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Originally posted by Checkmate:
I definitely wouldn't qualify as much of an otaku, but for what it's worth, I grew up watching G-Force: Battle of the Planets pretty religiously as a very young child. Later on, my attraction to Japanimation morphed into the form of a Voltron obsession. I still have my Matchbox 11" die-cast Voltron III Deluxe Lion Set with the detachable lions that I acquired in the mid-1980s sitting in its original box. Joy.



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You are aware of the Battle of the Planets DVD releases, right? Those are a fanboy like mine's dream come true!

Each DVD has two episodes of Battle of the Planets (the Sandy Frank American release), one episode of G-Force (the Ted Turner repackaged release) and, hold onto your hat, the corresponding and remastered subtitled Japanese original Gatchaman episodes!

It'll amaze you at how much was editted out of the American syndication of that show. Gatchaman is still impressive today. That animation and story-telling was way ahead of it's time.

I've got the first six DVD's, and look forward to the rest of them. I can't wait to see the episodes that never made it over. You know Zoltar turns out to be a girl, right? After her identity is revealed, she drops the mask and goes the rest of the series that way.

Jason winds up taking a suicide mission and of course diers, and the drama get's thicker! Man, I can't wait to see what I missed out on as a kid!

You're a Voltron fan too huh? Did you ever see any elusive episodes of Voltron II? The Lions were Voltron III, the 14 vehicle Voltron was Voltron I, but Voltron II was three humanoid robots that could combine to form some six armed giant robot. I have never seen an episode of that, but would love to.

I have me a die-cast Voltron III as well, but mine is the re-packaged re-release Kay Bee toys did of it just a few years ago.

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Originally posted by DaBootman:
Woohoo. I have to say, my bro got me into the anime scene, i havent really broadened on it by myself, but Project Ako was the funniest thing iever saw to date. We had it on subtitles on a Vhs when i was just a young'in yet. lol Oh my god that was a hilarious anime. And since my bro was big into it and his friends were too, we'd get to gether and watch alot of anime most weekends and such. Good stuff. The last thing two things i remember watching that were anime were Ghost in a shell, and Something Star...I cant remember what it was, but the one with Star in the title was a series of like 5 Dvd's i believe. Either way, good stuff. Thanks for list lou, i'll check into some of the stuff you listed there. But Project a-ko is by far my favorite yet.

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I think you're trying to think of Outlaw Star. I got the DVD box set of that. I nabbed it up for $1 at this media warehouse I used to work at that closed down.

Yes, Project A-Ko was a sweet one. So many parodies in there, you had to be a real Japanese animation geek like I was at one time to catch them all.

If you plan on seeing any anime anytime soon, you can't go wrong with:
Ninja Scroll
Vampire Hunter D -Bloodlust
Grave of the Fireflies (I weep like a little girl everytime I see this one)
Fist of the Northstar

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IMHO, the blazing sword is the American Express card of the Voltron III universe. He should never leave home without it.

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I can recall only one episode when they killed the Robeast without the Blazing Sword. Voltron (III that is) whipped out a pair of nunchaku and literally went to town on that sucker! It was very cool, to say the least.

I would like to get my hands on some original Japanese episodes of all three of those series'. I know Voltron III was butchered to hell by the time we got to see it, you can go back and watch those episodes and see the lousy editting we couldn't spot as kids.

And, for that matter, if Gatchaman/Battle of the Planets is any indication, we probably missed out on a truckload of storylines and plot twists too.

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