What DVD special extras would you like to see?

[astroboiii]

HI guyz =D, New t0 the f0rums,
it's g00d t0 see i'm n0t the 0NLY 0ne c0mpletely in l0ve with astr0 and tezuka,

ne wayz, I jus bought / fnished watching the Astr0B0y part 1 DVD fr0m japan which has the first 30 eps.

I preferabbly like t0 watch my anime jap audio, english dubbed.

Are the eps in this madMAX collect0rs edition g0ing t0 0ffer th0se 0ptions?

btw that dvd i jus bought/watched was aws0me, still waiting f0r part 2 t0 c0me th0...... =\

[fafner]

Originally posted by astroboiii@Oct 3 2004, 05:41 AM
I preferabbly like t0 watch my anime jap audio, english dubbed.

Are the eps in this madMAX collect0rs edition g0ing t0 0ffer th0se 0ptions?

It is Madman, not Madmax, not the same thing

And I am afraid there will be only English dub, no Japanese version with English subtitles Except maybe the first of the 1960 episodes that may be added as a bonus with Japanese dub. But nothing sure.

[fafner]

Originally posted by Alastair@Oct 8 2004, 03:44 PM
Who thinks it's odd that Atlas was not one of the Greatest Robots?

Maybe because he is difficult to find... He is the one who contact you, not the contrary you see
More seriously, I think all the contestants beside Pluto were "good" aligned, Pluto's master wanted to eliminate them in the process. So Atlas, being "evil" aligned, didn't meet the requirements

[Haruka-chan]

Seems like we will be getting the Japanese 80s ep 1 & 2!! From the Madman Astro forum board:

Originally posted by Some poster+--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Some poster)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Also, it's too bad you couldn't get episode 2 of the Japanese version as an extra. Having episode 1 on there is great, but that only tells half the story of what was cut from the first dub episode. We won't get to see the big fight with young Atlas that was in the second Japanese episode.
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And then
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We've actually realised the missing episode 2 so we will most likely put it in with episode 1 to make it more complete.
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*keeps fingers crossed*

[Le petit robot]

First of all, I must say I'm quite happy to find out that Astroboy will be released soon on such a nice DVD set.

Regarding the extras, I really hope, like apparently, other members of this forum, that this set will include the french dub, i.e. the version I heard when I was young. Astroboy, or "Astro, le petit robot" in french, is a very appreciated anime in France and I'm sure this DVD will be a bigger seller if it's also in french. I just hope that somebody will read this topic and take our reactions into account.

I congratulate you for your site, certainly the most complete about astroboy on the web.

[Strange Wings]

Originally posted by Le petit robot@Oct 10 2004, 02:17 AM
First of all, I must say I'm quite happy to find out that Astroboy will be released soon on such a nice DVD set.

Regarding the extras, I really hope, like apparently, other members of this forum, that this set will include the french dub, i.e. the version I heard when I was young. Astroboy, or "Astro, le petit robot" in french, is a very appreciated anime in France and I'm sure this DVD will be a bigger seller if it's also in french. I just hope that somebody will read this topic and take our reactions into account.

Welcome to the forums, Le petit robot! It's cool to have another member in this forum who looks forward to a french audio dub of the Madman release.
I still haven't given up hope of including these french versions in the DVD box.

To ease your hunger, make sure to check out the following FTP-sites for french episodes:

Anapan's FTP:
ftp://ast:ast@207.81.227.247:6872

Fafner's FTP:
ftp://ftp_user:ESQhJ@fafner.homelinux.com/

Also there are some discussions going on about the french version. Here are some links you might be interested in:
Introduction to the french version (pages 1+2)
Message for Anapan

[DrFrag]

Originally posted by Alastair@Oct 8 2004, 11:44 PM
PS can anyone put names to the US actors for the characters?

The voice of Astroboy was done by Patricia Kugler Whitely, who is an actor at the Madison Theatre Guild in Wisconsin. She appeared in the movie Red Betsy last year.

I don't know who the other characters are voiced by, but most of the cast are still living in Madison, Wisconsin where the dub was done at the University there.

Richard Ganoung (voice actor) has appeared in a few Hollywood movies, but the only one I've seen is Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss. His voice acting is too good for me to tell which voices he played in Astroboy.

Del Lewis (voice actor and director) continues to work in acting and directing. I think he lives in Boston now.
Carl Battaglia (the other producer/director) lectures in writing studies at the University of Wisconsin.
Jay Rath (voice actor) still lives in Wisconsin and is a freelance writer. He's written several books on supernatural phenomena.
Greg Zerkle (voice actor) has guest starred in countless big-name US TV series.
The translation was written and co-ordinated by Kenji Kitatani, who is now a big executive with Sony Corporation. I think he handled a lot of the Japan-US liasing.

Madman have indicated they may want my help tracking these people down. I have a few e-mail addresses and phone numbers, but so far Madman haven't asked for any more details. It would be great to have a voice-actor commentary or even some kind of video postcard, but I suspect it's not likely this late in the DVD development.

[fafner]

Aaaahhhhhh! DrFrag is back Good to see you again