[Okay-Subs] The Boy and the Heron (2023) (UHD BD 1108p) | Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka | How Do You Live?

The Boy and the Heron

This is an SDR encode. The Boy and the Heron was produced in SDR at 2048x1108. For 75% of the movie, it is possible to take the HDR disk and get the original SDR image from it, which has been done here. The other 25% is a patchwork of cope and compromises. It is at least not annoying to watch, but if you have an HDR display, you should definitely download and watch an HDR version of the movie. (Though probably not anything sourced from the JP UHD BD since that seems to have had bad DV metadata.)

As for the subtitles, they were largely fine as-is, but the translator was working under some annoying CPS constraints that led to some hilarious caveman-esque lines, so I did my best to reverse that. I also added an honorifics track for what it's worth, but don't expect things like Bocchan to be in it.

Finally—and I'm actually really sorry about this—this release only contains 2.0 audio. For audio that suits your needs, please wait for the inevitable version of this release with dub. (I don't think the 7.1 TrueHD track can be reencoded, meaning that I'd have to include a 4GB audio track that is useless to me.)

Video quality comparisons vs. the 2K USBD (this encode is the one marked MTBB)