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Astro Boy Box Set --DVD
Osamu
Tezuka's Mighty Atom finally on DVD. This is the original series as
seen on US TV in the '60s. 51 English language episodes on 8 discs with
numerous extras.
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Astro
Boy: The
Complete Series Box Set-- DVD
Here's the
new Astro Boy series as seen on Cartoon Network. The entire
50 episode series on 5 discs, with 29 episodes never seen in the US.
Includes featurette: "The Remaking of Astro Boy."
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Gigantor:
Volume One-- DVD
"Bigger than big, stronger than
strong, ready to fight for right against wrong." Rhino has collected
all 26 black and white episodes of the first season of Gigantor, as
Mitsuteru Yokoyama's Iron Man no. 28 or Tetsujin 28 was known in this
'60s cartoon classic. Many extras enhance this beautifully packaged
four disc set.
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Gigantor:
Volume Two-- DVD
Season two, episodes 27- 52, black
and white, the continuing adventures of Gigantor and Jimmy Sparks.
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Tetsujin
28: Monster Resurrected--
DVD
Volume One of the new, color
Gigantor 2004 revival series. Includes beautiful series box which can
hold five more DVDs (vols. 2-6).
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Speed
Racer: Volume One-- DVD
"Here he comes, here comes Speed
Racer; he's a demon on wheels." From 1967 and Tatsunoko productions,
this may be the most popular anime of all time. A hit when MTV and
Cartoon Network rebroadcasted this 52 episode series, and now available
on DVD. The Dexter's Lab "Mock Five" episode, parodying Speed Racer was
voted number one in a Cartoon Network poll of the best new 'toons.
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Speed
Racer: Volume Two-- DVD
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Speed
Racer: Volume Three-- DVD
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Robotech
Protoculture Collection--
DVD
Of the making of versions of
Robotech, to paraphrase Solomon, there is no end. The best versions are
the Robotech remastered sets, with improved picture and sound and a few
added scenes, but here's the whole story of this '60s space opera in
one affordable set. Like Star Blazers, many anime fans have wanted to
see the whole Robotech series, but the price of individual DVDs was
prohibitive. Now's your chance to see the old school anime that started
it all.
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Super Dimensional Calvary- Southern
Cross-- DVD
Robotech was created from three
Japanese series: Super Dimensional Calvary: Southern Cross, Genesis
Climber Mospeada, and Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. Now the first
two series are available on DVD for those who'd like to see the
Japanese originals. As with G Force and Battle of the Planets, both
variations of the original Gatchaman, numerous viewers love Robotech,
but many anime fans are discovering these original Japanese series.
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Genesis Climber Mospeada-- DVD
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Transformers-
First Season Collector's Edition- DVD
These are the very
first
Transformers shows, created after Takara's transforming robot toys were
licensed to Hasbro as Transformers. The title of the 1985 Japanese
series roughly translates as "Fight Super Living Robots Transformers."
You know something with a name that cool had to catch on, and
shortened, it brought the
first wave of mecha to the world. This Rhino set includes the first 16
episodes on three DVDs, with Japanese show openings and bumpers and
other
extras on a fourth disk. This boxed set also includes two limited
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Transformers-
Season Two Part One-- DVD
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Transformers-
Season Two Part Two--
DVD
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Transformers-
Season Three Part
One-- DVD
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Transformers-
Season Three Part
Two-- DVD
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Transformers:
The Movie-- DVD
Now on DVD, this is
the
American version of the fast-paced 1986 film that brought Takara's toys
to
the big screen. The International version has additional opening and
closing scenes, but as usual, Rhino has sprinkled in extras on the
DVD like storyboards and an inteview with the composer of the popular
and varied rock soundtrack. A cussword
was thrown in to get the film a PG rating in theaters--a G rating
seemingly
the kiss of death for anything but a Disney film. There are nearly 400
reviews and comments about this film on Amazon. People disagree
violently about it, but most herald it as a seminal reminder of the
days when Transformers and G.I.Joe ruled '80s afternoon TV. This film
flies at the speed of
light, but it makes me remember how great Transformers were. The
version
I'm really enjoying now is the much slower-paced new incarnation of
Transformers
Armada airing on Cartoon Network's Toonami block. |