Video:

Generally very clear LD rip, around episode 26 it gets a less clear for some odd reason, but quickly comes out of it in the following episodes. Pixelation is rare and only present in very high action scenes. However, most of this set could pass for an original DVD release.

Audio:

Nothing wrong, original japanese track, but if you want dubbed you might want to look into Mac's R1 ripped set.

Subtitle:

Completely engrish free, but still not perfect... There are some missed lines, although its usually background conversations and nothing really important. Intro's and outros are subbed on disc 1 and 2 but on 3 they go unsubbed. Grammar is generally right on the spot, aside from some small errors from fast typing, stuff you would probably find in fansubs, which this set seems to be sourced from. The subber often uses ~'s to divide what people are saying, instead of putting them on seperate lines, nothing bad but somewhat annoying. Email addresses appear alot, but there not hardcoded and are incorporated into the subtitle usually during silent parts within the anime. Around episode 20-23 at the end of ever sentence after the period there would be the number "20" again nothing big but notable. I did notice a FEW instances of chinese text appearing in English lines but this is generally rare. Overall these subs arent to bad, engrish free, but do have some notable issues.

Comment:

I was a little late to watch Nadia, it was a series I always planned on getting, but never got around to because something that was more appealing to me would always come up. However after watching the series, I discovered I really liked it and regret not buying it sooner. Overall this set is definately worth buying, despite its occasional flaws.

Video:

Appears to be taken from the Japanese laserdiscs. The video is very nice considering it's age. No real problems to note other than minor to major macroblocking is the high to extremely high motion scenes. Also, the AC logo is hardcoded to the video in the beginning of each episode in the upper right hand corner.

Audio:

Sounds good, but isn't as good as current shows. I can't really blame an old show for using old sound libraries, but I'm still going to. Although I will compliment them on using Solid Snake for Captain Nemo's voice.

Subtitle:

Appears to be taken from 3 different sources, at least two of which were fansubs. In one episode, the English takes a nose dive, and while still understandable, lacks proper syntax. Other things to note are that the group/people who translated/wrote the fansubs used for the majority of this set had like a freaking boner for tildé's. Why used italics like most normal people when you can use tildé's? There really aren't too many spelling error's in the set, and almost no mistimed lines, but starting on disc 4, lines start getting missed. Not many, however. Also, about 4 or 5 episode intro's (and not opening intro, I mean like review of story of last episode and introduction of the story of the current episode type intro) go unsubbed. Also, MI/AC's e-mail address in in the subs too many times, and at times takes precedence over what's actually being said!

Comment:

*spoilers* Biblical allusions! Get your biblical allusions here! Adam! Christ-type figures! Original sin! Straight from God's brain to your anime! For real, you can tell Anno directed this anime. I could write a paper on the stuff I saw here. At first, Nadia started out kind of slow. It didn't really get al that interesting until Jean and Nadia flew to Gargoyle's island. From that point on, it was pure gold...until Jean and Nadia got stranded on the desert island. That's when the shit hit the fan and the quality dropped like a hot potato. From this point on until Nadia gets to her birth place, the shows sucks. However, it gets good again, but it doesn't make up for the fact that I had to sit through like 9 episodes that sucked ass. Overall, I give the show a 4 out of 5. I would have given it a higher rating had it been 26 episodes and the filler crap cut out. FYI: While I was watching this, I couldn't help but notice that the music had a familiar style or feeling to it. Turns out it was done by the same guy who did the music for Evangelion. Small world, eh?

Video:

Great video. I'm almost certain that it was a rip of the Japanese LDs, but it looks great all the same.

Audio:

No problems here.

Subtitle:

I felt that overall, the subs deserved a 5. There were some minor troubles with them, however, it was nothing to deter me from thinking that these were great.

Comment:

This show just plain rocks. It seemeed like a dumb kiddy title, until I actually sat down and watched the first episode, and realized that it's every bit as cool as other shows I've seen. The fun that Gainax has with technology is shown here, as it is shown in all of their iother shows. The show is engaging, gun, and just plain cool, and I can't reccomend it enough.

Video:

AS the other reviews mentioned, it's a very good rip of a fairly old show - the colours can appear a little dull and soft. There is a little 'blockiness' during scenes featuring intense, white light and I experience about two 'pauses' during playback, but nothing really to complain about. Tested on Pioneer 636 (RGB output) + QED RGB Scart (video only) cable + Hitachi 28" Flat-widescreen.

Audio:

Nothing to shout about, but clear with no distortion. Tested on basic Sony Dolby amp.

Subtitle:

Again, as mentioned in the other reviews, an exceptional set of subs. Overall good use of English, slang and vernacular and coupled with good spelling and grammar. There are a few missing lines; at least one episode, in my opinion, where the subs lose their coherence; and a few un-subbed intros, but that's about it. The email addresses, however, appear an unreasonable number of times.

Comment:

This is a fantastic series with some good, simple and old-fashioned storytelling. A good combination of action-adventure, emotion and humour. It's the sort of show I would rush home to watch if I was still a kid at school (much like I did with Mysterious Cities of Gold during the early 80s in the UK). Nevertheless, there are a few dull episodes. The desert island adventure jars and is a complete wrench from the main storyline - the time isn't really used for much character development either. However, there is a fantastic homage to Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds during a dream sequence. I also thought the first 'Africa' episode, involving a rescue mission, was weak as was the 'singing' episode although one song, particularly the way it was sung, was hilarious. Although, these are minor complaints, I feel that I had to air them because they are so apparent - as soon as the main plot kicks in again, there's almost an audible click as your attention snaps into focus and a hitherto unnoticed fog clears. Moans aside this is a wonderful series and a great set to boot, that is heartily recommended. Just think, out of this Evangelion was born.

Video:

Pretty Good, don't know if it's a LD or DVD rip, but i bet on the LD. This anime is from the 80's so don't expect crystal clear Video. Sometimes The video seems a little "Blurry" or "Out of focus",but it's still pretty good. I heard that the R1 DVDs aren't that good Video wise, so it can be a DVD rip, but i don't know ... Once in a while the annoying Logo, Hardcoded appears also ...Why they insist on doing this, i don't know...

Audio:

Well, sounded Ok to me. Japanese 2 channel

Subtitle:

They are very good , great grammar and Timing, correct names and few spelling mistakes (the most frequent being lack of space between words and a strange symbol "~" that sometimes appears where a Space should have been), still towards the Last Episodes, a couple of Episodes Intros (Recaps of what happened before) ) aren't Subbed and there are a couple of Lines missing , nothing serious though, you 'll have no problem whatsoever ,understanding what's going on. Unfortunately sometimes they put Mi's Email Adress in the Subs ! pretty Annoying ...

Comment:

Contains no Extras, The menus are in English and Chinese, The first 4 DVDs contain 9 episodes and the last one only 3. Each DVD only contains one opening and one Ending/Credits. It comes in a great Looking Paper Gatefold.

Comment:

Anime Itself: 5/5 --- Hideaki Anno's first TV series (Gunbuster was an OVA) was after all, Nadia. This show starts off as an innocent trip for young Jean and his uncle to the 1889 Paris Worlds Fair, and becomes much more. An excellent twist on the Jules Vern tale 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, complemented by Anno's bold storytelling. Fans of Eva will be tickled pink with the similarities between the two shows (especially near the final episodes...) Nadia is an excellent series, and should be watched by anyone who enjoys a good story. Video Quality:4.5/5 --- Most likely an LD rip, the colors are vibrant and their isn't really that much pixellation considering how many episodes are packed on each disc. The typical "Gainax screen jitter" is the really the only detracting element here. Audio Quality: 4.5/5 --- No probems here!! None of that usual "HK buzz" with these releases. Typical 2-channel (stereo) sound, but sounds VERY good on my high end (but old) system. Subtitle Quality: 4.5/5 --- And now for the part you've been waiting for! Sub quality here is EXCELLENT, has to be from a fansub script. There are hardly any akward lines to be seen here, but about halfway through the series, there is an abundant use of randomly inserted tilda marks, which don't really detract at all from the subs, just a minor annoyance. Forget about taking out a second mortgage on your house to afford the R1 release and just get this one...its very good, probably the best on an HK release I've yet seen. Overall: 5/5 --- Despite tiny forgivable flaws (even R1's can have many flaws), this series is a must have for Anno fans and really anyone who enjoys a good story. Don't let the cartoony beginning fool you, it gets much deeper. Enjoy! edited by Neo Weltall on 31 Oct 2002 1:24 pm

Comment:

Well, its a pretty old show so expect that. VIDEO: For such an old show, this video was pretty good. I had no problems with it. 5/5 AUDIO: The audio is pretty good. I had no problems with it because it was fine. 5/5 SUBTITLES: The subtitles are from fansubs, or VERY good translations. I saw NO typos, and it was timed excellantly. Therefore... 5/5 BOXART I found this to be a wonderful fold out set. Each disc had a matching picture in the back, and the picture was wonderful for all discs. 5/5 CONTENTL It was okay. It didn't have me popping in the next DVD the second one was done, but I definantly will finish the series. 4/5 MENU: Its menu was wonderful. The video played very nicely to somewhat match the mood of the song, and it had a very good layout. I felt it was better the ADV's release. I give it a 4 out of 5 though because they use the same main menu and subtitle menu for every DVD. The Episode menu is the exact same too, except for the episode numbers correctly changing. 4/5 So that's by review. A wonderful release by Manga International. It's worth the buy.

Comment:

Video: well its an old show so I'd say it's about as good as one could expect. Audio: No problems here Subtitles: Your usual stuff, minor mispellings and grammar, timing seemed just fine to me. This series starts out like a childrens series, I was thinking, I wonder why this wasn't on American TV, then it got alot more serious. Also recommended the Region 1 Nadia Movie which was released last month.

Video:

Good

Audio:

Good

Subtitle:

Very good (probably fansubs)

Comment:

A very good series.

Comment:

Video: Not bad, but not perfect. There is some high motion pixelation and some dropouts in the set. Other than that the video is pretty nice Audio: The audio is near perfect, not 5.1, but it sounds clear. There are some cracks and very slight static due to the occasional dropouts, nothing bad at all. Subtitles: This is most likely fansubs, the grammer and names are intact. There are some spelling errors, but those are occasional. The thing I was annoyed with though is that there are a few lines missing in each episodes, this is only one to three lines though, not bad at all. Content: Very nice show, its intresting and alot of fun to watch, I was hooked by this series and watch many episodes at a time. Packaging: Nice packaging, The gatefold for this was done well, the cds match the backgrounds well and the cds are securly held in the case Final Thoughts: a satisfying set and a very good effort put in by MI. The dvd intro menu was also well done.

Comment:

Awesome series! One of my all time favorites! Nice picture, good quality sound and near perfect subs. Nothing more you could ask for... Any fan of Eva needs to check this out; not that it should be compared, but Nadia definently holds its own!