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Oct 30, 2013
Despite it's faults, still belongs in a fan's collection at the right price
1 of 1 found this helpful There are lots of copies of this series available, usually for under $25 because it wasn't received very well when first on the air. In fact less than half of the episodes were ever seen before the series was canceled for its US broadcast. Perhaps the misguided dub and edit job performed on the original Japanese version to create the English language version was to blame. I can list the "sins" committed by the US producers:
1: The original was filmed in a 16:9 wide screen format, the US DVD was cut in a pan&scan 4:3 format as this was released just prior to the digital TV conversion. Some subtle bits are lost as a result, such as cameo's by a Tezuka character in the edge of the frame.
2: The original music was replaced by a rescored version. Sadly, the Japanese use of the original Astroboy theme from the 60's and 80's is missing. If you've ever watched Japanese version of these episodes on Youtube you will know what you're missing.
3: The fact of Dr. Tenma being Astro's father (and for that mater Tobio's father) is deemphasized, and Atlas's origin as a human boy is also discarded. Some scenes depicting Tobio's demise have been cut. In fact something like 5-10% of the total footage in the Japanese version was left behind in this release.
4: An entire episode from the Japanese version was left out and replaced with a badly hobbed together hodgepodge replacement made from bits and pieces of other episodes. The missing story, "Eternal Boy" was based on "Peter Pan". Perhaps Sony was worried about Disney's copyrights, but given that Disney ripped off Tezuka by stealing 'Kimba' to make the 'Lion King', Sony should have flipped Disney the bird and released this story to the US anyway!
Having said all of this, the 2003 version of Astro Boy is very well animated, and the story lines are pretty good. It's still worthwhile owning, especially if you can find it for around $25 with shipping (which is common on ebay). True this was made after Tezuka Osmau died, but the Japanese producers were fairly faithful to his original interpretation. They've even introduced some original characters to the Astro Boy story arc from other manga and anime characters in Tezuka's Star System, Reno for example.
Until an English language subtitled release of the original Japanese language one is available (there are some poor quality bootleg versions out there now from China and other East Asia countries) this DVD set belongs in every Astro Boy fan's collection. It is a bit of a disappointment for the reasons I mentioned, but still worth getting at the right price.
Mar 02, 2025
Good replacement office video card
Good dual monitor video card for full HD video monitors.
NOT a gaming card, but ok for youtube, cad, office.
Replaced a similar card in my computer that developed a problem on one of it's outputs.
Sep 02, 2023
Worth the price
The Drop ALT has proven to be a good replacement for the TKL IBM Model M I had been using. It is missing a few of the keys on the larger keyboard, but most are available on a second layer via the Fn key. It is missing the Insert and Menu keys, however I was able to map the Menu key function to the CapsLock key via the KDE setup screen.
The legends on the shine through keycaps are unreadable unless the LED backlight is on. If you prefer a keyboard with blank keycaps, then just leave the LEDs off and you will be happy! The keyboard weighs a good 1.5 lbs, so it doesn't slide around on my desk. The 'blue' switches are both tactile and clickly, providing good feedback, similar to what I got on the Model M.
The QMK firmware isn't easy to use to reconfigure the keyboard as you need to recompile, download and reflash the keybaord every time you wish to make a simple change. This also requires a second keyboard to issue the final command of the sequence. At least the backlight LEDs can be configured using only the second layer key mappings.
Most of the 'stock' out of the box keypappings are good enough for my needs so I haven't yet tried to reflash the keyboard with any changes. The offerings from Keychron may be better designed in the key remapping department, but at the price I paid for it, the Drop ALT was an excellent buy.