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Giant Mecha News

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-just-gundam-anymore dept.

da3dAlus writes "Starting next week, Monday Feb 24th, from 4-5pm est Cartoon Network's Toonami starts a Giant Robot Week. The lineup currently includes episodes of Nadesico, Dia-Guard, Robotech, and Evangelion (yes, NGE is slated for the block, but only on Mon/Tues). Also in Evangelion news, AnimeNewsNetwork reports Gainax is finalizing the re-release of the boxed set of NGE. This set includes re-worked (audio/video enhanced) versions of the original 26 episodes, the 4 'remake' eps from laser disc, and a bonus disc with creditless opening/closing video, trailers, and live-action edition of the film. The final cut of the Evangelion movie-- Death(True)2, Air, and Magokoro wo Kimi ni--will also be included. The discs will be in a limited edition art box, and will retail for ~$322 on or about June 25th, with a reservation deadline of April 14th. After that, the new set will be released separately without the box."

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  1. Re:Kids stuff? by Zelet · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You are going to get Karma raped. I just happened to insult the viewers of this stuff and I was shot down to -1 in about 5 mins. I hope you don't like having an opinion or karma - cause both get shot to shit on slashdot.

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  2. Re:Robotech by Flamerule · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I'm glad they include Robotech. That in my opinion is one of the best early mech shows.
    I always see people say this, and my experience just doesn't jive, so here goes...

    Are we talking about the same Robotech? The very first Macross series, that starts off with the short history of Macross island, and then we get the invading fleet, and that dude who is accidentally locked in a mecha?

    My brother picked up a small box set of 3 DVDs, with ~6 episodes each, called "The Macross Legacy", or something to that effect. DVD quality is awful, there are no options, it's dub only. The dub is unbelievably awful. The animation quality is pretty poor, but I know it's old, and I could deal with it if the voices were passable, and they aren't. (Incidentally, I feel the exact same way about the Mobile Suit Gundam the Cartoon Network was playing in Adult Swim a while back - just can't deal with the dub.)

    Is that the great, exalted Robotech? What's the deal?