Noriko Takaya Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Well, I know Media Blasters acquisition of Iria from Central Park Media has been old news for a while, but I had completely forgot about its new release until I saw the collector's tin in Best Buy today. Reading the back of the tin, it states that it has been remastered and contains loads of extras not found on the previous US Manga Corps release. Not to mention that it comes in a new nifty metal case. I was wondering if anyone out there has this, and if they do, what's it like? I really do not want to shell out the $40.00 for it if it is nothing more than a revamped copy of the original release. Have they improved upon the translation? Is the English dub the same or has it been redone? (My girlfriend will only watch anime dubbed despite my attempts at trying to get her to do the subtitled route.) Any comments you fellow Iria fans may have please share them. Quote
Anubis Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 (edited) Got mine in last week. The tin is rather nice as the pics below show. Inside the tin is a 3 disc dvd case with the red cover art shown in the online listings. The first two discs are the show itself, so split like that the remastered video quality seems quite good after a little spot checking. The English track is still the old one, with a 2.0 mix. The Japanese track has a 5.1 audio mix. Since I spot checked it I don't know wether the subs were revised or not, but I kind of doubt they went through any revision, otherwise I would say the packaging would have highlighted a new subtitle script along with the remastered video. Disc 3 is of course the extras disc, which has two Video Interviews, two VA interviews, a "Sing Along" (basically a Karaoke style playback of the intro) , and some Art Galleries. Not a bad release on early inspection. The tin is nice to have and the video should be a big imrovement over the 6 ep. single disc of old. I gave my old one to my brother and stuck this new tin next to my Akira tin. I guess if you have the old version it's a matter of wether those two things interest you mostly. For those that don't have the old one this is a no-brainer. It'll be a while before I actually sit through the whole show again though. On to the pics. Edited April 8, 2004 by Anubis Quote
Anubis Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Best Prices.com has it for $27.50. It's out of stock at the moment, but they are pretty good at getting items back quickly to fill orders. link Quote
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