So I really want to try watching the Shakugan no Shana series, but I'm extremely turned off by the fact that season 2 is 2 parts at $40+ a pop.....and from my understanding there is still going to be a season 3 release? :|

Anything you guys highly recommend from this sale? I'm looking to pick up some awesome animes on bluray. Not really interested in Hellsing though, just throwing that out there.

Season 1 is cheap enough for a good blind buy (Assuming Amazon still has it for $25). If you don't mind waiting, Season 2 will definitely get a box set release and the individual parts will likely go on sale in a few months (after all, it was only just released).

Yeah I just bought the part two bundle and at first I was appalled at seeing the price but that pricing is pretty normal for new releases. It just seems like more because they released both parts at the same time, which IMO isn't the smartest move.

Oh wow...I didn't even realize that Season 2 just came out this month? That makes me feel better! My bad!

So can anyone recommend this series? Also, I heard that the picture quality isn't that good, but is it that bad?

Originally Posted by Refluxx Oh wow...I didn't even realize that Season 2 just came out this month? That makes me feel better! My bad! So can anyone recommend this series? Also, I heard that the picture quality isn't that good, but is it that bad?

The Blu-Ray is perfectly watchable if you aren't a huge stickler for video quality. However, no matter how lenient you are on video quality, it doesn't look good. You can read this review if you want a more detailed opinion:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Shakug.../45383/#Review

Personally, I like the series. I'm disappointed that the video quality isn't better, but that isn't Funimation's fault. I'd say it's well worth $25 unless you hate the genre and tropes it represents.

I have absolutely no expertise on video quality but I thought Shana season one looked good on bluray... I've also seen some comments on how the stills look bad but while its playing its not that noticeable.

Awesome! I'll probably give Shana a shot! Thinking about grabbing all of Yu Yu Hakusho on blu-ray as well, but that would end up being ~$117. I watched it a long time ago when it came on Toonami and really enjoyed it so I watched a few episodes of it on youtube again and I cant make myself stop watching! >.>

Pretty sure I'm not going to find them cheaper then $23 a season on blu-ray.

Originally Posted by Refluxx Awesome! I'll probably give Shana a shot! Thinking about grabbing all of Yu Yu Hakusho on blu-ray as well, but that would end up being ~$117. I watched it a long time ago when it came on Toonami and really enjoyed it so I watched a few episodes of it on youtube again and I cant make myself stop watching! >.> Pretty sure I'm not going to find them cheaper then $23 a season on blu-ray.

Yu Yu Hakusho is so worth it on blu-ray. The remaster is stunning I bought each season the day they came out and haven't regretted it since.

The Blu-ray/DVD combo of C: Control can be ordered at $23.99 again, though it's not in stock until January 4.

Originally Posted by GenericName The Blu-ray/DVD combo of C: Control can be ordered at $23.99 again, though it's not in stock until January 4.

Looks like it's been taken down again, lol.

That was short lived. XD

OMFG JESUS!!! Just got home and missed it again!?!

Originally Posted by whippleman OMFG JESUS!!! Just got home and missed it again!?!

There wasn't that many to begin with, so even if you got on when I made my post it would've been too late, lol. ;P

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Originally Posted by greenwolfe7 Yu Yu Hakusho is so worth it on blu-ray. The remaster is stunning I bought each season the day they came out and haven't regretted it since.

I know that I'm most likely going to be yelled at for asking this, but since its 4:3 ratio it has the black bars on the side. I would be watching it on my PS3 is there a way to make it take up the whole screen? I know it will hurt the quality a bit, but I'm just curious because to me the black bars on the side can be annoying....

And dangit.....I really wanted to get C Control.

Its not so much the quality that would be hurt if you stretched it to fit, but stuff would be getting cut off.

Would it? Like when I was watching a dvd that was in 4:3 I noticed that I could upscale it to fit full screen. When I did it didn't cut anything off, but would it not do the same on a bluray? I've never had a bluray with the 4:3 aspect ratio to try it.

What the full screen features does is zoom into the image. So some stuff will be cropped out.

Originally Posted by Refluxx I know that I'm most likely going to be yelled at for asking this, but since its 4:3 ratio it has the black bars on the side. I would be watching it on my PS3 is there a way to make it take up the whole screen? I know it will hurt the quality a bit, but I'm just curious because to me the black bars on the side can be annoying.... And dangit.....I really wanted to get C Control.

You can zoom in on ps3 I believe. I use a media pc setup with a blu ray drive and vlc player it stretches properly and doesn't lose picture when the image is stretched to fit. But I do not think there is a way to do that on ps3. I have a plasma though so 4:3 is painful to it as far as an afterwords blurry line on the sides easily fixed as I have many white screen washing tools that work great for that. But yeah there is a zoom function on the ps3 that would do it for ya but it will be cropped pretty bad. But the 4:3 is easy to get used too lol you have 112 episodes to get used to it haha.

Originally Posted by Vash1306 What the full screen features does is zoom into the image. So some stuff will be cropped out.

Is there a reason to not buy Soul Eater?

Originally Posted by LawLessChaoz Is there a reason to not buy Soul Eater?

Not at that price there isn't. I for one was disappointed by ending but I still liked the show for the most part. Definitely worth watching.