Thanks! Hope they release the other movies.

Thanks!

AAC
Rip bigger than disc

lol

haha, funny filesize number

So uhhhhh…is this a remux or? And if it’s an encode can you upload the BDMV?

no bdmv or full extra ?

It’s big because it has both the 16x9 and 4x3 versions. In other words-double the fun!

Doesn’t this come with LPCM audio? I preordered mine and have yet to get it. When I first saw it up for preorder I was disappointed there was no 4k BD since it’s a 35mm master and the demo video uploaded to YouTube was 4k but I’m sure they’ll sell it to us at a later date since that’s what they’ve done with other releases.

Dang didn’t notice it saying AAC…
Hope somebody can share the bdmv with lossless audio.

This is a rip of the bd-it has DTS-HD Master audio for the english track and japanese track plus regular DTS for the other tracks.

Just downloaded the majority of the files in the extra folder and yeah seems it’s a bd remux. Uploader mistakenly mislabeled his/her share.

The extra’s are in AC-3 audio unfortunately.

Out of the 4:3 and the 16:9 versions, which one is the cropped one?

@DmonHiro 4:3 full size, 16:9 cropped.

Yeah, I downloaded them both. Then 16/9 is garbage. Missing so much of the artwork.

16:9 is how it was story-boarded and shown in theaters, so I wouldn’t immediately discredit it.

Irrelevant. The 16/9 is cropped. No matter how you slice it (get it?) it still has less animation then the 4:3.

According to the few preview images from Discotek the final version was indeed storyboarded in widescreen, for some reason. Seems like this was fairly common with anime OVAs/films in the '80s. Roujin Z seems to have done this because the tops of people’s heads are always getting cut off.

Discotek storyboards:
https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1424136624145768453
https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1424136760582311943

Although interestingly the initial storyboards for the hentai versions were done in 4:3 (NSFW):
https://twitter.com/kaelanramos/status/1354792092598497285

Would still recommend the 4:3 version, especially since it’s the only version in the series to do this as far as I know.

Irrelevant.

Retard. The 16:9 is how the director intended it. The extra space is there because they knew a lot of people would be watching it on 4:3 TVs and felt it would be worth it to include that rather than just put black bars and letterbox it. But it’s basically just peripheral vision, it’s not important and was only included in the original negative with the intention of being cropped for the theater. It’s called open matte, and a lot of movies in the 80’s did this, like The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Back to the Future, Princess Bride, etc. Back then it made sense because we were all watching on 4:3 TVs.

However, you’ll notice that if you buy any of these movies on Blu-Ray today, they’re all cropped to 16:9. Why? Well, if you watch the old 4:3 DVDs on a new 16:9 TV, first of all you’ll get the black bars on the sides due to pillarboxing. But then you might notice that the frame looks like it’s a bit zoomed out. For example, in the DVD release of Full Metal Jacket, during the famous boot camp scene, 4:3 shows way more of the ceiling. Too much, in fact, and it looks really awkward; there’s too much dead space above the actor’s heads. Sometimes the cropping hides mistakes too, such as the helicopter shadow being shown in the 4:3 intro of The Shining, or a boom mic being shown in a scene of The Princess Bride.

And what do you get for seeing all this useless, awkward peripheral vision and revealed movie mistakes? Why, you also ruin the cinematic experience too! Instead of getting that director-intended cinematic widescreen that fills your new TV, it’s all awkwardly zoomed out into a 4:3 frame, completely against the director and cinematographer’s wishes. Absolutely genius.

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think the inclusion of the 4:3 version here is a bad thing. I’m quite glad that Discotek have included both for posterity, and even with what I said earlier there’s still a lot of worth watching it open matte, even on your 16:9 TV. Hell, I know some people have figured out ways to plug their Blu-Ray player into a CRT to get that true classic 4:3 experience. But I’m also glad they’ve included the 16:9 crop too. Not only does it include more of the resolution and detail from the original 4K scan they did, but it also matches the theatrical experience and the original wishes of the director.

The fact that you so flippantly dismiss the 16:9 version proves that you know nothing about filmmaking, neither on a creative or technical level. I bet you’re the kind of person to get annoyed when they keep in the film grain on discs and prefer some horribly encoded DNR version where all the detail is all muddled and fucked up. Needless to say it makes sense that you’re on this site to be a little freeloading faggot, given that you don’t care about all the effort that goes into making and preserving your little Japanese cartoons.

1080p encode anyone?

10 months too late, but let me respond:

1. It doesn’t matter the reasoning, the fact is that the 4:3 has more then the 16:9.
2. I’m the guy who never removes grain. I hate it when people remove the grain.
3. Freeloading faggot? I’m not a freeloader. Check my uploads.

For once I have to agree with Mr.Retard-the 4x3 version is to be preferred-the 16x9 version has too much picture area missing.