{"id":14634,"date":"2017-03-22T09:02:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=14634"},"modified":"2017-03-22T09:03:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:03:21","slug":"review-hyperdimension-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/03\/review-hyperdimension-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Hyperdimension: Neptunia BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/03\/review-hyperdimension-bd\/#more-14634\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Hyperdimension: Neptunia Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/funimation-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Hyperdimension Neptunia<\/em><\/strong> is your typical Japanese anime series with your usual designs and humor, but I did find somewhat entertaining for what it is. This Complete Series set, through FUNimation\u2019s S.A.V.E. line, offers good video\/audio transfers while the features are, to say the least, light.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Hyperdimension: Neptunia<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(2013)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Anime, Fantasy, Adventure<br \/>\nFUNimation | TV14 \u2013 325 min. \u2013 $29.98 | April 4, 2017<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 03\/22\/2017 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid #808080;\" title=\"Hyperdimension: Neptunia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2017\/hyperdimension-bd.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01IS31U6S\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on Blu-ray from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-on.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>SERIES INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Various<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Various<br \/>\n<strong>Japanese Voice Cast: <\/strong>Rie Tanaka, Asami Imai, Kana Asumi, Rina Sato<br \/>\n<strong>English Voice Cast: <\/strong>Melissa Fahn, Erin Fitzgerald, Wendee Lee, Tara Platt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Trailers, Commercials<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), Japanese (Dolby TrueHD 2.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>NA<br \/>\n<strong>Codec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ekS05ZL.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Hyperdimension: Neptunia\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ekS05ZL.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>THE SERIES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcome to Gamindustri, a fantastical world where all your favorite video game consoles come to life. Neptune (RIE TANAKA\/MELISSA FAHN) and her fellow Goddesses \u2014 Noire (ASAMI IMAI\/ERIN FITZGERALD), Blanc (KANA ASUMI\/WENDEE LEE) and Very (RINA SATO\/TARA PLATT) \u2014 rule the four kingdoms of Lastation, Leanbox, Lowee, and Planeptune; but their royal duties often take a backseat to their obsession with gaming. When their button-mashing shenanigans are interrupted by rampaging monsters, hacker attacks, and killer eggplants, the goddesses must transform into stronger, sexier versions of themselves and fight for their right game!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bosses get tougher as the game goes on, and the girls will have to work together in order to defeat a bewitching goddess of piracy, an anonymous master hacker, and an evil CPU hell-bent on destroying everything in her path \u2013 using any cheat code necessary!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This \u201cS.A.V.E.\u201d (Super Amazing Value Edition) is the same as the original release from a couple years back including features (all in HD):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Transform Collection (3:15)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blu-ray\/DVD Commercials (1:21)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commercials (0:34)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Promotional Videos (4:51)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Textless Opening Song \u201cDimension Tripper\u201d Ver. 1 (1:31)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Textless Opening Song \u201cDimension Tripper\u201d Ver. 2 (1:32)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Textless Closing Song \u201cNEPTUNE SaGaSiTe\u201d (1:32)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Textless Closing Song \u201cGo\u00e0Love &amp; Peace (1:53)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Textless Closing Song \u201cITO\u201d (3:18)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">S. Trailer (1:31)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/h2vW4TQ.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Hyperdimension: Neptunia\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/h2vW4TQ.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Hyperdimension Neptunia<\/em><\/strong> is presented with a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio as originally televised and a 1080p high-definition transfer. Colors are generally bright and there\u2019s even a fair representation of darker scenes which are stark and show no signs of artifacting or aliasing. Detail is relatively sharp and outside of some banding during transition scenes, it\u2019s a fine looking HD transfer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">As with the majority of FUNimation releases, this one comes with the option of English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and Japanese 2.0. Considering I like watching movies and shows in their original language, I only sampled the English version and while it certainly has better depth, the Japanese language track does sound pretty good.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/l1FY1DM.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Hyperdimension: Neptunia\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/l1FY1DM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, <strong><em>Hyperdimension Neptunia<\/em><\/strong> is your typical Japanese anime series with your usual designs and humor, but I did find somewhat entertaining for what it is. This Complete Series set, through FUNimation\u2019s S.A.V.E. line, offers good video\/audio transfers while the features are, to say the least, light.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<table id=\"gallery\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 500px;\" colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Hyperdimension: Neptunia<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ekS05ZL.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ekS05ZL.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CN4oz2X.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CN4oz2X.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ov4ZBOo.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ov4ZBOo.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/sGf24U6.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/sGf24U6.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/vhpLkwR.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/vhpLkwR.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/h2vW4TQ.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/h2vW4TQ.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FduDeMf.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FduDeMf.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/l1FY1DM.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/l1FY1DM.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/k5a3yc6.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/k5a3yc6.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jBU7Okf.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jBU7Okf.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/UNed1ZW.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/UNed1ZW.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/01cBmvv.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/01cBmvv.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/OdimIaK.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/OdimIaK.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/pxoF9vM.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/pxoF9vM.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FwTxO8k.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FwTxO8k.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HUmz2VP.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HUmz2VP.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyperdimension Neptunia is your typical Japanese anime series with your usual designs and humor, but I did find somewhat entertaining for what it is. 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