The video has rather dull colors, and has quite a bunch of pixelation during some movement. What's the worse thing is that in some episodes, it has this sort of 'shadow' thing. Like in one scene, Haibara walked somewhere, but there was some imprints that faded after she walked, like a ghost kind of. I guess this is what ghosting is. It is really only noticable in the dark scenes. I'm pretty sure it is a DVD rip, however. Since the individual DVDs use the R2 covers.

It was as good as it can get given it was a basic stereo source. I had no issues, and all the sound and background music/themes came through really well.

It was as good as it can get given it was a basic stereo source. I had no issues, and all the sound and background music/themes came through really well.

Packaging: The Conan logo is printed in gold foil, which looks really great, and the back of the box has a great low yellow color that really gives the series a nice feel. It's a very good change from the dark colors so common for the series. The individual disc cases are basically the same, if not a little low quality images. Once again, an awesome yellow color scheme. Menus: Basic, and no motion. There is only a Play, Subtitle Select, and a Chapter Select. Unfortunantly, the chapter select just is stuff like "Chapter __", nothing about the episodes, and since there's no pictures or movies of the episode to resume watching from previously. They're ok, but you won't see them unless you hit the menu button, since the episodes start once you put in the disc. ----- The show has some really good mysteries, and one particularly great 2 episode story arch I really liked (where they are in the dark castle). Of course, the video isn't that good at all, and the subtitles aren't that great, but you really should consider this is you want to get the newer episodes at a watchable quality. There are the openings and endings for all the episodes (I might as well mention that the first opening it uses, which is actually from Season 5, "Truth" is GREAT). There is one chapter point per episode, at the start. So if you start an episode, and need to stop partway, you will have to fastforward to the right spot. I added some screenshots for a better example. Enjoy.

I've always been looking for Detective Conan but couldn't find it anywhere in America. That was before I knew about HK DVD ofcourse. Anyways, this series is really good. I've seen lots of the manga and so happy I finally got my hand on the anime. I've read the review at animeniacs.org. I remember Cashan saying something about the video quality looking kind of washed out and has that old age feel to it. And the subs are very literally translated with Chinese names and such. Well Cashan was refering to the MI version. When I bought it I just got the AV version because I liked its cover better. But boy I was lucky! Video: just like the MI version, it has the age feel to it. But the video quality is pretty good I'd say. Everything is clear and no jumping parts (at least not on the first DVD). Pretty good for the price I paid. Audio: a little low on volume but I just had to turn the volume on my TV up a little. It's okay it's not a biggie. And I love the opening and ending song. Good stuff! Subs: well, the translation is understandable to me. Just like every other HK DVD the wording is not natural but it's okay. On long sentences the sub runs off the screen which makes it hard to understand the context. They are using some Chinese names and some English translated names (Midori-san = Mrs. Green) But at least it's better than the MI version that Conan is still Conan and not Konon (I know this from Cashan's review). Anyways, the sub is not that bad. Contents: one of my favorite shows! I didn't like the first couples episodes because everything revolves around the young detectives, it's kind boring and feels like an elementary anime. But later on it got good. I just watched the entire first DVD last night. I just love it. I recommend buying this DVD if you're interested in Detective Conan (and knowing a bit about it would help because this DVD is part 6 and it starts with episode 130 something). But I don't think it matters that much, just enjoy the show. It's a good buy!