I've been searching the depths of twitter to find any screenshots or photos of the packaging and booklet. I was not disappointed. They also had food and drinks at the events, apparently.

... ... I'm increasingly getting to think that despite the facts that a) I live in the UK, b) I don't have any kind of Blu-Ray player, and c) I'm not exactly super rich, I could be a little tempted to consider splurging a few hundred pounds on these boxsets. If nothing else, seeing photos of the beautiful new cover art and nifty-looking booklet is making me drool.

LOL at the Anthy parfait. (Though the laughs become a bit uncomfortable when I see that sword in there...) And Saito's renditions of the staff are as cute as ever.

Let's not forget that the latter boxset comes out at the end of February! Most likely, there'll be more pretty new artwork to go along with it. :3

We finally have comparison screenshots of the DVDs and BDs. It looks FANTASTIC.

http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php … ostcount=4

http://screenshotcomparison.com/compari … /picture:0

gorgeousshutin wrote:

Yes, they say that the third time is a charm; but honestly . . . nothing short of Ikuhara serving me the Anthy parfait/drink himself - and promising a foot rub while he's at it - can get me to pay $ for the exact same series a third time.

Sell the old copies or something. This is at the levels of Ghibli movies BluRay remasters.

Also, the image above is a parfait. THIS is the drink:

What a shameless cash grab. By the same token, awesome. I'm glad that SKU is deemed worth this kind of attention in Japan. I wonder if similar things are being done with other anime from that era?

The merchandise is amazing. The reproduction cels are...well...how the hell do I get them?

PREPARE FOR MORE IMAGEDUMPS

Here's the art for the second box. I wonder if we'll be getting new Saito artwork with it.

Atropos wrote:

...it actually looks like there's more noise on the Blu-Ray.

How? Look at the artifacts smudging up the image on the DVD. Plus, if they went on a grain-removing crusade, the lines and details would be destroyed.

Last edited by Seen (01-30-2013 08:46:42 PM)

This looks awesome!

But...

Will Utena ever, ever be released in the UK?

Lurv wrote:

Hmm, I got to admit I'm a little confused by what you mean.

I'm a bullshit artist. So is Seen. But I'm not the one trying to trick you out of your money.

gorgeousshutin wrote:

I wonder what they'll be doing to top this the next time around.   A 3D enhanced version, perhaps?

Hmm, not sure I can imagine that looking good.

gorgeousshutin wrote:

Well, I'd always wondered how would the upside down castle look in 3D . . .

That could be neat, especially with some updated cgi... uh, now I'm imagining the whole show in 3D CGI, though I doubt those buggy shoujo eyes would carry over well.

Atropos wrote:

Lurv wrote:

Hmm, I got to admit I'm a little confused by what you mean.

I'm a bullshit artist. So is Seen. But I'm not the one trying to trick you out of your money.

What?

I'm just posting the pictures I find while searching the internet. I'm not the one making them. Who the hell are you to go and accuse me of being a goddamn con artist!?

Last edited by Seen (02-08-2013 03:19:05 PM)

Atropos wrote:

Seen wrote:

What?

I'm just posting the pictures I find while searching the internet. I'm not the one making them. Who the hell are you to go and accuse me of being a goddamn con artist!?

Because you posted a deliberately misleading screencap that showed the DVD as glitchy and pixelated. I corrected your error.

Oh, I think I get it, now.

The DVD screen caps are from the R1 DVDs. They're probably lowered in quality so that they can sell them at a cheaper price over here without hurting the Japanese sales. Japanese people won't reverse import this way to spend less money on the DVDs.


Honestly, the Japanese entertainment industry needs to sell their things at lower prices (and not $60 for a DVD with two episodes a disk) to avoid this. They'd probably have higher sales, too.

The new movie art is beyond gorgeous.