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hi
sorry for the long delay in replying
I was reading on another forum just a couple of days ago, apparently DVDboxoffice game orders are starting to get hit for customs now
I think that was the first time i've heard for certain of a DVDBO order sent using normal mail to get hit.
I thought i'd better post a warning as it's quite possible the days of them being customs safe are over, and that they may well be as safe/unsafe as any other retailer now.
On to happier things.
Has anyone here got the new UK Cowboy Bebop release?
I've just been watching disc 1 and the DVD quality is pretty good, no major problems that I've been able to spot (some very slight rainbows along some white edges, but i only caught them a couple of times). The menu is nicely done (I beleive it's based on the R2 Japanese menu rather than the R1).
My only gripes with the disc is that the only extras are some trailers for other Beez releases (see below), and that it doesn't seem to have a timecode that displays on the player at all (unless i've managed to turn it off on my Toshiba).
I'm hoping that the later releases will have the extras from the R1 and that the reason for not having them on this disc is because it had 5 episodes (so moving the main extras onto the remaining discs would even out the running time, and no doubt BBFC costs etc a bit)
The trailers are for Wolfs Rain, .Hack//Sign, and Witch Hunter Robin.
All three look very nice (no real signs that I could see of the ntsc>pal conversion) and are basically the opening sequences from the respective series.
My second Bebop disc should be arriving tommorow or Saturday with luck as it was posted on Tuseday.
[edit]
i wonder if Spie would notice if I follow Cykey's advice from another thread and slip a dedicated anime subforum into DVD and Home Cinema?
sorry for the long delay in replying
I was reading on another forum just a couple of days ago, apparently DVDboxoffice game orders are starting to get hit for customs now
I think that was the first time i've heard for certain of a DVDBO order sent using normal mail to get hit.
I thought i'd better post a warning as it's quite possible the days of them being customs safe are over, and that they may well be as safe/unsafe as any other retailer now.
On to happier things.
Has anyone here got the new UK Cowboy Bebop release?
I've just been watching disc 1 and the DVD quality is pretty good, no major problems that I've been able to spot (some very slight rainbows along some white edges, but i only caught them a couple of times). The menu is nicely done (I beleive it's based on the R2 Japanese menu rather than the R1).
My only gripes with the disc is that the only extras are some trailers for other Beez releases (see below), and that it doesn't seem to have a timecode that displays on the player at all (unless i've managed to turn it off on my Toshiba).
I'm hoping that the later releases will have the extras from the R1 and that the reason for not having them on this disc is because it had 5 episodes (so moving the main extras onto the remaining discs would even out the running time, and no doubt BBFC costs etc a bit)
The trailers are for Wolfs Rain, .Hack//Sign, and Witch Hunter Robin.
All three look very nice (no real signs that I could see of the ntsc>pal conversion) and are basically the opening sequences from the respective series.
My second Bebop disc should be arriving tommorow or Saturday with luck as it was posted on Tuseday.
[edit]
i wonder if Spie would notice if I follow Cykey's advice from another thread and slip a dedicated anime subforum into DVD and Home Cinema?
Would be great! 
simply becuse there are a lot of noticable plot diffrences in the manga when compared to the anime- not much else as i said i,m still new to manga usally watch anime instead however the FLCL manga looks particulaly good might have a look at that 