That said, most will likely find this to be preferred, and the existing
Japanese audio track is excellent.
First,
the Japanese audio track will be available to download for free on day - one.
Thankfully, that's an issue easily resolved by changing to
the Japanese audio track instead.
Though this means JRPG purists will be able to enjoy the original
Japanese audio track, those who want the option of either English or Japanese are out of luck; though English subtitles are available.
It was at this point, I had to imagine that the photographer, Horinozawa, would have a very different reaction, and given that we now know that even the original
Japanese audio track isn't safe from being re-recorded, I decided to see if I could make out any changes.
While we at SEGA Nerds have previously reported on some of the censored content, Games Nosh and Censored Gaming confirmed that the age increase of certain characters to 18 years old, such as Tsubasa, was not limited to their character's profile, but that the original
Japanese audio track was also re-recorded to reflect this change to keep the translation consistent.
Don't miss: Bonus offerings include the original
Japanese audio track, two features that take you behind - the - scenes at the making of the movie and a look at the New York Comic Con presentation of «Batman Ninja.»
But I have to admit the winner goes to the «Hypersonic» 24 - Bit, 192kHz Dolby TrueHD 5.1 remaster of the original
Japanese audio track, which easily takes the cake.
I was impressed that there was also only
a Japanese audio track, no dub.
Both English and
Japanese audio tracks are Dolby True HD 5.1.
Not exact matches
A French language
audio track (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) is also available, with subtitles in English,
Japanese and French.
Housed in a regular plastic Amaray case, «Naruto Shippuden: Blood Prison» comes to DVD in a cardboard slipcover with different cover art, presented in a 16 × 9 transfer with both English and
Japanese language 5.1 and 2.0
audio tracks.
But I am still a fan of the origonal
Japanese audio which is delivered in a stunning DTS - HD Master
Audio 2.0
track.
On the
audio end of the spectrum, the
Japanese DD 5.1
track * is loud, but the picture is less about pyrotechnics than carefully timed deadpan reaction shots.
People will also be happy to learn that the
audio track can be switched to its original
Japanese as well.
This version has never been released on Blu - ray before, which is a cool thing but I expected so much more from the «25th Anniversary release» The
audio tracks includes are a DTS - HD Master
Audio 5.1 for the English
track and only a LPCM 2.0 for the
Japanese track.
The DVD's
audio features the new English dub the Disney produced, and the film's original
Japanese language
track - both recorded in Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround.
The
audio included packs a very nice (and preferred) English
track with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and the
Japanese track includes a Dolby TrueHD 2.0
track.
The video transfer is in crisp 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen while
audio is provided in an excellent and immersive Dolby 5.1 English dub (and here my qualification of a «general» lack of a western bias comes into play) that is, nonetheless, inferior to the
Japanese - language 2.0 surround
track, which features the original vocal talent who have, not including this film, logged over twenty - six hours of finished time voicing these characters.
The remaining extras on all three releases are similar: brief featurettes on the English language rewriting and dubbing processes for the films; the original
Japanese trailers and TV spots (curiously, the ones for The Cat Returns aren't subtitled while the others» are); and the second disc is devoted entirely to the complete film (with full
audio track accompaniment, in either English or
Japanese) in storyboard form — offering an insightful look at the Ghibli creative process.
The title will also feature both English and
Japanese voice over options, giving fans the freedom to choose the
audio track catered to their experience.
The
audio tracks on «The SPY loves me» and «
Japanese Form» were largely influenced by the specific overall design that he had envisioned.
The
audio track is solid as well, using both
Japanese and English
audio.
It will also feature both English and
Japanese voice over options, giving fans the freedom to choose the
audio track catered to their experience.
However, discerning weeaboos who prefer to play the game with its original
Japanese language
track will be happy to know that SEGA has included dual English and
Japanese audio as well.
Although Koei - Tecmo once pledged that the title would have an English
track, only the original
Japanese audio is present.