What anime titles are on your Blu-ray (BD) wish list? Are they already on BD? If you don't own a BD player, which anime title(s) would convince you to buy one?

I don't have any anime BDs yet. I would definitely buy Gunbuster if it becomes available. I'd buy a Miyazaki box set too.

I have Kokaku Kidotai Stand Alone Complex Trilogy box on pre-order. Releases in July I think in Japan. I can't wait!

i dun have a Blu player yet, but christmas isn't that far away anymore

anything and everything anime that is on Blu and Blu-to-come, i am very much looking forward to. i cannot think of any better way to enjoy my anime then on Bluray highdef on my home theater.
mmmm... *sparkles*

as for what is currently available anime wise:
Paprika
Tekkonkinkreet
Appleseed Ex Machina

i feel like i am forgetting a few...

Utena would be the title I'd most want, especially after seeing the nice package being put together for the anniversary release in Japan. Though I'd likely be buying the discs and have to hold onto them for a few years, since I doubt I'll be upgrading my hardware anytime before 2010. But I have no issue stockpiling releases in anticipation!

I'm also looking forward to Bebop on Blu, just for fun. And the Kon movies. Millennium Actress on Blu would be purty.

Blu-Ray...I have a PS3, so thats good enough. As a standard for anime series, maybe not possible because of prices, but any anime movies that come out in the future should all be Blu-ray.

I'm waiting to see where studios go with full series releases, quantity of episodes or quality of picture.

I'm waiting for Vexille or Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence to arrive on Blu-ray.

I mistakenly bought GitS 2: Innocence on dvd. Not knowing that it was Japanese with English sub only, and yet it was still pretty awsome.

Vexille is getting a japanese Blu release in july.
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVXA-26864

Yes, the new DVD and Blu-ray disks will have an English spoken language track by the same cast as GitS Solid State Society. It is good times.

i would say that all anime could use a Blu treatment, but that's the home theater-phile whore junkie in me :P

there are a ton of anime titles that would look gorgeous remastered on Blu, but whether or not we will get them is another story. if a series i like/want/already have gets a Blu rerelease, i would rebuy it, trade in my old dvds and get at least a bit of credit. it's better then none at that point.

it wouldn't be the first time i have rebought an anime

For most recent anime TV series, I don't think it'll make a difference if they're remastered for Blu-Ray or not. They're mainly composed for standard definition TV sets to save storage space and sent out as digital files now to tape or disc. Who knows how many of these series actually go out on film anymore?

Of course, that's changing with digital shows done in the past few years, but most shows done before '05 are strictly standard-def TV series.

Already, there have been shows remastered for Blu-Ray that had no business being redone for Blu-Ray! These are more recent series like Yukikaze which was composed for standard definition TV sets and never intended for hi-def. The way that show was redone it actually ended up loosing details in its upconversion to Blu-Ray and looked softer.

A lot of older series and movies which actually benefit from the move to Blu-Ray since they're saved on film stock (16mm for TV shows or 35mm for theatrical releases) as opposed to digital files like Yukikaze. The main bugaboo about older shows is the need to clean dirty frames, stabilize shifting frames, and be wary of the temptation to clean up that "nasty film grain."

Film grain is already becoming an issue with older film release to Blu-Ray conversion in the US and no doubt it'll affect Japanese releases as well. If companies are stupid enough to go tinkering with film grain, it'll actually remove details from films! I've already seen this happening with standard def releases that went through digital video noise reduction (DVNR).

DVNR is one of the worst things that can happen to animation since the logarithms in the video restoration programs used can't distinguish between scratches and thin inklines in animation! It's affected the AnimEigo releases of Macross as well as WB animation DVD releases.

The temptation to tinker with film grain for Blu-Ray releases will make DVNR seem mild by comparison. There are just some things that should be left alone on film...

The real advantage to Bluray conversion for existing releases is the likely-hood the conversion will be of higher quality than the consumer will achieve at home. Of course for people with high-end up-scalers this is not a benefit, but for most, the cost to acquire high-end hardware appears to be very steep when looking at the cost of re-acquiring some titles in newer formats.

I want a very good up-scaler since the cost associated with replacing my existing video collection is well in excess of the cost of hardware.

The unfortunate portion of this tale is the fact that many commercial companies have yet to master encoding in the new hi-def codecs.

You know, I sort of noticed some tinkering on the DVD release of Gunbuster which was remastered in HD (HD 24P). The faces looked different almost if they had been redrawn. Gunbuster is an older anime with fine sketching in the faces.

never mess with Haruhiko Mikimoto's artwork. ever. genius at work should never be disturbed.
nuff said -.-

I really want Fullmetal Alchemist in Blue ray

But this one only 1 blue ray disc
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ANZB-3201

And the price O_O

i'd pay it if i had the extra moolah. shoot. regular import dvd box sets used to cost that much, and this is blu-ray. it may seem like a lot, but it's actually priced fairly reasonably.

some more new r2 Blu0Ray releases:
Aquarian Age the Movie
Gen Iro no Kami no Agito
Gundam Zeta TV Box

question for all you Blu-Ray HT encoding buffs:
when i get my Blu-Ray dvd player, will i be able to play my old standard R2 dvds on it? i really need to know.

thanx!