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Sep 17, 2022 11:42 PM
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I had tried to get into the show previously and while I found it not bad or anything, the low quality stream was really off-putting so I set it aside. Now, I figured the blurry nature was just an irritant and given the love the show has, I planned to look for the opportunity to watch in HD at some point...

Well, now I have managed to get my hands on BD viewing...and it's not just that the SD stream is an irritant, it's a travesty. This animation is absolutely *drop-dead gorgeous* in HD and the fact that it's in SD on so many streams is criminal.

I hadn't actually run into anyone mentioning this fact before, so here you go: watch the HD (Blu-Ray) source for this show if you at all can. It's indescribable how much better the show is when you can see it properly.

Edited to add a small image comparison gallery for (literal) clarity.
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Sep 17, 2022 11:57 PM
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idk if i watched in hd or not but it looked fine to me so
Sep 18, 2022 12:19 AM
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I watched bakemonogatari at 720 p
Sep 18, 2022 12:21 AM
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I dk about others but I watch every anime in HD...
Sep 18, 2022 12:35 AM
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El_Professor07 said:
I dk about others but I watch every anime in HD...


It's not available in HD on many sites, so if people normally watch on, say, Crunchyroll (which is pretty typical given that they absorbed Funimation) they will see the SD version. Criminal. LOL

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myuniquename said:
El_Professor07 said:
I dk about others but I watch every anime in HD...


It's not available in HD on many sites, so if people normally watch on, say, Crunchyroll (which is pretty typical given that they absorbed Funimation) they will see the SD version. Criminal. LOL

monogatari series isn't available on any streaming services in my region, so i didn't have any other choice than pirating it... it's available in HD in some websites...
Sep 18, 2022 12:51 AM
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El_Professor07 said:
monogatari series isn't available on any streaming services in my region, so i didn't have any other choice than pirating it... it's available in HD in some websites...


I don't generally talk about piracy on open forums out of habit (the majority of places online spend an inordinate amount of time censoring its obvious existence and clear position in the ecosystem for some reason) but yes.

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It's a Shaft anime so watching the BD version is always by far the best experience.
It's not only because of the increased resolution, Shaft is worse than George Lucas when it comes to changing things in later releases. Unlike George Lucas though, Shaft's changes actually improve the product because their TV releases are notoriously lacking in detail and have some very poor animation at places.
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Sep 18, 2022 12:59 AM
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...Shaft is worse than George Lucas when it comes to changing things in later releases. Unlike George Lucas though, Shaft's changes actually improve the product because their TV releases are notoriously lacking in detail and have some very poor animation at places...


I mean, they're not the only ones who have some shady TV releases that get fixed later. But there's about 50 consecutive frames just flat missing in the TV version of Bakemonogatari E1 in one scene... LOL

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El_Professor07 said:
I dk about others but I watch every anime in HD...

i think all of us want to watch or do watch anime is HD, sometimes in Full HD. But with Bakemonogatari, there's no option for HD Quality (at least on my end)
Sep 18, 2022 1:39 AM
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I watched it 1080p at animixplay.to
Sep 18, 2022 2:32 AM
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na i like it this way it is more intresting
Sep 18, 2022 4:14 AM

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myuniquename said:
I had tried to get into the show previously and while I found it not bad or anything, the low quality stream was really off-putting so I set it aside. Now, I figured the blurry nature was just an irritant and given the love the show has, I planned to look for the opportunity to watch in HD at some point...

Well, now I have managed to get my hands on BD viewing...and it's not just that the SD stream is an irritant, it's a travesty. This animation is absolutely *drop-dead gorgeous* in HD and the fact that it's in SD on so many streams is criminal.

I hadn't actually run into anyone mentioning this fact before, so here you go: watch the HD (Blu-Ray) source for this show if you at all can. It's indescribable how much better the show is when you can see it properly.

Edited to add a small image comparison gallery for (literal) clarity.

You CAN watch it in HD thats the Bluray version. Just watch it via Animepahe and youll be able to watfh every monogatari season in HD.
Sep 18, 2022 4:17 AM

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This is why netflix should buy the monogatari license and probably dub it(can't wait ougi called with a they/them pronouns)
Sep 18, 2022 5:07 AM
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Downloaded it from a site watched it in 1080p, as well as the other arcs of the Anime.
Sep 18, 2022 5:19 AM

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Well, I watched it in HD.
Sep 18, 2022 5:35 AM
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i watched it in hd but the show just looks bad And isnt naturally in hd so idk why everyone is saying the seen it in hd when the artstyle just isnt
Sep 18, 2022 7:34 AM

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I changed from 720-1080p but had to keep the display brightness low,that shit hurt my eyes
Sep 18, 2022 10:14 AM
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Well I wasn’t put off by the animation nearly as much. I thought it was fine.
Sep 18, 2022 9:30 PM

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Hatreddd said:
This is why netflix should buy the monogatari license and probably dub it(can't wait ougi called with a they/them pronouns)

Monogatari can’t be dubbed. It will ruin the genius dialogue.
Sep 18, 2022 11:15 PM
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Crunchyroll really decided to shaft everyone who wanted to watch bake, huh? I watched 1 and a half episodes in that 480 dumpster fire before I couldn't take it anymore. 🏴‍☠️, I suppose.

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