[JP] Cowboy Bebop BD-Box

[MacrossForever]

Ha, finally! I just bought the Korean version of the DVD remaster box (it even has Eng subs) 2 weeks ago. That "1080i" listed in the BD box specs worries me though... I hope Bandai haven't gone the upscale route on such a big series.

[muhootsaver]

Originally Posted by MacrossForever

Ha, finally! I just bought the Korean version of the DVD remaster box (it even has Eng subs) 2 weeks ago. That "1080i" listed in the BD box specs worries me though... I hope Bandai haven't gone the upscale route on such a big series.

It's not upscale. They did the HD remaster when they did the DVD-BOX. By the way, hate to break it to you but Korean remaster box (not the 5.1ch box but the one came out after) is bootleg.

[DangerMouseDM]

Originally Posted by FUNiOP

Huh, I could have sworn there was some discussion on that going OOP. Anyway, I just hope FUNimation (or possibly Sentai) gets the rights to this, whether just Blu-ray or DVD as well.

Same here, I'd so buy CB yet again for a BD with the dub (and sub), man do I hope they can work it out.

Funi seems the most likely I guess given that they've had the most luck/pull picking up huge but expensive old titles like the Geneon stuff (Hellsing, Trigun, Black Lagoon, etc.).

[muhootsaver]

Hmm... just wondering, has anyone else inquired Bandai regarding 1080i issue? Because it seems like they decided to ignore me :/

[MacrossForever]

Originally Posted by muhootsaver

It's not upscale. They did the HD remaster when they did the DVD-BOX. By the way, hate to break it to you but Korean remaster box (not the 5.1ch box but the one came out after) is bootleg.

Ack, a bootleg? Crap Bloody Nova/DVD Ani, I should have known. I just bought my first Korean DVDs in years and it seems almost all of them are bootlegs! What happened over there? I wont be buying anymore, that's for sure.

As for Bebop, the fact that they did do a HD remaster is the reason I find the 1080i thing strange. Maybe it's as Buster Darkwings said, the ending animation is 30fps so the whole thing has to be 1080i? That would suck and be a terrible waste of such a lovely remaster. It should be gorgeous on blu because it was a 35mm show IIRC.

[muhootsaver]

Originally Posted by MacrossForever

Ack, a bootleg? Crap Bloody Nova/DVD Ani, I should have known. I just bought my first Korean DVDs in years and it seems almost all of them are bootlegs! What happened over there? I wont be buying anymore, that's for sure.

As for Bebop, the fact that they did do a HD remaster is the reason I find the 1080i thing strange. Maybe it's as Buster Darkwings said, the ending animation is 30fps so the whole thing has to be 1080i? That would suck and be a terrible waste of such a lovely remaster. It should be gorgeous on blu because it was a 35mm show IIRC.

There was an anime bubble period in Korea, too, and when it collapsed, some companies just printed DVDs unlicensed. Many got duped (I got duped once, too :/ Trigun). I think Korean anime Blu-ray releases are legit for now, or at least that's what I heard.

Regarding BD-BOX, I did ask Bandai about 1080i but they didn't reply (they replied to my Eng sub/dub question so it seems like they are ignoring my question). It could be 30fps CG issue but Escaflowne was 1080p, which also had CG parts and produced in the close time period.

*p.s: Where did you get the information about 35mm?

[MacrossForever]

Originally Posted by muhootsaver

There was an anime bubble period in Korea, too, and when it collapsed, some companies just printed DVDs unlicensed. Many got duped (I got duped once, too :/ Trigun). I think Korean anime Blu-ray releases are legit for now, or at least that's what I heard.

Regarding BD-BOX, I did ask Bandai about 1080i but they didn't reply (they replied to my Eng sub/dub question so it seems like they are ignoring my question). It could be 30fps CG issue but Escaflowne was 1080p, which also had CG parts and produced in the close time period.

*p.s: Where did you get the information about 35mm?

Well that explains a lot re the Korean releases. I did buy the Korean BDs of Madoka Magika, they should be here today or tomorrow. They look great and I will certainly keep an eye out for other BD releases. At least the GE999 TV box is legit, it has TOEI logo's and license info on it. The releases certainly are high quality and nothing like traditional bootlegs (the Bebop box is the same as the Jp packaging wise) but I just can't buy unlicensed products with a clear conscience, haha.

I thought the same thing about the CG in Bebop and then also thought of Escaflowne being 1080p. Thankfully, Macross 7 is also listed as 1080p and it too has bits of CG.

I *think* the show is referred to as being 35mm in Session 0 when they mention how expensive it is. Either that, or I read it somewhere. It certainly *looks* like 35mm film rather than 16mm with the fine grain the remaster has. It looks nothing like other Bandai HD remasters from a similar period such as Gundam W.

[Buster Darkwings]

Originally Posted by muhootsaver

There was an anime bubble period in Korea, too, and when it collapsed, some companies just printed DVDs unlicensed. Many got duped (I got duped once, too :/ Trigun). I think Korean anime Blu-ray releases are legit for now, or at least that's what I heard.

Regarding BD-BOX, I did ask Bandai about 1080i but they didn't reply (they replied to my Eng sub/dub question so it seems like they are ignoring my question). It could be 30fps CG issue but Escaflowne was 1080p, which also had CG parts and produced in the close time period.

*p.s: Where did you get the information about 35mm?

Like I said here, the CG was still encoded progressively at 23.976fps in the HD Remaster DVDs, it's just the credits which are interlaced (didn't check all eps though). But they're paged (not scrolling) and the ED just has still pictures so it should be easy enough to make everything look exactly the same in 1080p...

But of course, BV are idiots when it comes to things like this. They drop frames in the CG shots of Zegapain to make it 1080p, but god forbid they mess with still images and paged credits...

[WTK]

Cover arts via Amazon JP - flat / 3D

[Nico87]

That's the Amazon exclusive, right? Doesn't look very good in my opinion.