Manga Films Goes Blu-ray

Posted February 4, 2008 02:15 PM by Josh Dreuth


Spanish distributor Manga Films has revealed that they will begin releasing titles in the Blu-ray format. The first titles to come from the distributor will be 'Mr. Brooks' and 'Rambo', both due to be released in July. No specs or extras have been announced at this time for either release, so Spanish Blu-ray fans will have to wait just a bit longer for those details. Manga Films initially announced releases for HD DVD, but those releases were canceled last year. The company was contacted with regards to their future high definition plans, and they commented that they had no current plans to release any titles on HD DVD. Thanks goes out to Grubert for posting the news in our forums.
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News comments (29 comments)

CptGreedle

Feb 04, 2008

Sweet. More exclusive studios!

Sonny

Feb 04, 2008

Thats another notch in the o'l belt:)

Luis_A51

Feb 04, 2008

Always a plus. Seems all of europe is gonna be blu-exclusive in the near future.

Rambo on Blu-ray? I can't wait. I loved that movie. Its going to be so bad ass in Blu-ray. It was actually fairly realistic, I can't wait to see all the gore in Blu. Yeah, I am kinda messed up in the head.

blu-backer

Feb 04, 2008

"It's only a flesh wound."

TruBlu2

Feb 04, 2008

Excellent news for a Monday!!! I love Blu Exclusivity.

kaliraver

Feb 04, 2008

Viva el Rayo-Azul!

Quint van der Vaart

Feb 04, 2008

It seems that Dutch distributor Dutch FilmWorks , which released titles on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, will be releasing only Blu-Ray titles in the future.

tru blu

Feb 04, 2008

Again Excellent news. It seems the Warner ripple is taking effect. And soon it'll have to ripple down to the stock holders over at Viacom & Universal and they will most likely change their stance too.

May the Blu be with you.

punkguy03

Feb 04, 2008

Isn't manga films the company that made alot of anime?Like the street fighter anime series is made by a manga company does anyone know if it's the same company??

mji245

Feb 04, 2008

blu-ray Exclusivity makes me happy soon the format war will end

DonRWatters

Feb 04, 2008

I'm just waiting for the news article that says something like..."name you company" goes HDDVD exclusive.

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pro-bassoonist

Feb 04, 2008

You could add Highlight Video in Germany and BAC Films in France to the exclusive list.

MK2 in France are also in.

Dr.A

PossumPete

Feb 04, 2008

Punky,

That's a different Manga. I wish they went Blu, too!

JT_Designer

Feb 04, 2008

So basically every production company is creating Blu-ray movies except for Paramount and Universal. When will they realize they are loosing SO much money?

Poor poor HD-DUD.

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Guinness7

Feb 04, 2008

It seems like there is a new one each day.

Minimejer05

Feb 04, 2008

More Blu

Rainman208

Feb 04, 2008

How much more does Paramount and Universal need to see/hear?

U4K61

Feb 04, 2008

More good news for blu to counter the Super Bowl ad.

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Nerdkiller likes BD

Feb 04, 2008

This gets better and better every day and week. By the end of March, the world will be in a sea of blu. I just want Para to come back so badly so I would just laugh at Kornblau for not only being with HD DVD the longest, but being the last, heh heh heh.

tru blu

Feb 04, 2008

Superbowl Ad????????????????? Not even national and rehashed. LOL!!

saljr

Feb 04, 2008

Viva Blu-Ray

vektar

Feb 05, 2008

LOL i thought it was talking about the anime company

Killer Cop

Feb 05, 2008

And the Anime lavine starts... And it's Blu!

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MOONPHASE

Feb 05, 2008

vektar i also thought so too because i was saying to myself does this mean we get the street fighter 2 v series and the street fighter movies on blu-ray along with the neon genesis evangelion movies, and perfect blue but i guess not oh well. but its great having more companies supporting blu only now