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Always wondered what the original Japanse version of Starfleet was like...



Seems very different to me! Not just a case of Japanese dialog instead of English, but the incidental music and sound effects are very different, and the characters seem to have a different tone (especially the Imperial Alliance characters).

PPA is still PPA, though.

I think its one of the rare cases where the Western version, at least, got better music than the original! Japanese opening theme can be heard at the beginning here:



Star Fleet legions are sent to save our e-a-rrrsssssssss...

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I think its one of the rare cases where the Western version, at least, got better music than the original! Japanese opening theme can be heard at the beginning here:

Interesting stuff!

I always thought PPA looked like a hornet - even more so here, with no arms and a stinger. (He's also called "PP Adamski", which is better than "Bongo Hercules", I suppose...) It's interesting that he rides along in the BrainCom fighter like R2-D2, too.

Lamia is having a *very* bad hair day...

So what's this about "remaster DVD" in the video description? One of the things that slightly bugs me about my DVD set from several years back is that the picture quality's a bit VHS in places.

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I think someone is attempting to remaster the DVDs to a higher quality. You may find more information here, though I'm not sure its the same project being referred to:

http://www.sfxb.co.uk/

Specifically:

http://www.sfxb.co.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard ... =1214;st=0

Hmm, they seem to have a FZeroOne too. Wonder where they found them...?

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On the subject of puppets, hands-up if you remember this Gerry Anderson inspired anime:



Thats what I thought, about the same number as remember "Gundam X". Well, look whats hoping to be back...

http://toybox.io9.com/a-new-gerry-ander ... rendacosta

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Those Soviets really didn't used to do things by halves...

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No. No, they didn't:

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !

Not for the squeamish... Especially PVFA - this is "EUGH" * 1000 !!

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I saw "The Wind Rises" the other day. If you've not fully up on your history of Japanese aircraft development between the wars, you might feel a little lost. If, however, you're a committed aerosexual <ahem>, then its just beautiful. I'd also forgotten until I saw the credits that the lead character is voiced by the guy that directed...

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Italian world-view?