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Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Sentai & Viz BD titles: How to play them on Region B Blu-ray Players & PAL PlayStations

Good news everyone, Sentai Filmworks published anime on Blu-ray can be played on Region B players. This trick was found throughout the internet and will allow anyone to watch their favourite show from the publisher without having to worry about getting a Multi-Regional player.

For PlayStation:

01 - Load the disc in as usual
02 - When the Region Lock screen appears, press Triangle and select the Go to option.
03 - Then select Title
04i - For the first disc, select Title 4
04ii - For the other discs, select Title 3

For Region B Blu-ray players:

01 - Load the disc in as usual
02 - When the Region Lock screen appears, press the Search button (or Options for Philips, Tools for Samsung)
03 - Select Title and then the title number of the first episode on the disc:
03i - 4 for starting disc 1
03ii - 3 for starting other discs

Everything will be available including subtitles for both English and Japanese and the episodes. The Pop-up Menu is available however when the last episodes finish or reaching the Title Menu, it will reset to the Lock screen but you can still use the method above.

Sentai Filmworks Examples:
Titles locked to A but were successfully tested:
AKB0048: Season 1 ~ Disc 1 Title 5, Others Title 4
Angel Beats: Complete Collection
Battle Girls: Time Paradox: Complete Collection
Canaan: Complete Collection
Clannad: Complete Collection
Clannad: After Story: Complete Collection
Fate/Stay Night: Collection 1
Fate/Stay Night: Collection 2
Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
Garden of Words
Heaven's Memo Pad: Complete Collection
Infinite Stratos: Complete Collection
K-ON!: Season 2, Part 1
K-ON!: Season 2, Part 2
K-ON!: The Movie
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (Director's Cut)
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion
Needless: Part 1 (works by selecting Top Menu)
Needless: Part 2 (works by selecting Top Menu)
Needless: Complete Collection (works by selecting Top Menu)
Penguindrum: Part 1
Penguindrum: Part 2
The World God Only Knows: Season 1
The World God Only Knows: Season 2
Un-Go: Complete Collection

Already available for Region B compatibility titles:
Another - Complete Collection
Bodacious Space Pirates - Part 1
Bodacious Space Pirates - Part 2
BTOOOM! - Complete Collection
Campione! - Complete Collection
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia - Complete Collection
Ef: A Tale of Melodies - Complete Collection (Season 2)
Ef: A Tale of Memories - Complete Collection (Season 1)
Elfen Lied - Complete Collection ~ under ADV Films/Section23 label
Girls und Panzer - Specials Collection
Girls und Panzer - TV Collection
Hiiro No Kakera Tamayori Princess Saga - Season 1
Hiiro No Kakera Tamayori Princess Saga - Season 2
Inu X Boku Secret Service - Complete Collection
Kokoro Connect - OVA Collection
Kokoro Connect - TV Collection
La storia della Arcana Famiglia - Complete Collection
Little Busters! - Collection 1
Little Busters! - Collection 2
Medaka Box - Complete Collection (Season 1)
Medaka Box: Abnormal - Complete Collection (Season 2)
Mysterious Girlfriend X - Complete Collection
Queen's Blade: Rebellion - Complete Collection (Season 3)
Say I Love You - Complete Collection
Shining Hearts - Complete Collection
Tsuritama - Complete Collection


Maiden Japan/ADV Films Examples:
For titles released under the Maiden Japan label, they work the same way as the method above with Sentai Filmworks. However, for certain titles such as Patlabor Mobile Police: TV Collection 1 there are a few alterations; for disc 1 it's Title 6 for English Dub and Title 7 for Japanese Dub, and disc 2 onwards it's Title 5 for English Dub and Title 6 for Japanese Dub.

Patlabor Mobile Police: Early Days OVA - Complete Collection
Patlabor Mobile Police: TV - Collection 1 ~ Disc 1 Title 6 (EN)/7 (JP), Others Title 5 (EN)/6 (JP)
Patlabor Mobile Police: TV - Collection 2
Patlabor Mobile Police: TV - Collection 3
Patlabor Mobile Police: TV - Collection 4
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise

Viz Media Examples:
For titles released under the Viz label, they can also work on Region B players by pressing the Menu button (or Pop-up menu button) on the remote. Note that once the Region Locked screen appears, you only have a few seconds before it returns to the Player Menu/PlayStation XMB.

Lagrange: The Flowers of Rin-ne - Set 1
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Season 1 Set 1
Tiger & Bunny - Set 1
Tiger & Bunny - Set 2

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