Several in-store displays have been showing off the substantial visual improvements in the upcoming Card Captor Sakura Blu-ray release for some time now, but these new photos, in substantially higher size and quality, give a much better representation of how much better the shoujo classic now appears.
These are photos taken of a store display at Soft1 in Chiyoda:
New BD video is on the left in all photos, marked “HD”
A good comparison surely cannot be made from the rather crude method of snapping photos of of a TV display, but the sheer amount of difference visible in the new HD master shows excellent promise for the upcoming release.
Also, yes – I know that only decent comparison images would be PNG files with resolutions rivaling the size of small buildings. Forgive me.
I perhaps should be glad to own only a few of the soon to be obsoleted DVDs, but as the BD release will only be sold in two boxsets, the first for ¥62,000 (or here)and the second for ¥38,000 (or here), I likely won’t be able to upgrade my collection immediately upon their release in March…
Photos via Akiba Hobby.
Sd is better than BD..
I am very disappointed that it is not even widescreen! 1440×1080 (or even if it is 1920×1080, it is still displayed in 4:3).
I would so buy this but now I am hesitant.
does this include English subtitles??
ummm. . . sorry. . .i can’t catch the different
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perhaps ,is it because the anime it self is too old enough?
Start by replacing your eyes or buying some glasses. It will help.
Wow… You people are freaking BLIND
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-images-xvii/card_captor_sakura_bd_comparison_06.jpg
click that…. If you can’t see a difference in the left hand side vs. the right hand side….
meh, nvm…
Seems to me JP anime publishers know their time is coming up with all the stupid and assine price fixing they do and are going to run it into the ground in grand JP fashion.
I know someone that paid the same price for the two R2J DVD boxes of Dragon Ball Z and he even had to pay for custom taxes, so the Japanese studios know how to milk their animes before dropping the prices.
and yet, all the crazed jap otaku will buy this in droves…. Hell, If /I/ had an extra 100.000 yen to blow, I’d get it…