Product Details

• Actors: Stanley Gurd Jr., Tom Fahn, Lena Gale, Steve Bulen, Rob Matthews (II)
• Format: PAL
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: French
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005K2KZ
• For more information about "Wings of Honneamise" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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46 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A disaster of a transfer, January 12, 2001

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Bboy (CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Royal Space Force - Wings of Honneamise (DVD)

The DVD release of this film had been delayed more times than i've had hot dinners, so i was with some some excitement that i finally layed my hands on a copy, esp. as i saw it was enhanced for widescreens TVs. OH DEAR. This is a disaster of a transfer, arguably the worst transfer of any anime disc ive yet seen (and thats a lot) On the plus side it does have a cool commentary track but surprisingly enough i don't buy a DVD to listen to, and this is like looking at the film through the bottom of a full beer glass, after having knocked back 10 pints already.

This is what the net is all about, i waste my money so you don't have to. AVOID untill someone does justice to this film with a proper transfer.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the best animated films ever -- atrocious video quality, October 29, 2005

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Eric J. Anderson (Ankeny, Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Royal Space Force - Wings of Honneamise (DVD)

I bought the 12" laserdisc release of this movie some years ago, and the colors are vivid, the edges are sharp, and I could find little to complain about except they messed up the subtitles in several spots -- they were actually missing in certain scenes.

But laserdisc is a dead format. Now comes the DVD, and they've ruined the movie. The colors are washed out. Edge enhancement is very prominent and annoying. If you are watching on a progressive monitor -- the deinterlacing is bad. The picture looks fuzzy, in spite of the edge enhancement.

I thought the Return of Sherlock Holmes DVD transfers were bad, but this is worse. Shame, shame on all who had a hand in releasing this DVD edition.

EDITED as of 11/09/2007: There is a new version, a new transfer of this movie, in a combination HD-DVD and standard DVD package. I believe there is a Blu-Ray version too, also containing a standard DVD in the package. They have fixed the video problems I complained about in the original DVD release. I'm glad they finally got the mastering right. It's a beautiful rendering of a beautiful film. Overpriced, though.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars exellent film but very bad DVD, December 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Royal Space Force - Wings of Honneamise (DVD)

"This DVD is broke. I can live with the fact that Manga had a bad master, but the fact that this DVD was authored out-of-spec really bothers me. This is a VERY amateur mistake and can be relatively easily corrected. Let me say this a little more clearly -- "THIS DISC IS DEFECTIVE." It is just as defective as the missing subs in BGC or the out-of-phase audio problem with the Slayers box set. Sure, there are some setups out there that will mask the problem (ie: HDTVs won't introduce the ghosting issues because the image doesn't have to be resized) but the simple fact remains that this disc should probably be recalled, remastered and reissued."....