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Feature Presentation:
Special thanks to Geneon Entertainment for sending a copy for a review for this site. Still in the past, Brandon & Harry got themselves in the biggest mafia, Millennion. However, they have to work themselves up the ladder. His goal is to be with his partner with Harry & to be with his Maria. You will get to see how Millennion, what they really do. Boy, it's a rough life to be with in a life of a criminal setting, fighting for survival & not doing anything stupid. However, Harry help Brandon out to seek the one thing he wanted, to see Maria. It almost got themselves into trouble, but Big Daddy, the Millennion top head, invited him to his villa & all that change. From that time, 5 years later, Brandon & Harry went higher up, however, Harry got other plans in motion, to be in Big Daddy "family" & it get tougher & things are getting serious. It's getting very interesting.
Video:
Geneon Entertainment did a very great job. 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 for the introduction & ending credits (they are translated in English). Each episodes are separated into 5 parts: the introduction, part A, part B, ending & the preview for the next episode! 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. 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 5.1:
Unable to test it, since I don't have a 5.1 surround system, I can't really say much.
Audio XX: English 2.0:
Just letting you know, there isn't an English 2.0 audio track on this DVD. This is artificially made from the 5.1 audio track, that's why I noted it as "XX". I found no problem with the audio, but I bet it would be alot more interesting with the 5.1.
Audio 02: Japanese 2.0:
No problem found.
Audio 03: Japanese 5.1 DTS:
Unable to test it, since I don't have a 5.1 DTS surround system, I can't really say much.
Subtitle:
Geneon Entertainment have selected a great font, very easy to read. They use green for the introduction & ending themes, the rest is yellow & white for Japanese signs & text. There are two tracks of subtitling. One track is for the sign subtitling & the other one is for the Japanese dialogue. I might note that every odd numbered episodes, the intro & ending subtitles are in English, while the even numbered episodes are in Japanese original text on this volume!
Menu Option:
The menu is also in widescreen format, but if got just a regular full screen TV, it will display in that format with no problem. The design remains the same, a very nice artwork of a menu. You can see some screens from the episodes in this volume. There is the "Play", "Screen Access", "Set Up" & "Extras". Selecting any options will make Brandon shoot the menu to process the command, which is really cool, also taken from the episodes on this volume. The background music is one of the music you will hear during the series, but the other section has no background music.
DVD Extras:
This time, there is only the conceptual artwork, all related to the episodes in this volume. That's about it. I wish there was more to see though. There is also the same video game trailer (in Japanese), where this Anime is based on, which isn't indicated on the package.
Packaging:
The design is kept the same as before. On the cover, you will see Harry & Brandon together, with a familiar face from the previous volume. I don't know why they didn't pick something that reflect the episodes on this volume, rather then the previous. Yes, there is also a metallic finish. On the back, they are many screenshots from the episodes in this volume, with all bullet shell all around. There is only one insert now, with an episode listing, along with a mini-poster, which is the same as the cover. On the DVD disc itself, matching the insert, remains the same, a brown-scale close-up of his gun.
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. All the episodes is 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:
As things started to heat up, you get to see Harry & Brandon work their way up in Millennion. You get to see how a mafia works from the inside. I wonder what will happen next.
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