DEAD SAmurai 7 Bluray $21.99 Amazon

Lowest price to date on Amazon, but the source material was just a tad blurry and colors wash. I tried watching a few episodes of this series and it just didn't grab me TBH.


​
 
The question for me is whether I get this or the Deathnote collection posted the other day.

I wanted to totally abandon the DVD format but I have a feeling Deathnote the cartoon will never see an NA Blu release.

So can anyone compare the shows for me? I one better than the other?
 
I can't get into this series. I bought the DVD set almost 3 years ago (?) and I struggled to continue watching it... I never did finish it. The 3d CGI elements are pretty crappy and don't look like they mesh at all with the 2d, and the style/character design isn't very good. Nunky is cool... but... otherwise... blah.
 
[quote name='skiizim']How does this compare to the SD version, any reason to upgrade or none all?[/QUOTE]

Depends how much you enjoy the show. The Blu-ray's video quality is much improved over the slightly-muddy DVDs, and the show was originally produced in HD, so this isn't just a lame upscale.

[quote name='Fatbot3']The question for me is whether I get this or the Deathnote collection posted the other day.

I wanted to totally abandon the DVD format but I have a feeling Deathnote the cartoon will never see an NA Blu release.

So can anyone compare the shows for me? I one better than the other?[/QUOTE]

I enjoy both Samurai 7 and Death Note, but if I had to pick one, I'd go with the latter. Also, Death Note was not produced in HD, so waiting on a Blu-ray release is pointless.
 
[quote name='Kirin Lemon']Depends how much you enjoy the show. The Blu-ray's video quality is much improved over the slightly-muddy DVDs, and the show was originally produced in HD, so this isn't just a lame upscale.[/QUOTE]Since you always seem to be in the know about anime done in HD vs SD and which ones are upscales when done to BR, is Samurai 7 the only one on BR that was done in HD and not a SD upscale?
 
[quote name='shrike4242']Since you always seem to be in the know about anime done in HD vs SD and which ones are upscales when done to BR, is Samurai 7 the only one on BR that was done in HD and not a SD upscale?[/QUOTE]

There's plenty of native-HD anime on Blu-ray, but the large majority of older shows being re-released on Blu by Funimation are upscales, sadly. Samurai 7 is one of the few exceptions. Most of the shows that aired in Japan less than two years ago, as well as most movies, are native-HD when released on Blu-ray.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
bread's done
Back
Top