HD Anime in Japan (broadcast)

[Chris Beveridge]

Is there a list anywhere of what shows are being broadcast in HD or have had HD masters struck for home video release downconversion? A side project has opened up and I want to provide some video companies with a bit of info to tackle.

[Skywise]

Good question. The problem is that I know there's been some upconverts shown on Japanese TV, so such a list would necessarily have some false positives. I also don't know of such a list - the big one everyone uses is

http://www.moonphase.cc/Html/anime.html

and that doesn't have any information about HD or not. http://www.tvguide.or.jp/ would theoretically have been useful for trying to figure out which shows are in HD or not, but the tag they seem to use (HV) isn't listed for any of the anime, at all, which I know isn't the case.

So someone else will hopefully manage to come up with a resource site which can be used for it. Wrex? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

EDIT: looks like I was too hasty to condemn tvguide completely. Here's some shows that's broadcast in HD at least:

Galaxy Railway Stories 銀河鉄�物語
AMG TV ���女神���
Rozen Maiden Träumend ãƒ*ーゼンメイデントãƒ*イメント
It's sunshine in animal heaven today too アニマル天国�今日も晴れ
To Heart 2 アニメé*‚・Ｔï½?Ｈｅï½?ï½’ï½”2

The problem is that this list is nowhere close to complete. I *know* the Snow Queen was broadcast in HD for instance, but it's not anymore. The same goes for Karin. This is also only a sample from one week - if you ask me next week the titles may be different.

[wrex]

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Skywise said:
So someone else will hopefully manage to come up with a resource site which can be used for it. Wrex? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Huh? Whaddaya need me for? If it's webspace you need, then no problem. But as far as knowing what shows are on HD, I have no idea, since I don't have a HD TV or have Broadcast Satellite (just got Skyperfect TV satellite, which is not HD).

[Skywise]

I was hoping you'd know some more links than the ones I posted which might be used to figure out if a show is in HD or not.

[raistlinmajere]

Look for stuff that's aired on BS-i. Though much of it is upconverted:

Kamichu! (definitely upconverted)
Ichigo Mashimaro (probably upconverted)
Tide-Line Blue (dunno)
Solty Rei (dunno)
Planetes (dunno)
Samurai 7 (high budget show that could definitely benefit from HD, so possibly)

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Samurai 7 (high budget show that could definitely benefit from HD, so possibly)

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I'm certain that one's HD. I'm sure they mentioned it when it was touted as the most expensive TV anime ever.

We know Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex has HD masters as well, and then there was that one HD screenshot that got posted now and then, Godannar was it?

[ChibiGoku]

Angel Heart and Speed Grapher have HD Masters.

[Oceanstar]

Samurai7 was if I remember the first anime to air on HD, or at leasr one of the initial ones made for HD.

[ObiKenobi]

The first TV series of Lupin III was remastered in HD and was shown on HD TV. Unfortunately it hasn't been re-released on DVD since the original release was rather disappointing.