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| Review |
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Anthony Romero |
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| The first of many discs from AnimEigo related
to the Kimagure Orange Road series. Being released
a few years after the turn of the century, this
DVD shows the inconsistencies in its presentation
that the firm has become known for, although to
a greater degree. The video track in particular
is fairly flawed, although the audio track is
decent |
| Video: |
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| Well... it's watchable. The video is plagued
by an ungodly brightness to it, though, washing
out the lighter sequences pretty thoroughly in
terms of details. On the plus side, this makes
minor inconsistencies like the level of artifcating,
noise levels and a slight hint of edge enhancement almost
unnoticeable... or at least I assume that's a
plus. Sadly, the frame here is also unstable on
a rare occasion, causing the picture to shake
a little.
Kimagure Orange Road is presented in its
original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. |
| Audio: |
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| The DVD includes one audio track, which is
the original two channel stereo. In regards to
speaker distinction, there isn't much of anything
to praise but the track as a whole is without
any obvious blemishes. There is nothing to write
home about the presentation, but nothing to really
fault either, besides that they could have offered
a more robust multi-channeled effort.
The audio can be accompanied by, removable, English
subtitles that are available in two options, which
are either limited translations or all speech
and text will be translated. |
| Extras: |
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| Being a very early release by AnimEigo, it
probably comes as no surprise that this disc is
pretty much devoid of supplemental material. To
be fair, it does have an extended credit sequence
that, in English, lists the entire cast and crew
behind it. While nice, though, this does little
to elevate one's enjoyment past the four episodes
included, which good extras should.
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| Overview: |
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Bottom
line, for those who aren't familiar with the series,
Kimagure Orange Road is a pretty amusing
franchise that's worth giving a look if you like
drama oriented animation. Unfortunately, AnimEigo's
release, while serviceable, is lacking in some
key areas. Hopefully another firm will come along
and give it a better re-release on region 1. |
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