Re: Kimba The White Lion DVD Set On Sale Today

On 29 Nov 2005 12:21:48 -0800, leo86@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Thank you for this valuable info. Even one episode uncut and in its
>original Japanese is better than none.
>
>I haven't seen any DVD release of this series before, only the VHS
>tapes released by The Right Stuf International. I didn't find the
>visual quality (in terms of color and brightness) on those tapes to be
>of the highest order. Are these new DVDs any better in those terms?

Short answer: Incredibly better.

Long answer: The VHS tapes, and the DVDs released thru Rhino, were made by
using collected 16mm prints that were originally sent to individual TV
stations to broadcast. These prints were 30+ years old, worn, and on
Eastman film stock which is notorious for rapid color fading. The new DVDs
use visual materials from Tezuka Productions, who own the original
negatives, and who transferred them to DVD brilliantly a couple of years
ago.

These pages
http://kimba.tvheaven.com/ex1.htm
http://kimba.tvheaven.com/ex8.htm
were created to compare the old Rhino DVDs with the Japanese DVDs.
The NEW Kimba DVDs look identical to the Japanese DVDs.
.

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