The Asian Blu-ray Guide lists Asian films from Hong Kong, China, Korea, Japan and Thailand as well as Anime series and movies that have been released (or are available for preorder) on Blu-ray Disc. Currently the guide covers 1703 discs from countries all around the world, making it the most comprehensive and hopefully the most useful source for Asian entertainment on Blu-ray Disc.
All information about the listed releases haven been gathered from message boards, news sites and retailers across the net or have been contributed by kind visitors.

If you have further information about released (or announced) titles from Asia, region codes or got any suggestions, please feel free to contact me so this Guide can grow.

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New wave of Korean BD releases announced

Posted on March 18, 2010 at 10:25 by Ulrik 5 commentsTweet this

This morning/last night, K2DVD added some new Korean Blu-ray Disc releases to their site. According to these listings, CJ Entertainment will bring us The King and the Clown, Green Fish and Arahan while a still unnamed label will release Chan-wook Park's Oldboy and Untold Scandal. There are no release dates mentioned, but all discs are supposed to come with English subtitles.

Tags: the king and the clown, green fish, arahan, oldboy, untold scandal, korea, cj entertainment

Manga UK details Evangelion 1.11 Blu-ray Disc releases

Posted on March 15, 2010 at 20:53 by Ulrik 4 commentsTweet this

DVD Times has posted some details on Manga Entertainment's upcoming UK Blu-ray Disc release of Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone. The first of four "rebuild" films based on Hideaki Anno's cult series will be released on April 26th as a standard single disc edition and a two disc Collector's Edition. Both editions will include the new 1.11 version and will probably be identical with FUNimation's BD release. The Collector's Edition will come in a special packaging with a bonus DVD that includes the "older" 1.01 version of the main feature and an extra booklet.

Tags: evangelion, manga, gb, anime, japan

Rumor: Summer Wars, Xam'd and Ultraviolet Licensed for US?

Posted on March 13, 2010 at 15:31 by Ulrik 0 commentsTweet this

There are some rumors going around in Twitterville: According to these 1, 2, 3, 4 tweets from jlskun, some previously unlicensed anime titles have appeared in the pre-order books of MovieStop as upcoming Blu-ray Disc releases:
Summer Wars [No Studio mentioned] - August 24, 2010
Xam'd: Lost Memories Part 1 [Sony] - August 10, 2010
Ultraviolet: Code 044 Complete Collection [Sony] - July 13, 2010





[via Nebs Blog]

Tags: summer wars, xamd, ultraviolet, anime, usa, sony, anime

14 Blades: English Subtitled HK Release in April

Posted on March 12, 2010 at 22:47 by Ulrik 1 commentTweet this

And another quick home video release of a Hong Kong titles that just opened in Asian cinemas last month. According to YesAsia, Daniel Lee's 14 Blades starring Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung and Vicky Zhao will be released in Hong Kong on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on April 14th.
Coming from Universe Laser, both releases will include English subtitles but people outside of Region A will have to wait for a confirmation if the Blu-ray Disc will be region locked (like Universe's last release, The Storm Warriors) or not.


Tags: fourteen blades, hong kong, universe, donnie yen, sammo hung, vicky zhao

Virtual Battles and Leaping Girls coming from CJ Entertainment

Posted on March 12, 2010 at 11:31 by Ulrik 0 commentsTweet this

The Korean retailer Yes24.com is now listing CJ Entertainment's Blu-ray Disc releases of two films from Mamoru Hosoda and Satoko Okudera. Their latest blockbuster anime Summer Wars and the 2006 The Girl Who Leapt through Time are supposed to hit Korean shelves on April, 30th.
Currently there's no information if these releases will include English subtitles, but fortunately Manga Entertainment UK has already announced English friendly releases for both films in 2010.




[via Can you Moe?]

Tags: summer wars, the girl who leapt through time, cj entertainment, korea, anime, japan, mamoru hosoda, satoko okudera

CJ Entertainment Re-releases OOP Titles

Posted on March 10, 2010 at 20:27 by Ulrik 4 commentsTweet this

Looks like the last few copies of CJ Entertainment's Korean Blu-ray Disc releases of Bong Joon-Ho's Memories of Murder und Kim Ji-Woon's The Good, The Bad and the Weird went out of print.
YesAsia (and other retailers) are now listing re-releases of both films that come in standard Blu-ray Disc amaray cases instead of those nice digipaks like the previous special editions.But at least the prices remain the same...

Tags: memories of murder, good bad weird, korea, cj entertainment

Anime on Blu-ray Sale @ Amazon.co.uk

Posted on March 06, 2010 at 13:14 by Ulrik 0 commentsTweet this

British retailer Amazon.co.uk is currently having a small sale that includes several anime films and series on Blu-ray Disc. The best bargain in the sale is Shigurui (Death Frenzy) The Complete Series for GBP6,49 (~7,20EUR), that is identical (except for the packaging) with FUNimation's US release (see screenshots here) I bought a year ago for a lot more and still haven't seen yet... For less that GBP10 you can also get Blood - The Last Vampire (GBP7,85), Afro Samurai S1 (GBP5,00), Afro Samurai - Resurrection (GBP7,85), Origin: Spirits Of The Past (GBP8,00), Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (GBP9,45), Paprika (GBP7,97) and Tekkonkinkreet (GBP6,98) (a must-have!). For a few quids more there are also the complete Devil May Cry Series (GBP11,85) and the Ghost in the Shell 2.0 + Innocence box (GBP17,85).

Tags: amazon.co.uk, sale, anime, gb, shigurui, paprika, tekkonkinkreet, afro samurai, origin

Chow Yun-Fat starring Confucius Biopic in March

Posted on March 04, 2010 at 20:52 by Ulrik 3 commentsTweet this

Gotta love those Hong Kong based distributors. Only six weeks after the theatrical opening in China, Mei Ah announced the HK Blu-ray Disc (and DVD) release of Mei Hu's Confucius.
The biopic starring Chow Yun-Fat as the famous philosopher will be released on March 11th March 18th with English subtitles, according to DDDHouse and YesAsia the Blu-ray Disc will be codefree.


Tags: confucius, mei ah, hong kong, china