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Feature Presentation:
Special thanks to Geneon Entertainment for sending a copy for a review for this site. The battle between the city's major gangs; the Organo, the Racan & the Salvation Union, have started & choas rings throughout Lukuss. Onishi, his secretary & Ichise was able to espace the choas, but not very long. Yoshii is still at his old game, making the situation far worst. Onishi & Ichise must fine out what is really going on before all hell broke loose. Another problem came about when someone want to kick out Onishi & become the new Organo's leader. Treachery & betrayal is all around them, so no one trust each other. However, with the choas settling down & everyone started regrouping, Ichise found something about his father.
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. As I mention before, there isn't much dialogue going on, as most of the storyline are representated visually. Oh, they even kept the original Japanese motto for "The Union" cheering. You need the subtitle for the Japanese dialogue to have the meaning in English. It's about 90% 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, very easy to read. They use green ending theme (don't need any for the introduction, no vocal) & the rest is yellow for the dialogue. There is only one subtitling track, which is for the Japanese dialogue. I guess there is no need for Japanese translations for signs & text. However, you won't get any subtitle for the ending theme, except if you turn it on. 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 menu remain the same, the texholyze menu screen to check if their cybernetics limbs are funcitioning correctly. If you see closely, you get to see some scenes from the episodes in this volume. There is the "Play All", "Screen Access", "Set Up" & "Extras". Selecting any of the options, you will have a little animation, like changing channels on your TV set. The background music is a background music from the series, though the other section doesn't have one.
DVD Extras:
This time, you will only get the non-credit opening, along with another set of funny outtakes. However, I do suggest to watch the series first for the full effect of laughter.
Packaging:
It remains the same design as before. On the cover, you see a nice artwork of Onishi getting ready to fight with his sword. In the back, a few small screenshots. Finally, there is a decription about this episodes on this volume, as well the same little information about Lukuss & Texholyze technology. You can see the another symbol, too, but I'm clueless what it means. The fun part about this is the episode list is on the side. The insert is just the same image as the cover, along with the chapter listing. On the DVD disc itself, just black with the symbol once again.
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:
Yoshii is really one bad guy, but don't you worry, his time will come. This series is getting really confusing & now one problem is over, another one pops up. I wonder what will happen next, but that will be to be continued...
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