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If you are to choose, which of these Astro Boy 2003 Box Set will you choose ? All of them are Japanese Version anyway.

Box Set 1
Box Set 2
Box Set 3
Box Set 4

I would get Box Set 2

If only 1, it would be #4 because I have to Korean set, & the #4 has the most important episodes other than those.

Those are all bootlegs... I would get the Korean release of the first 6 volumes plus the 7 last volumes of the Japanese release over at amazon.co.jp. And maybe volume 5 from Japan as well because the Korean release is missing episode 20.

EDIT: of those bootlegs, the 3rd one is the best because the series is on 6 DVDs instead of only 2, so the video quality will be 3 times better. However the quality will still be very bad compared to the official DVDs. They aren't in widescreen so some information will be cropped, and there may be a constant timer in the corner of the screen. The English subtitles will also be terrible, while the Korean discs would have 23 episodes with great subtitles. But do remember you would be giving your money to pirates for something you can get on the internet for free.

Back to the Korean and Amazon.co.jp Japanese discs, those require a region-free DVD player though. That or the AnyDVD software for your computer. AnyDVD would be required if you want to load subtitles over the Japanese volumes that don't have subtitles by default.

"F-Man" wrote:Those are all bootlegs... I would get the Korean release of the first 6 volumes plus the 7 last volumes of the Japanese release over at amazon.co.jp. And maybe volume 5 from Japan as well because the Korean release is missing episode 20.

EDIT: of those bootlegs, the 3rd one is the best because the series is on 6 DVDs instead of only 2, so the video quality will be 3 times better. However the quality will still be very bad compared to the official DVDs. They aren't in widescreen so some information will be cropped, and there may be a constant timer in the corner of the screen. The English subtitles will also be terrible, while the Korean discs would have 23 episodes with great subtitles. But do remember you would be giving your money to pirates for something you can get on the internet for free.

Back to the Korean and Amazon.co.jp Japanese discs, those require a region-free DVD player though. That or the AnyDVD software for your computer. AnyDVD would be required if you want to load subtitles over the Japanese volumes that don't have subtitles by default.

Thanks for the information, however, I am not the one who want to buy it. Someone asked for my opinion actually.

I just have the american set so i wound't buy it anyway.

But Yeha i found myself guilty of buying this kind of releases once in a while i own the entire Lupin the 3rd series in bootleg it was only 60 bucks whit shipping for 182 episodes i do also own most of what is released of Digimon in bootleg if you count disc's that don't even come with a case i own everything from digimon that was dubbed in English (for TV broadcast) and the Magma Taishi OVA series as well.

And from back in 2007 i even bought everyhing that has been released from DragonBall/Z/GT in bootleg that was just stupid but i din't really care about suporting the industry at the time.

I do own another series in possibly bootleg wich isn't anime it's Journey to The West Live action series it's region free but it does come in 2 cases with disc art and a officall company and such so does anyone know if everything in China is region free ? i haven't even seen otherwhise.

"Tetsuwan Atom" wrote:And from back in 2007 i even bought everyhing that has been released from DragonBall/Z/GT in bootleg that was just stupid but i didn't really care about supporting the industry at the time.

It's not really about supporting the industry. When you buy bootlegs, not only you deprive the copyright holders of their money, but more importantly you give money to illegitimate industry which may well be connected to mafia-like organizations.

"fafner" wrote:[QUOTE=Tetsuwan Atom;170315]And from back in 2007 i even bought everyhing that has been released from DragonBall/Z/GT in bootleg that was just stupid but i didn't really care about supporting the industry at the time.

It's not really about supporting the industry. When you buy bootlegs, not only you deprive the copyright holders of their money, but more importantly you give money to illegitimate industry which may well be connected to mafia-like organizations.[/QUOTE]

I agree with you

"fafner" wrote:[QUOTE=Tetsuwan Atom;170315]And from back in 2007 i even bought everyhing that has been released from DragonBall/Z/GT in bootleg that was just stupid but i didn't really care about supporting the industry at the time.

It's not really about supporting the industry. When you buy bootlegs, not only you deprive the copyright holders of their money, but more importantly you give money to illegitimate industry which may well be connected to mafia-like organizations.[/QUOTE]

On the other hand I think supporting someone like Sony after they botched up the series is like praising a dog for pooping on your rug.
Mind you, you can now buy the official boxset used on amazon for about 8 bucks. I plan to do that eventually. I buy it legit and Sony doesn't get my money. Everyone wins. Well, everyone who matters ;p (Can you tell I'm bitter at Sony? XD)

Thats why I support Sony for differents things like games and music