Video:

The best of the best of the best. At a 9-9-8 episode distribution, this release is looking as sweet as the sweetest FX releases. The quality is perfecto, as far as a 26-episode, 3DVD HK goes. With the amount of special effects, quick movements, and all around mayhem on the screen... you'd -expect- pixelation... however, there is none. I didn't see any major flaws what-so-ever. Kudos to the transfer team that threw this release together.

Audio:

Again... outstanding. Highest marks due to: 1) Perfect audio transfer. 2) One of the best English VA casts ever assembled on the small, animated screen. The voices all fit the characters perfectly, and this is a good thing seeing as you have to be the world's fastest reader to keep up with the dialogue of this show via subtitles.

Subtitle:

Great. Perfect grammar, names, spelling, and... well, lost some marks because of timing. The dialogue in this show can be so hectic (multiple people speaking at once, speed-talking, etc) that the subtitles get out of hand... however, that's how the show is, so can't really fault it for that... ...however, there is no option to watch the show with thought bubbles and signs translated, and no dialogue subtitles. It's both, or none. So, either you have to watch subtitles, which don't match the dub as they're not dub-titles, so you can read the signs, thought bubbles, alien translations etc... or you have to watch without subtitles, and just guess what is going on in the thought bubbles. I did the latter, and don't think I missed out on anything too important.

Comment:

Wow... this is one messed up puppy. Some of the zaniest, most enjoyable characters I've ever experienced, ever. If you enjoy messed up anime along the lines of FLCL, Abenobashi, and South Park... well.. South Park isn't anime, but I needed a gross-out humor reference... then you should like Excel Saga. Episodes are parody-theme-based in the same manner as Abenobashi, and there are also many running jokes which get funnier every time. As a quick side-note, the final "bonus" episode, 26, had me in tears it was so over-the-top funny. It takes the limits of poor tastes, and blows them to bloody, pukey, sexy shreds. Sooooooooooo good. Review Hardware: DVD Player(s): Sony DVP-NS315, Malata DVP-393, Sony Playstation 2, Polaroid PDV-0700 Portable DVD Player TV: Sony Trinitron 32" Flat Screen

Video:

Video was completely R1 ripped, meaning it was PERFECT. There is a little bit of pixelation but that is VERY rare. Other than that, video quality was crisp, clear, and superb!

Audio:

I watch this anime, like all animes I watch, in Jap dub w/ eng subs. The english voice acting is just horrible. There seems to be noo problems with the audio. One Jap track, however, is messed up and doesn't follow the episode. But change it to another jap track (2 jap tracks and 2 eng tracks) and its all good. This only happened in EP. 25

Subtitle:

Subtitles are pretty much perfect. No spelling, timing, or grammer errors. Only problem is that when two people are talking, it's hard to tell who's talking because the subs are white. You'll get the hang of it. Other than that, Subs are perfect.

Comment:

The anime is hilarious. I would definetly recommend this anime. It develops a story, somewhat. The menu selection is quite simple and user-friendly. The box it comes in is a fold-out box. MAC has a thing for smaller dvd cases now. This set is definetly worth the money!

Video:

wonderful R1 rip, no issues at all

Audio:

Again its a R1 rip and a good one at that. i only watched the Eng dub though.

Subtitle:

I did not use the subtitles on this one.

Comment:

one of the best shows i've seen in a long time. wonderful show i cannot recommend it enough.

Video:

Very clear pictures. No pixelation or distortions of any kind. Just that my dvd player won't play it after Ep. 7. Had to watch it on my playstation 2.

Audio:

Has both languages, English and Japanese. Both sounded really great.

Subtitle:

Great subtitles. Like the review above, sometimes the subtitles 'overstayed'. Overall, no problems.

Comment:

It's a crazy, crazy, crazy and weird show! It's a show either you'll love it or you'll hate it. It's a really funny show with no plot at all. It gives me the feeling that the creators came up with the stories spontaneously.

Video:

Superb. Definately an R1 rip. The video quality is very clear, colourful, detailed and looks excellent on a normal 25" TV without any problems. Watching the episodes on the PC has the same result, there isn't any pixellation or aliasing at all!

Audio:

Very good. No annoying problems encountered, as in 'pops' or 'hissing'. The audio for the episodes is somewhat quieter than that of the creditless opening/ending. The weird thing is that there are 4 audio tracks, 2 Japanese and 2 English and they don't sound too different from each other, but the second audio tracks of each language have a noticeable 'bloop' sound (its difficult to explain), but I guess it would have been used if the notes were included. But, overall, the sound is great! After watching about half of the series with English dubbed audio, overall, in my opinion, it was done well. Excel's VA is EXCELLENT as her character, especially for all the freaking out and whatever. The other VA's do a good job, if not great. I found it easier to understand the jokes when watching it English dubbed, since the distraction from reading subtitles is taken away and therefore keeps your full attention to what's happening in the episode.

Subtitle:

Chinese and English subtitles are selectable. The English subtitles are EXCELLENT!! R1 ripped, so there were no missing subs and excellent grammar and spelling. All signs and thoughts are translated. About timing...ALL subtitles appear when they should, however, there were a couple of instances where the subtitles would stay on the screen when they shouldn't. One thing that was annoying is if there is more than one person talking, the subtitles would 'stack' on top of each other which caused confusion as to who was saying what, and this 'stacking' of the subtitles would fill up almost half of the screen! The English subs are similar to what is being said during the English dub, not 'word for word.' Chinese subtitles are also present. I can't read or understand them, but they work...isn't that enough? =) On the last disc, there is a creditless opening theme where "Engrishy" (is that a word?) subs used...but it's only for that one opening theme.

Comment:

'Nuff said.