04-22-2005, 09:33 AM
First of all, hi to everyone.
Since it's my first post on here, I was very cautious and watched the sticky animation about posting and starting useless threads with nothing to say, just to be sure I wouldn't be nuked for duplicating an existing thread. But I think I'm good to go now.
I entered the world of HK so-called *imports* anime sets because I live in France, and honestly, there are some things you simply can not get otherwise. And no, i'm not fluent in japanese, so I wont get jap R2 w/o english subs.
Of course I was wondering if I could somehow get legit stuff, without losing the english subs, and most of the time it's either 20 times the boot price, censored, or incomplete. So I simply had a go at some stuff I found on eBay, just to see what engrish and pixelisation were all about. Here is the summary of the journey:
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-Fist Of The North Star:
24 DVDs, MI (20 for original (part 1, 2 and 3), 3 for Shin, 1 for movie)
--Intro:
Couldn't find a review of this on IA, nor on the entire www (though there must be a reason this MI set is larger that the 17 one that comprises parts 1, 2 and 3 as well) so it was a random hit.
--The Set:
2 boxes, huge (i mean HUGE) sleeves containing the DVDs (box1: 14, box2: 10), hilarious MEPG2 typo on the outside of the box, the funny NO COPY logo too. Looks cheap, but not THAT cheap.
--The Content:
It has the engrish (understandable, yet engrish), it has pixels (a fair amount of them in moving scenes, looks like a cheap .rm at times), but it's all of the Fist of the North Star, and it's what I wanted to get, now i finally got it ($100 incl. S/H, that was fair, don't you think?)
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-Ranma 1/2:
22 DVDs (161 eps), AC/MI
--Intro:
As for the Fist set, i couldn't find a review of this on IA, nor on the entire www. I went random on that one too.
--The Set:
Exact same look and feel that the Fist, same packaging, same stuff. 2 boxes, the HUGE sleeves too (box1: 12, box2: 10), MEPG2 typo, NO COPY logo too. Average cheapness.
--The Content:
It has the engrish (understandable, yet engrish, and sometimes in the middle looks completely incoherent), it has pixels too, (less that the Fist, though, let's say a higher quality .rm feel, but then again, all the Ranma for $80 incl. S/H, that was fair I think (comments welcome).
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-Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO):
10 DVDs (yes 10 like the legit boxset, 43 eps), unknown company
--Intro:
This looked damn legit, you can find a picture of this one there: http://image.inkfrog.com/pix/youyou96d/gto12.jpg
--The Set:
As i said, it's split in 2 sets, looks good (ahhh, gatefolds), and it would take a HK knowledge to point the finger at this one and say BOOT!
--The Content:
Has chinese and cantonese audio, added to the japanese one. the Dolby logo looks telesynced, so it scared me at first, but the rest looks like a DVD rip. It has the infamous engrish (at some rare times, it's really higher quality subs here) but what will for sure annoy me soon is the chinese names, it's confusing if you've already seen the anime w/ japanese names , it has some rare pixels, but all in all looks really good. All of this for $38 incl. S/H, I guess I will have to live with this chinese to english translation.
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Conclusion:
I kinda liked this journey into HK imports land, with its typos and pixels. I will for sure visit again
-pill
Since it's my first post on here, I was very cautious and watched the sticky animation about posting and starting useless threads with nothing to say, just to be sure I wouldn't be nuked for duplicating an existing thread. But I think I'm good to go now.
I entered the world of HK so-called *imports* anime sets because I live in France, and honestly, there are some things you simply can not get otherwise. And no, i'm not fluent in japanese, so I wont get jap R2 w/o english subs.
Of course I was wondering if I could somehow get legit stuff, without losing the english subs, and most of the time it's either 20 times the boot price, censored, or incomplete. So I simply had a go at some stuff I found on eBay, just to see what engrish and pixelisation were all about. Here is the summary of the journey:
---
-Fist Of The North Star:
24 DVDs, MI (20 for original (part 1, 2 and 3), 3 for Shin, 1 for movie)
--Intro:
Couldn't find a review of this on IA, nor on the entire www (though there must be a reason this MI set is larger that the 17 one that comprises parts 1, 2 and 3 as well) so it was a random hit.
--The Set:
2 boxes, huge (i mean HUGE) sleeves containing the DVDs (box1: 14, box2: 10), hilarious MEPG2 typo on the outside of the box, the funny NO COPY logo too. Looks cheap, but not THAT cheap.
--The Content:
It has the engrish (understandable, yet engrish), it has pixels (a fair amount of them in moving scenes, looks like a cheap .rm at times), but it's all of the Fist of the North Star, and it's what I wanted to get, now i finally got it ($100 incl. S/H, that was fair, don't you think?)
---
-Ranma 1/2:
22 DVDs (161 eps), AC/MI
--Intro:
As for the Fist set, i couldn't find a review of this on IA, nor on the entire www. I went random on that one too.
--The Set:
Exact same look and feel that the Fist, same packaging, same stuff. 2 boxes, the HUGE sleeves too (box1: 12, box2: 10), MEPG2 typo, NO COPY logo too. Average cheapness.
--The Content:
It has the engrish (understandable, yet engrish, and sometimes in the middle looks completely incoherent), it has pixels too, (less that the Fist, though, let's say a higher quality .rm feel, but then again, all the Ranma for $80 incl. S/H, that was fair I think (comments welcome).
---
-Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO):
10 DVDs (yes 10 like the legit boxset, 43 eps), unknown company
--Intro:
This looked damn legit, you can find a picture of this one there: http://image.inkfrog.com/pix/youyou96d/gto12.jpg
--The Set:
As i said, it's split in 2 sets, looks good (ahhh, gatefolds), and it would take a HK knowledge to point the finger at this one and say BOOT!
--The Content:
Has chinese and cantonese audio, added to the japanese one. the Dolby logo looks telesynced, so it scared me at first, but the rest looks like a DVD rip. It has the infamous engrish (at some rare times, it's really higher quality subs here) but what will for sure annoy me soon is the chinese names, it's confusing if you've already seen the anime w/ japanese names , it has some rare pixels, but all in all looks really good. All of this for $38 incl. S/H, I guess I will have to live with this chinese to english translation.
---
Conclusion:
I kinda liked this journey into HK imports land, with its typos and pixels. I will for sure visit again
-pill
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