| Notes | Yellow Submarine is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of EMI with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.67:1. This new presentation benefits from both a photochemical restoration as well as a frame by frame digital clean up that was done by hand. According to the press release accompanying this Blu-ray, the film was digitally cleaned frame by frame by hand since it was felt an automated attempt at restoration could not address the nuances of the multidisciplinary animation style. This release is also culled from a 4K scan and the results are simply spectacular. Colors are unbelievably bold and line detail is exceptionally strong. While some of the live action film elements are not in great shape (and never were), the overall appearance of Yellow Submarine is amazingly sharp and precise. About the only issues to even mention are some very minor telecine wobble in the credits sequence as well as something that's akin to motion judder, which occasionally pops up as the camera pans across especially busy frames. While it's hard to address something like DNR in a property like this, there may have been some minor noise reduction applied, but not to drastic levels. Otherwise this is simply a stunningly effective high definition presentation, one that proves an animated film doesn't have to be created in a purely digital environment to end up looking nearly picture perfect on Blu-ray. Note: Due to the delicate nature of this hand drawn artwork, no automated software was used in the digital clean up of the restored photochemical elements used for scanning. All digital clean up was done by hand, frame by frame. |
