Go Nagi-Mazinger Z and Cutey Honey coming to the U.S

TR0N · 10/07/2012, 03:01 AM

Man discotek media really shows they love 70's&80's anime for which is a good thing

Btw link is in the thread at neo-geo.com
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?238041-Discotek-Media-shows-lotsa-love-for-Go-Nagi

Now i all ways wanted to watch mazinger z uncut in it's original form,in the 80's it did come to the u.s as tranzor z.

SignOfZeta · 10/07/2012, 04:34 AM

I'm PUMPED for this.

After the US anime industry nearly implodes on itself, Discotek is turning into the best translation company in its history.

PunkCryborg · 10/07/2012, 05:22 AM

Awesome to see some classics getting love. Seems like everything released these days is just that moe shit so this is awesome!

Tatsujin · 10/07/2012, 05:35 AM

GohanX · 10/07/2012, 08:37 PM

I used to try to run home from the bus stop to catch Tranzor Z after school. I'll have to check it out to see if it holds up for my adult self. Sadly, most of the stuff I used to watch is better left in the past (I'm looking at you, Voltron.)

SignOfZeta · 10/07/2012, 09:05 PM

The entirety of Mazinger Z is vastly more interesting than the entirety of Golion. Golion is actually really shitty and nonsensically violent to a point of silliness. The other half a Voltron, Dairugger, is WAY better from a storyline perspective but still not that interesting. Both shows are quite simplistic and idiotic considering they were made post-Gundam/Macross.

As for dubbed versions...I don't know. I think only a fraction of Mazinger was ever translated and shown as Tranzor so its probably not worth much.

This set will be Mazinger and complete. Its a fascinatingly f-ed up show.

Anyone who likes Mazinger should damn well watch the 2009 re-boot TV series. That thing is one of the best shows in the last 20 years.

GohanX · 10/07/2012, 10:04 PM

I just read up on Wikipedia about Golion, Dairugger, and Voltron. Very interesting, I had no idea.

TR0N · 10/08/2012, 01:10 AM

Quote from: JKM on 10/07/2012, 10:04 PMI just read up on Wikipedia about Golion, Dairugger, and Voltron. Very interesting, I had no idea.

You didn't know that about voltron etc !? Just like today when a anime is brought over for u.s television the shows were often butcher.Still i am grateful for discotek media bringing over anime from the 70's&80's,in it's original form and none of this censor crap.

Arkhan Asylum · 10/08/2012, 10:41 AM

CUTEY HONEYYYYYYYY

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Nando · 10/08/2012, 10:49 AM

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 10/07/2012, 09:05 PMAnyone who likes Mazinger should damn well watch the 2009 re-boot TV series. That thing is one of the best shows in the last 20 years.

I wondered about that one. I will have to give it a chance.

Giant Robots FTW!

GohanX · 10/08/2012, 11:18 AM

Quote from: TR0N on 10/08/2012, 01:10 AMYou didn't know that about voltron etc !? Just like today when a anime is brought over for u.s television the shows were often butcher.Still i am grateful for discotek media bringing over anime from the 70's&80's,in it's original form and none of this censor crap.

I knew that it was originally from Japan, and that cuts had been done, but I didn't know that things had been completely rewritten, and that the vehicle Voltron was from a completely different series.

I watched the first few eps of Golion on Youtube last night, it certainly flows much better than I remember. The constant reusing of animation, while not as bad as US Voltron, is bugging the hell out of me.

TR0N · 10/09/2012, 02:12 AM

Quote from: JKM on 10/08/2012, 11:18 AM
Quote from: TR0N on 10/08/2012, 01:10 AMYou didn't know that about voltron etc !? Just like today when a anime is brought over for u.s television the shows were often butcher.Still i am grateful for discotek media bringing over anime from the 70's&80's,in it's original form and none of this censor crap.
I knew that it was originally from Japan, and that cuts had been done, but I didn't know that things had been completely rewritten, and that the vehicle Voltron was from a completely different series.

I watched the first few eps of Golion on Youtube last night, it certainly flows much better than I remember. The constant reusing of animation, while not as bad as US Voltron, is bugging the hell out of me.

Yeah i didn't know that either when i use to watch both voltron shows,as a kid.Looking at it now 'the most good thing i can say about it is the music.I been meaning to pick up "golion and armored fleet dairugger" on dvd to see the differences for myself.

SignOfZeta · 10/09/2012, 03:30 AM

I'm not sure exactly how I figured it out, but as a kid I was always aware of the Japanese origins of shows like Battle of the Planets, Ulysses, Voltron, etc. Maybe my mother explained it to me, but once I knew what anime looked like it was always easy to pick the stuff out.

Deletion · 10/09/2012, 10:26 AM

I remember Tranzor Z but never saw much of it. This box set will be the perfect way to revisit this series.

Zeta mentioned Battle of the Planets above. Is there a definitive box set for that show? And how about Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato)??

GohanX · 10/09/2012, 11:56 AM

Quote from: TR0N on 10/09/2012, 02:12 AMYeah i didn't know that either when i use to watch both voltron shows,as a kid.Looking at it now 'the most good thing i can say about it is the music.I been meaning to pick up "golion and armored fleet dairugger" on dvd to see the differences for myself.

They (along with Voltron) have full episodes up on Youtube posted by the company that has the rights. The quality of the DVDs are probably much better though.

I normally am not for censorship, but there's plenty of things in the Japanese version that my 5 year old self probably shouldn't have been exposed to. They really have no problems whatsoever with mercilessly killing people in this one, they even had someone commit suicide in the last episode I watched.

TR0N · 10/10/2012, 12:23 AM

Quote from: JKM on 10/09/2012, 11:56 AM
Quote from: TR0N on 10/09/2012, 02:12 AMYeah i didn't know that either when i use to watch both voltron shows,as a kid.Looking at it now 'the most good thing i can say about it is the music.I been meaning to pick up "golion and armored fleet dairugger" on dvd to see the differences for myself.
They (along with Voltron) have full episodes up on Youtube posted by the company that has the rights. The quality of the DVDs are probably much better though.

I normally am not for censorship, but there's plenty of things in the Japanese version that my 5 year old self probably shouldn't have been exposed to. They really have no problems whatsoever with mercilessly killing people in this one, they even had someone commit suicide in the last episode I watched.

That's good it is on youtube yeah a while back it was released again through funimation.As for the amount of the violence in the original version of the show it's funny how the japanese consider that to be normal in a cartoon,while in the u.s it's not.Perfect example in voltron villagers that are killed were change to "oh there just stunned"

SignOfZeta · 10/10/2012, 01:35 AM

The level of violence in Golion is above average for sure, more like something in an OVA aimed at 20 somethings than a toy commercial aimed at kindergardeners. There is one scene where the king buries a bunch of rebels in the ground up to their heads and then has his soldiers have a contest to see how many HEADS they can COLLECT. There are literally children being cut in half and extremely violent colosseums fights with bloody limbs flying everywhere.

In a show like Zeta Gundam half the cast is killed before the series ends, and there are tons of NPC deaths in every episode, but there is nowhere near the amount of just...ridiculous pointless violence. Its like 10 year olds wrote this show because the killing in Golion is the epitome of gratuitous. There's just no fucking point to any of it other than it being something to animate. Over the course of the series two main characters die...yet when this happens its barely even shown.

Its a fascinating show, but its not particularly good or anything.

EDIT: I just remembered that the princess's cousin is kept in Syncline's rape dungeon for virtually the entire series. Sometimes she escapes, but until the end of the show she's mainly in the dungeon. Its...pretty obvious she's getting raped down there regularly, and its also pretty obvious that Syncline likes her because she (and the princess) look like how he imagine's his mother (who was human) must have looked.

GohanX · 10/10/2012, 09:59 PM

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 10/10/2012, 01:35 AMThe level of violence in Golion is above average for sure, more like something in an OVA aimed at 20 somethings than a toy commercial aimed at kindergardeners. There is one scene where the king buries a bunch of rebels in the ground up to their heads and then has his soldiers have a contest to see how many HEADS they can COLLECT. There are literally children being cut in half and extremely violent colosseums fights with bloody limbs flying everywhere.

I watched that ep last night! In the same episode, they were feeding the living slaves using the remains of the dead slaves and making them fight for it since it was their only food. WTF? The Golion emperor is one of the most evil fucks I've seen in fiction.