Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Funimation BLURAY Region Coding

I had always hoped that the BLURAY format would mostly eliminate the old region coding scheme, but it hasn't worked that way in all cases. There is Region Coding for BDs, but (unlike with DVD format) the use of region coding for BD disks is optional for content providers. I've read that something around 70% of available BD Discs from the major studios are Region Code FREE and can therefore be played anywhere.

Region coding for Anime BD's is even stranger, because North America shares the same region as Japan, so coding will not prevent re-imports which is always a major concern to the Japanese. Most current North American Anime BD releases are Region Free - except those from Funimation, and since we've recently gotten a few requests we have gone ahead and added BD Region Code info to the item pages for all of Funi's current BD releases.

So every one understands, BD Disk region coding divides the world into 3 regions:

A) Region A (that's us) includes most North, Central and South American and Southeast Asian countries plus Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong

B) Region B includes most European, African and southwest Asian countries plus Australia and New Zealand.

C) Region C contains the remaining central and south Asian countries, as well as China and Russia.



For your reference, here is a complete list of all Funi's current BD releases along with region coding information:
























































































































































































































TitleItem
Region
Afro Samurai - Director's Cut - BluRayFN-07987A
Afro Samurai - Resurrection, The Movie - BluRayFN-07991A
Afro Samurai - Seasons 1 & 2 - BRFN-07995A
Basilisk - The Complete Series - BluRayFN-08525A
Black Blood Brothers - Box Set - BlurayFN-05909A,B
Burst Angel - Box Set & OVA - BluRayFN-07737A
Casshern - Part 1 - Blu-rayFN-07922A
Casshern - Part 2 - Blu-rayFN-07923A
Claymore - Complete Series Box Set - BluRayFN-07448A,B
D. Gray-man - Season 1 Part 1 - BRFN-06922A
Devil May Cry - The Complete Series - BluRayAR-09954A
Dragon Ball Z Kai - Season One Part One - Blu-rayFN-08781A,B
Dragon Ball Z Kai - Season One Part Two - Blu-rayFN-08783A,B
DBZ - Bardok/Trunks Double Feature- BluRayFN-03857A
DBZ - Broly Double Feature - Blu-RayFN-03861A
DBZ - Movie 1 & 2 Blu-RayFN-05034A
DBZ - Movie 3 & 4 Blu-RayFN-03862A
DBZ - Movie 5 & 6 Blu-RayFN-03865A
DBZ - Movie 7 & 9 Blu-RayFN-03866A
DBZ - Movies 12 & 13 Blu-RayFN-03868A
DBZ - Movies 8, 10 & 11 Blu-RayFN-03867A
Eden of the East - Complete Series - Blu-rayFN-08841A,B
Evangelion: 1.11 You Are [Not] Alone - Movie - BluRayFN-09880A,B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Part 1 - Blu-rayFN-08380A,B
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Part 2 - Blu-rayFN-08381A,B
Full Metal Panic! - The Complete Series - Blu-ray RMSDFN-08543A,B
Full Metal Panic! - The Second Raid - Series - BlurayFN-08541A
Full Metal Panic! - Fumoffu - Blu-ray RMSDFN-08545A,B
Fullmetal Alchemist - The Movie- BluRayFN-08151A,B
Gunslinger Girl - Season 1 - BluRayFN-08197A,B
Gunslinger Girl - Season 2 - Il Teatrino - BluRayFN-08198A,B
Guyver - Complete Box Set - Blu-rayAR-09753A
Heroic Age - The Complete Series - BlurayFN-08682A
One Piece Movie #8 - BluRayFN-09579A
Origin - Special Edition - BluRayFN-02374A
Ouran High School Host Club - The Complete Series - BlurayFN-09533A,B
Rin-Daughter of Mnemosyne - Complete Series - BRFN-09641A
Robotech -The Shadow Chronicles BluRayFN-07100A
Samurai 7 - Box Set - BluRayFN-05831A
Samurai Champloo - Complete Series Box Set - BluRayGN-08655A
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings - Complete - Blu-rayFN-08851A
Shigurui: Death Frenzy - Complete Box Set - BluRayFN-08298A
Shinobi - Special Edition - BluRayFN-09564A
Slayers Evolution-R - Season 5 - BlurayFN-05977A
Slayers Revolution - Season 4 - BlurayFN-05978A
Trinity Blood - Complete Series - BluRayFN-08470A,B
Tsubasa - (Seasons 1, 2 & Movie) - BluRayFN-02301A,B
Tsubasa - Season 1 - BluRayFN-02289A
Tsubasa - Season 2 - BluRayFN-02302A,B
CLAMP Double Feature BluRayFN-03891A,B
Vexille - Movie - Special Edition / BluRayFN-09592A,B
Witchblade - Series - BluRayFN-08730A

2 comments:

Eeeper said...

Thanks for that, Robert. People outside Region A countries need these kinds of lists.

Robert said...

You know, I had never looked at this data in one place before. I'm quite surprised that there are so many 'A' only BD's in Funi's catalog.