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botmaster2005
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 Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: Time Bokan |
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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
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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! 
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. |
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botmaster2005
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| Toraman wrote: | 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!
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. |
Thanks  I went and had a look on CPM's site, they had a couple of images and they were from the clip I watched so I at least know the stuff I saw is available on R0 DVD , which I just nabbed for £4... £4!!!! off of that play trade thingy, fingers crossed it works out ok.
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Toraman
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| botmaster2005 wrote: | | Thanks I went and had a look on CPM's site, they had a couple of images and they were from the clip I watched so I at least know the stuff I saw is available on R0 DVD , which I just nabbed for £4... £4!!!! off of that play trade thingy, fingers crossed it works out ok. |
Sounds like you got good deal.
A lot of people say avoid R0 DVDs as they're probably bootlegs, but many of CPMs DVD are R0 so they're totally fine.
I've never seen any of that show, so I hope it's good! |
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botmaster2005
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| Toraman wrote: | | botmaster2005 wrote: | | Thanks I went and had a look on CPM's site, they had a couple of images and they were from the clip I watched so I at least know the stuff I saw is available on R0 DVD , which I just nabbed for £4... £4!!!! off of that play trade thingy, fingers crossed it works out ok. |
Sounds like you got good deal.
A lot of people say avoid R0 DVDs as they're probably bootlegs, but many of CPMs DVD are R0 so they're totally fine.
I've never seen any of that show, so I hope it's good! |
Thanks yeah at 4 pounds either im in for trouble or somebody up there was sending me a sign! I think when they say avoid region 0 they must mean like the ones coming from origins unknown, plus Central Park Media have been going for ages. anyhoo I'll let you know if it's any good.
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OK, it arrived 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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| botmaster2005 wrote: | 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. |
Cool, sounds fair enough. Might keep an eye out for it if I'm feeling in the mood for a cheapo oddity. |
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