[JP] Giant Robo BD-Box [EngDub]

[WTK]

Packaging shots: LINK / LINK

[hissatsu]

This is the 4th time I've bought GR (Original LD release, Giant Robo Giga Premium R2 DVD Box, MB R1 DVD release, this BD box). I know the price on the BD box was higher than usual, but try paying more than 10000 yen per LD volume (for some of the volumes). Even with a weaker yen back then, it was pretty damn expensive.

I no longer have the R2 Box to compare to, so the MB R1 release will have to suffice. Though I remember thinking years ago that it wasn't bad. I know bit rate is actually high pretty high (reaching near max for DVD often). Still looks like garbage compared to the BD though. Way too much ringing and the color timing and contrast on the BD is far better.

It appears grain removal was done, though light grain remains, and 90's 35mm film stocks were generally pretty fine-grained to begin with. I can't see any evidence of detail loss, and being a 4K telecine, I'd expect more detail, and it's certainly there. You can often see brush strokes within areas of solid color.

The BD image is slightly wider than 4:3; active image area is 1478x1080 (and screenshots are cropped to that width), so BD screenshots show slightly more image on the left and right edges than the DVD. DVD screenshots bicubic resized to 1440x1080

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[Ingraman]

I never did pre-order it. ^^;

That looks pretty. Looks as though I might have to quintuple(?)-dip: LDs as they were released, Manga's video tapes, R2 DVD set, MB's DVDs... I love the show and I'm disappointed at the lack of subtitles, but it's lovely in its latest presentation.

What are the off-disc extras included in the box? It's hard to tell from Amazon's pictures if it's just a booklet or two.

[AKX20000]

oh man the upscale looks great

I assume this probably hasn't sold out yet, but do we have any idea just how limited it is?



Because if it's not sold out by next year I may have to get it, provided there's a relatively empty month for me.

[hissatsu]

Just one book with interviews, art, drawing, etc.

Originally Posted by AKX20000

oh man the upscale looks great

It's not an upscale, which should be apparent.

[AKX20000]

Originally Posted by hissatsu

Just one book with interviews, art, drawing, etc.

It's not an upscale, which should be apparent.

I'm completely inept regarding that and I don't give a shit

it's obvious I'm just saying the image quality looks much better than it did before anyways

[Dunpeal83]

Hey, does the soundtrack include the credits music for episode 1? I think that was missing from the official CD's.

[Pyocola]

Wow, that is amazingly sharp.

Also very glad to see that the grain reduction hasn't messed up the image, particularly the edges. I mean you can tell there's a lack of grain, but you can't really see the filtering at work or any artifacts, unlike some other recent remasters (I can image the 4K scanning helping with that).

[hissatsu]

Originally Posted by Dunpeal83

Hey, does the soundtrack include the credits music for episode 1? I think that was missing from the official CD's.

No, it isn't there. It's the same content as the 7 soundtrack CDs.

[adamthered]

Found out about this two weeks ago and ordered without delay. Arrived the other day. I have not had time to dig in yet though, plan on watching the whole thing tomorrow.

This is also my fourth time buying GR, but only third format (VHS, Giga, MBs and now BR).

Thinking of taking the bonus poster to Kinkos so I can get the Big Fire side printed into a poster so I can hang both images.

I've never spent this much money on a blu ray before but I love Giant Robo so I didn't even hesitate