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EW, I will remember that...it really helps!
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Glad I could help! (I'm not that spiritual, per se, but that's what it took to get the differences to stick!)
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“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." --Ray Bradbury
Just an FYI for those interested: The new Gatchaman Complete Blu-ray/DVD set and the OVA's had been slated for release on October 29th, now Amazon is stating the release date is December 10th.
However, I've seen it on other sites still listed as coming out on the 29th, but just wanted to post that the release date might have changed. We'll have to see what happens I guess.
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Playing darts with the Condor's feather shuriken...
Looking forward to it, no matter when it is!
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Me too, TJ. It'll be nice to have a full Gatch I collection! (At least it'll complement my BOTP set. LOL).
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Playing darts with the Condor's feather shuriken...
I got the redone OAVs for Christmas, but due to family visiting this afternoon was the first time I had a chance to sit down and watch it. It's been a couple of years since I had seen the original OAVs, so my memory may be a bit faulty, but overall I found this new version to be a vast improvement.
They had the original cast from the ADVs, for the entire Science Ninja Team and Nambu and Katse (not sure about Red Impulse). Even better, you could tell from the voices that the cast had matured. Jun and Ken in particular didn't sound so 'young' and 'immature' in their roles, and they all sounded good. The only voice I felt that was 'worse' was Edwin Neal, as he did not give Katse that 'madness' in his acting that I had come to expect and love from the ADV versions. However they had a female voice for Katse in female/hermaphroditic form, which IMHO really enhanced that aspect of the character. I believe they did this as well in the Japanese version of the original OAVs? But now the English version has it too.
It was clear that they made an effort to link the OAVs more to the original Gatchaman series, using a bit more of the original series music than I recalled, and calling the characters by their original names (no more 'Jimmy', 'Rocky' or 'Solaris'). Also, they used 'BC Island' (where the second-in-command of the island was named 'Alan') for the power generator island, and 'Cross Karakorum' for the main headquarters, which I do not recall from the original OAVs. I really appreciate these nods to the fans of the original series!
Now I know there are those out there who turn up their noses at the ADV dubs, but I enjoy them (for the most part - like all animation, the voices have their ups and downs). For fans of the ADV dubs, they threw in a couple of lines, such as 'Cool your jets!' and 'What the cheese?' which had me giggling.
Overall, I truly enjoyed watching the OAVs again, and they seemed all new to me with the 'familiar' voices - more like an extension of the original series than something totally different. So I would give them a big thumbs up!
So yeah, IMHO the redone OAVs are well worth buying, even if you already have the first version.
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Hi all!
It's nice to see a review of this. I've had my copy of them for several weeks now, but haven't had any time to watch them.
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