Blu-Ray Status

WE’RE WORKING ON IT OK

We’ve started getting a bunch of them encoded, and are retiming, identifying missing bits (even on the BC-containing episodes, there is missing stuff; that’s right, the blu-rays have even MORE content than the Bandai Channel versions)

After spending a long time looking through the episodes trying to find a reason to justify a larger resolution, we have for now ended up with our encode being, once again, 848 x 480. However, do not fret, because this is one GOOD looking video even so, and you will find we are completely right at this scale; if you double it, it looks the same quality wise as you would have gotten if we had released it as “HD”. It actually looks quite nice in 2x resolution mode in MPC, as you’ll find out. It’s technically HD, but it is indistinguishable from 2x SD so… yeah. Watch at 2x resolution, get the exact same quality for the a smaller file size. Perfect.

Episode 1 is in particular turning out to be a bitch since I have to go through every episode BUT episode 1, since our TL turned out lol, thanks to Japanese being lol. Trying to translate a context based language in an episode with a ton of shit without context??? It didn’t end well. Plus there are at least 40 or 50 new lines of dialogue compared to the TV version, so…

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47 Responses to “Blu-Ray Status”

  1. DTU says:

    Oh wow, good stuff.

    Interesting marketting strategy they’ve got, putting exclusive content onto both the web streams AND the DVD/BD releases.

    I’ll probably start blogging about this show from your BD rips since they’re the most ‘complete’ version to work from.

    In the meantime, everyone go watch the recent Gaiking series. It’s damn good.

  2. DTU says:

    Also, a batch torrent of the TV broadcast has appeared on BakaBT: http://www.bakabt.com/torrent/148711/Shin-Mazinger-Shougeki-Z-Hen-Gattai.html

    It doesn’t have the V2 Ep 1 however.

  3. Anonymous says:

    Great. There must be seven different groups with a translator working in the last moe crap sensation that the girly side of the japanese animation brought us this week.
    But no one wants to translate the glorious version Imagawa came out of the one that is very beginning of “piloted from the inside” robot. Damnit.

    Man, thanks a lot for your hard work. Many of us enjoyed the best robot anime in a good while, we owe it all to you. Many, many thanks. Keep up your excellent work. Please keep us posted if you have news related to the continuation of Shin Mazinger.

  4. Zorak says:

    We’re thinking the Great announcement/ preview/ whatever will come with the final DVD/BD set once that’s out.

  5. Really appreciate what you guys are doing, spreading the Mazinger love around. Keep up the good work!

  6. Anonymous says:

    subs fucking where

  7. DTU says:

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the last ep has additional stuff about the sequel. How quickly are they releasing the BD/DVDs?

  8. octo1 says:

    Second BD Box isn’t even out (comes out next month), and the third won’t be out until early next year

  9. jfgslo says:

    Thanks for you hard work, Gattai. And particularly thanks for not going with that terrible trend of releasing “HD” Blu-ray releases followed by a lot of fansubs. I don’t know why they think “HD” is always better, when rarely that’s the case, specially in animations. I mean, why would anyone want annoying big filesizes when they essentially have indistinguishable resolutions when maximized? Keep up the good work Gattai.

    By the way, has anyone managed to find the OST 2?

  10. Anonymous says:

    any idea of a release date?

  11. Snark says:

    Oooh, definitely looking forward to the bluray releases! Thanks guys!

  12. Anonymous says:

    WHERE

  13. shinmazinger says:

    in the link provided maybe? give it a try you’ll be amazed what links do!

  14. Red says:

    HOLY CRAAAAAAP!!! 40-50 NEW LINES OF DIALOUGE?!!! JUST HOW LONG -IS- THIS FIRST EPISODE?!!!

  15. Snark says:

    Links? What devilry is this!?

  16. Anonymous says:

    WHO CARES ABOUT THE OST, WHERE IS THE FUCKING BATCH

  17. anonymous obvious says:

    @Anonymous

    I care, the music it’s pure awesome.

    THANKS YOU Shinmazinger!!!!!!!

    waiting for the Blu-ray release, if they given to us the percentage of each chapter would be nice :p

  18. jfgslo says:

    Thanks a lot for the OST 2, Shinmazinger.

  19. Anonymous says:

    can we get an update on the blue ray box please?

  20. Zorak says:

    Been busy with real life, our translator and BD encoder is apparently busy as well. It’s moving, just slowly.

  21. Anonymous says:

    how about releasing one episode by one then? Could get something to chew on meanwhile.

  22. Anonymous says:

    Why not release the RAWs everyone just want to see what was added to the show

  23. jfgslo says:

    Take your time, Gattai. You have shown us the quality of your releases so it’s worth the wait.

  24. Anonymous says:

    I agree with the above poster. Release the raw at least please…

  25. Anonymous says:

    Take your time gattai and thanx for the work

  26. Anonymous says:

    Please don’t take your time. Release the raws

  27. Anonymous says:

    Are you shure you´re working It was a month ago you say that…. :(

  28. anonymous obvious says:

    In two days from now will be one months (October 26th » November 26th) :P

    be patient!

  29. Anonymous says:

    So I heard you got no translator?

  30. Zorak says:

    Our TLer is mildly MIA right now, yes

  31. Anonymous says:

    D:

    So when is he coming back? If he’s not, then just release the raws.

  32. Anonymous says:

    If you have the raws can you please release them? of course if you have the raws and not the Translator

  33. Anonymous says:

    yeah, then you guys can release the softsubs afterwards.

  34. Anonymous says:

    can we get an answer here

    why won’t you release the raws

  35. Anonymous says:

    because he doesnt feel like it and is probably busy and probably doesnt want other groups to fansub it

  36. anonymous says:

    I think he can answer for himself.

  37. PEPE says:

    Hayato: Ryouma, gattai!
    Ryouma: Oh! change shin getter one, switch on!
    :P

    we need information!

  38. SaotomeMondo says:

    well no news yet? More than a month has passed. At least one episode should be already out.

  39. Anonymous says:

    Welcome to gattai.

  40. Anonymous says:

    Gattai lost their translator. Enjoy never having BD mazinger

  41. Anonimo says:

    Happy new year !!!! I have the DVD exteded version if you are interested, just let a message here

  42. anonimato says:

    i’m interested.

  43. Anonymous says:

    I’m Interested

  44. Anonymous says:

    ME ME ME ME

  45. jfgslo says:

    I’m also interested, but I think it would be better if you posted it in an anime torrent website / download forum like nyaatorrents or hongfire. That way, another group might get interested and perhaps pick it up and do a release with the the extra content translated.

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