BOX-ART
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The cover art features the main characters being stocked, rather cluelessly, by a monster under water with the tag line ,"There are some places man was never meant to go!" Not much to report here, pretty standard looking artwork for this type of film.
MENUS
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There is an animated intro & outro that accompany the main menu. "Play, Scene Select, Preview," and "Special Features," are available on a static background. Again pretty standard, nothing too fancy.
AUDIO
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N/A
VIDEO
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Sharp and clean, with a bit of compression noise and edge enhancement, very good black levels too. The edge enhancement was only noticeable when up close or on PC. Around 4-5 Mb/s average. A full-screen version is available as well, I'm unaware as to if there are any mattes removed or if it's purely just pan-and-scan, either way theatrical aspect ratio is always better.
FINAL THOUGHTS
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DVD only, as of this writing. (7/19/17) It's not available on Blu-ray anywhere but Japan, so If you want high definition, you'll have to import. According to Blu-ray.com, the Blu-ray does feature English audio as the primary track. Importing from Japan is rather difficult and expensive so If you can't be bothered, the Region 1 DVD will suffice. (I'm Not sure about owning it digitally though ; itunes, Amazon Instant, etc.)
TECH. SPECS.
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ASPECT RATIO: 2.40:1 (Original Widescreen)
NUMBER OF DISCS: 1
DISC SIZE: Dual-Layer
REGION CODE: 1 / NTSC
AUDIO: English 5.1 (448 Kb/s)
French 2.0 Surround (192 Kb/s)
SUBTITLES: English & French
RUN-TIME: 1 Hour 37 Minutes
