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Yu-Gi-Oh! THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS [DVD]
Kuwabara, Satoshi
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Kazama, Shunsuke
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Tsuda, Kenjiro
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Genre | Animation |
Format | NTSC, Widescreen, Subtitled |
Contributor | Kuwabara, Satoshi, Hayashi, Kento, Kikuchi, Hidehiro, Iwasaki, Masami, Tsuda, Kenjiro, Endo, Rina, Kazama, Shunsuke, Hino, Satoshi, Kanada, Aki, Green, Dan, Hanazawa, Kana See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 40 minutes |
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Yugi and Kaiba have a special duel that transcends dimensions.
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- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Audio Description: : English
- Item model number : D52217D
- Director : Kuwabara, Satoshi
- Media Format : NTSC, Widescreen, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Release date : June 27, 2017
- Actors : Kazama, Shunsuke, Tsuda, Kenjiro, Endo, Rina, Green, Dan, Hanazawa, Kana
- Dubbed: : Japanese
- Subtitles: : Spanish
- Studio : Lionsgate
- ASIN : B06XYH34V4
- Number of discs : 1
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4 Stars
A Critique of Pure Yugioh
Update as of 2/12/2018: I wasn't punctual with updating it when I received the corrected copy, but I'll date it as to when I write this nonetheless. The corrected copy does fix the subtitles, but otherwise there were no changes to improve the menu or so on. Given that this is pretty consistently on sale for around $15, and the Japanese -> English subtitles are fixed, overall I would give it 4 stars considering its price is out of the "premium blu ray" category anyway. I would still very much like a more celebratory product, but this is still the best way to own the movie in the Americas currently.I'll start from the outset with two things. One, I do not condone piracy in any form. If you have yet to see the dub version of this movie, this is a very good way to do so. Two, I am coming from having seen both theatrical versions, and I slightly consider the dub version to be superior for personal reasons. I will however go over the issues with the sub version in this product with reasonable detail (long story short, it has dubtitles). For this reason I won't really be focusing on the quality of the movie itself, outside of raising what would probably be a 1 star product for a poorer movie into 2 stars.Starting from the packaging: the colors on the cardboard overlay are nice and bright and is exactly a larger version of the paper insert in the case itself. The art is taken from the poster but more focused on the top section somewhat, which feels a little surprising in person. The spine continues from the front art to give it some color, and is stylized correctly. There is no continuation onto the back cover though, but the art from the spine goes around the corner a tiny bit so you don't see the back art from the side view. Back has a nice little drawing with Yugi and Kaiba and again is colored well, but has nothing else of note outside of the barcode area being a cutout on the cardboard). There is actually a left spine on the cardboard cover, however not a lot of care was put into it as you can see bits of the back art, notably Kaiba's cape, and it's really jarring.The cardboard itself is standard treated cardboard. Thin, corners crumble a bit, but holds up fine otherwise provided your careful. However, there is a sticker in the bottom right corner advertising the card that comes with it. I didn't realize it was a sticker at first until I poked at it. Much to my demise, the sticker does not come off residue-free, but fortunately the case wasn't damaged. Some Goo Gone gently but thoroughly worked in seems to have gotten rid of the worst of it with no visible wear.The case is a standard blu-ray case. The blue doesn't clash with the art so this is a perfectly fine way of storing it if you wish. The case comes covered with standard blu-ray labeled shrink wrap, and unfortunately a small bit of it seems to be stuck or to have left some residue on the spine.When you start to open the case is when it really starts to get bleak. There's absolutely no supplemental material outside of the promo card, the Digital HD instructions+code, and disk. The promo card is a Gold Rare (not Gold Secret Rare) version of the Obelisk the Tormentor promo that came with tickets for the (dub version of the) theatrical release. Of minor note, this comes in a see-through plastic slip like tin promos, not in the silver promotional packaging the theater version came in. On inspection, my obelisk was slightly damaged over its rightmost level star, presumably from being held by the paper clasps.The disc art is some of the laziest I've ever seen, and by art I mean lack thereof. There is only the movie logo, a blu-ray bar, and a smattering of production logos on a pure black background. I haven't seen disc art this disappointing since The Wonderful 101 using ugly in-game models.Booting up is straightforward. I do not know if it was a setting or property of the PS3 I was using, but the play button kept popping every time a sequence of screens concluded (e.g. after the piracy yada yada there's a play icon in the corner before bringing up the menu, or after exiting playing the movie it comes up before bringing up the menu again). The initial load icon is just a cropped version of the main art.You are greeted with the main artwork with a reasonably pleasant looking pink strip for the options, but the audio for the menu is ATROCIOUS. Choosing the iconic theme of the dub was a no-brainer, but it's so very quiet, the quality is absolutely terrible, and the audio cuts out! As a big audio-focused person, this was one of the most disappointing components of the entire package.Now lets get to the meat of it: this thing is barebones. You are greeted with exactly 2 options, play movie and special features. There's not even a scene select! I was actually experimenting with PSMove at the time so I won't comment on navigation. All (if I am not mistaken) of the special features were already posted onto official channels in order to promote the movie, so you're not getting anything new there.Play movie gives you exactly 2 options: Play the Japanese Movie with English Subtitles, and play the English Movie. I'll start with the former. Yes, they are dubtitles. I skipped a scene or two and found myself at the night camera scene, which has very different dialogue in the two versions. The subtitles used were most undoubtedly from the english version (even without knowing the language, I recognized a character saying "Aigami-kun" with his name not appearing in the subtitles anywhere, reflecting the changed script). This is shamefully lazy and I understand if this is a dealbreaker. I believe I can confirm that this does in fact use the Japanese soundtrack though, but I only listened to the first minute and a half or so to compare. I personally prefer the english score, but I'm glad they kept that at least.Selecting to play the english version gives two options: playing the movie with or without subtitles. I would have to imagine the subtitles are the same as the dubtitles from the japanese version, but admittedly I didn't check.I can confirm that both versions at least sound great, and the visuals are fantastic. If you're going to get the movie at all, I would recommend the upgrade to blu-ray.Last notes:-The sub menu only has a "menu" and an "x" option to either return to the main menu or to exit the sub menu. The visual is fine I suppose but there's a pixel-wide white bar on the right side of the screen and it's very, very unprofessional. Also, for better or worse the movie still plays in a window.-The digital HD version is ultraviolet. I haven't tried downloading it yet, but I presume that process is well-documented at this point.This version is reasonable if you want to experience the dub for the first time or simply want to own it, or if you want to listen to the japanese version, but for anything else I would highly suggest that 4k gets off its ass to make a better product.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024
Kaiba’s literally Batman.
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2023
I sincerely hope this isn't the end of well-written Yu-Gi-Oh movies. The Pyramid of Light was okay, and Bonds Beyond Time was slightly better. But this movie tackles the real progression of the plot, and more importantly - the characters. It isn't stand-alone.
In addition, the new 'villain', Aigami, is a well thought out antagonist, not just a random evil entity like the first movie, or a hard to follow plot like a time-travel villain (I love 5ds, but you can't just watch Bond Beyond Time and know what's going on).
Top it off with excellent music, animation and new cards - banger movie.
In addition, the new 'villain', Aigami, is a well thought out antagonist, not just a random evil entity like the first movie, or a hard to follow plot like a time-travel villain (I love 5ds, but you can't just watch Bond Beyond Time and know what's going on).
Top it off with excellent music, animation and new cards - banger movie.
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2023
This is a swan song to the og series and manga. However, it is supposed to come with a slip cover and obelisk card.
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020
Okay so like, I went in with the lowest of expectations. Yu-Gi-Oh movies are cheesy and kinda goofy and kinda just one long card game. Which, from the show is totally cool. But this movie blew it out the water. Everything was fun and cheesy in that classic Yu-Gi-Oh way that I cannot even begin to describe.
There's so much ridiculousness and over the topness and so much 'that's not how you play the game' but in a way that reminded me exactly why I love this series so much. There were so many jokes that had me bust a gut laughing and so many callbacks to old jokes from the show I honestly expected Kaiba to pull a 'screw the rules I have money' moment. And to some extent he did (I'm looking at you space station what even Kaiba you extra ass--) I even had to tell myself not to cry like, five minutes into the movie (though I swear, if Yugi actually gave a graduation speech, I'd be on the ground bawling).
Honestly, if you loved the original series and haven't gotten a chance to watch this, please do. It's worth every second. It's like an arc from the original show, but with a cleaned up style and shortened to fit a nice movie length.
There's so much ridiculousness and over the topness and so much 'that's not how you play the game' but in a way that reminded me exactly why I love this series so much. There were so many jokes that had me bust a gut laughing and so many callbacks to old jokes from the show I honestly expected Kaiba to pull a 'screw the rules I have money' moment. And to some extent he did (I'm looking at you space station what even Kaiba you extra ass--) I even had to tell myself not to cry like, five minutes into the movie (though I swear, if Yugi actually gave a graduation speech, I'd be on the ground bawling).
Honestly, if you loved the original series and haven't gotten a chance to watch this, please do. It's worth every second. It's like an arc from the original show, but with a cleaned up style and shortened to fit a nice movie length.
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2017
(UPDATE: I have contacted Lions gate and they were able to send me a correct version of the Blu-Ray with the fixed Japanese subtitles absolutely free! They sent me the correct disk through the mail and I received it in a reasonable time!)
This movie is wonderful and brought me all the way back to 2002 when I first got into Yu-Gi-Oh. The English dialogue is just so great and for any hardcore Yugioh fans, you will spot some awesome references sprinkled through out the movie. The blu-ray I got was in perfect condition and as an added bonus, it came with a digital download code for the movie and the Obelisk The Tormentor card which is just awesome! The one hang up i can see people having with this is that the subbed Japanese version with English subtitles are not what is actually being said in Japanese. That the English subtitles are just word for word what the English dialogue is. I understand why this is disappointing for anyone who wanted to see the original dialogue and it seems even more lame since watching it subbed is the first option it gives you on the blu-ray menu. So corners were cut in that aspect.
However I still give it 5 stars because they did a great job dubbing it outside of Grandpa's and Duke's voices. The Blu ray with the extras it came with are great and I absolutely loved this movie. I only recommend that you don't buy it if you want to watch proper translated subs for this movie.
This movie is wonderful and brought me all the way back to 2002 when I first got into Yu-Gi-Oh. The English dialogue is just so great and for any hardcore Yugioh fans, you will spot some awesome references sprinkled through out the movie. The blu-ray I got was in perfect condition and as an added bonus, it came with a digital download code for the movie and the Obelisk The Tormentor card which is just awesome! The one hang up i can see people having with this is that the subbed Japanese version with English subtitles are not what is actually being said in Japanese. That the English subtitles are just word for word what the English dialogue is. I understand why this is disappointing for anyone who wanted to see the original dialogue and it seems even more lame since watching it subbed is the first option it gives you on the blu-ray menu. So corners were cut in that aspect.
However I still give it 5 stars because they did a great job dubbing it outside of Grandpa's and Duke's voices. The Blu ray with the extras it came with are great and I absolutely loved this movie. I only recommend that you don't buy it if you want to watch proper translated subs for this movie.
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2017
Update as of 2/12/2018: I wasn't punctual with updating it when I received the corrected copy, but I'll date it as to when I write this nonetheless. The corrected copy does fix the subtitles, but otherwise there were no changes to improve the menu or so on. Given that this is pretty consistently on sale for around $15, and the Japanese -> English subtitles are fixed, overall I would give it 4 stars considering its price is out of the "premium blu ray" category anyway. I would still very much like a more celebratory product, but this is still the best way to own the movie in the Americas currently.
I'll start from the outset with two things. One, I do not condone piracy in any form. If you have yet to see the dub version of this movie, this is a very good way to do so. Two, I am coming from having seen both theatrical versions, and I slightly consider the dub version to be superior for personal reasons. I will however go over the issues with the sub version in this product with reasonable detail (long story short, it has dubtitles). For this reason I won't really be focusing on the quality of the movie itself, outside of raising what would probably be a 1 star product for a poorer movie into 2 stars.
Starting from the packaging: the colors on the cardboard overlay are nice and bright and is exactly a larger version of the paper insert in the case itself. The art is taken from the poster but more focused on the top section somewhat, which feels a little surprising in person. The spine continues from the front art to give it some color, and is stylized correctly. There is no continuation onto the back cover though, but the art from the spine goes around the corner a tiny bit so you don't see the back art from the side view. Back has a nice little drawing with Yugi and Kaiba and again is colored well, but has nothing else of note outside of the barcode area being a cutout on the cardboard). There is actually a left spine on the cardboard cover, however not a lot of care was put into it as you can see bits of the back art, notably Kaiba's cape, and it's really jarring.
The cardboard itself is standard treated cardboard. Thin, corners crumble a bit, but holds up fine otherwise provided your careful. However, there is a sticker in the bottom right corner advertising the card that comes with it. I didn't realize it was a sticker at first until I poked at it. Much to my demise, the sticker does not come off residue-free, but fortunately the case wasn't damaged. Some Goo Gone gently but thoroughly worked in seems to have gotten rid of the worst of it with no visible wear.
The case is a standard blu-ray case. The blue doesn't clash with the art so this is a perfectly fine way of storing it if you wish. The case comes covered with standard blu-ray labeled shrink wrap, and unfortunately a small bit of it seems to be stuck or to have left some residue on the spine.
When you start to open the case is when it really starts to get bleak. There's absolutely no supplemental material outside of the promo card, the Digital HD instructions+code, and disk. The promo card is a Gold Rare (not Gold Secret Rare) version of the Obelisk the Tormentor promo that came with tickets for the (dub version of the) theatrical release. Of minor note, this comes in a see-through plastic slip like tin promos, not in the silver promotional packaging the theater version came in. On inspection, my obelisk was slightly damaged over its rightmost level star, presumably from being held by the paper clasps.
The disc art is some of the laziest I've ever seen, and by art I mean lack thereof. There is only the movie logo, a blu-ray bar, and a smattering of production logos on a pure black background. I haven't seen disc art this disappointing since The Wonderful 101 using ugly in-game models.
Booting up is straightforward. I do not know if it was a setting or property of the PS3 I was using, but the play button kept popping every time a sequence of screens concluded (e.g. after the piracy yada yada there's a play icon in the corner before bringing up the menu, or after exiting playing the movie it comes up before bringing up the menu again). The initial load icon is just a cropped version of the main art.
You are greeted with the main artwork with a reasonably pleasant looking pink strip for the options, but the audio for the menu is ATROCIOUS. Choosing the iconic theme of the dub was a no-brainer, but it's so very quiet, the quality is absolutely terrible, and the audio cuts out! As a big audio-focused person, this was one of the most disappointing components of the entire package.
Now lets get to the meat of it: this thing is barebones. You are greeted with exactly 2 options, play movie and special features. There's not even a scene select! I was actually experimenting with PSMove at the time so I won't comment on navigation. All (if I am not mistaken) of the special features were already posted onto official channels in order to promote the movie, so you're not getting anything new there.
Play movie gives you exactly 2 options: Play the Japanese Movie with English Subtitles, and play the English Movie. I'll start with the former. Yes, they are dubtitles. I skipped a scene or two and found myself at the night camera scene, which has very different dialogue in the two versions. The subtitles used were most undoubtedly from the english version (even without knowing the language, I recognized a character saying "Aigami-kun" with his name not appearing in the subtitles anywhere, reflecting the changed script). This is shamefully lazy and I understand if this is a dealbreaker. I believe I can confirm that this does in fact use the Japanese soundtrack though, but I only listened to the first minute and a half or so to compare. I personally prefer the english score, but I'm glad they kept that at least.
Selecting to play the english version gives two options: playing the movie with or without subtitles. I would have to imagine the subtitles are the same as the dubtitles from the japanese version, but admittedly I didn't check.
I can confirm that both versions at least sound great, and the visuals are fantastic. If you're going to get the movie at all, I would recommend the upgrade to blu-ray.
Last notes:
-The sub menu only has a "menu" and an "x" option to either return to the main menu or to exit the sub menu. The visual is fine I suppose but there's a pixel-wide white bar on the right side of the screen and it's very, very unprofessional. Also, for better or worse the movie still plays in a window.
-The digital HD version is ultraviolet. I haven't tried downloading it yet, but I presume that process is well-documented at this point.
This version is reasonable if you want to experience the dub for the first time or simply want to own it, or if you want to listen to the japanese version, but for anything else I would highly suggest that 4k gets off its ass to make a better product.
I'll start from the outset with two things. One, I do not condone piracy in any form. If you have yet to see the dub version of this movie, this is a very good way to do so. Two, I am coming from having seen both theatrical versions, and I slightly consider the dub version to be superior for personal reasons. I will however go over the issues with the sub version in this product with reasonable detail (long story short, it has dubtitles). For this reason I won't really be focusing on the quality of the movie itself, outside of raising what would probably be a 1 star product for a poorer movie into 2 stars.
Starting from the packaging: the colors on the cardboard overlay are nice and bright and is exactly a larger version of the paper insert in the case itself. The art is taken from the poster but more focused on the top section somewhat, which feels a little surprising in person. The spine continues from the front art to give it some color, and is stylized correctly. There is no continuation onto the back cover though, but the art from the spine goes around the corner a tiny bit so you don't see the back art from the side view. Back has a nice little drawing with Yugi and Kaiba and again is colored well, but has nothing else of note outside of the barcode area being a cutout on the cardboard). There is actually a left spine on the cardboard cover, however not a lot of care was put into it as you can see bits of the back art, notably Kaiba's cape, and it's really jarring.
The cardboard itself is standard treated cardboard. Thin, corners crumble a bit, but holds up fine otherwise provided your careful. However, there is a sticker in the bottom right corner advertising the card that comes with it. I didn't realize it was a sticker at first until I poked at it. Much to my demise, the sticker does not come off residue-free, but fortunately the case wasn't damaged. Some Goo Gone gently but thoroughly worked in seems to have gotten rid of the worst of it with no visible wear.
The case is a standard blu-ray case. The blue doesn't clash with the art so this is a perfectly fine way of storing it if you wish. The case comes covered with standard blu-ray labeled shrink wrap, and unfortunately a small bit of it seems to be stuck or to have left some residue on the spine.
When you start to open the case is when it really starts to get bleak. There's absolutely no supplemental material outside of the promo card, the Digital HD instructions+code, and disk. The promo card is a Gold Rare (not Gold Secret Rare) version of the Obelisk the Tormentor promo that came with tickets for the (dub version of the) theatrical release. Of minor note, this comes in a see-through plastic slip like tin promos, not in the silver promotional packaging the theater version came in. On inspection, my obelisk was slightly damaged over its rightmost level star, presumably from being held by the paper clasps.
The disc art is some of the laziest I've ever seen, and by art I mean lack thereof. There is only the movie logo, a blu-ray bar, and a smattering of production logos on a pure black background. I haven't seen disc art this disappointing since The Wonderful 101 using ugly in-game models.
Booting up is straightforward. I do not know if it was a setting or property of the PS3 I was using, but the play button kept popping every time a sequence of screens concluded (e.g. after the piracy yada yada there's a play icon in the corner before bringing up the menu, or after exiting playing the movie it comes up before bringing up the menu again). The initial load icon is just a cropped version of the main art.
You are greeted with the main artwork with a reasonably pleasant looking pink strip for the options, but the audio for the menu is ATROCIOUS. Choosing the iconic theme of the dub was a no-brainer, but it's so very quiet, the quality is absolutely terrible, and the audio cuts out! As a big audio-focused person, this was one of the most disappointing components of the entire package.
Now lets get to the meat of it: this thing is barebones. You are greeted with exactly 2 options, play movie and special features. There's not even a scene select! I was actually experimenting with PSMove at the time so I won't comment on navigation. All (if I am not mistaken) of the special features were already posted onto official channels in order to promote the movie, so you're not getting anything new there.
Play movie gives you exactly 2 options: Play the Japanese Movie with English Subtitles, and play the English Movie. I'll start with the former. Yes, they are dubtitles. I skipped a scene or two and found myself at the night camera scene, which has very different dialogue in the two versions. The subtitles used were most undoubtedly from the english version (even without knowing the language, I recognized a character saying "Aigami-kun" with his name not appearing in the subtitles anywhere, reflecting the changed script). This is shamefully lazy and I understand if this is a dealbreaker. I believe I can confirm that this does in fact use the Japanese soundtrack though, but I only listened to the first minute and a half or so to compare. I personally prefer the english score, but I'm glad they kept that at least.
Selecting to play the english version gives two options: playing the movie with or without subtitles. I would have to imagine the subtitles are the same as the dubtitles from the japanese version, but admittedly I didn't check.
I can confirm that both versions at least sound great, and the visuals are fantastic. If you're going to get the movie at all, I would recommend the upgrade to blu-ray.
Last notes:
-The sub menu only has a "menu" and an "x" option to either return to the main menu or to exit the sub menu. The visual is fine I suppose but there's a pixel-wide white bar on the right side of the screen and it's very, very unprofessional. Also, for better or worse the movie still plays in a window.
-The digital HD version is ultraviolet. I haven't tried downloading it yet, but I presume that process is well-documented at this point.
This version is reasonable if you want to experience the dub for the first time or simply want to own it, or if you want to listen to the japanese version, but for anything else I would highly suggest that 4k gets off its ass to make a better product.
Update as of 2/12/2018: I wasn't punctual with updating it when I received the corrected copy, but I'll date it as to when I write this nonetheless. The corrected copy does fix the subtitles, but otherwise there were no changes to improve the menu or so on. Given that this is pretty consistently on sale for around $15, and the Japanese -> English subtitles are fixed, overall I would give it 4 stars considering its price is out of the "premium blu ray" category anyway. I would still very much like a more celebratory product, but this is still the best way to own the movie in the Americas currently.
I'll start from the outset with two things. One, I do not condone piracy in any form. If you have yet to see the dub version of this movie, this is a very good way to do so. Two, I am coming from having seen both theatrical versions, and I slightly consider the dub version to be superior for personal reasons. I will however go over the issues with the sub version in this product with reasonable detail (long story short, it has dubtitles). For this reason I won't really be focusing on the quality of the movie itself, outside of raising what would probably be a 1 star product for a poorer movie into 2 stars.
Starting from the packaging: the colors on the cardboard overlay are nice and bright and is exactly a larger version of the paper insert in the case itself. The art is taken from the poster but more focused on the top section somewhat, which feels a little surprising in person. The spine continues from the front art to give it some color, and is stylized correctly. There is no continuation onto the back cover though, but the art from the spine goes around the corner a tiny bit so you don't see the back art from the side view. Back has a nice little drawing with Yugi and Kaiba and again is colored well, but has nothing else of note outside of the barcode area being a cutout on the cardboard). There is actually a left spine on the cardboard cover, however not a lot of care was put into it as you can see bits of the back art, notably Kaiba's cape, and it's really jarring.
The cardboard itself is standard treated cardboard. Thin, corners crumble a bit, but holds up fine otherwise provided your careful. However, there is a sticker in the bottom right corner advertising the card that comes with it. I didn't realize it was a sticker at first until I poked at it. Much to my demise, the sticker does not come off residue-free, but fortunately the case wasn't damaged. Some Goo Gone gently but thoroughly worked in seems to have gotten rid of the worst of it with no visible wear.
The case is a standard blu-ray case. The blue doesn't clash with the art so this is a perfectly fine way of storing it if you wish. The case comes covered with standard blu-ray labeled shrink wrap, and unfortunately a small bit of it seems to be stuck or to have left some residue on the spine.
When you start to open the case is when it really starts to get bleak. There's absolutely no supplemental material outside of the promo card, the Digital HD instructions+code, and disk. The promo card is a Gold Rare (not Gold Secret Rare) version of the Obelisk the Tormentor promo that came with tickets for the (dub version of the) theatrical release. Of minor note, this comes in a see-through plastic slip like tin promos, not in the silver promotional packaging the theater version came in. On inspection, my obelisk was slightly damaged over its rightmost level star, presumably from being held by the paper clasps.
The disc art is some of the laziest I've ever seen, and by art I mean lack thereof. There is only the movie logo, a blu-ray bar, and a smattering of production logos on a pure black background. I haven't seen disc art this disappointing since The Wonderful 101 using ugly in-game models.
Booting up is straightforward. I do not know if it was a setting or property of the PS3 I was using, but the play button kept popping every time a sequence of screens concluded (e.g. after the piracy yada yada there's a play icon in the corner before bringing up the menu, or after exiting playing the movie it comes up before bringing up the menu again). The initial load icon is just a cropped version of the main art.
You are greeted with the main artwork with a reasonably pleasant looking pink strip for the options, but the audio for the menu is ATROCIOUS. Choosing the iconic theme of the dub was a no-brainer, but it's so very quiet, the quality is absolutely terrible, and the audio cuts out! As a big audio-focused person, this was one of the most disappointing components of the entire package.
Now lets get to the meat of it: this thing is barebones. You are greeted with exactly 2 options, play movie and special features. There's not even a scene select! I was actually experimenting with PSMove at the time so I won't comment on navigation. All (if I am not mistaken) of the special features were already posted onto official channels in order to promote the movie, so you're not getting anything new there.
Play movie gives you exactly 2 options: Play the Japanese Movie with English Subtitles, and play the English Movie. I'll start with the former. Yes, they are dubtitles. I skipped a scene or two and found myself at the night camera scene, which has very different dialogue in the two versions. The subtitles used were most undoubtedly from the english version (even without knowing the language, I recognized a character saying "Aigami-kun" with his name not appearing in the subtitles anywhere, reflecting the changed script). This is shamefully lazy and I understand if this is a dealbreaker. I believe I can confirm that this does in fact use the Japanese soundtrack though, but I only listened to the first minute and a half or so to compare. I personally prefer the english score, but I'm glad they kept that at least.
Selecting to play the english version gives two options: playing the movie with or without subtitles. I would have to imagine the subtitles are the same as the dubtitles from the japanese version, but admittedly I didn't check.
I can confirm that both versions at least sound great, and the visuals are fantastic. If you're going to get the movie at all, I would recommend the upgrade to blu-ray.
Last notes:
-The sub menu only has a "menu" and an "x" option to either return to the main menu or to exit the sub menu. The visual is fine I suppose but there's a pixel-wide white bar on the right side of the screen and it's very, very unprofessional. Also, for better or worse the movie still plays in a window.
-The digital HD version is ultraviolet. I haven't tried downloading it yet, but I presume that process is well-documented at this point.
This version is reasonable if you want to experience the dub for the first time or simply want to own it, or if you want to listen to the japanese version, but for anything else I would highly suggest that 4k gets off its ass to make a better product.
I'll start from the outset with two things. One, I do not condone piracy in any form. If you have yet to see the dub version of this movie, this is a very good way to do so. Two, I am coming from having seen both theatrical versions, and I slightly consider the dub version to be superior for personal reasons. I will however go over the issues with the sub version in this product with reasonable detail (long story short, it has dubtitles). For this reason I won't really be focusing on the quality of the movie itself, outside of raising what would probably be a 1 star product for a poorer movie into 2 stars.
Starting from the packaging: the colors on the cardboard overlay are nice and bright and is exactly a larger version of the paper insert in the case itself. The art is taken from the poster but more focused on the top section somewhat, which feels a little surprising in person. The spine continues from the front art to give it some color, and is stylized correctly. There is no continuation onto the back cover though, but the art from the spine goes around the corner a tiny bit so you don't see the back art from the side view. Back has a nice little drawing with Yugi and Kaiba and again is colored well, but has nothing else of note outside of the barcode area being a cutout on the cardboard). There is actually a left spine on the cardboard cover, however not a lot of care was put into it as you can see bits of the back art, notably Kaiba's cape, and it's really jarring.
The cardboard itself is standard treated cardboard. Thin, corners crumble a bit, but holds up fine otherwise provided your careful. However, there is a sticker in the bottom right corner advertising the card that comes with it. I didn't realize it was a sticker at first until I poked at it. Much to my demise, the sticker does not come off residue-free, but fortunately the case wasn't damaged. Some Goo Gone gently but thoroughly worked in seems to have gotten rid of the worst of it with no visible wear.
The case is a standard blu-ray case. The blue doesn't clash with the art so this is a perfectly fine way of storing it if you wish. The case comes covered with standard blu-ray labeled shrink wrap, and unfortunately a small bit of it seems to be stuck or to have left some residue on the spine.
When you start to open the case is when it really starts to get bleak. There's absolutely no supplemental material outside of the promo card, the Digital HD instructions+code, and disk. The promo card is a Gold Rare (not Gold Secret Rare) version of the Obelisk the Tormentor promo that came with tickets for the (dub version of the) theatrical release. Of minor note, this comes in a see-through plastic slip like tin promos, not in the silver promotional packaging the theater version came in. On inspection, my obelisk was slightly damaged over its rightmost level star, presumably from being held by the paper clasps.
The disc art is some of the laziest I've ever seen, and by art I mean lack thereof. There is only the movie logo, a blu-ray bar, and a smattering of production logos on a pure black background. I haven't seen disc art this disappointing since The Wonderful 101 using ugly in-game models.
Booting up is straightforward. I do not know if it was a setting or property of the PS3 I was using, but the play button kept popping every time a sequence of screens concluded (e.g. after the piracy yada yada there's a play icon in the corner before bringing up the menu, or after exiting playing the movie it comes up before bringing up the menu again). The initial load icon is just a cropped version of the main art.
You are greeted with the main artwork with a reasonably pleasant looking pink strip for the options, but the audio for the menu is ATROCIOUS. Choosing the iconic theme of the dub was a no-brainer, but it's so very quiet, the quality is absolutely terrible, and the audio cuts out! As a big audio-focused person, this was one of the most disappointing components of the entire package.
Now lets get to the meat of it: this thing is barebones. You are greeted with exactly 2 options, play movie and special features. There's not even a scene select! I was actually experimenting with PSMove at the time so I won't comment on navigation. All (if I am not mistaken) of the special features were already posted onto official channels in order to promote the movie, so you're not getting anything new there.
Play movie gives you exactly 2 options: Play the Japanese Movie with English Subtitles, and play the English Movie. I'll start with the former. Yes, they are dubtitles. I skipped a scene or two and found myself at the night camera scene, which has very different dialogue in the two versions. The subtitles used were most undoubtedly from the english version (even without knowing the language, I recognized a character saying "Aigami-kun" with his name not appearing in the subtitles anywhere, reflecting the changed script). This is shamefully lazy and I understand if this is a dealbreaker. I believe I can confirm that this does in fact use the Japanese soundtrack though, but I only listened to the first minute and a half or so to compare. I personally prefer the english score, but I'm glad they kept that at least.
Selecting to play the english version gives two options: playing the movie with or without subtitles. I would have to imagine the subtitles are the same as the dubtitles from the japanese version, but admittedly I didn't check.
I can confirm that both versions at least sound great, and the visuals are fantastic. If you're going to get the movie at all, I would recommend the upgrade to blu-ray.
Last notes:
-The sub menu only has a "menu" and an "x" option to either return to the main menu or to exit the sub menu. The visual is fine I suppose but there's a pixel-wide white bar on the right side of the screen and it's very, very unprofessional. Also, for better or worse the movie still plays in a window.
-The digital HD version is ultraviolet. I haven't tried downloading it yet, but I presume that process is well-documented at this point.
This version is reasonable if you want to experience the dub for the first time or simply want to own it, or if you want to listen to the japanese version, but for anything else I would highly suggest that 4k gets off its ass to make a better product.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2023
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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2023
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Dawson Weber
5.0 out of 5 stars
it was great thank you
Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2024
it was a great the best yugioh movie a must watch for a yugioh and you get a card with it
Leonardo Fabrício da Rosa
4.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed in Brazil on December 20, 2023
O filme é excelente, porém a mídia é muito fraca para o custo, por ser um produto importado, não veio card junto, ao menos no meu, não me pareceu violado, veio lacrado e bem embalado, a entrega foi muito ágil, porém como eu já disse a qualidade da mídia é muito fraca, veio apenas o papel da mídia digital e o disco nada mais, para algo de praticamente 200 reais, não me pareceu algo tão legal.
Lorenza Belloni
5.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed in Italy on October 2, 2023
Arrivati imballato e sigillato.
La carta come da foto è presente nel cofanetto. Ora non vedo l'ora di godermi il film
La carta come da foto è presente nel cofanetto. Ora non vedo l'ora di godermi il film
Lorenza Belloni
Reviewed in Italy on October 2, 2023
La carta come da foto è presente nel cofanetto. Ora non vedo l'ora di godermi il film
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parismyriam
5.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed in France on August 6, 2022
Très bien
Laura
4.0 out of 5 stars
No vino con la carta promocional
Reviewed in Spain on June 13, 2020
El producto bien, lo que esperaba. Pero leí comentarios que venía con la carta de Obelisk el Dios Egipcio, el mío debió quedarse tomando café porque no me llego :( una decepción para mis hijos y para mi misma