Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - BD-J vs. HDTV vs. R1. vs. R2EU/R4

[Lourdes]

All European releases and the R4 are the same.
All are progressive.

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/1.bd-j.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/1.hdtv.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/1.r1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/1.r2eu-r4.jpg

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/2.bd-j.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/2.hdtv.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/2.r1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/2.r2eu-r4.jpg

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/3.bd-j.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/3.hdtv.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/3.r1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/3.r2eu-r4.jpg

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/4.bd-j.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/4.hdtv.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/4.r1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/4.r2eu-r4.jpg

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/5.bd-j.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/5.hdtv.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/5.r1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/5.r2eu-r4.jpg

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/6.bd-j.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/6.hdtv.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/6.r1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/6.r2eu-r4.jpg

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/7.bd-j.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/7.hdtv.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/7.r1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/dvd/bebop.movie/7.r2eu-r4.jpg

[Lourdes]

One thing to bear in mind with these comparisons is that the upscaled DVD looks better than it did originally so the gap is made smaller. However the HD broadcast still isn't very good.

[Lourdes]

N/A

[Lourdes]

Added the R1, not much in it really. The PAL releases have a little extra detail and the artefacting varies. What one expects from Columbia release really.

[Lourdes]

Added the BD, obviously miles better than the rest but I hate this bloody windowboxing and it could have had more picture as its cropped differently to the other versions.

[EvaUnit02]

Christ, what is with the Japanese and window-boxing? You'd think that there'd be a high proliferation of tellies with 1:1 pixel-mapping over there.

Q: Has this BD got English subs?

[Lourdes]

No subs, none of the ones that Sony have anything to do with outside Japan have them (this, Memories, Steamboy etc). It was scheduled for a UK release at one point, not sure what happened to that but there will be subtitled releases sometime.