Warner (Japan) Announced More Japanese HD DVD Titles...

Warner Home Video (Japan) has announced the following titles on HD DVD, November 23. Among them, this announcement marks the first time both Brave Story (Japanese Animated Feature) and Under Siege will be appearing on HD DVD with Under Siege HD DVD yet to be available in North America. None of the titles will be released on the HD DVD/DVD Combo disc except possibly Rumor Has It. The main feature on all the HD DVD discs are VC-1 encoded.

All except Brave Story HD DVD will be priced at 3980 Yen, only Brave Story HD DVD will be priced at 4980 Yen. Cover artwork for both Brave Story and Under Siege provided below...

Note that this HD DVD release for Brave Story is based on the standard DVD release and not the 4-disc DVD Collector's Set priced at 9980 Yen. Only the HD DVD release of Brave Story will have the Dolby Digital-Plus 6.1 Japanese audio track.

• Brave Story
  - 1080p HD OAR / Dolby Digital-Plus 6.1 (Japanese) / Japanese subtitles
  - Bonus materials include a featurette, TV spots and trailers
• Corpse Bride
  - Specs similar to the North American HD DVD release except with Japanese language audio tracks/subtitles.
• Training Day
  - 1080i HD OAR / Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English) & Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (Japanese) / Japanese & English subtitles
  - List of bonus materials similar to the North American HD DVD release.
• House of Wax
  - 1080p HD OAR / Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English & Japanese) / Japanese & English subtitles
  - List of bonus materials similar to the North American HD DVD release.
• Syriana
  - Specs similar to the North American HD DVD release except with Japanese language audio tracks/subtitles.
• Space Cowboys
  - 1080i HD OAR / Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English & Japanese) / Japanese & English subtitles
  - List of bonus materials similar to the North American HD DVD release.
• Lethal Weapon
  - 1080i HD OAR / Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English) / Japanese & English subtitles
  - List of bonus materials similar to the North American HD DVD release.
• Lethal Weapon 2
  - 1080i HD OAR / Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English), 2.0 (Japanese) / Japanese & English subtitles
  - List of bonus materials similar to the North American HD DVD release.
• Under Siege
  - 1080i HD OAR / Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English), 2.0 (Japanese) / Japanese & English subtitles
  - Theatrical trailer
• Blazing Saddles
  - 1080p HD OAR / Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English) / Japanese & English subtitles
  - List of bonus materials similar to the North American HD DVD release.
• Rumor Has It
  - 1080p HD OAR / Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English & Japanese) / Japanese & English subtitles
  - List of bonus materials similar to the North American HD DVD release.