Original Japanese 80's set

[Astro Forever]

Oh yes, I laughed at that stuff!

How did you extract them?

[Kaileocomial]

Short answer: Yes, it contains episodes 1 + 2 uncut.

I have it, and it's a bootleg. No official version has that cover, and certainly not at that price (not to mention the lack of region code). The official boxsets look like this:


Anyway, it's not too bad as far as bootlegs go. It's a 5-disc boxset containing episodes 1-26 of the 80s series. Picture and sound are good, box art is a little fuzzy. The subtitles are terrible. You can still make out what's happening, but the names are different and the grammar is pretty bad.

It does contain episodes 1 + 2 uncut. Cheaper than buying the Madman set just to watch them I suppose, if you don't mind Engrish subtitles.
If you want to watch the whole series uncut, the Manga boxset is good. They've reinserted a lot of small deleted scenes (mostly violence) and it's got dual audio and good subtitles.

For Japanese DVDs, CD Japan is a good site. Do a search for Tezuka and it'll show a huge collection of his work.
The official boxset 1 is here. US$182, no subtitles.

Sweet, yes I have the Manga boxset, it's good stuff. I really just want those two episodes. And this silly bootleg is only costing me about 20 bucks, so yeah, definately cheaper than the Madman box!

Thanks for clearing that up guys.

[mr skunk]

"My name is Scot."

Holy Moly...

[DrFrag]

Oh yes, I laughed at that stuff!

How did you extract them?

I used SubRip. Subtitles are actually stored as pictures, so this scans them with Optical Character Recognition. I also used DVD Decryptor for the first one, since the official discs are copy protected.

[Astro Forever]

Thanks!