Escaflowne on DVD
05-11-04, 06:42 AM
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Escaflowne on DVD
I have seen two versions of Escaflowne released on DVD in the USA;
1: 8 discs, plus an action figure, Region 1 encoding with English soundtrack only.
2: 3 disc import, English and Japanese with option English subtitles, supposedly plays on all DVD players.
I don't want to get ripped off, so I am asking: which of these are better to buy? I play most of my DVDs on my computer, which has Divx and Windows Media Player.
1: 8 discs, plus an action figure, Region 1 encoding with English soundtrack only.
2: 3 disc import, English and Japanese with option English subtitles, supposedly plays on all DVD players.
I don't want to get ripped off, so I am asking: which of these are better to buy? I play most of my DVDs on my computer, which has Divx and Windows Media Player.
05-11-04, 06:47 AM
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My little brother got the 8 DVD set with Box sans figure from RightStuf.com for about $85 on sale about a month and a half ago. He said that the quality was great and they played fine.
05-11-04, 07:10 AM
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The 3 disc is most likely a bootleg version. I'm not aware of any 3 disc legit version. MOST of the time, you can tell an anime bootleg if it is region 0 (all region) or has chinese subtitles in edition to the english subtitles. That being said, I wouldn't recommend buying a 26 episode series on 3 dvds. That would be 8 or 9 episodes per dvd. Most likely the video quality would be suboptimal.
I have the US released 8 disc version and like it very much. Don't support bootlegs and get the US version.
Hope that helps.
Michael
I have the US released 8 disc version and like it very much. Don't support bootlegs and get the US version.
Hope that helps.
Michael
05-11-04, 10:12 AM
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The first one actually has Japanese audio too.
If you're not hell-bent on getting the box and the figurine, it would probably be cheaper to pick up the individual discs. They run $11 each on buy.com and seem to be eligible for their "buy 4, get 1 free" deal.
If you're not hell-bent on getting the box and the figurine, it would probably be cheaper to pick up the individual discs. They run $11 each on buy.com and seem to be eligible for their "buy 4, get 1 free" deal.
05-11-04, 10:43 AM
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Definitely get the 8-disc box set. As has been said already (several times, but what the hell 
), it's legitimate and includes both the dubbed AND subtitled versions.
I own it and and love it. It's an excellent series.
), it's legitimate and includes both the dubbed AND subtitled versions.I own it and and love it. It's an excellent series.
05-14-04, 01:39 PM
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I bought the LE box set verion (8-disc box, numbered + action figure) when it came out. It's a great set. It has both original Japanese audio as well as an excellent English dub.
Definitely get the 8-disc version from Bandai. Especially it is now much cheaper to buy the discs individually after a recent price drop. Don't fall for the 3-discer bootleg. Support the local anime distributors so that they can afford to bring us more good animes from Japan
Definitely get the 8-disc version from Bandai. Especially it is now much cheaper to buy the discs individually after a recent price drop. Don't fall for the 3-discer bootleg. Support the local anime distributors so that they can afford to bring us more good animes from Japan
05-14-04, 08:53 PM
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Definitely got the 3 disc version by accident... but definitely like it. I've compared video and audio quality to the other version and it's the same, only $60 cheaper.
