Forum - View topicTalk about quality extras.
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opaquescum
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The title says it all. I suppose that I have just become so used to poor quality on my DVD extras that when anything that is not the norm. Shows up, and more importantly something that is actually interesting. I almost jump out of my seat. Holy cow there is actually something worthy of watching here.
Recently I have been watching texhnolyze through netflix, and something caught my eyes in the extras section. A extra feature called outtakes. The voice actors simply put in a different dialogue. Takeing an otherwise serious scene, and trying to make it humorous. Useing their talents to poke fun at the series, and even take pot shots at the FCC, and so on. Most of its pretty humorous some not so much. What I like is that they actually took the time to put some real effort into putting something nice, and more importantly fun in the extras. I have to give props to Geneon on this. To finally get to the question does anyone else have any good extras story. Has there been a extra you have scene recently that is actually worthy of remark, and if so what was it. |
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Mylene
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Bubblegum Crisis (Animeigo NA release) has some of the best extras possible, with a ton of the music videos (some live, some anime) packed on each DVD. The show itself wasn't the best thing I'd ever seen, but I absolutely fell in love with those videos (and episode 8). Not to mention some great translation/information notes with regard Priss' seiyuu and singing and the character herself.
I've only recently even bothered looking at the extras listings, so I've probably missed a few fun ones from the anime I own. I'm planning a lot of rewatches in the near future, so I'll be looking out for the extras (as well as trying a few easter egg codes, like for Noir.) Last edited by Mylene on Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:58 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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v1cious
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yeah the Berserk dvds have the same thing. it's hilarious.
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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Oh yea those Berserk outtakes are just so funny. If I am looking for a good laugh I rather throw that in my DVD rather then a comedy. I also like the extra with Chrono Crusade the paper is a nice touch along with Azumaria classes, they have quite infomative information. Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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Key
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 Posts: 18430 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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Arguably the best alternate dialogue outtakes are the "Conversations With SSS" segments on Madlax. These tend to be on the longer side, and only work about 70% of the time, but they can be extremely funny. The last two volumes also have video tributes to a couple of characters who die, and of course there's the Easter Egg on vol. 6.
Midori Days is another series with a fine and very funny set of alternate dialogue outtakes. Amongst series without outtakes, some of the best sets are: Otogi Zoshi: Can't think of a series which consistently offers more meaty extras. Each of the six volumes includes an extra disc with lengthy round table discussions with production staff and university lectures on historical topics raised during the series, amongst other things. Over an hour's worth of extras per volume. Genshiken: Each volume had a bonus episode of the anime being watched by the characters in the volume, which included its own DVD menu which made the regular episodes look like the bonuses. Chrono Crusade: Lots of smaller, mostly explanatory extras plus the great "Azmaria's Classes" bits (or whatever they're called) which elucidated on topics raised in the series. Steel Angel Kurumi: The first season's four volumes each had lots of smaller extras, including creator notes. Excel Saga: Renowned for its extras, each volume had its "ADV Notes" feature that, when turned on, would pop up translation notes as you watched the series. Each volume also had lots of bonus weird stuff, including frequent hidden features and items of questionable taste (like the "find the mint" game which involved urinals). It even had jokes in the legal warnings at the beginning of each disc. Gatchaman: ADV really loaded up the disks with extras for their recent release. Edit: various clean-up Last edited by Key on Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:47 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Zalis116
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For me, the best extras are the kinds that help the viewers learn more about that particular anime, historical backgrounds, or Japanese culture. This is why I like TRSI releases so much, because they always have as much information as possible about the series and cultural aspects of it. His & Her Circumstanes is a great example, with translation notes on every disc (along with interviews and other extras, despite the high episode counts). Piano and Boys Be also have booklets with fair amounts of commentary. I'm sad that TRSI didn't get Comic Party: Revolution, simply because the extras on the discs and booklets for the first series were so well-done and humorously presented ("Stop! This is the back of the video. This DVD is prsented 'Manga Style' in authentic Japanese right-to-left format"). Chromartie High School is another good entry from ADV, due to its extensive on-disc notes about the obscure and not-so-obscure references in the series. Azumanga Daioh and Super Gals! are also series where you should go for the single discs over the thinpacks if you want the best understanding and enjoyment. Some older releases from Pioneer/Geneon, like Fushigi Yuugi and NieA_7, didn't have very many extras, but they did have some useful "footnotes" to explain a few things, like Chichiri's "no da" / "you know" sentence-ender. The re-released boxed set of Haibane Renmei has the Vol. 1 booklet, which has a lot of material to help explore the Haibanes' world a bit more. |
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Deltakiral
Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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I can't believe I forgot about Otogi Zoshi. The discussion disc alone has so much historical information about the period of Japan, and not only that it one of those time frames that I think most people are not as well educated on. At least from a student in US. I never learned anything about Japan, except when it was forced into open market trade. Key is right, this is probably the best extra provide by a series in terms of amount of extras. Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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MilkManX
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The Gunsmith Cats DVD has alot of good extras on it. Come to think of it not too many Anime DVDs have alot of Extras. Most of the Miyazaki ones have a feature on the Voice Actors and a second disc of all storyboards. I wish Zeta Gundam would have had some extras.
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IchigoK90
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For me an interesting extra that was added onto a DVD that I had purchased would be the "Reminicense of Final Fantasy VII" found on the the first disc of my 2 disc special edition of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. I found this to be a neat feature for people who have not played the game before and it also helps give an account of the events that had unfolded in the game.
"Believe it!" - IchigoK90 |
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Randall Miyashiro
 Posts: 2451 Location: A block away from Golden Gate Park |
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If you like outtakes, the Kenshin DVDs also has them. I for one tend to shy away from dubs, which lessens the impact from them. The Berserk DVD also has a very good interview with it's creator where he mentions the Guin Saga, and his wishes for a second season which spawned many rumor threads on this forum.
The other series with a bonus disc of extras is Planetes. The later volumes don't include an extra disc, but still have some cool extras. I really like the audio dramas set to simple storyboards on Planetes. They fit with the flow of the series very well. The online comics are very funny as well. The Infinate Ryvius extras are also amazing. The series also includes audio dramas that fit really well into the story as well as other parody extras that equal many minutes in length. The extras on the Area 88 tv series include very long interviews that add up to about a half hour per disc if memory serves. One warning is that they are filled with spoilers, and even the DVDs state you should watch the series first. It almost makes up for the fact that they spread 12 episodes over 4 discs. The Yugo extras are similar to the Area 88 ones in that they are lengthy. The ADV commentary is one of the best I've seen in English. They compile a new sequence of scenes to a very comprehensive take on Pakistan and Russia. These extras do make up for the fact that 13 episodes are spread out on 4 discs. I'm suprised nobody has mentioned the GITS SAC interviews. I considered giving away my Dolby copies of the series and just hanging on to the DTS copies, but those interviews are interesting. The real bonus however is the GITS SAC log book. The book is very high quality and it includes even more commentary than the series! Granted the log books are not included for free, but I still consider it as amazing extras to the series. The newly re-released Patlabor 1 has amazing extras. Once again this goes beyond the on disc extras. The storyboard book has been translated unlike the neat Samurai 7 Storyboards. The other book contains some great data including the covers for the various releases as well as a Patlabor chronology. There are numerous interviews including several by Oshii over a course of years. I wish that they would have a smaller interval between Honneamise titles. The new Macross DVDs also have some fun audio commentary as well as interviews. The first episode has the first english pilot version as well as the new dub. The translator interviews on the first two discs are very good, but absent on the third. The Voice of a Distant Star extras are amazing since they include all the different versions of Shinkai's first film. I think it also has both versions of the Japanese audio. I've always enjoyed DVDs that retain the original as well as the new versions of the audio, and wish that the Gundam Trilogy had the origianal mono audio on them as well. The first Patlabor movie retains the original dub as well as the newer 5.1, which like the Gundam films has re-recorded dialogue. It's fun to compare the takes side by side. |
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