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trunkschan90
Joined: 08 Aug 2002
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 Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 3:42 pm
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I wish I knew enough Japanese to know what the heck is going on in the chapter. This makes me miss the series even more. I still need to find vol 9 of Tokyopop's Cyborg 009 to make my manga collection complete, but the prices for that volume are so high!
Why hasn't Sony uploaded the anime yet on their Crackle site, what's the hold up!!
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Hoofbites
Joined: 05 Oct 2010
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Location: under your porch
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:58 pm
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| trunkschan90 wrote: | | Why hasn't Sony uploaded the anime yet on their Crackle site, what's the hold up!! |
Probably the same reason why they only put out one uncut DVD volume of the '01 anime (which is still going for a song on Amazon): shows based on decades-old manga generally don't sell. I believe Sony didn't think it was worth releasing the whole series on DVD because of that. (Their license has probably expired by now anyway.) Had Funimation or Bandai released it instead, the story might have been different. Moreover, I seem to remember that the show got a pretty cold reception over here specifically because of its old-school look.
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E-Master
Joined: 21 Aug 2005
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:30 pm
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| Hoofbites wrote: |
| trunkschan90 wrote: | | Why hasn't Sony uploaded the anime yet on their Crackle site, what's the hold up!! |
Probably the same reason why they only put out one uncut DVD volume of the '01 anime (which is still going for a song on Amazon): shows based on decades-old manga generally don't sell. I believe Sony didn't think it was worth releasing the whole series on DVD because of that. (Their license has probably expired by now anyway.) Had Funimation or Bandai released it instead, the story might have been different. Moreover, I seem to remember that the show got a pretty cold reception over here specifically because of its old-school look. |
The story would of been different if 2001 Cyborg 009 was handled by a different distrubutor. Atleast Ishimori's Skull Man & 009-1 got excellent DVD releases except those two are a lot shorter than the 51-ish episode Cyborg 009. As of right now I'm still having hope there will be a day when the 2001 Cyborg 009 series gets a better full DVD release. Not sure when, but I'll still keep wishing for it to come.
Anyways back the subject. I too wish I knew Japanese to atleast know what the deal is with the cell phone scenes, but I do like how it retains the original look of the manga along with a 007 briefly turning into Kamen Rider(nice cameo). Anything related to Ishimori's works is worth reading or watching.
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Relairknight
Joined: 16 Mar 2007
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:35 am
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I remember trying to watch Cyborg 009 forever ago and couldn't really get into it. Now 009-1, that was great! Short like you said, but a really fun and entertaining little series.
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E-Master
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:59 pm
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| Relairknight wrote: | | I remember trying to watch Cyborg 009 forever ago and couldn't really get into it. Now 009-1, that was great! Short like you said, but a really fun and entertaining little series. |
I'm glad you do like that series. For me I like everything I've seen from Shotaro Ishimori. There's a lot of his works I haven't seen yet. As of now I'm watching some of his live action works that were either had a manga counterpart or no manga counterpart.
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