I’ve reported about this release a while ago over at the Asian Blu-ray Guide, but since new details for Sony Pictures Home Entertainments US Blu-ray Disc and DVD of Mamoru Oshii’s The Sky Crawlers got announced today, I decided to mention it here as well. DVD Times reports that May 26th has been confirmed as the official release date.
Just as expected, both editions will include the original Japanese audio track, an English dub and English subtitles. Sony hasn’t released details on the BD audio format yet, but judging from their former releases, we don’t have to worry about not getting at least one lossless audio track.
As for the region code, Sony has released some anime with (Tekkonkinkreet) and without (Paprika and Final Fantasy) region A encoding, so we’ll have to wait for some confirmation on that aspect.
Blu-ray Disc
- 1080p 1.78:1 Widescreen
- Japanese, English, Spanish and Portuguese 5.1
- English, French, Portuguese and Spanish subtitles
- Animation Research for The Sky Crawlers, The Sound Design and Animation of The Sky Crawlers, Sky’s the Limit: An Interview with Director Mamoru Oshii
DVD
- 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
- Japanese and English DD5.1 Surround
- English and French subtitles
- Animation Research for The Sky Crawlers, The Sound Design and Animation of The Sky Crawlers
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