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grok said,
in February 10th, 2009 at 4:16 PM
this is gonna be legendary
thank you
Lonewolf said,
in February 10th, 2009 at 4:44 PM
lol 6.5 gb >..>
Nietzche said,
in February 10th, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Holy shit.
Will be looking forward to the 1080p one.
Lupin said,
in February 10th, 2009 at 5:17 PM
is half of the file the audio of the film? that’s a lot of bitrate for audio. 
thanks for the release
soldiershin said,
in February 10th, 2009 at 5:38 PM
u ppl r the besttttttttttt….i have been waitin fr this fr a long long time…….u ppl r awesomw …..thanx alot …………yipeee
Moon Sinclair said,
in February 10th, 2009 at 10:56 PM
This is long overdue there is a terrible HDTV rip floating around out there. Thank you for fixing that travesty. 
RedSwirl said,
in February 11th, 2009 at 3:28 AM
Oh God.
I think I can wait a couple weeks for the official Blu-Ray though. This is one of the few titles I prefer to watch in English. Plus I think it’s worth paying for, even if the Blu-Ray is $50 with barely any special features.
I still might que this up while I’m on vacation this weekend though.
Rand-al-Thor said,
in February 11th, 2009 at 4:15 AM
I d/l THORA releases because they don’t compromise quality just to get a lower file size. Thanks, and keep up the excellent work.
xtianmonte said,
in February 11th, 2009 at 4:38 AM
OMG… another excellent release :S My HDD is gonna to explode… thanks a lot guys for your hard work
cheers 
Rohanroms said,
in February 11th, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Can u mux the english audio from the dvd into da 1080p release?
tetsujin210 said,
in February 12th, 2009 at 1:02 AM
OMG!!! When I first heard rumors about this coming out on Bluray, I flipped! I yelled out a big “YES” when I saw this posted on this site. You guys are awesome!!!!
deity said,
in February 12th, 2009 at 1:50 AM
This is one of the best anime films out there!!
When will the 1080p version be released?
Apa said,
in February 12th, 2009 at 6:49 AM
Is there a special reason for not including any additional subs over the English one?
kenji said,
in February 13th, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Thanks guys keep it up!! n_n
laughing_man said,
in February 14th, 2009 at 8:47 AM
could you guys please do soul eater 1080 p from blu-ray source and using rumbel’s sub if it ever comes out??
Lupin said,
in February 14th, 2009 at 9:14 AM
@deity: the 1080p version is already out on thora’s bots. it’s a 10.9 GB file!
EdZ said,
in February 14th, 2009 at 12:22 PM
“rumbel’s sub”
Ugh, I hope not. I like my translations to actually, you know, be translated. Leaving in random Japanese phrases for absolutely no reason is not good.
nuop said,
in February 14th, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I have a question about the 1080 release. I don’t know much about handling files of this size, so it will fit in one DVD9?
Thanks a lot for your excellent work
guhungry said,
in February 14th, 2009 at 4:42 PM
@nuop
no, DVD9 size is 7.95GB. so the release is about 3GB bigger.
deity said,
in February 14th, 2009 at 6:06 PM
@Lupin: thanks
nuop said,
in February 15th, 2009 at 1:12 AM
@guhungry: thanks for the help. That’s bad, I’ll have to get the 720 then 
tomasse said,
in February 16th, 2009 at 5:00 AM
OK, THORA…i’m a big fan of your releases,but there’s something bothering me & i’d like someone to answer it if you may.Why the “Akira 1080p version”,it’s NOT in the standar 1080p resolution 1920×1080,but it’s 1888×1016 (which still is in HighDefinition,but not the standar format).I’m not complaining or anything,since the quality is fabulous & the difference in resolution insignificant…but i’ve seen this in another of your releases (i can not recall the title right now),& i was just wondering,if there is some restriction of your encoding software you use…Thanks again for the great job you’re doing!
m.klamm said,
in February 16th, 2009 at 8:01 AM
As far as I know the video on the BD has thick dark borders. THORA probably cut them away — 1888×1016 is what remained.
tomasse said,
in February 16th, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Thanks “m.klamm”,yes i thought that too…cropping the original video (removing the black bars,usually in 16:9 or NTSC formats),but i was just hoping for an answer from a THORA staff member…anyways thanks again!!!
Cr@zy Edward said,
in February 17th, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Thanks Thora for classic !!!
RedSwirl said,
in February 17th, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Would anybody know how to get this stuff playing on a PS3? It would be nice to play these downloads on my HDTV hooked up to surround sound.
I keep trying PS3Video 9 and MK2VOB but I’ve had problems with both. I either get no sound or just an unusable file after eight hours of converting.
Also, there aren’t many places I can talk about converting this stuff without getting banned.
tomasse said,
in February 18th, 2009 at 11:52 PM
“RedSwirl”:PS3 CAN NOT play MKV files,so you have to convert it,as you say above.
Into AVI,MPEG,DivX.
Though there are many programs out there to do so & since no-one has answered your question yet,i would recommend you MediaCoder to do so.
tomasse said,
in February 18th, 2009 at 11:59 PM
I would BEST recommend you to use the following setup configuration,
MP4 with h264 & AAC LC audio.
adenozin said,
in February 19th, 2009 at 1:51 AM
mkv2vob should work. The video is compatible if ps3 supports this nonstandard resolution. The audio most probably needs converting however.
digitalrurouni said,
in February 19th, 2009 at 5:24 AM
There is a project currently going on at code.google.com written in Java that does on the fly transcoding of mkv files to a format that is playable by the PS3. You might wanna check it out possibly. I have not personally tried it but the people in that forum seem to think its the bees knees!
ultra_chingon said,
in February 19th, 2009 at 10:03 AM
of the English dub release which one is it Pioneer or Streamline?
thedeath said,
in February 20th, 2009 at 8:03 AM
just to give u guys an idea… u know that mkv can be demuxed ? that u can remux it into a mp4 (at least the 720p encodes are full l4.1 compatible, and in this case even the 1080p) ? the only thing that might need recode is the dub, but those who dares to recode the video needs to get their hands copped off . Besides, guys its up to you to hack that stupid PS3 (yes, i’m no big fan of it^^) and make a custom player that allows some more formats.
anyway, hope u enjoy your work
-Death
Monroville said,
in February 20th, 2009 at 11:24 AM
How do you guys (and gals) feel about TSmuxer? It’s way faster than mkv2vob, but Iseem to be having problems with just the THORanime mkv files. Whenever I use TSmuxer for a THORA mkv file I get this message: “Some tracks not recognized. This tracks ignored: (insert mkv file name). Anyone know what is happening?
Monroville said,
in February 20th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Also, when using TSmuxer, how do you carry over the subtitles from the MKV file to the M2TS file? I just muxed CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO and there are no subs on the blu-ray (m2ts)conversion.
adenozin said,
in February 20th, 2009 at 11:44 AM
That’s because the unrecognized track is the subtitle file.
Monroville said,
in February 28th, 2009 at 12:44 AM
Is there a way to contact the admin to THORanime? Or a FAQ page detailing as to HOW to convert these files so as to retain:
(1) the 720p or 1080p image
(2) the DTS or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
(3) the subtitle track
fooman said,
in February 28th, 2009 at 1:52 AM
Just visit the IRC channel…
djmasturbeat said,
in March 7th, 2009 at 5:08 AM
I AM also curious which english dub was used for this. i would guess the geneon?
Edenknight said,
in April 18th, 2009 at 1:35 AM
This is a real charity-work for me. If The Gods of Anime hears my plea,my only wish is that they protect THORA-staff from any harm and any illness
By the way guys this release was the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in years,I first saw Akira from a video-tape rip in vcd format and now here we got the ever-amazing blu-ray-rip. I think;I’ll just go and cry for the quality of it… ^_^ Thanks a million times!!!!
AewR3fjH said,
in April 18th, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Thanks for this.
Regarding the poster saying that the HDTV rip floating around was terrible, I have to disagree. Comparing the bluray side-by-side w/ the HDTV rip ([B-G]_Akira.HDTV[720p]_(H.264_DTS-5.1)_[DA2778D5]_eng.mkv), the HDTV rip was pre-processed to look cleaner and more vibrant. If you ask me, the picture looks much better than the newly released bluray. Of course, an Akira bluray rip has the potential to look just as clean with a few filters.
digitalrurouni said,
in April 18th, 2009 at 6:55 PM
I never got into Akira. I watched it the first time a decade ago and I think I will keep it like that.
faylam said,
in July 10th, 2009 at 4:24 PM
THANX FOR EVERYTHING THORA
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