[thechat] Anime commentary (was: sharks (was: rationality))
William Anderson
neuro at well.com
Wed Jan 8 10:29:59 CST 2003
Luther, Ron wrote:
> Okay.
>
> You guys are the pros.
>
> Can you get the old "Astro Boy" episodes on DVD?
In Japan (region 2) there are four box sets available (well, three, the
fourth comes out in a week and a half)
Box 1:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NJO8
Box 2:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005V1HZ
Box 3:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006ALZV
Box 4:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007JMIU
Looks like there's a box set in Hong Kong (R3) too
http://www.animecastle.com/ACDV-885A.html
Oh, there's a couple of laserdiscs knocking about ...
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilm/product/film_info/0,3699,2344913,00.html
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilm/product/film_info/0,3699,2356002,00.html
but I dunno if that's any good to you :)
So beyond that, all I could find were some NTSC VHS stuff from the 1980s.
If you want the original 60s episodes on DVD, you're going to have to hunt
for a friendly importer methinks. Oh, and learn Japanese :)
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