{"id":1060,"date":"2014-09-27T13:28:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T13:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notonbluray.com\/blog\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2022-09-02T08:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T08:50:02","slug":"spirited-away-japanese-blu-ray-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notonbluray.com\/blog\/spirited-away-japanese-blu-ray-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirited Away – Japanese Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spirited Away,<\/strong> in my opinion at least, is Hayao Miyazaki’s<\/a> magnum opus, and having only been released on Japanese Blu-ray a few months back<\/a>, I decided to give it a quick review. ‘Spirited Away’ (\u5343\u3068\u5343\u5c0b\u306e\u795e\u96a0\u3057 ‘Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi’) was released in 2001 to universal critical and commercial success. A heroes-journey tale of a timid girl whose family is sucked into a magical world, where she must struggle to save both herself and her parents. The original Japanese (and other Asian-region) DVD releases had several issues most noticeably a strong red\/pink tint, as well as window-boxing the image substantially on all four sides. The US DVD release largely addressed these issues, although the image was a little red.<\/p>\n

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Spirited Away Old Japanese DVD vs New Japanese Blu-ray<\/h2>\n

Wow. The new Blu-ray is a lot sharper, also the the pink tint has gone entirely. A there is a tiny bit more picture visible at the bottom of the frame. Colors seem sensible on the Blu-ray too, if anything they might be a touch too cool, the sharpness of the image can be quite overwhelming and possibly even to the point of being distracting: I noticed visual effects that I simply hadn’t seen before (shimmering effects in the water), and assumed some George Lucas-eque revisionism was at play, but reviewing the original DVD, they were there just hard to see.<\/p>\n

For once I’m happy with a ‘new’ edition.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

Five out of Five. If you love Spirited Away – the new Blu-ray edition is definitely worth getting<\/a>. However per the usual Japanese crazy pricing – it costs around 80 US dollars. A US edition will be along shortly, and will probably retail for about a\u00a0third of the price.<\/p>\n

Spirited Away Japanese Blu-ray 1080p Screenshot Comparison<\/h2>\n
\"Spirited<\/a>

Blu-ray: From the very first frame it’s obvious how much more detail is present.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Spirited<\/a>

DVD. White isn’t white. Not good.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Spirited<\/a>

Blu-ray – Escape from the bath-house in a bath tub…<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Spirited<\/a>

Spirited Away DVD<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Spirited<\/a>

Blu-ray, the detail in this scene is just amazing.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Spirited<\/a>

DVD. Details just disappear into the fog.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Spirited<\/a>

Blu-ray – this sequence is the heart of the film for me. Note the very blue sky and sea. Sen and no-face take a train across an ocean.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Spirited<\/a>

DVD. Orange clouds. Far too soft.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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