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Feature Presentation:
Special thanks to Right Stuf International for sending me a pre-release copy for a review for this site. This is a preview of what's going to be release, so not all information will be available until then. I find this Anime a little cute, yet silly at the same time. It's a mix of transforming into animals & "Power Rangers" robots battles, with a twist laughing fun. It's a cool combonation. The music is quite a beat.
Video:
Right Stuf International has work on it really well. This Anime is pretty old, but the animation is still pretty good. Clear & smooth, there is a little static here & there. There is only little annoying is the "Dolby Digital" logo if you selected to "Play All" mode. Usually, this logo is shown during the being when you load the disc. Anyways, since the episodes are all on different tracks, it will have a little loading time whrn you move on to the next episode. By the way, 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:
I find the dubbing really well done. The voice of Akumako might sound familiar to you. It really suits it the evil little bug. It's about 85% of the original Japanese.
Audio 01: English 2.0:
The English track isn't the default on this DVD. You still have to switch it if you want to watch it in English.
Audio 02: Japanese 2.0:
The Japanese track is the default track. It's great that both Japanese track & English track are at the same volume, so I don't have to adjust the volume of the TV while changing the tracks.
Subtitle:
There are two tracks of subtitling. One track is for the sign subtitling & the other one is for the Japanese dialogue. The font is easy to read. All the subtitling are in yellow, the color white is use for Japanese sign & texts.
Menu Option:
The menu is really animated. You got the "Play All", "Episodes" selection, "Extras" & the "Set Up". All the clips you see in the main menu are from the opening of the series, but the the music in the background is from the original opening that you can see in the extra section. Simple & easy to use interface.
DVD Extras:
There are many extras to find on this DVD. My favorite is the dubbing outtakes. I keep laughing at part of the outtake. Make sure you watch the episodes first before watching the outtakes. The rest are character bios, translation notes, an animated art gallery & the original opening for the 3 episodes. Personally, I perfer the original openings then the current one.
Packaging:
The package is pretty simple. On the cover, you get to see Wan, Bud, Mei-Mer, Tuttle & Yumi in a colorful background. In the back, you see the sexy Mei-Mer, with 3 screenshots on the top. The insert is the same as the DVD cover. Since this is a pre-release, there isn't any image on the DVD disc itself.
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 on different tracks on the DVD, so it will take a small time to load when you move on to the next episode. 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:
For a strange Anime, it packs a punch. Laugh it all out.
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