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NEWS: Saber Rider Comes to American DVD

On the fence as to whether or not I want to buy this or not. Great for nostalgia factor, since this was my very first anime. However, when I went back recently to watch some eps to see what they were like, I laughed from the sheer cheesiness factor (late 80s animation and acting). But the AoDVD forums said it gets pretty amazing at the end, and I don't think I actually watched all the episodes... so maybe.

The Japanese episode clips would be nice, just to compare.

It would be nice to have subbed Saber Rider or Star Musketeer Bismarck as its originally called, brought onto dvd. Tekkaman Blade was released that way so maybe this one will to?

Sorry. I liked Voltron, but if you have 5 Star Sheriffs in smaller mecha combining to form Saber Rider, then it's a copy, pure & simple. Even if there's only 1 giant freakin' robot, the 5-hero team is a similar gimmick.

Of course, Voltron probably ripped off Gatchman AKA G-Force, but G-Force didn't have a mecha... Just a cool spaceship... Wink

Combining mecha were used way back in Getter Robo, that's not something voltron started.

1. Chronological order is a good thing and mirrors what the German DVD release does. That edition also had a tonne of neat extras including lots of 5.1 bonus remixes of the BGM as well as various European dub excerpts and alternative OP sequences (I *love* the French version), so hopefully those will be in the US release.

2. Bismark/Ramrod is a transforming robot, not a combiner. If you see a comparison shot in-show, the individual vehicles are standard size and the main ship is frickin' huge.

Now if only WEP or VCI would allow a trade-in on their old "best of" set. I'm ashamed to admit how many times I've paid for some of these episodes by now and getting a bit of that back would be much appreciated.

Dub-only.

Voltron isn't the only super robot show from that time period, sure it's only one that came here that had any kind of success. And like Dunpeal said, there have been combining mecha before Voltron.

Anyway, gonna be looking forward to this. Hopefully, it'll get the same treatment as Tekkaman Blade.

Edited or Dub only = No thanks !

Most people will buy this for the nostalgia anyways, not for the original Japanese. Not even sure if all the original Japanese eps are still available** anyways, given how Japanese studios were sloppy with archiving back then. The video and sound tracks for these DVDs probably came from the American broadcast side.

[** Or niche sales justify worth tracking it down the old warehouses.]

That is, unless the Japanese themselves released the R2 DVDs relatively recently - then it should be easy to include the Japanese tracks.

Oh, come on guys! If we buy enough copies, maybe they'll consider releasing the Japanese subbed version, maybe... .

I'm all for the classics, but since this is dub only I'm not purchasing this.

My Christmas has come early with that announcement! I was so happy when I managed to pick up a Bismark DX last year and now I get to get the DVDs. Thank you WEP and it's about time. I've been emailing them for years begging this.

I don't think I could watch the Japanese version of this, not hearing Peter Cullen just use his Optimus Prime voice as Ramrod's computer (well both are transforming robots I guess) even just for 2 lines a show would be enough to render it wrong.
And yes, the later episodes are a far cry from a lot of the throwaway episodes early on.

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