The Old School Otaku Lounge

kndy wrote:

Mike Toole wrote:Just got Shout! Factory's $15 set of 3 GAIKING compilation movies and watched a bit. Amazingly, this new dubbed version (by William Winckler, of TEKKAMAN! THE SPACE! KNIGHT! fame), produced in 2008 or 2009, is every bit as awful and stilted as the old Jim Terry dub of the TV series. Japanese names are retained, but there are some odd casting choices (the Chinese jet pilot dude is played by SF writer David Gerrold) and the scripts are terrible - our hero Sanshiro says "heck" every other line.

Still, it's that special, crazy, sketchy mid-70s Toei super robot animation, and it's pretty cheap. I'm having fun watching, and will probably grab the similar STARZINGER compilation that's coming out in August.

Thanks for reminding me about this! Did they release any other old school anime mecha series recently aside from Gaiking? I really want to watch this as it was one of my favorite Shogun Warriors toys (my favorite was Danguard Ace...) and Combatra.

usamimi wrote:After finishing "Woman Called Fujiko Mine", I watched a bit of classic Lupin season one and...I had totally forgotten how annoying/bad the very first theme song was. XD;; https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... tOnRPv2W4A

I'm SO glad it changes later.

_D_ wrote:

kndy wrote:

Mike Toole wrote:

greg wrote:We just finished watching the 2nd disc of Versailles tonight. This show is getting very good.

With the opening song, when it goes, "bara wa bara wa," I started singing "banana banana...." I told my daughter that the name of the show is Banana of Versailles. Yeah, I'm a dork.