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botmaster2005 · Ninja In Training Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 790

First off can anyone tell me if this clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YONcF6lL7es
is from Central Park media's Region 0 Dub/Sub DVD of said title? I can't work out if theres like a version from the 70's and this clip is from a remake .
Either way, I think i'm going to have to get this!
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Toraman · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject:

My computer won't let me install the new drivers so Youtube's gone and died on me, but wow Time Bokan's hella obscure! Very Happy

I can only link to ANN in terms of advice and maybe the sysnopsis will ring a bell:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/time-bokan-dvd

It was a popular title in Japan with a lot of episodes behind it so it might be hard to pin down. But from what I can see the TV series looks really old and rough whereas the OVAs (what CPM released) are more modern with their retro style... if you get what I mean. If it looks slightly shiny then it's probably the one imo, but yea that is a blind guess. Wink

botmaster2005 · Ninja In Training Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 790

Toraman · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject:

botmaster2005 · Ninja In Training Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 790

botmaster2005 · Ninja In Training Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 790

OK, it arrived Very Happy

very quickly just finished watching it, the first episode was alright, kind of like a whacky racers thing, but the second episode was where the good stuff was,

basically theres a secret kingdom where all the studio-Tatsunoko characters live, like gatchaman, casshan, tekkaman and others I've never heard of do battle with our witless trio of super villains, who pilot a giant schoolgirl mecha and use things like crying and acting vulnnerable to stop the good guys from kicking their butts, also theres some characters from a show called Yattaman which has a very catchy theme tune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIp-DdqCltU&feature=related
which sports a giant robot fire-dog called Yattaruff

its hard to explain this, its only really 30 minutes if you exclude the race episode, I guess they were doing a mazinkaiser, taking an old kids show and teening it up, so to speak, the Yattaman team members Gan-Chan and his girlfriend Ai-Chan are now grown up and newlyweds - cue lots of awkward mushy/horny moments often ending in their robot sidekick coitus-preventus-ing

All I can say is, if you see this, dont pay more than a fiver for it.
that said it will be a fiver well spent , because it was a lot of fun and I'll be keeping an eye out for any Yattaman related stuff.
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Toraman · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: