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Feature Presentation:
Special thanks to Geneon Entertainment for sending a copy for a review for this site. This series keeps getting more mysterious by the episode, questions that isn't awnsered. We're back as we left out with Albert & his friends visiting The Count Of Monte Cristo's home in Paris & what a place it is. You will get to meet Haidee, The Count, well, a strange relationship between them. Being an aristocratic person isn't what it is suppose to be, such as love. Most aristocratic family are married for merger of money & prestige. However, Maximilien questioed their true feelings towards Albert about his feelings towards Engenie, which their family forced them to be engaged for those reasona alone. Insulted, Albert challenged Maximilien, nearly indangering his life. Lucky, The Count rescued him. In Paris, The Count got used to his new home, but there are questions raises on his fortune & mysterious hobbies of looking into one's secrets. As colorful this series is, there is a dark, yet haunting feeling.
Video:
Geneon Entertainment did a very great job. Crisp & clear, keeping the colorful bright, yet the mysterious feeling untouched. I found no problem, the image are clear & the color looks perfect. To top things off, the series is feature on Widescreen format. If you got a Widescreen TV, you're going to enjoy this even more. There is some watermarks done to the introduction & ending, translated in English. Since all the episodes are on one single track on the DVD, there is no loading time or changing tracks when you move on to the next episode. Each episode is split into 5 parts: introduction, part A, part B, ending & the preview! I do note that you can skip all those warnings & logos when you first load the DVD by just pressing the "Menu" button on your remote control.
Dubbing: English:
The English dubbing is well done. It's about 85% of the original Japanese.
Audio 01: English 2.0:
No problem found.
Audio 02: Japanese 2.0:
No problem found.
Subtitle:
Geneon Entertainment have selected a great font, easy to read, though a little small. There is no subtitle for the introduction & ending themes as they are in English already, but the color white is used for any text subtitling & yellow for the dialogues. One track is for the sign subtitling & the other one is for the Japanese dialogue.
Menu Option:
The menu is also in widescreen format, but if you got just a regular full screen TV, it will display in that format with no problem. Once again, as colorful this series is, the menu remains the same simple design, you see The Count & Haidee together. There isn't a "Play All", but a selection of each episode, "Screen Access", "Set Up" & "Extras". The background is the ending theme, but the rest of the section has no background music.
DVD Extras:
Witth so many extras from the previous volume, this one was a bit less. There is more of the commentaries from the Japanese voice actors. There is also another Japanese promotional trailer, but the classic version.
Packaging:
Keeping the same deisng, but I find it a bit less frashy color, but it's still very nice. In the cover, you will see Haidee & one of the The Count trusted servant. In the back, you see some screenshots from the episodes in this volume, along with a faint image of the other servant of the Count. The insert also have a list of episodes, along upcoming releases of the next volumes of this series. There is a mini-poster with Albert & his friends over the view of Paris. The DVD disc itself is very beautiful shiny artwork printed on it. Since the DVD case is a clear one, you might noticed the cover is a reversible one, but more of a pale color.
PC Viewing:
Watching it on the PC is the same as watching it on the TV. Very clean, no problem at all, very little pixel (little squares popping in & out), both normal mode & full screen mode. The sound is just great. The episodes are place on one single track as you play the episodes, so loading time is really small. You can fast forward to the first episode to the last episode with one move on your mouse! Like on your regular DVD player, you can skip the warnings & logos when you load the disc, just use the "menu" option to go to the menu screen.
Overall DVD Rating:
Boy, things keep on getting darker, more questions has yet to be awnsered. I guess that's what draws you to this series. The last episode really gives a very good chiff hanger, so honestly, I want to see what happen next.
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