'Freedom: 4' - High-Def Digest Review

[Attebery]

Kenneth's review of 'Freedom: 4' has been posted. He says this HD DVD boasts a solid audio track and a gorgeous video transfer. Unfortunately, he says this episode puts the brakes on the plot, almost ruining the momentum of the storyline up to this point. Due to this disappointing installment and a hefty per episode sales price he says this is a definite rental before you think about purchasing.

Full review here:
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/freedomvol4.html

[rmoody]

Does anyone know where to buy 3 or 4? I can't find anything online or off about where to buy the derned thing. Help!

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by rmoody

Does anyone know where to buy 3 or 4? I can't find anything online or off about where to buy the derned thing. Help!

You can get volume 3 at HDDVDworld.

http://www.hddvdworld.com/xcart/prod...1&cat=0&page=1

[rmoody]

Originally Posted by bruceames

You can get volume 3 at HDDVDworld.

http://www.hddvdworld.com/xcart/prod...1&cat=0&page=1

You, kind sir, are a steely-eyed missile-man! ...and now, for number 4.

Thanks for the tip!

[Ken Brown]

Originally Posted by rmoody

You, kind sir, are a steely-eyed missile-man! ...and now, for number 4.

Thanks for the tip!

Volumes 3 and 4 can be picked up at:

https://www.dot-anime.us/mall/shop/d...em_no=BUHH0120

They also tend to post new volumes of the 'Freedom' series for pre-order before their release date. From what I've heard, they're very reliable. Hope that helps!

[ben1080p]

i didn't realize they were only 22 minutes til this review!!
why not release the 6 episodes together on a max of 2 disc set?

[GamerGuyX]

Originally Posted by ben1080p

i didn't realize they were only 22 minutes til this review!!
why not release the 6 episodes together on a max of 2 disc set?

Welcome to the world of Anime.

[freekedoutfish]

"one side has a printed label and the other looks like a standard HD DVD."

We could have done with those a year ago, and then maybe HD DVD would have had more apeal!

I wonder if BD would ever use this? It would add huge apeal if BD discs had a DVD layer which any SDVD player could read.

[chowdachad]

msrp 40$ for a 22 minute episode thats nuts.

[shiwen]

That's how they've been doing it over in japan since the beginning. You like japanese anime, welcome to japanese pricing.

[Miracleman]

The review mentions 'artifacts' that must have been on the original animation cels. For the record, this was entirely done in CG to look like cel animation. No pencil drawings or painted cels were scanned in. I am not a fan of this process at all, as I firmly believe that without the touch of a human hand involved in the artwork it's not traditional animation. I have no problem with CG animation like Toy Story etc, but have never liked seeing them mixed, and am saddened that traditional cel animation is just about gone.

[freekedoutfish]

Originally Posted by Miracleman

The review mentions 'artifacts' that must have been on the original animation cels. For the record, this was entirely done in CG to look like cel animation. No pencil drawings or painted cels were scanned in. I am not a fan of this process at all, as I firmly believe that without the touch of a human hand involved in the artwork it's not traditional animation. I have no problem with CG animation like Toy Story etc, but have never liked seeing them mixed, and am saddened that traditional cel animation is just about gone.

Have you seen the trailor for the new appleseed 2 film?

It looks beautifull and its entirely CG. I think CG is fine in anime aslong as its blended correctly and it looks seamless because you can sometimes capture human movement and facial expression better in CG then you can by hand.

But if you take anime where the CG stands out a mile compared to the hand drawn images, then its a bit distracting.

But I agree there is more art in drawing it.

[Ken Brown]

Originally Posted by Miracleman

The review mentions 'artifacts' that must have been on the original animation cels. For the record, this was entirely done in CG to look like cel animation. No pencil drawings or painted cels were scanned in. I am not a fan of this process at all, as I firmly believe that without the touch of a human hand involved in the artwork it's not traditional animation. I have no problem with CG animation like Toy Story etc, but have never liked seeing them mixed, and am saddened that traditional cel animation is just about gone.

Ah, thanks for the correction! But just to be clear, whether these still images were generated in a computer or on a canvas, they were still clearly saved as compressed graphic files (which exhibit static artifacts). My intention was merely to point out that static artifacts were originally present in the original background file, rather than as a result of the video transfer.

Hope that helps clarify! Thanks as always for posting.