What was the name of this special?

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Postby Fauna » 14 years ago

"F-Man" wrote:[QUOTE=Fauna;117614][QUOTE=F-Man;117612]Yeah, by buying bootlegs you're just supporting pirates. You're better off downloading the bootleg online, which is even easier. The copy I linked to is legit, but yeah it is region locked, hence why I mentioned the need for AnyDVD (which isn't free, but totally worth it). Even AnyDVD also has free alternatives though.


No, I swear, it's not a bootleg, rather the official Chinese release. I inspected everything about it thoroughly after buying, and it's even got the little holographic Tezuka Productions emblem on the back of the jacket. The same with Black Jack: Two Dark Doctors, which was also there.

I have no bloody idea why they'd all be fifty cents, though.[/QUOTE]

A lot of bootlegs have holographic emblems, I even got burned with a bootleg of Triton of the Sea that had one recently. If it is region-free it's almost 100% sure it's a bootleg. If it has English subtitles (you didn't say) then yeah it's absolutely sure. I'm almost sure this didn't get a release outside of Taiwan and Hong Kong though, or they'd be listed on Asian stores, and the two copies listed are region-locked.[/QUOTE]

I expected English subtitles on mine - there'd been a thread about this special years ago - but I was surprised to see there weren't any. So...yeah, now that you point out the matter of the holographic sticker, my faith in the DVD is down a little. (But hey, fifty cents...)
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Postby Dr. Jerk » 14 years ago

I would have called it a bootleg by the price alone anyway...

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Postby ASTROBUDDY » 14 years ago

Sometime ago I bought a copy on eBay. Haven't had time to watch it yet, but as it does have English subtitles (and only fairly grammatically correct ones at that) this must be a copy of that Chinese release everyone is talking about.

So if you cannot find it on eBay, best to go with Fman.

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