Sailor Moon Sailor Stars on EBay

"Episodes #167-200 - Japanese Dolby Digital Audio - English Subtitles -
Uncut Edition - 4:3"

I assume this set on eBay (there are about four sellers) is a Chinese copy
as the vendor claims it is factory produced. Some for sell seem to be
obvious copies of other DVD's.

Can anyone tell me if the video quality is any better than the VKLL fansubs
in .avi format that I already have?

"Pumbaa" <pinkertonjames@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Episodes #167-200 - Japanese Dolby Digital Audio - English Subtitles -
> Uncut Edition - 4:3"[/color]

Bootleg. Report it.


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On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:06:10 -0500, Pumbaa wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me if the video quality is any better than the VKLL fansubs
> in .avi format that I already have?[/color]

Quite possibly, but then there's another release of those episodes floating
around with much better quality and softsubs.

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On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:23:08 -0600, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:
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> "Pumbaa" <pinkertonjames@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:unfDi.30080$wN3.18834@bignews2.bellsouth.net...[color=green]
>> "Episodes #167-200 - Japanese Dolby Digital Audio - English Subtitles -
>> Uncut Edition - 4:3"[/color]
>
> Bootleg. Report it.[/color]

This looks like the version Amazon was sellingas the "Sailor Moon Sailor
Stars: The Complete Official Boxset." Anime News Network did a short
'expose' on it, emphasizing this was the Amazon corporate and not a third
party reseller. Later, Anime News Network updated their report indicating
that Amazon was still selling the item, but had relabeled it as "Sailor
Moon Sailor Stars: The Complete Bootlegged Boxset."

[url]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-17/amazon-sells-sailor-moon-bootleg-as-official-boxset[/url]

As far as I can tell, Amazon is no longer selling the item at all. The
item on e-Bay looks just like picture of the former Amazon page shown in
the ANN article.

Mata ato de,

Phil Yff

"Phil Yff" <phil.yff@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:23:08 -0600, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:
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> "Pumbaa" <pinkertonjames@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:unfDi.30080$wN3.18834@bignews2.bellsouth.net...[color=green]
>> "Episodes #167-200 - Japanese Dolby Digital Audio - English Subtitles -
>> Uncut Edition - 4:3"[/color]
>
> Bootleg. Report it.[/color]

This looks like the version Amazon was sellingas the "Sailor Moon Sailor
Stars: The Complete Official Boxset." Anime News Network did a short
'expose' on it, emphasizing this was the Amazon corporate and not a third
party reseller. Later, Anime News Network updated their report indicating
that Amazon was still selling the item, but had relabeled it as "Sailor
Moon Sailor Stars: The Complete Bootlegged Boxset."

[url]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-17/amazon-sells-sailor-moon-bootleg-as-official-boxset[/url]

As far as I can tell, Amazon is no longer selling the item at all. The
item on e-Bay looks just like picture of the former Amazon page shown in
the ANN article.

Mata ato de,

Phil Yff

Thanks for the information. At least Amazon finally got it right when they
retitled it the "Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: The Complete Bootlegged Boxset."
Hopefully those DVDs for sale do not include lead pain, poison household
pets, explode on the ground or other things that seem to be associated with
cheap Chinese products.

"Phil Yff" <phil.yff@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:59rhi35bgfx0.y53uuvyhs8nf.dlg@40tude.net...

*snip*

Yah, we all knew it was a bootleg because *nobody* ever licensed the Stars
series for the US. Toei took their ball home before ADV even got a CHANCE to
subtitle it, and prior to that, Cloverway wasn't touching it with a
ten-meter cattle prod.


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On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:23:48 -0600, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:
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> Yah, we all knew it was a bootleg because *nobody* ever licensed the Stars
> series for the US. Toei took their ball home before ADV even got a CHANCE to
> subtitle it, and prior to that, Cloverway wasn't touching it with a
> ten-meter cattle prod.[/color]

Also, it was an all-region DVD-9 which suggests it was neither North
American nor Japanese. It was a rather blatant bootleg. It duplicated the
Japanese cover, overlaying some information but retaining the Japanese
price of 178,000 yen (over $150).

Mata ato de,

Phil Yff