Video:

TV rip on tape. A little bit grainy, some pixelation now and then, some tape glitches. But most of the times in the first 9 episodes it's very good and could be taken for a DVD rip if you don't look too close. I would have given it 4 stars, but on the last 4 episodes the quality degrades a little bit with more tape glitches, some few disturbances in the TV signal and some "shaky" moments especially during scene transitions.

Audio:

No problem on my simple stereo TV, but I had the feeling there were some strange volume changes during the opening song. Didn't notice anything during the episodes, though.

Subtitle:

HK originals. Almost all names screwed up plus the usual grammar errors like gender changes, wrong verb forms and tenses, plus some strange translations (you notice it clearly during those pilot talks that are in English and translated different in the subs, like the pilot would say "Get ready for takeoff" and the subs would say something like "prepare to fly". Still, the subs are totally understandable.

Comment:

This is a rip of the AV set. An average anime. Not a total waste of time, but definetely no must-buy. If you want some recent space academy anime, I would recommend to get "Stellvia" instead of this one. Equipment used: Cheap Grundig 27" PAL stereo TV, Sony DVP-NS 300 codefree PAL DVD player