Samurai Jack: The Complete Series Blu-ray

[ThePJzer]

Hey everyone! I've never seen this show, but I know that it was extremely popular.

I searched Kametsu and didn't see any posts about this.

So here you go, for anyone who wasn't aware. 

 

 

Samurai Jack: The Complete Series Blu-ray

 

Following the epic conclusion of its fifth and final season, Adult Swim's four-time Emmy Award-winning series, Samurai Jack, will arrive as a complete series on Blu-ray on October 17.

Featuring all 62 heart-pounding episodes of the critically acclaimed animated show, Samurai Jack: The Complete Series also arrives with action-packed bonus content, including exclusive featurettes, behind the scenes looks and special commentary. Fans will also relive the first four seasons in HD for the first time as each episode has been remastered to perfection. The box set also features a one-of-a-kind metal art print, created especially for the show's devoted fans.
 

Source: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Samurai-Jack-The-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/186071/

 

 

Edited September 3, 2017 by ThePJzer

[EccentricOne]

Oooh i want it 

 

Its not going to be like the Simpsons and zoom in to make it 16:9 is it?

Edited September 3, 2017 by EccentricOne

[Malakaira]

Awesome I was just looking for any information on a bluray release yesterday

[ThePJzer]

18 hours ago, EccentricOne said:

Its not going to be like the Simpsons and zoom in to make it 16:9 is it?

 

I'm honestly not sure, I did a decent amount of searching and couldn't find any solid info on it for you.

 

From what I read the first 4 seasons were 1.33:1 (4:3) but apparently had many moments in several episodes that were 1.78:1 (16:9) to emphasize particular scenes. So cropping all of S1-S4 to 1.78:1 would be awkward to say the least, because it would bounce around between cropped and uncropped scenes, not to mention de-emphasizing the 1.78:1 scenes.

 

I saw one comment mentioning that Warner doesn't upscale SD content for HD releases, so according to them this is indeed a true remastering of the first 4 seasons. If that statement is correct, I don't see why they would go through all that trouble just to crop the image in the end.

 

Better yet, they may expand the image to 1.78:1 with no cropping, and the scenes that were previously 1.78:1 could be expanded to 2.40:1 to maintain the emphasis they intended to imply for those scenes. (This would be awesome for long time Samurai Jack fans and newcomers like myself!)

 

I'm curious how the aspect ratio changes will be handled if they retain the 1.33:1 ratio. When it first aired they obviously just matted a 1.78:1 image inside a 1.33:1 frame. They must know how silly this would look on a modern widescreen TV, so here's hoping that the image is expanded from 1.33:1 to 1.78:1 and fills the whole screen for these scenes.

 

We'll find out it a couple months unless new info becomes available. 

Edited September 4, 2017 by ThePJzer

[Gin]

Looks good though some cropping

 

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=14089519#post14089519

[SeasonBaybay]

Finally , iv'e waited so long for this!!! Really hyped for this 

[slowmo]

13 hours ago, Shinnosuke said:

Looks good though some cropping

 

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=14089519#post14089519

resolution of the files is 1440x1080 so it's original 4:3 aspect ratio.

[PDoggy77]

1 hour ago, slowmo said:

resolution of the files is 1440x1080 so it's original 4:3 aspect ratio.

Those are cropped from the 1920*1080 theatrical event trailer on Youtube, they aren't necessarily representative of the actual BD sets.

[ManfredRunner]

Here's hoping this has audio commentaries.

[thefarmboy]

I'm excited for this, hopefully it does well and opens the doors for more classic CN show on BD.

[EccentricOne]

Its been out for 3 days now. I considered buying it but it'd have taken weeks to arrive 

 

I just noticed its in HD on iTunes as well, hmm. pretty cheap on Australia iTunes

[Dhruvthegamer75]

Complete series is now available on iTunes in HD.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/samurai-jack-season-1/id274102616

[EccentricOne]

We know, we think Blu-ray would be better. BTW AU iTunes is the cheapest if you were to go that route

[icebox616]

Yeah, I read on blu-ray.com that Every season is on a 50 GB disc which would make an episode have like 3-4 times the bitrate and size (my guess is at least 3 GB/EP) of a native ITunes rip (I also read on the official discussion thread of the series that the Itunes version is about 800-900 MB per episode). I would buy the boxset myself (and one day I most certainly will) but besides the fact that it is already currently out of stock (and is being sold on eBay at a Higher price than officially announced) I can't afford it right now. And, as a personal favorite series I think it deserves only the Best.

[TheOneWhoSees]

I'll just leave this here..

[Dab is a Cunt]

On 9/3/2017 at 2:21 AM, ThePJzer said:

Hey everyone! I've never seen this show, but I know that it was extremely popular.

Really? You???

[Dhruvthegamer75]

I know Blu-ray is lot better but what I meant to say was that we can atleast check the quality of remaster while waiting for Blu-ray rips/iso.

[the dank]

Hyped for this. Just when I thought Season 5 was godsend, this comes along to topple just that. Samurai Jack is cartoon kino tbh

[samuraix123]

Ordered my Bluray set! can't wait to get it in. The Scotsman is my favorite character lol 

[masterkiller]

Honestly you can skip the whole series. To get all of Samurai Jack's journey, you only need to watch the 1st 3 episodes and the whole new series in 2017. The original director has disregarded any seasons after 1, and all comic books, novels, etc. he did not write.