Martian
Successor Nadesico Box Set
Yeah! I got the Martian Successor Nadesico Box Set. It of
course has it's ups and downs. But overall I think it is a pretty
good Box Set.
Menus
The menus are pretty good. Simple but
effective. There isn't a way to tell what language and subtitling
settings are currently set though, well that is until the last two
disks. Also the background graphics and audio remain the same throughout
the entire set, nothing big but there could have been a little bit of
change here and there to make things more interesting.
Subtitles
The subtitles are pretty good. There is some slight mistiming at
points, but nothing real noticeable. The subtitles match the
dialog pretty closely as far as I can tell. There are some points
where's there's so many subtitles going so fast that you can't keep up,
but that's not ADV's fault, Just too much dialog at one time.
Japanese Language Track
No issues that I can think of. (My preferred
track)
English Language Track
The English track isn't too bad.
Video
Overall I think the video transfer looks good.
There is some blocking, but you really have to look for it.
Someone also decided that the Japanese Logo wasn't good enough, and
replaced it, While the new logo is one of the better English Logo's that
I've seen, I don't think it was necessary the replace the original logo.
My only Major complaint is those horrible overlays, It wouldn't be so bad if
you had the ability to turn them off. Unfortunately this was not
one of ADV's considerations, my only Major complaint about the disk set. I feel one day here I'll have to attempt to get the Japanese release of
"Martian Successor Nadesico" to cover for this error.
While they're bad, I don't think that it makes me wish that I hadn't
bought the set, it only makes me wish that all Anime Companies would get
the clue that they should offer completely unaltered video tracks on all
of their DVD's. I must also connect to this that the Japanese
Opening and End credits are also not included, another feature that I
look for in DVD's.
Extras
-Character Bios
-Translation Notes
-English Trailers
-Credit-free Opening and Closing
-Lots O' ADV Previews (A.D. Police, ArctheLad, Princess Nine, Gasarki,
Bubblegum Crisis 2040, Queen Emeraldas, Generator Gawl, Spriggan,
Slayers: The Motion Picture, Battle Angel, Neon Genesis Evangelion, ADV
Various Promo, Lost Universe, Farscape, Shadow Warriors, Orphen) (went
to town didn't they)
Outline
Pros
-Good menus
-Translation Notes
Cons
-Horrible overlays (and no way to turn them off)
-Physical Extras could be better (pencilboard, graphics, ect.)
Dubb Opinions
General Opinions/Notes The
Case: This is my first encounter with one of
these "Omni Disk" Cases (6 in this instance). I'm sorry to say that I have
found that I don't like them. I suppose they are Ok, But I've
discovered through this experience that the Single/Double Cases are my
favorite. I realize that these Omni Disk Cases are probably cheaper, but I have
found them to be annoying. They're clumsy, you don't get as much
eye candy, this case had some of those really difficult to release
buttons that hold down the DVD (a real problem for someone as careful
with their disks as me). Versions
Viewed: Personally I've seen an RealMedia
Version, and the DVD Region #1 commercial version from the Box Set
released by ADVision. |