Also, keep in mind Sony holds the rights to many anime properties and also Starz/Anchor Bay is exclusively suporting Blu-Ray. Starz/Anchor Bay controls the releases of all the popular Manga releases such as "Ghost in the Shell" and "Ninja Scroll".
I had comments and info to share to provide further evidence - but I think the 3 above posts wrap this story up nicely. It is a much, MUCH, clearer advantage or "win" for blu-ray in terms of anime being released on HD media. HD DVD is actually quite lucky that they've got Freedom and these other handful of titles now, because every other account would summarily point to the future of anime being almost entirely only "blu"...
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Also, keep in mind Sony holds the rights to many anime properties and also Starz/Anchor Bay is exclusively suporting Blu-Ray. Starz/Anchor Bay controls the releases of all the popular Manga releases such as "Ghost in the Shell" and "Ninja Scroll".
I had comments and info to share to provide further evidence - but I think the 3 above posts wrap this story up nicely. It is a much, MUCH, clearer advantage or "win" for blu-ray in terms of anime being released on HD media. HD DVD is actually quite lucky that they've got Freedom and these other handful of titles now, because every other account would summarily point to the future of anime being almost entirely only "blu"...