Japan

Italy Dynit Blu-ray or Japan Bandai Blu-ray each have their own pros and cons, and completey different transfers

UK releases of Seasons 7 and 8 have additional extras

Japan SD Blu-ray (bonus on the International Edition of 5 Centimeters per Second) has English dub and subtitles

Japan SD Blu-ray (bonus on the International Edition of 5 Centimeters per Second) is the native SD transfer in a superior MPEG-4 AVC encode. GKIDS Blu-ray is upscaled.

Theatrical: US Sony 15th Anniversary Blu-ray for the 24 bit DTS HD 5.1?

• Encoding wise Japan TC Entertainment > old UK StudioCanal Blu-ray (see caps) > Paramount Blu-ray (see cap)

• StudioCanal Blu-ray seems to possibly suffer from Quicktime Gamma Bug

• Both Paramount and Japan Blu-ray are 1.78:1, not the original aspect ratio of 1.85:1

• Furthermore Japan Blu-ray isn't English-friendly.

• No caps or comparison available for Imprint or other releases.

All other discs are from a 4K restoration, overcropped in an attempt to stabilize the images, with very washed out colors. https://slow.pics/c/cOUtJde0

(small caveat: no optional English Subtitles)

See more in breakdown https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=18995256&postcount=1219

Side note, CA Alliance Blu-ray is open-matte, not original aspect ratio, and visual effects are cropped too.

Upscaled from the 2K DI. Caps are here. While not as dramatic an upgrade as Jackie Brown, color reproduction and especially the reveal of additional highlight information that were completely blown-out on the old master make this a great upgrade regardless. See Uma Thurman’s face in the above cap. Japan Cut: Japan DVD

Japan DVD has more extras compared to the HD/UHD releases

Italy Dynit Blu-ray has the best picture quality but has no English subtitles or original theatrical 6.1 mix.

All "4K Remastered" and 4K Blu-ray releases (including from Disney) are taken from a 35mm filmout rather than the original digital source, and then heavily DNR'd, destroying original detail and making lines smearier than before. The Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray is the least bad presentation of the 4K remaster, being encoded with a very healthy bitrate and HDR10+ metadata, and with a top-notch DTS:X remix, with the original 6.1 mix included on the pack-in "4K Remastered" Blu-ray.

The film has multiple English subtitle translations, and the Disney subtitles done by Linda Hoaglund and Judith Aley with Aura are often seen as the best translation, with these subtitles present on the Japan Disney 4K Blu-ray, making this the definitive option for viewers who want to watch the film in Japanese with English subtitles.

Japan DVD has more extras compared to the HD/UHD releases

2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray has better detail and grain, 2014 Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray from the Hayao Miyazaki box set for MGVC with added bit-depth for supported players

Toho Blu-ray does not have a Title Menu, but there are English Subtitles available in the pop-up menu.

Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray is an upscale of the original 2K DI but has no English subtitles, all past releases are flawed scans from filmout sources.