Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honneamise (English Subtitles) [Blu-ray+DVD]

A favorite film of mine since I first saw it in the theater. Later I had it on VHS, then LaserDisc, & finally DVD (all imports, by the way). While this HD transfer is excellent, there are a few knocks against it in terms of film-print used & the amount of work put in to its restoration. Overall, the original print is pristine...so much so that all of the original defects (exactly the same as which show up on all the formats previously mentioned) are present, including dust & minor deterioration in background illustrations. Fortunately these are few and far between, detracting only slightly from an otherwise outstanding presentation. Colors & detail are wonderful. For those of you wondering, there is a spot-on English subtitle track available, much preferred over the pretty bland & very inaccurate English overdub, also included. The Dolby TrueHD track, while good, is bass-heavy. Nothing to get excited about considering the original Dolby Stereo track source. Extras include 16:9 anamorphic trailer and original conceptual short film. If they had bothered to clean up the dust and fill in the occasional background color problems, I'd give it a full "5" rating. Still, it's a great disc!