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biliano



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:38 pm Reply with quote
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AnimeonDVD wrote:
According to information received from various retailers and some other bits online, Toei has suspended the release of their two series, Slam Dunk and Air Master, with this months releases that never surfaced (volume 4 of Air Master and volume 5 of Slam Dunk). No future solicitations have been made past this volume and both series appear to be in dire trouble of seeing further release.


I'm not surprised by this move at all. I was able to rent the first volume of Slam Dunk a couple of weeks ago and you guys were right about how badly Toei butchered the presentation of the series (no extras, episodes don't play continuously, horrible dub acting, etc.). Hopefully Toei will re-release them and correct the vast problems that plagued the original releases of the discs. It's a shame that this happened because I was looking forward to watching Slam Dunk in hopes that this title, in conjunction with the vast popularity of basketball in North America, would help revitalize the dying interest in sports-themed anime.
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Nagisa
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:56 pm Reply with quote
biliano wrote:
Hopefully Toei will re-release them and correct the vast problems that plagued the original releases of the discs.


If they're doing re-releases, Interlude better damn well be on their list of titles to fix. Sad
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freshkazuki



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:46 pm Reply with quote
That's a real shame. I haven't seen Slam Dunk but I was a real fan of Air Master. The big problem on the Air Master dvds is that when you chose subtitles, it was close captioning, so when there was a sound effect along with the dialogue, it would say something like {sound of explosion}, or {laughing}. It was really annoying. I had heard of this problem with the second Ghost in the Shell movie so I couldn't believe it popping up on these dvds. I also saw Interlude and thought it was great even though I was a little confused by the ending. But I only saw it once. It was one of those shows that demands multiple viewings.
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IchigoKurosaki



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:24 am Reply with quote
That's too bad. Now I'm glad I didn't get Slam Dunk when i had the chance. Oh well. Thanks.
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