Lady Snowblood: AnimEigo VS Toho

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 04 Jan 2007, 15:27

Thanks for the caps.
As expected, Tarantino has no imagination whatsoever. He can't create, he can only copy.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Jan 2007, 16:18

What's wrong with paying homage?

I haven't seen LS either but I'd like to see where the KB inspiration came from.
So the R1 is best right?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Jan 2007, 16:42

grim_tales wrote:What's wrong with paying homage?

But that's all he seems to do really. That and write witty dialogue about pop culture.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jan 2007, 22:09

Except for Jackie Brown that is, oh wait that wasn't his idea too

Not that I care much except for KB2 I love all his films.

EvaUnit02 wrote:R4 Lady Snowblood 1&2 are NTSC-PAL.

Thanks. The cropping on part 1 at least puts me off before I even consider that.

HungFist wrote:Brad, I'm not so sure you'd enjoy Lady Snowblood.

Because it's technically a cheap B-Movie?

My god it's City on Fire all over again

. That's an almost scene for scene rip off. I'd love to see it for that reason alone.

Thanks for the captures Hung.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jan 2007, 22:10

So has anyone seen LS2? I presume that's not in KB as much?

grim_tales wrote:So the R1 is best right?

For the reasons I mentioned above it looks like it.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jan 2007, 22:20

Pity the R1 is £10 from DVDP

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 05 Jan 2007, 13:52

The sequel is generally considered disappointing, but I found it a rather solid genre film. I think I rated it 3,5 or even 4 out of five.

I don't recall KB borrowing from LS2. Although it was a long time ago when I last saw it...

the comparison: https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=2587

TheVermillionPrince · Post by **TheVermillionPrince** » 19 Jan 2007, 14:40

Actually, the Madman releases are both in 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen.

They're listed incorrectly on both the website and the packaging.

And they also come with Cast & Crew Interviews, which were done a few years ago, for the japanese releases. No-one other than the japanese got those. The packaging is probably the best out of all the releases. I got the 2 DVD Box-Set. Very nicely done. It's definitely the one to get!

Here :

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/784259

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 19 Jan 2007, 14:47

Welcome to the boards, Vermilion.

TheVermillionPrince wrote:Actually, the Madman releases are both in 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen.

They're listed incorrectly on both the website and the packaging.

And they also come with Cast & Crew Interviews, which were done a few years ago, for the japanese releases. No-one other than the japanese got those. The packaging is probably the best out of all the releases. I got the 2 DVD Box-Set. Very nicely done. It's definitely the one to get!

That's all well and good, but it is still an NTSC-PAL conversion (for both 1&2). They prolly look fine when interlaced but when viewed in progressive scan there'll prolly be ghosting/blurring when there's frantic movement on screen.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 19 Jan 2007, 16:20

And as far as I know the R4's are based on the ugly R1 transfers :x

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 20 Jan 2007, 12:22

When it comes to packaging and art work, nothing can beat the Toho releases. Some scans from covers, cards etc. that come with the two dvds

there's more, just didn't bother to scan everything

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 20 Jan 2007, 12:54

Very nice indeed, just wished R2 Japan dvd provide english subtitles...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Jan 2007, 13:46

HungFist wrote:And as far as I know the R4's are based on the ugly R1 transfers :x

Is this confirmed?

I'm only interested in the R1 or R4 and could easily live with NTSC-PAL if the R4 has otherwise a better transfer.

Both are about equal price wise, to the UK anyway.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 20 Jan 2007, 14:19

bradavon wrote:
HungFist wrote:And as far as I know the R4's are based on the ugly R1 transfers :x
Is this confirmed?

No. I think I heard or read it somewhere, but can't be 100% sure.

bradavon wrote: Both are about equal price wise, to the UK anyway.

The UK disc looks awful:
http://web12.dvd2web.de/snowblood/snowblood.htm

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 20 Jan 2007, 14:22

Found it: "I buy easterneye dvd. It use animeigo master It has kaji meiko and koike kazuo interview from japanese dvd"

- http://adg.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=320

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Jan 2007, 14:24

HungFist wrote:Found it: "I buy easterneye dvd. It use animeigo master It has kaji meiko and koike kazuo interview from japanese dvd"

Thanks. I'll pick on price on this one.

Then again the R1 is probably going to look nicer.

HungFist wrote:The UK disc looks awful:
http://web12.dvd2web.de/snowblood/snowblood.htm

Thanks but I meant both are roughly the same price delivered to the UK (R1 and R4).

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 20 Jan 2007, 17:37

The UK disc looks crap but the colours are way overdone on the R1.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Oct 2007, 17:12

Can the R1 be picked up for less than $21? I'm interested in seeing Lady Snowblood but not at that price, especially when the DVD is a bit of a mess.

The R1 is a mess but it's at least better than the UK or Aussie efforts.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 18 Oct 2007, 18:45

$17
http://www.dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=583263

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Oct 2007, 19:13

Now add postage

. It's $21 delivered from DVD Pacific.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 18 Oct 2007, 20:45

DVD SOON had it for about $5 delivered

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 18 Oct 2007, 20:49

romerojpg wrote:DVD SOON had it for about $5 delivered

Yeah, $5 delivered to their account 8)

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 18 Oct 2007, 21:20

Hey I got them all back in the day for a few $

when they acctually delivered. Ahhhh the goodold days, before they went tits up.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Oct 2007, 22:16

DVD Soon were never good in the first place. They were a shoddy company long before they thankfully got what they deserved. Almost all of my orders took weeks and weeks to be despatched.