Certainly there are no other signs of compression in the show, and the seriously impressive action sequences come across with no such flaw. It may be of interest to see what the Japanese Blu-rays are like in this regard. It’s either inherent in the source, which given modern digital animation techniques isn’t beyond the bounds of reason, or it’s in the way the material has been transferred to Blu-ray. There are some moments where it even rivals DVD for its crudity. The only sticking point is the prevalence of digital banding, particularly in darker and foggier scenes (of which there are many), which really isn’t on in a high definition format. While the real world gets a nice level of detail to it, Persona 4 really goes to town with the other world designs, a twisted mirror image of the real world that becomes more and more fascinating, the further you go into the show. There’s a variegated flesh tone style to the characters that is unlike anything I have seen before in anime, but gives them a warmth and dimension that is unique to this show. The image is clear and sharp throughout, and you can see the unique colour scheme when it comes to the character designs in all its glory.
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Picture The image gets a 1.78:1 widescreen transfer at a 1080p resolution, which given the detail and rich palette of colours in this animation makes it look gorgeous. This time Madman Entertainment in Australia will be sourcing Kazé’s Blu-ray masters for their release, and this time US fans can envy us for a change. They’re releasing the show in BD-DVD combos, albeit in 3 parts instead of two, but this time the Blu-ray discs will have Japanese audio. Here, Kazé Entertainment have licensed Persona 4: The Animation, and they aren’t restricted in the same way. But in Europe, we’re in Region B, and the same fears about reverse importation don’t apply to us. If you buy the US 2-part release, you’ll get the Blu-ray with only the English dub, while the DVD is unmarred. Sentai Filmworks had quite the coup when they announced Persona 4: The Animation for release, but at the last minute the Japanese publishers bottled it, and pulled the Japanese audio completely from the Blu-ray. More often than not though, US Blu-rays have their audio and subtitles locked so that Japanese audio will forever be stricken with subtitles, an annoyance for native Japanese speakers. In recent months Japanese distributors have begun seriously limiting what the US can do in terms of their Blu-ray releases, with some companies stopping US Blu-ray releases altogether. Now Japanese fans could import cheap US Blu-rays of shows that were ten times the price at home, and not too long after the domestic release at that. All of that changed when the Regions were redrawn for Blu-ray, putting Japan and the US in the same zone.
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