Samurai Champloo: Complete Collection (Blu-ray) (Classic Line)

[Kajicat]

Originally Posted by chronoclast

It's a new encode. While not direct comparisons, compare these screenshots (you have to be registered at Blu-ray.com to be able to see the shots at 1920x1080 though):

Original release
Anime Classics

The most obvious difference is the grain present on the Anime Classics release.

I've seen those, but thanks. Would be cool to see direct comparison screenshots of the exact same scene, but I don't think anyone has done that yet. Between the screenshots from both released provided by your links it's quite hard to tell much of a difference, leading me to believe it's not really worth me double dipping considering when the show is in motion it would be even harder to see a difference than staring at these static screens.

Hmph.

[Kajicat]

Holy crap - never mind! Put in my 2009 blu-ray release copy last night and it looks stunning enough. Won't be needing to pick up the 2012 Anime Classics version. The DNR isn't nearly as bad as people made it out to be. It's there, but it doesn't take away from the show at all IMO.

Besides the smoothness of DNR, the lines themselves are sharp (especially during character closeups) and the colors are dynamic on my 55" Samsung LED.

Decided no need to re-dip

[cristian]

Originally Posted by Kajicat

Holy crap - never mind! Put in my 2009 blu-ray release copy last night and it looks stunning enough. Won't be needing to pick up the 2012 Anime Classics version. The DNR isn't nearly as bad as people made it out to be. It's there, but it doesn't take away from the show at all IMO.

Besides the smoothness of DNR, the lines themselves are sharp (especially during character closeups) and the colors are dynamic on my 55" Samsung LED.

Decided no need to re-dip

re-dip and burn it ritual your old copy. piece of dnr crap

[Kajicat]

^^ Nah. Sure the DNR got rid of some background detail (pretty much only noticeable by screenshot comparisons) but it's not like this is a live action film with real actors, so IMO there isn't much need for film grain since this is animation. I like my animation clean, but detailed. As long as the animators put enough detail into the work, no film grain is needed in animation productions. Champloo looks great without the film grain even if the grain was intentional by the creators (bad choice on their part IMO).