Image1: 1/2 is from "Whisper of the Heart" and the other 1/2 is from
this DVD. I'm not going to bother telling you which one is which.
Image2: These are the logarithmic scale of 8-bit RGB channel data
(1-255) from the scene in image1. (No, 0 is not included since
infinite amount of 0 is still 0.) Top one is from "Whisper of the
Heart" and the bottom set is from "Spirited Away." Notice completely
missing upper portions of green and blue from the bottom set. That
means, there are no strong green and blue signals at all in the
image. Also notice large amount of strongest red signal on the bottom
set. You'll also notice large amount of strongest blue signal on top
set, which you can see easily on the image itself. Yes, it's pretty
darn blue and it's supposed to be like that.
Image3: More comprehensive comparisons of that same logo from many
different Ghibli DVDs released so far. The ones from Totoro and Kiki
are very similar. I tend to consider "Mimi wo Sumaseba" DVD as the
reference because it was so flawlessly done. "Porco Rosso" probably
had some artificial enhancement done to the colors. "Tonari no
Yamada-kun" is all digital animation, so I'd think that it should have
very good colors. It indeed has no noise whatsoever, but edge
enhancement is easily noticeable. "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" is
just waaaay off.
There is absolutely no excuse for this. They f&^ked up. What more do
I need to say? If they maintain that this is the way it's supposed to
be, I'd like to ask them to replace my other Ghibli DVDs since they
must be way off. We'll start with Future Boy Conan, Yamada, Totoro,
Porco Rosso, Kiki, Whisper of the Heart, and even the Castle of
Cagliostro.
I'm hereby starting a boycott of Ghibli products until they replace this messed up DVD or replace all of my other Ghibli-related DVDs. I will also openly encourage free copying of Ghibli movies.
