Re: "Highlander" Anime -- Really?

Phil Yff wrote:

I did some more searching and found a fairly extensive review that
contradicts the info at Amazon UK. The DVD specs are to the right and list
only English 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks. The text of the article provides
some additional explanation.

http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=13101

Thanks for the link!

But if that's true (the difference in length, I mean), that would explain why the English-language and Japanese-language Japanese releases are on separate DVDs - even in the box set. I wondered about that.

I assume you're referring to the Vampire Hunter - D Perfect Collection that
has the English language DVD, the Japanese language DVD, a DVD with extras
(the Vampire Hunter D legend storyboard), and an OST CD.

Yes. Fingers working faster than brain.

It's been several years since this went down, but when Madman was about to release the movie, they made a mad scramble looking for someone who had done a fansub; they announced the search on their boards, and someone reposted it to one of the anime newsgroups (I no longer recall whether it was r.a.a.m or something else). Apparently they didn't have time to do the translation themselves. They found a fansub script but then weren't able to put it into service, but unfortunately, I don't remember the technical details as to why the Japanese-language master wasn't considered satisfactory.

The fansub script was a hard subtitle put out by Digital Panic a couple of
years ago.

I'm referring to a different script, one by a Brazilian subber that was not put into general release. If Madman found anyone else who'd share a fansub script with them, I never heard about it.

I haven't seen it myself but it's reported to be a fairly
accurate translation. If that was the version Madman was dealing with
either the hardsub or the file used to create the hard sub would have been
problematic.

My understanding is that the problem was with the quality of the Japanese master itself. I think the fansub file being provided was plain text -- not even a timed version, just a translation.

Cathy Krusberg
vhd12090@xxxxxxx
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