MOVIE Blu-ray Disc

Bandai Visual HONNEAMISE. 片面2層 / 91分(予定) / MPEG-4 AVC 16:9 (1080p、一部1080i) / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1ch / リニアPCM (ステレオ) / BCXA-0263

 

2010.08.11 坂本真綾 15周年記念ライブ”Gift” at 日本武道館

flying DOG. (VTXL-2) ￥7,665(税込) 《初回仕様》 [1]“豪華３２ＰオールカラーLIVE写真集”一体型Gift Box仕様 （BD：黒箱） [2]特製Giftリボン封入（ピンクリボン、ブルーリボン、(極たまに)ゴールドリボンがランダムに封入。こちらのリボンは購入後、パッケージに結ぶことで「Gift」仕様にすることができます。）

 

2010.09.30 劇場版「Fate/stay night UBW」

Fate/stay night UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS Blu-ray初回限定版。本編約105分、特典映像／1080p／16:9／日本語(5.1ch) ／GNXA-1140／9,240円

 

2010.10.07 劇場版マクロスF～イツワリノウタヒメ～

劇場版マクロスF～イツワリノウタヒメ～ Hybrid Pack。価格7,140円。 48ページオールカラーのブックレット、初回生産限定で、劇場上映生フィルムコマも付属する。

 

 

2010.11.26 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 ブルーレイコンプリートBOX

 

発売日 2010年11月26日 価格 ￥38,000（税抜）￥39,900（税込） 発売元 角川映画 販売元 角川書店・京都アニメーション 品番 KAXA-2000 本編時間 1080 分 カラーモード カラー　 ディスクサイズ 片面2層　8枚 画面サイズ 　16:9HDワイドスクリーン 1080i, 1080p 音声仕様 リニアPCM／オリジナル（日本語） リニアPCM／英語 字幕 英語字幕 JAN 4997766618555

特製描き下ろし収納BOX
特典映像ディスク3枚
Disc1：番組宣伝スポット / ＴＶ－ＣＭスポット / 涼宮ハルヒのメイキングクリップ集（全８回分）
　　　　「ハレ晴レユカイ」ＴＶ版スペシャルＥＤ / 店頭販促用映像 / ロケハン映像集他
　　　　「谷口が行く、新不思議発見の旅」（全８話）（BD1枚）
Disc2：「涼宮ハルヒの激奏」（ライブパートのみ収録）（BD1枚）
Disc3：「涼宮ハルヒの弦奏」（BD1枚）

 

2010.12.18 涼宮ハルヒの消失 Blu-ray 限定版 

 

価格 ￥9,000（税抜）￥9,450（税込） 発売元 角川書店 販売元 角川映画・京都アニメーション 品番 KAXA-2101 本編時間 164 分 カラーモード カラー　 ディスクサイズ 片面2層　 画面サイズ ビスタサイズ　16:9HDワイドスクリーン 1080ｐ 音声仕様 リニアPCM／5.1chサラウンド 字幕 字幕なし JAN 4997766618579

Blu-ray限定版同梱特典
●特製「涼宮ハルヒの消失　脚本集」
　　シナリオ決定稿から完全収録（シナリオ：志茂文彦）／ハードカバー仕様
●特典ディスク（ブルーレイ１枚、内容はDVD限定版のものと同一）
　１：ロケハン映像（「甲南病院」編）
　２：ＢＧＭレコーディング風景（ビクタースタジオ、オーストラリアにて）
　３：舞台挨拶１（東京／池袋シネマサンシャイン＆新宿バルト９にて）
　４：舞台挨拶２（京都／京都シネマにて）
　５：ダビング、ビデオ編集作業風景
　６：テーマ曲「優しい忘却」ＰＶメイキング映像
●ポストカード付解説シート封入
●特製描き下ろしジャケットイラスト使用スライドトレイ（透明スリーブ付）
●劇場用パンフレット縮刷版

Anime BD Release Date #01 (2009)

 

03.27.2009 Cardcaptor Sakura カードキャプターさくら ―クロウカード編― BOX

JP Geneon. 7×BD50, 1150min. LE Boxset, (1.33:1)1080p, LPCM 5.1, LPCM 2.0. Booklet.

04.14.2009 Fate/Stay Night Blu-ray BOX フェイト/ステイナイト

JP Geneon. 4×BD50, 600min. 1080p, LPCM 2.0. Digipak, booklet, T-shirt.

 

04.24.2009 Macross Frontier Vol.9 マクロスF(フロンティア) 9 <最終巻>

JP Bandai HONNEAMISE. First Press, 1×BD25, 72min. 1080p, LPCM 2.0. Keep case, 16pg liner notes.

 

04.24.2009 RIDEBACK Vol.1

JP Geneon. First Press (Original Soundtrack CD, leaflet), 1×BD25, 46min. 1080p, LPCM 2.0. Keep case.

 

05.22.2009 RIDEBACK Vol.2

JP Geneon. 1×BD25, 46min. 1080p, LPCM 2.0. Keep case.

   

06.26.2009 Cardcaptor Sakura カードキャプターさくら ―さくらカード編― BOX

JP Geneon. 4×BD50, 600min. LE Boxset, (1.33:1)1080p, LPCM 5.1, LPCM 2.0. Booklet.

  

07.22.2009 亡念のザムド 1 Blu-ray BOX

JP Aniplex. 1×BD25, 50min. 1080p, DTS-HD MA 5.1 (24bit), LPCM 2.0 (24bit), audio commentary (DTS stereo), Japanese subtitle. Small size storyboard. BOX (BD exclusive first pressing)

 

08.11.2009 Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid Box Set [Blu-ray]

US FUNimation. 280min. 1080i, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English subtitle. Flimsy box.

 

08.25.2009 攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX Blu-ray Disc BOX 1

JP Bandai HONNEAMISE. 3×BD50, 325min. 1080i, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, LPCM 2.0, English DD 5.1, audio commentary, Japanese subtitle. Booklet, DVD tachikoma days omake.

 

09.16.2009 バスカッシュ shoot.1

JP pony canyon. 1×BD50. Premium Booklet.

 

09.25.2009 攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX Blu-ray Disc BOX 2

JP Bandai HONNEAMISE. 3×BD50, 325min. 1080i, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, LPCM 2.0, English DD 5.1, audio commentary, Japanese subtitle. Booklet, DVD tachikoma days omake.

 

09.26.2009 天地無用！魎皇鬼 Blu-ray BOX

JP Geneon.

 

09.30.2009 DARKER THAN BLACK-黒の契約者- Blu-ray BOX

JP Aniplex, 5×BD50, 625min. 1080p, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, LPCM 2.0. 40P booklet, box, digipak.

 

10.23.2009 GUNSLINGER GIRL Blu-ray BOX

JP media factory, 2XBD50, 300min. Special Case (infini BOX), 1080i, Dolby TrueHD 5.1. Booklet. Post cards (first press)

 

11.25.2009 攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG Blu-ray Disc BOX 1

JP Bandai HONNEAMISE. 3×BD50, 325min. 1080i, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, LPCM 2.0, English DD 5.1, audio commentary, Japanese subtitle. Booklet, DVD tachikoma days omake.

 

12.22.2009 攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG Blu-ray Disc BOX 2

JP Bandai HONNEAMISE. 3×BD50, 325min. 1080i, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, LPCM 2.0, English DD 5.1, audio commentary, Japanese subtitle. Booklet, DVD tachikoma days omake.

 

10.28.2009 鴉 -KARAS- フルエピソードエディション

１話～６話まで本編を完全収録　約１８０分 音　声 ： ①　ドルビーＴｒｕｅＨＤサラウンドEX（6.1ch）日本語 ②　ドルビーデジタル・日本語（オリジナル）ステレオ   品番：　 SHBR1

 

11.27.2009 マクロスF(フロンティア)ギャラクシーツアー FINAL in ブドーカン

Bandai Visual HONNEAMISE. カラー／（予）217分／（本編約１６７分＋映像特典５０分））／ドルビーＴｒｕｅＨＤ（５.１ｃｈ）・リニアＰＣＭ（ステレオ）／ＢＤ５０Ｇ×２枚 ／１６:９<１０８０ｉ Ｈｉｇｈ Ｄｅｆｉｎｉｔｉｏｎ> 品番：BCXE-0216　販売専用

2010 Black Friday Purchase

 

Time to update on what’s bought for this Black Friday. Not much either for this year. It’s actually the first year that we didn’t wake up at 4AM and go into the lines. I got up at 9AM that day and went out to buy a couple stuff, which most of the items are still in stock. Granted they aren’t THE popular stuff like TV, notebook, etc…

So here are what I got:

A Samsung BT headset, my staples rewards is about to expire, so I got this… I actually made two staples online purchases with a seagate 1TB expansion drive, and a camera bundle. The camera gets cancelled though… Next is the Logitech mouse from office depot. I’m pretty impressed with the new Logitch lines with these mini receivers. They got great range unlike the older ones which totally sucked and required in line of sight. Then it’s the SIIG AC adapter for notebook. The Toshiba notebook we got last year had a malfunctioned adapter, so we exchanged the adapter within warranty with Toshiba acclaim without problem (one incident is Toshiba charged my credit card for original price of $134 even though I returned the broken one within 30 days, but a call solved the problem). And this SIIG AC adapter is only $10 after rebate… It seeams I got lots of SIIG product lately from sound card, notebook cooler, to keyboard… Last one out of this photo is the ASUS DVD writer. It is the first SATA DVD writer I got. My old SONY ATA one is dying, so this is a good replacement, hopefully it can last long enough before I got my first Blu-ray writer…

These are got from the next day, Saturday, which turns out have a better deal than Friday (more attractive). There’s also the Fujitsu i3 I reviewed earlier on sale for $400 which is a great deal, but I opt out since I want to assemble an i7 desktop in the near future (just wait for the memory to come down a bit further!) The SIIG card reader takes four drives which I don’t like, otherwise it’s decent enough with a dedicated microSD (TF) slot. The Trio 8GB 7” mp4 player WAS a steal at only $20. But it’s going back to store, since yesterday I can’t power this sh*t on! Called the manufacture, support guy suspects the battery is out, which I only had it for two weeks?? How unreliable is this… Lessons learned, never get unnamed brand… Last is the HDMI 1.4 cable with ethernet built-in. This was much better than the HDMI 1.3 cables I got last year from cablesunlimited.

So that’s pretty much what I got for this year.

Next are the entertainment stuff. There are MANY crazy prices for Blu-ray boxsets this year. The price/disc is even better than the end of 2007 when SONY defeats Toshiba’s HD-DVD. Anyway, I got the following, six movies for less than $40 after tax:

And lastly, the order in Sept from Sony rewards has been cancelled by me since I got the move bundle from Amazon:

I got tired waiting for Sony, since Amazon’s price is not too bad, I went ahead and placed order, got it within 3 days instead of endless waiting. Now just have to wait for Sony to reimburse the purchase by using my rewards points I got way back when I purchased my Playstation 3!

October big BD purchase Part I – Planet of the Apes 40th Anniversary & Goldfinger Steelbook

 

Here’s the promised big month of BD purchase. Well, the two items in part one here are actually unexpected, somewhat impulse buy.

I’ve always wanted the Planet of the Apes 40th anniversary set considering the first movie is so awesome, plus there’s a 200 page book in there. So since I can get this for $41 shipped, which is the lowest price I’ve ever seen on this set, I pulled the trigger.

The package came in relatively fast. It’s a 4lb beast! I’ve never received any DVD/BD sets so heavy. I was pretty surprised. I’ve seen some pictures online, but never thought this thing would weigh so heavy.

It’s a huge 5 disc digipak with a premium 200 page book. The thing is big and heavy, I put a standard UK Blu-ray just for comparison.

Upon opening, there’s a timeline summarizing the events happened in these 5 movies. These are big spoiler if you’ve never seen the movies, which for me I’ve never seen anything beyond the third movie. But since I’m a big sucker for bonus features, especially physical features such as the book, I know I HAVE to get this version instead of the individual release.

The book is printed on glossy photo-ish paper. The quality is very good, I’m extremely satisfied with it! The digipak, however is pretty bad. The central hub is made of some kind of plastic rubber, with the discs put on them extremely hard to take out. You have to twist the discs in order to take them out. But the problem is that the rubbers will come off when you twist… I think I might just go get some multi-disc Blu-ray case and make a custom cover for the peace of mind. I’ve never liked digipak anyway since they deform pretty fast and not suitable for long term storage.

 

Next up is James Bond Goldfinger Blu-ray Steelbook Amazon exclusive.

Another impulse buy. This marks as the third steelbook, and the second 007 steelbook in my collection (first being thunderball which was very awesome!)

Unfortunately he first one they sent had a pretty big dent. They are sending it in a cushioned envelope which is an extremely poor choice! So I have to request an exchange, the second one came in the next day since I have Amazon prime. But it's still coming in with a cushioned envelope. And guess what, still dented, but it is far smaller, and it’s from the inside which suggests maybe a problem when manufactured rather than the first one with externally squeezed into the case. I also got a $4 Amazon VOD credit out of this purchase.

 

Last one is actually ordered in this month, but since I’m doing a batch, here it is:

Tokusatsu Kaiju movie… I’ve seen some Godzilla (Gojira) movies, but Gamera is new to me, since it’s only $5.49 for two movies, I took my chance to get it. It turns out I enjoyed these two movies very much, pretty decent video (~11Mbps) and audio (lossy DTS-HR with 1509K core) quality since these are from Kadokawa’s new HD transfer despite they are crammed into a BD25 disc (The Japanese releases use full BD50 space for each movie, with LPCM 5.1 audio and special features, but for less than $6, what can you ask for more)... Although the acting and the monster costume are rather lame, I think Ultraman Heisei series (Tiga, Dyna, Gaia) made around the same time are much better in these regards. But the pacing of the movies are pretty fast, which made them very enjoyable to watch.

Sept - Nov TRU Blu-ray Triple Purchase Summary

 

Well, three pre-orders, four separate trips to TRU for the past three month, has finally ended today. This deal wasn’t as good as the previous toy story 1+2 deal. There was just so many unexpected hassle associated with it, it was never as smooth as I had hoped. But I think I have pulled it off relatively OK this time. So here’s the summary for what I got from this four trip deal:

 

 

So I pre-ordered Tinker Bell 3 on Sept 17 for $10. (first trip)

I paid $15.96 when picking it up on Sept 21st. (second trip, did get a $10 GC)

I paid $3.94 when picking up BATB on Oct 5th. (third trip)

And today Nov 7th, I paid $63.69 for Toy Story 3 and the Sing Along Songs DVD filler with a bunch of Hasbro board games as seen below. (fourth trip, spent the $10 GC got earlier)

Among these 4 trips, only 2 of them are good deals, the Tinker Bell 3 sucked the most. If it wasn’t today TRU had a stackable game deal, the TS3 deal would be even a big sucker since there’s no promo whatsoever for this alone unlike all previous Disney Blus...
So here’s the story for today:

I was able to combine 3 deals:
1. Get $10 GC after spending $75. (on today’s ad there’s a coupon, which needs to be scanned)
2. Get $10 GC for purchasing ANY $40 worth of Disney DVD/BD. (In store promo)
3. Get $10 GC for purchasing $35 of Hasbro board games. (In store and online) There’s also a rebate for these games.

So since the TS3 BD is @ $34.99 original price, plus a filler Disney DVD, and then bought a bunch of Hasbro games to make the total purchase greater than $75, I was able to get $30 GC.

 

So my total spending is $93.59. And now I have $30 TRU GC. I have $15 Hasbro rebate to do. And assuming the 10% TRU cashback works, I should be able to get about $7 for all these trips. So my final spending would be $42 assuming I could utilize $30 GC efficiently. I think it was an OK deal, considering the thing I really wanted are just BATB and TS3 BDs, the rest I guess I can give away as gifts considering Christmas is coming…

 

Blogger DVD/BD Reviews Page

 

 

My semi-professional DVD and Blu-ray Disc reviews crammed with pictures! Reviews start from new to old.

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交響詩篇エウレカセブン ポケットが虹でいっぱい Eureka 7 the Movie Pocketful of Rainbows – BD-Live experience report 2

First of all, the updating frequency has been slowed down. From July to the end of August, we got six extra videos, but in September, we got nothing. Now in October, we got an audio commentary for the movie. Let’s see how the implementation of this audio commentary goes.

 

交響詩篇エウレカセブン ポケットが虹でいっぱい Eureka 7 the Movie Pocketful of Rainbows – BD-Live experience report

The disc is released by Bandai under their premium label Honneamise. So how’s the experience different from the previous US Hollywood based BD-Live? Here is the report. This post also touches upon the menu, etc, with a focus on the BD-Live features, I guess.

 

プラネテス Planetes Blu-ray Box - the first full featured BD-J title from Bandai Honneamise (Blu-ray Review)

プラネテス, Planetes Blu-ray Box is the first full featured BD-J title from Bandai Honneamise, looks like Bandai has finally got the Java stuff together.

 

舞-HiME COMPLETE (Mai-HiME) Blu-ray BOX

舞-HiME COMPLETE (Mai-HiME) Blu-ray BOX is the first TV anime title released in Japan to feature Chinese Audio that I'm aware of.

 

MACROSS ZERO Blu-ray Disc Review

The second disc size is 25.6 GB, Video is 1080p 24fps, and audio is 1600K Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and 1536K LPCM 2.0. Last episode also has a commentary track but I haven't listened to it yet. The two episodes here look better than the first disc, colors are better, object and backgrounds are better defined... There is a 13 min seiyuu interview. The video is 1080i with a high bitrate transfer, but it looks rather soft, almost like from some home video.

 

FUNimation BD review Part III: Samurai 7 Blu-ray Box

The first TV series on Blu-ray by FUNimation seems a little underwhelming to me, especially for the video quality issues. I don’t think this release could justify the name of Blu-ray. I would suggest a rental first, start from episode 6 to see if the bandings are issues to you as they are very very distracting for me.

 

 

 

交響詩篇エウレカセブン ポケットが虹でいっぱい Eureka 7 the Movie Pocketful of Rainbows – BD-Live experience report

 

So in my previous post, I’ve mentioned that this Blu-ray Disc is the first Japanese domestic released title that supports BD-Live. The disc is released by Bandai under their premium label Honneamise. So how’s the experience different from the previous US Hollywood based BD-Live? Here is the report. This post also touches upon the menu, etc, with a focus on the BD-Live features, I guess. There are two discs in the limited edition, I’ll talk about mainly disc1 which has the BD-Live on it; disc2 is just a Bonus disc which I don’t have lots of stuff to say… For the BD-Live content, I’ll put the screenshots along with disc2, you’ll see a reason why I go for this order in the end…

交響詩篇エウレカセブン ポケットが虹でいっぱい Eureka 7 the Movie Pocketful of Rainbows – The first Japanese Domestic Blu-ray Disc utilizes BD-Live

 

So per the article from AV/watch impress, Eureka 7 the Movie is the first Japanese domestic Blu-ray Disc that utilizes BD-Live function. BD-Live from this disc provides trailer downloading (currently has seiyuu stage greeting footage), subtitle downloading, chat, etc. I’m rather underwhelmed by the BD-Live functions from US Blu-ray discs, first the registration is really hard, then the contents are pretty much just advertisements. I don’t think too many people would pull out the disc just to check out the BD-Live contents.

 

Also same as Evangelion Rebuild 1.11, this disc uses SONY’s SBMV (Super Bit Mapping for Video) technology to minimize banding issue commonly seen on digital animations.

Blogger DVD/BD Tutorials Page

 

So I decided to start this page by posting some of my tutorials, all of these will be regarding Sonic’s Scenarist (DVD) and Scenarist BD packages. Currently there is only one post. But I have posted ALL of my knowledge on the other Chinese forum. I think I’ll try to translate those into English and make them into PDF and post them here.

 

General:

Blu-ray ISO Mounting and Playback Guide with BD capacity (122509 Update Player Troubleshooting)

Current State of Blu-ray Authoring/Modification

PS3 DLNA software comparison: TVersity vs PS3 Media Server

Playstation 3 does NOT support DVD SPRM4 register !!! (Verified on the US fw 2.70)

How to deal with tsMuxeR's AV frame too large error.

 

My Special Expertise – Subtitle:

Current state of Blu-ray Subtitle Rendering Software

Subtitle Software Bundle Part I - Four subtitle software I've been using for original creation/modifying ((09052010 update)

Subtitle Software Bundle Part II - Two subtitle software for getting subs from the original DVD or fansub Ver.2 (08242010 update)

 

DVD Tutorials:

6 Scenarist (SD DVD) mysteries decode

 

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Aug and Sept 2010 Blu-ray Purchase

 

 

This was purchased during Bestbuy promo which gives you $25 GC. So the two movies come out to be $5 only assuming I could utilize the GC effectively.

 

Well, nothing much going on, the two titles coming from Deepdiscount BOGO sale. Happen to be all SONY titles, struggled a little, and finally settled on two anime titles since the live action prices are a bit too high. Thus I have paprika, tekkonkinkreet, and sky crawlers from SONY anime titles, still missing some others which I’m NOT interested. But I promise that October is gonna be HUGE!