Faster Faster Blu Ray Bitches!

This past weekend, I watched the new Neon Genesis Evangelion movie You Are (Not) Alone 1.11. It is the first anime on Blu Ray I have ever seen. (I will break down my opinion of the movie after I've watched it a few more times.)

I will have to say that seeing an anime on Blue Ray is a WAYYYY different experience than DVD. The quality difference is astounding. It's like night and day. It's like watching the cells being drawn in real time before you. AND! With the advent of new computer graphics, they can make different visual expressions that don't happen in the natural world.

I've been wanting to see the series D.Grey-Man. The first season was released on DVD and Blu Ray. I have been on the fence about which one I wanted. I don't have a Netflix account, so I can't just see it without buying it. Plus, our area basically just has DVD vending machines and mainstream video stores. In short, i have to buy it. The DVDs come in a complete first season and the Blu Ray is split between season one part A and B. The cost is about $10 or $20 difference. Most people would think, "Get the DVDs, they're just as good for cheaper," right?

Oh, ho ho noooooooo!

I am most definitely convinced that I want the Blu Ray version of this. I saw the teaser trailer on the Eva movie and it was AWESOME! I've read the manga and I think I want to go for this series.

The only problem with Blu Rey is the limited anime selection. It's pretty cool that all the new series are coming out in Blu Ray. When I look at the milestone anime series, they're all on DVD. And I think to myself, "Dang! I won't get any better resolution out of those." But then again, they'd have to recapture the original cells with higher resolution for Blu Ray. The Eva movie was the only anime based on an older series that I know that recaptured original animation and re-did key scenes building on the original cells with new animation.

But then again... The Wife and I made a pact to not re-buy any DVDs that we already have. She did make an exception for Cowboy Bebop.

I just hope that between the USA and Japan all of the copyright issues get resolved and we can start cranking these discs out. I want more high visual quality anime!








  If any on you loyal fans have any opinions about the DVD Blu Ray Battle, please leave them in the comments!

Hopelessly Devoted to You

For everyone there is that thing that they are devoted to wholehearted. It could be a band, an artist, a tv show, an actor(ess), or in my case an anime franchise. Now, I say franchise specifically because franchise also includes all the different spin-offs that happen after the show has stopped production. No matter what product it is...

YOU MUST HAVE IT!!!

I know my brother does this with a couple of bands. He has to have EVERYTHING they've made. My wife has Hello Kitty. 

 I have my own addiction to Neon Genesis Evangelion. I have the series on DVD, the manga, and the two spin-offs that were released in the USA. There are about a million or more different products ranging from action figures, models, busts/figurines (some very racy) to other things like bike shorts, operating systems, and pachinko machines. There's even a amusment park, Fuji-Q Highland, that has a life sized entry plug, a 1:1 bust of Eva Unit-01, SEELE monoliths, and appropriate cosplay. I want to see their uniforms for that section of the park. The problem with this addiction is being in the USA, all the Eva stuff is in Japan.

Waaa waaa waaaaaaaa! (Trumpet Warble) For us Americanos.

When you see the new thing, it's like a spell is cast over you. You walk stiffly and directly to the object, stopping before it. You talk to the material possession and say, "I have money. Please come with me so that I may purchase you." You ceremonially march your way to the counter and trade hard working hours of sweat, tears, and blood for this thing that will grant you happiness. You love and enjoy that thing and put it with it's collective bretheran on the shrine to your impulsive pleasure, because you couldn't get it past your beloved without using the, "But it's a collectible!" line that they've heard from you so many times before.

As for me... As soon as I see something Eva related, I'm gonna get that itch to buy it. If my wife is with me, she'll get out a newspaper and say,

"No! (smack on the nose) No!" 

And I will still want it.

Please share any of your addictions in the comments!

Maybe I'll get that thing when she's not watching...