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 1673 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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CJ Entertainment Re-releases OOP Titles

Posted on March 10, 2010 at 20:27 by Ulrik 2 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 2 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 with English subtitles, according to DDDHouse and YesAsia the Blu-ray Disc will be codefree.


Tags: confucius, mei ah, hong kong, china

FUNimation Anime Source BD Edition Scan

Posted on February 27, 2010 at 20:02 by Ulrik 3 commentsTweet this

Here's a scan of the insert that was included in the Evangelion 1.11 special edition release. Next to the series mentioned in this entry, it states that FUNimation plans to release Black Blood Brothers (Complete Series) and Casshern Sins (Part 1 - Part 2) on Blu-ray disc as well...



Tags: funimation, casshern, black blood brothers, anime, usa

Spotlight: Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone [USA]

Posted on February 27, 2010 at 16:23 by Ulrik 9 commentsTweet this

Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone - FUNimation





Specifications [BD50] Region: A+B
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 1080p 23,976fps
Audio: Japanese Dolby TrueHD 6.1 48kHz 16bit, English Dolby TrueHD 6.1 48kHz 24bit
Subtitles: English
Screenshots





Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone @ Asian Blu-ray Guide

Tags: spotlight, evangelion, funimation, usa, japan, anime

Evangelion inlay announces more upcoming anime series from FUNimation

Posted on February 20, 2010 at 17:10 by Ulrik 1 commentTweet this

Gotta love retailers that don't give a damn about official release dates. Thanks to one of them, The Fanboy Review is able to give us an very positive early review on FUNimation's US Blu-ray Disc release of Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone. The disc package includes an insert that announces some more upcoming Blu-ray Disc releases of anime series from FUNimation:
June 22, 2010: Guyver
July 13, 2010: Desert Punk, Black Cat
July 20, 2010: Rin ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~
Coming Soon: Eden of the East!
Knowing FUNimation, the first four series mentioned will probably be upscales...

Tags: evangelion, guyver, desert punk, black cat, daughters of mnemosyne, eden of the east, funimation, usa, japan, anime

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind to be Studio Ghiblis next Blu?

Posted on February 19, 2010 at 17:47 by Ulrik 2 commentsTweet this

While I could just update the yesterday's article regarding this topic, I thought that this piece of news just deserves its own little entry. During an HDTV broadcast of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind it was announced that Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 masterpiece will be released on Blu-ray Disc in Japan this summer!
To give you a small hint of what at least to expect from those releases, check out these HD screenshots from the Joe Hisaishi in Budokan – Miyazaki Anime to Tomo ni Ayunda 25 Nenkan Blu-ray Disc. But I sure hope Disney Home Entertainment will use better source material for their upcoming releases.





[via Can you Moe? & AV Watch, thanks to r3d-3agl3!]

Tags: nausicaa, hayao miyazaki, disney, studio ghibli, japan, anime

Disney promises Studio Ghibli Classics in 2010

Posted on February 18, 2010 at 22:59 by Ulrik 3 commentsTweet this

During an award ceremony for the Japanese Blu-ray Disc release of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo, Walt Disney Home Entertainment made a very exciting announcement. As expected after the success of Ponyo on Blu-ray Disc, the studio announced to begin Blu-ray Disc releases of Studio Ghibli's classics (probably in Japan) in 2010! Specific titles haven't been mentioned, but based on some comments from Toshio Suzuki during his radio show, The Ghibli Blog assumes that My Neighbors The Yamadas (ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん) will be the second Blu-ray Disc from the studio.
[via GhibliWiki, thanks to AnimeOnBlu!]

Tags: disney, ghibli, my neighbors the yamadas, anime, japan