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azzmoneky
 Posts: 193 Location: With my lord and master Foamy |
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Anime on UMD. Dose anyone think that anime will be distributed UMD. I read in an artical that the PSP will come with Spiderman 2. Dose anyone think that anime will eventualy find its way onto UMD format.
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Nionel
 Posts: 357 Location: Nebraska |
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I wouldn't say it's impossible, but I'd say it will depend on the success of the PSP, and whether or not any of the anime companies want to take the risk of releasing any of their titles in the UMD format
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Kazuki-san
 Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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I highly doubt it. They wouldn't be able to sell enough copies in UMD to make it worth putting anything out on. On top of that, there's already going to be the format wars over Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. I don't see anime companies throwing their hats behind any other formats until it seems like a good monetary move. (in other words, when a format wins)
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Zenitram
Posts: 88 Location: Washington |
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I think they might and it makes perfect sense. There going to put full length movies on UMD for the PSP (like FF: Advent Children, UMD and DVD) so why not anime. A lot of gamers are anime fans and vice versa. Maybe not whole series but anime movies at least.
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Emerje
 Posts: 7396 Location: Maine |
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Not true, just looke at the GBA Player or Video Now and the like. UMD certainly wouldn't be the format of choice, but for kiddie anime like Pokemon or Yugioh a UMD would be a good alternative for viewing on the go.
Technically speaking, FF:AC is anime so that kinda answers the question right there. Emerje |
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slickwataris
 Posts: 1334 Location: Carol Stream, Illinois |
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At the risk of sounding dumb...
What is UMD? |
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Zenitram
Posts: 88 Location: Washington |
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Technically speaking, FF:AC is anime so that kinda answers the question right there. Emerje[/quote] Screw technically, but you know what I mean. : P |
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azzmoneky
Posts: 193 Location: With my lord and master Foamy |
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slickwataris UMD is universal media disk it is what PSP games are being put on it looks like a gamecube disk in a little U shaped case's. |
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Swordfish_II
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I recall seeing "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie" cover among various PSP and Columbia/Tri Star movies UMD covers.
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OTP
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They're already releasing anime on UMD. The original Mobile Suit Gundam is supposed to be released on UMD. That's the only one I know of, besides, of course, Advent Children.
Well, they're already starting, but you may be right. The PSP has ripping capabilities, so it's really not worth it. |
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Indeed, but UMD is limited to 1.8 GB, so there will be space issues, depending on the pricing per disc. (Video Now is limited to 25 min per disc BTW) I'm sure it will happen quite a bit in Japan, I just don't see it happening here is what I mean (at least very widely). Even if the PSP becomes the most popular system in the US, I don't see them selling enough copies to justify both DVD and UMD releases. And the fact that UMD is PSP specific, well.. that would at least turn me off from buying anime released in that format. |
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7992 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Darn and here I was thinking this was going to be a thread about my college the University of Minnesota-Duluth, in which case I would comment that yes they have an anime club there.
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ricbrist
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First there would be enough space on a umd for anime because of compression and lower resolution. You can take dvds and watch them on your psp by putting it on a memory stick duo. the only downside to that is you need a pretty big memory stick if you want good quality.
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Kazuki-san
Posts: 2251 Location: Houston, TX |
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Exactly, higher compression ratio and lower quality. So, we have less quality to fit a decent amount of eps on disc + format native only to PSP. Now why would I want to spend money on that, instead of buying a higher quality DVD that can be used with a multitude of systems? |
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deathbringer
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I'm certain this will fail. Why would people buy a series on UMD that can only be used on a PSP to watch the show on a tiny screen when they can buy the actually DVDs and watch it on TV at home? Plus the PSP's short battery life makes it pretty much unplayable unless you have it plugged into the wall to charge, and if you're near a plug, chances are you're near a DVD player.
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