Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Me too!

Me too!

Got the set last week, here are some impressions and images.

Outside, the set is quite nice, with a colorful embossed sleeve and a front logo with "holographic" effect. Inside there is a white box with the same design as the cardboard sleeve.






Unfortunately, the discs are enclosed within cheap cloth lined sleeves . At least the discs have nice layout designs and a copyright notice that is not to be found elsewhere on the set: "Copyright Tsuburaya Productions Licensed by UMC/TIGA ENT (HK). All the rights of the Manufacturer and the Owner of the Recording Work Reserved".






When together, this set fits nicely with the BCI Ultraman set or the Shout! Factory Ultraseven set, except that the Malaysian one is wider, so it will stand out on any standard DVD shelf .




Regarding image and sound quality, I find it correct. Of course there are some compression artifacts (LOTS of episodes on each double-layer disc) but it's nothing too distracting. I don't think it's worse than the BCI Ultraman set in that regard. Subtitles are good, some typos or lightning-fast sentences but I think are very correct. Remember though that english is not my native language (I think it must be quite evident by now).







So, I recommend this set, of course. It can be bought quite cheaply on eBay or some Malaysian stores like skydvds.com.

Can you guys talk a bit more about the subs? From the images above, they seem kind of hit or miss. I'm just wondering if I can justify the price with sub-par subs... I can't tell by the images if they're good or horrendous... comments, anyone?

But then again, I guess you don't need the best subtitles in the world for something like an Ultraman show.

I hope someone whose native language is english will comment. For me, the subtitles are good enough to follow the episodes perfectly. Yes, there are some odd sentences and incorrect words, but episodes are fully understandable.

Regarding the price, the set can be bought for $27.4 (including shipping to USA) on skydvds.com, I got it there with no problems.

A king soul on Tumblr posted more subtitle screencaps:







Far from perfect, but fine. Think it's probably the best we're going to get for a whiiile. Meanwhile, further update on my alternate cover for this set:

Those are beautiful Steven nice work.

Ultraman Ace is not from the same company, according to the back cover, it is from Spectrum Entertainment and distributed by Pioneer Entertainment.