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Cowboy Bebop: Complete Series (Digital HD Anime TV Show) Expired

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Amazon has Cowboy Bebop: Complete Series (Digital HD Anime TV Show) on sale for $4.99. Thanks persian_mafia & jeruvian

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The whistling scene from the first episode is changed. It also seems like a lot of ambient noise has been removed, taking the realism from many scenes. Dialogue scenes in areas where there should be other noise, the background is completely silent and you only hear the voices.

Other sound effects are changed (gunshots sound much more fake), music starts and stops in different places. Some scenes (mainly space scenes) have been rendered completely silent, where ambient noises giving life to scenes once were.
In fact, in the final episode (SPOILER) when the doves fly across the screen and the song transitions from the choir to the instruments, the chill-inducing upscaling tone of the choir that's a part of the actual song is removed in the remix and replaced with some kind of lame windchime sound, completely ruining the feeling that the original gives.

To top it off, the entire series was put through a simple "brightening" attempt which does in fact wash out the colors greatly. It makes some scenes easier to see that may have been darker than necessary in the original, but they are few and far between.
Original Japanese version same price: https://www.amazon.com/Session-1-...deo&sr=1-3
Pretty disappointing that a single purchase doesn't just include both Japanese and English audio.

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bluedevil007
02-18-2020 at 01:39 PM.
02-18-2020 at 01:39 PM.
My Hero Academia is also $4.99 a season. Is that a good deal? I have every other season so am looking to fill in the gaps.
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jeruvian
02-18-2020 at 02:00 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:00 PM.
Original Japanese version same price: https://www.amazon.com/Session-1-...deo&sr=1-3
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02-18-2020 at 02:03 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:03 PM.
Quote from jeruvian :
Original Japanese version same price: https://www.amazon.com/Session-1-...deo&sr=1-3

Thanks for the heads up. Added it to the OP. Repped.
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Xardioso
02-18-2020 at 02:20 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:20 PM.
Great choice to burn some slow ship credit. English or Japanese? This is a rare situation where the choice isn't obvious.
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Ehlacore
02-18-2020 at 02:23 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:23 PM.
Get the original hands down (the remix has better audio but scene cuts and even worse sound effects and song changes)... also... subbed over dubbed imho although this is one of 3 anime where both work well in english dubs (DBZ, Trigun and this)
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Leviathan303
02-18-2020 at 02:33 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:33 PM.
Quote from Ehlacore :
Get the original hands down (the remix has better audio but scene cuts and even worse sound effects and song changes)... also... subbed over dubbed imho although this is one of 3 anime where both work well in english dubs (DBZ, Trigun and this)
Hmm. Any examples please Smilie
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Ehlacore
02-18-2020 at 02:40 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:40 PM.
Quote from Leviathan303 :
Hmm. Any examples please Smilie

The whistling scene from the first episode is changed. It also seems like a lot of ambient noise has been removed, taking the realism from many scenes. Dialogue scenes in areas where there should be other noise, the background is completely silent and you only hear the voices.

Other sound effects are changed (gunshots sound much more fake), music starts and stops in different places. Some scenes (mainly space scenes) have been rendered completely silent, where ambient noises giving life to scenes once were.
In fact, in the final episode (SPOILER) when the doves fly across the screen and the song transitions from the choir to the instruments, the chill-inducing upscaling tone of the choir that's a part of the actual song is removed in the remix and replaced with some kind of lame windchime sound, completely ruining the feeling that the original gives.

To top it off, the entire series was put through a simple "brightening" attempt which does in fact wash out the colors greatly. It makes some scenes easier to see that may have been darker than necessary in the original, but they are few and far between.
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EMfield78
02-18-2020 at 02:47 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:47 PM.
They should bundle this with Samurai Champloo! made by the same people and equally as amazing.
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doema
02-18-2020 at 02:49 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:49 PM.
newbie question, was there only one season? I only see buy season 1 on Amazon
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TitaniumBlack
02-18-2020 at 02:51 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:51 PM.
Quote from doema :
Been question, was there only one season? I only see buy season 1 on Amazon
There's only one season.
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syxbit
02-18-2020 at 02:53 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:53 PM.
Pretty disappointing that a single purchase doesn't just include both Japanese and English audio.
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SwiftTone
02-18-2020 at 02:53 PM.
02-18-2020 at 02:53 PM.
Is the Japanese version subbed?
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Merkels_merkin
02-18-2020 at 03:00 PM.
02-18-2020 at 03:00 PM.
Quote from syxbit :
Pretty disappointing that a single purchase doesn't just include both Japanese and English audio.
At $5 each it's fine. This is one of the reasons why buying physical versions is still recommended, as you get both versions (if a dub has been made)
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