[UK] Lupin the III: The Castle of Cagliostro

[WTK]

via Play.com

Castle Of Cagliostro: Double Play (Blu-ray)

Due for release on 12 November 2012.

[WTK]

Pre-order listing is now up @ Amazon UK.

[MacrossForever]

Well, the publisher is listed as Studio Canal/Optimum so I have a small amount of hope for a quality release. I guess it depends on what materials they have to work with when making the transfer. I hope it is at least better than the crappy 1080i Vap release, and hopefully with no tampering from goddamn TMS.

[edzieba]

Shipped today, we'll see next week what turns up on the disc.

[WTK]

A couple reviews from Clickonline.com and Impact Magazine.

[bored@lazy]

Hah, that impact magazine review is funny God forbid there'd be grain in an old movie transferred from a film source...

[FruitPunchSamurai]

It's too bad it's just the same old 1080i transfer seen on pretty much every Blu Ray of Lupin III

Would it kill them to actually do some restoration work? I know it's not officially Ghibli, but c'mon!

[edzieba]

Yep, same old noisy (not grainy, it really is noise) 1080i transfer. Still better miles than the PAL DVD, and the original opening sequence is intact, so not much complaint for the low price. We can only hope Ghibli decide to re-scan it properly at some point.