Arrow Video - Battle Royale - The Archive Conversation

[nekromantik]

wow!
october gonna be a killer month.
I will need to wait untill xmas for all these arrow goodies

[Justin101]

I saw the regular version of this the other day in HMV and was wondering if there would be a lovely special edition - this is indeed good news and one I wouldn't mind owning twice

[Funktion]

Here's hoping the BD release includes both cuts, and maybe the cool extras that were included on past releases.

[mr. brightside]

Mrs Brightside is getting rather miffed with my up-to-date reports on more Arrow must-have releases.
She says will you stop it, please?

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by JustinDrome

Wow, did not see this coming! Awesome news Arrow and the Blu-ray just sweetens the deal.

Although, will this be region free?

All the Arrow BD's so far have been region free, this should be too.

[Funktion]

Originally Posted by stevoj

All the Arrow BD's so far have been region free, this should be too.

Don't be too sure: most Japanese studios demand their licensed properties to be region-locked. Other labels, whose releases are whenever possible region-free, had to lock their releases of Japanese films (for example Eureka's Masters of Cinema sub-label).

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

I'm not sure. Guess we'll just need to wait until Arrow give out more info.

[Splatterdragon73]

I really enjoyed BR and despite already owning Tartan's old steel tin edition and subsequent double disc set, Arrow's updated SD and HD releases will be another must-buy for me.

With such an impressive array of DVD and BR titles lined up this company is draining my bank account dry! But the expenditure is worth it!

However, i'm sure only a few weeks back i saw an Arrow DVD of BR for sale in HMV with only a trailer as an extra. This copy was the same that was advertised in a previous issue of DVD And Blu-Ray World.

[P-Mac]

It's a great film. The Tartan 2-Disc DVD's extras apparently repeated a lot of stuff, so it would be amazing to have a nice package with lots of goodies.

[the blob]

Originally Posted by Funktion

Don't be too sure: most Japanese studios demand their licensed properties to be region-locked. Other labels, whose releases are whenever possible region-free, had to lock their releases of Japanese films (for example Eureka's Masters of Cinema sub-label).

I think all the old Tartan dvd's were region free, including their weird decision for an NTSC one so hopefully they're not too strict with Battle Royale.