Is anamorphic TV footage really 16:9 widescreen?

Keeper of Hellfire · Post by **Keeper of Hellfire** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:56 am

Actually, cinema widerscreen is 1,85:1 (what the anime movies usually are in), what still is a bit wider than 16:9 (1,78:1). The 2,35:1 format is Cinemascope. Are there really anime in this format?

So cinema widescreen would be 880x480 (or 896x480), if properly resized. But if resized to a width 640, the next height that is a multiple of 16 would be 352 too.

slackergirl · Post by **slackergirl** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:32 pm

Thanks! That even answered my question even more!

YouTube · Post by **Kionon** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:39 pm

Keeper of Hellfire wrote:Actually, cinema widerscreen is 1,85:1 (what the anime movies usually are in), what still is a bit wider than 16:9 (1,78:1). The 2,35:1 format is Cinemascope. Are there really anime in this format?

So cinema widescreen would be 880x480 (or 896x480), if properly resized. But if resized to a width 640, the next height that is a multiple of 16 would be 352 too.

There are scope anime, but they were mainly theatrical releases of the 1970s. I do believe that Spirited Away's US release was scope.

(I am a projectionist as my second job)

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:29 pm

Keeper of Hellfire wrote:Actually, cinema widerscreen is 1,85:1 (what the anime movies usually are in), what still is a bit wider than 16:9 (1,78:1). The 2,35:1 format is Cinemascope. Are there really anime in this format?

So cinema widescreen would be 880x480 (or 896x480), if properly resized. But if resized to a width 640, the next height that is a multiple of 16 would be 352 too.

True, but in my experience I've rarely seen things properly adjusted to display 1.85:1 on a 1.78:1 screen. If there are any pixel borders given to the image on the top or bottom it's generally just 2 or 3 pixels, not the 8 (if they went with 848x464) or 16 (848x448, to accommodate mod16 requirements) needed for 1.85:1. But that's what gets sacrificed for making 16:9 standardization a compromise between 1.66:1 and 1.85:1, I guess.