Song of the Miraculous Hind (2002)
Ének a csodaszarvasról
Animation, Fantasy • 1h 29m
Director: Marcell Jankovics
Cast: Árpád Besenczi, Ildikó Bokor, Róbert Bolla, Ferenc Borbiczki, Gyula Buss, Gergõ Bódi, János Csabai, Antal Cserna, Lajos Csuha, Imre Csuja, Angéla Császár, Iván Dengyel, Balázs Galkó, József Györffy, Ilona Harmath, János Holl, László Horányi, Gábor Hován, László Joó, Károly Kassai, Tibor Kenderesi, István Koncz, Ákos Kőszegi, Gábor Maróti, József Matoricz, Szabolcs Mogyorósi, Ottó Móni, Anna Orosz, Rajhona Ádám, Mihály Rusz, Kati Rácz, Nándor Rékai, Roland Selmeczi, Kálmán Somody, Ági Szirtes, László Széles, Géza Tordy, Károly Varga, György Vizi, Soma Zámbori, László Áron
Best audio release
Stereo: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
5.1: Budapest Film PAL DVD
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About the film
Divided into four sections, "Song" is inspired by the Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends about Creation, in which the world begins with characters who are only half-human, one being half-bird, the other half-bear. The narrator delves into the origins of Hungarian culture, the Iranian and Turkish influences that impacted the society, and finally the story of Stephen, the emperor who brought Christianity to the country and shifted the capital west in an attempt to link with Europe.
Director: Marcell Jankovics
Director: Yuri Norstein
Deaf Crocodile Treasures of Soviet Animation Vol 3 - The Short Films of Yuri Nostein Blu-ray
Director: Otakar Vávra
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
Director: Michael Schaack
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Eureka's Strange New Worlds: Science Fiction at DEFA Blu-ray is AI upscaled: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=23150714#post23150714
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Director: Kenji Iwaisawa
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
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Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Directors: David Hand & Ben Sharpsteen & William Cottrell & Larry Morey & Perce Pearce & Wilfred Jackson
Mono track is on the included Blu-ray; 4K Blu-ray missing original mono. LaserDisc probably better
Director: Satoshi Kon
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Directors: Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang
"Sing-Along Edition" not included on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray, only available on Netflix Streaming
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Bandai JP 4K Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
All 4K releases are sourced from the same mediocre transfer provided by Bandai, with various amounts of tweaks. Japanese disc presents it with the least tinkering.
The best attempt at improving it comes from the German/French releases from KSM/All the Anime, both of which use the same master with HDR regrading (original grade is SDR in HDR container), tasteful regraining and sharpening, in an attempt to breathe some life into the middling transfer, making for an arguably more pleasing viewing experience.
All earlier releases are from an even worse transfer, with significant black crush, with the exception of a Japanese TV airing, which doesn't suffer from that issue, but instead is heavily sharpened and suffers from poor encoding.
Comparisons: JPN UHD, USA UHD, FRA/GER UHD, ITA UHD (tonemapped), JPN UHD, USA UHD, FRA/GER UHD, ITA UHD, ESP UHD (PQ), All 1080p BDs, HDTV, HDTV filtered
Original matrixed stereo mix: Bandai JP 4K Blu-ray
Most discs include this track with comparable fidelity (which is excellent).
Dolby Atmos remix: Lionsgate US 4K / All the Anime FR 4K
6.1 remix (from Ghost in the Shell 2.0): KSM DE 4K / All the Anime FR 4K
All tracks on the Lionsgate US 4K replace the original ending song with the one heard on the English dub. As the Atmos track on the FR 4K is just a port, it also has this song replaced.
Japanese 4K includes English dub and subtitles.
French/German 4Ks are not English friendly, with no dub or subtitles.
French disc includes the Atmos track, but the German disc does not.
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