![]() Not every anime that comes to the studio needs upscaling from AstroRes. “We’re still figuring it out,” said Sevakis. That led to a step in the restoration process for Memories involving a new upscaling technology known as AstroRes that allows for a film transfer with more visible details, but not every title can justify the expense and time commitment. Even on DVD it looked fine.” It wasn’t until Discotek got to the 4K transfer of Memories that it knew it had to make some corrections. “When it was coming out on Laserdisc and VHS it looked just fine. “The CG cuts were pretty jaggy, a little dimmer, and the colors didn’t quite add up,” he said. Sevakis talked about preparing the HD transfer of Memories in-depth on the Blu-ray. Not all films arrive at Discotek in the best condition. If you buy it, you shouldn’t ever have to buy it again.” For all of these releases, this is the best quality to ever come out. Although Discotek has released a few titles on 4K UHD including the Hayao Miyazaki directed Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro, Sevakis said, “Most anime are never going to look better than Blu-ray. At the same time, if you are going to put forth the money and effort to get it physically, it should be fairly definitive.” That could be reflected in translation choices or the quality of the audio and video. “It’s a token of your appreciation for the show, as much as it is the show itself. “If you’re actually going to take the effort to buy something on physical media these days it’s clearly something that’s really important to you,” said Sevakis. And Discotek recently released its most ambitious Blu-ray package to date, Katsuhiro Otomo’s Memories, which includes a newly restored transfer, a brand new English dub, and new featurettes that examine how the project came together. Among old-school anime fans, it’s earned a reputation for bringing back hidden gems. The company has licensed titles that underperformed during their first Western release, like Hajime no Ippo and Kodocha. ![]() That’s where a company like Discotek, which specializes in physical versions of anime classics and oddities, comes in.ĭiscotek’s catalog ranges from classic mecha titles to the latest cat-themed anime titles that are quite a bit different from what you tend to find on Adult Swim. The people that are super into it might be getting a little tired of all the current stuff,” Discotek Media’s production contractor Justin Sevakis recently told Polygon. “Anime has obviously exploded in the last few years. ![]() Yet plenty of older titles remain underseen or unlicensed by streaming services. Given the frequency, convenience, and quantity of releases available, it’s become harder and harder to justify purchasing physical versions of new releases - a format the industry was built upon. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is destroying box-office records, and mainstays like My Hero Academia and Attack on Titan continue to amass legions of followers. ![]() Netflix, Funimation, and Crunchyroll have cut down the costs that used to hold things back. New releases get streamed to our homes within hours of their premieres. There has never been a better time to be an anime fan. ![]()
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