Do you think the materials exist for Pokemon Blu-Rays?

[monkeyjb1988]

I assume the movies are good for Blu release, but what about the series (preferbly the original, but dub applies too)? Did the producers keep the film they shot before going digital and did they render their digital animation at a high enough resolution to support 1080p (Blu-Ray). I would like to see some of the episodes in high resolution, but I have no idea how feasible it would be. What do you guys think or know?

P.S. To nip it in the bud, yes, I'm aware that the original Japanese version never got a DVD release, so it's silly to talk about about a Blu-Ray release. Let's just assume for this thread that DVD releases were done. Thank you very much.

 

[The Outrage]

So let's assume something that didn't happen did?

Anyway, Blu-Ray is still new and expensive isn't it? I doubt they'd release something that expensive when the market for Pokémon DVDs isn't even that big.

Besides, how high-resolution could a ten-plus year old cartoon be?

 

[Casual_Furi]

Yeah, something that wasn't made in HD won't be that much better if converted to HD. Blu ray is also expensive to make.

That's not to say that Bluray isn't popular. Both Netflix and my local Blockbuster are sold out of Bluray Hulk! D=

My own problems aside, I don't think it's worth the trouble of converting, packaging and reselling Pokemon in Bluray.

Regular DVDs aren't completely out of style yet.

 

[AtoMan]

Recent Pokemon movies aired on TV Tokyo in HD, so it's not a problem there.

 

[Yoshi1001]

I would expect we'll eventually see the Pokemon movies in some HD form within the next year (most likely on Cartoon Network's HD feed). In order to be used in high definiton, the source material has to be shot on at least 16mm film (I believe all the films were shot on this quality or higher)-in fact, many film-based HD TV series are still shot using this stock of film. I believe the TV series was shot on 8mm during the film era (seasons 1-5), though, which is only sufficent for standard definition.

I wouldn't expect to see Pokemon movies on Blu-Ray until the format achieves higher market penetration, though.

 

[Dogasu]

And even if/when it does penetrate the market the way DVD has (though I have my own doubts about that), you have to remember that Pocket Monsters is a low-budget kids' show. The demand isn't nearly as great as it is for other series that skew toward an audience that actually cares about things like HD.

 

[Rosakai]

I don't think any Pokemon series/movie will ever be released on Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray isn't selling well (at least, where I live) and the fact that Blu-Ray players are so darn expensive (more so than a regular DVD player) doesn't help matters much. Quality doesn't matter, either-I can't see any difference in quality when comparing Blu-Ray (or HD, for that matter) to a DVD. It looks exactly the same. As for extra materials...isn't there something on DVDs called Bonus Material? Yes, so why bother releasing on Blu-Ray when it would be easier/less expensive to do it on DVD?

So no, I can't see a release anytime soon, if at all.

 

[Yoshi1001]

I don't think any Pokemon series/movie will ever be released on Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray isn't selling well (at least, where I live) and the fact that Blu-Ray players are so darn expensive (more so than a regular DVD player) doesn't help matters much. Quality doesn't matter, either-I can't see any difference in quality when comparing Blu-Ray (or HD, for that matter) to a DVD.

Had your eyes checked lately? ;-)

A month or so ago, I had my Mom over to my apartment for my birthday. I had the 4th Harry Potter movie, a movie she's seen many times on DVD, on my DVR from when ABC showed it earlier this year. She kept noticing things she couldn't see before in SD. My TV is about the same vertical size as the one she has.

A lot of it depends on the quality of the source material and your setup. I'll admit, the Darkrai DVD looks pretty good, but it would have been even better in HD.

 

[Pokemaster Justin]

I don't think any Pokemon series/movie will ever be released on Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray isn't selling well (at least, where I live) and the fact that Blu-Ray players are so darn expensive (more so than a regular DVD player) doesn't help matters much. Quality doesn't matter, either-I can't see any difference in quality when comparing Blu-Ray (or HD, for that matter) to a DVD. It looks exactly the same. As for extra materials...isn't there something on DVDs called Bonus Material? Yes, so why bother releasing on Blu-Ray when it would be easier/less expensive to do it on DVD?

So no, I can't see a release anytime soon, if at all.

Blu Ray is doing fine. Did you by chance take a chart, go all around where you live and mark blu ray sales? The penetration to the market is actually quite good with all the focus on HD.

Pokemon on HD ... I can see it happeneing...but it already looks good being animation on DVD.

 

[Yoshi1001]

One reason Pokemon (and other film-based formats) tend to look good on newer TVs is due to a process called inverse telecine, whereby the original 12/24fps footage can be (almost) completely recovered algorithmically (this is why film-based TV tends to look better than video-based tv on progressive scan TVs such as LCDs). This works with both 480i and 1080i footage.

 

[Rosakai]

Blu Ray is doing fine. Did you by chance take a chart, go all around where you live and mark blu ray sales? The penetration to the market is actually quite good with all the focus on HD.

Pokemon on HD ... I can see it happeneing...but it already looks good being animation on DVD.

I actually have. Stores are selling out of DVDs while the Blu-Ray discs remain untouched. Everyone I see in the film section of stores are buying regular DVDs, not Blu-Ray or even HD DVD. In fact, I read a newspaper article that said plans were being made to cease production of Blu-Ray due to poor sales (I'm sure that the expensiveness of the player is to blame for the poor sales). The article was printed a while back, but judging by what I continue to see in stores, nothing has really changed.

I don't like the newer tvs, they distort the picture and make it look terrible.

And in regard to your question, Yoshi1001, my eyes are fine. I'm a bit nearsighted, but I wear glasses all the time, so my vison is normal as long as I keep them on. I HAVE compared them side to side, and they look the same.

 

[Yoshi1001]

And in regard to your question, Yoshi1001, my eyes are fine. I'm a bit nearsighted, but I wear glasses all the time, so my vison is normal as long as I keep them on. I HAVE compared them side to side, and they look the same.

I wasn't implying you were stupid or anything like that. Hence the ;-). As I said, depending on the source material, it can be hard to tell the difference sometimes.

 

[Rosakai]

I wasn't implying you were stupid or anything like that. Hence the ;-). As I said, depending on the source material, it can be hard to tell the difference sometimes.

I know you weren't. It's just that ever tv I've seen showcasing the "difference" between the two has NO difference at all. The DVD portion looks the same as the Blu-Ray portion to me.

 

[peno]

Though I agree Pokémon anime will not be in HD anytime soon, I don't really think so for movies. As already mentioned, TV Tokyo aired some movies in HD already. Therefore, I am sure if not movie 11 then movie 12 will surely be released on Blu-Ray in Japan. I am not so sure though, about US. In TV yes, it can happen, but I don't see Pokémon Movie on Blu-Ray in US anytime soon.

 

[Yoshi1001]

As I've mentioned in previous threads, this is very much a chicken-and-egg syndrome. Also, keep an eye on other programming on CN/Adult Swim. For example, I know the live-action Ben 10 movie was shot in HD, and I have heard that some of Adult Swim's content was planned to go HD as well.

 

[Casual_Furi]

What stores do is show a blu ray preview on a 1080P LCD TV. That's the only way to see the real difference.

BTW, the economy's in the tank. People really can't shell out thousands on home entertainment anymore.

 

[Pokemaster Justin]

Uh what are you talking about?

Obviously the people who were buying into Blu Ray in the first place aren't the Wal Mart penny pushers.

 

[Casual_Furi]

Well, I've been watching alot of CNN and local (New York) news lately and all they ever talk about is how poor everybody is. This isn't really the time to be focusing on luxury and entertainment.

 

[Yoshi1001]

Well, I've been watching alot of CNN and local (New York) news lately and all they ever talk about is how poor everybody is. This isn't really the time to be focusing on luxury and entertainment.

I won't deny that the economy's in trouble, but I don't think it's having quite as severe a impact as your posts suggest you believe.

 

[nickstr]

I would expect we'll eventually see the Pokemon movies in some HD form within the next year (most likely on Cartoon Network's HD feed). In order to be used in high definiton, the source material has to be shot on at least 16mm film (I believe all the films were shot on this quality or higher)-in fact, many film-based HD TV series are still shot using this stock of film. I believe the TV series was shot on 8mm during the film era (seasons 1-5), though, which is only sufficent for standard definition.

I wouldn't expect to see Pokemon movies on Blu-Ray until the format achieves higher market penetration, though.

I don't think any professional in their right mind would use 8mm film for mastering at all since it was intended for HOME USE before the VHS/Betamax era. Not only that it might not have been made since the 1980s when VHS video cameras started to become popular so their only options would have been 16mm or 35mm which is commonly used for professional work so HD transfers would be possible if the master prints are still in decent shape. And even then some people are just now getting DVD players so Blu-ray is still quite a way off in the distant future as this is quite often the case and not everyone wants or can afford an HDTV set.