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DVD Title |
| Super Star God: Gransazers: Official
Super Mech Video |
| International Title |
| The
Gransazers: Fight! Super Star God's Decisive
Battle in Tokyo |
| DVD Length |
Original Length |
| 16 Minutes |
15 Minutes |
| Company |
Year of Manufacture |
| Shogakukan |
2003 |
| Language |
Subtitles |
| Japanese |
None |
| Region |
Number of Discs |
| 2 |
1 |
| Aspect Ratio |
Sound |
| 1.33:1 |
2.0 Stereo |
| Extras |
| . |
Commercials (1 Minute) |
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| Captures |
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| Review |
| This is a promotional DVD that was released
by Shogakukan for the 2003 show The
Gransazers. To be honest, I'm not exactly
sure how the disc was distributed. The DVD itself
is, of course, now long out of print though. Some
might find interesting that the short 15 minute
episode contained inside is, in fact, an original
"plot", yet it does rely heavily on
stock footage for the first half. It's at least
a little note worthy, though, for displaying the
rarely seen English
title of the show. The merits of the episode
aside, this disc does have a nice video and audio
presentation of the short feature, yet lacks almost
entirely when it comes to supplemental content. |
| Video: |
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| The video quality is solid on this disc, as
one would have hoped for considering Shogakukan
had the task of only fitting a mere 16 minutes
of video on the disc. Overall, the video looks
good without any visible signs of print damage
while the colors are very distinct on this release.
The episode definitely could have stood to be
a bit sharper, but this likely has to do with
the movie not being made using high grade film
stock.
The episode is presented in its original aspect
ratio of 1.33:1, or full screen.
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| Audio: |
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| The disc only contains a single audio track,
which is a two channel stereo presentation in Japanese.
The lone track is good in terms of quality, though,
with clear dialogue and no inconsistencies for the
episode's short duration. |
| Extras: |
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| Menus? Nope. Chapters? Not a one. The only
thing one will find in this respect is a trio
of Gransazer related commercials that play after
the episode, which range from the awesome
one for Logia's Hori-Sniper to the extremely
cute one for the Sazer-Tarious "gear." |
| Overview: |
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Bottom line, I can't really think of many people
who would be interested in this disc. The video
and audio quality is fine, of course, but there
just isn't really enough to this release for that
to matter. It's definitely got a collector's angle
to it, but being a bare bones DVD with only 16
minutes of content makes it not really a practical
purchase. The episode itself also appears as an
extra on the 12th disc of the series from Toho,
so avid fans of the show have a much more promising
alternative to watch the feature. |
- Anthony Romero |
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