bsu legato Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 (edited) Here we are in 2005 and Yamato USA is finally bringing VOTOMS toys over to all the good boys and girls here in "Region 1." That's terriffic and all, but what the hell happened to the actual anime? The DVDs are long out of print, and US Manga doesn't even seem to list it in their catalog anymore. (did they lose the rights to it, perhaps?) Heck, I can't even find VOTOMS by using....umm, alternative methods. Does anybody know anything about this? It's sad when a person can't even pirate a show like this, but there's 1000 torrent links for a Jessica Simpson/These Boots Are Made For Walkin video. Edited July 13, 2005 by bsu legato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haro genki Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 (edited) They run episodes on Comcast's On Demand service sometimes. I think episode 22 and 23 are available for viewing now. They used to have the first 6 episodes on Sputnik7... though it's been well over a year since I watched them there. I doubt they're still up... EDIT: Yup they are still up... but just eps 5 and 6. http://www.sputnik7.com/vod/anime/animeeve...otoms/index.jsp CPM really sucks with their distro... I can't even find Patlabor around here much less VOTOMs Edited July 13, 2005 by haro genki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlightman Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 I'm surprised it even came out on DVD at all, as it seemed like the show didn't do that great even with the initial blitz of products that accompanied the VHS release (the original comic series, the RPG/Votoms Viewers Guide from R. Talsorian). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsu legato Posted July 13, 2005 Author Share Posted July 13, 2005 Has anybody seen a "Region Free" solution to my problem? I haven't checked eBay in some time, but last time I looked I didn't see any bootlegs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 I've got a recent Hobby Japan with some adverts. and a great foldout art piece of parachuting Scopedogs that seems to refer to something new. Text is in japanese, so I of course can't translate. This, coupled with the resurgence of all things Votoms - you'd think we'd be looking at something new in the way of an anime movie/series. Any word on potential developments? Or what the adverts are all about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechmaster Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 I picked up the complete series in a 6 disc set just a fortnight ago on ebay, this looks to be the same set - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...eName=WDVW&rd=1 Its says Region 1 but the set I got (from a different seller) is all region, English and Japanese audio and English subtitles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haro genki Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 VOTOMS was dubbed? I thought CPM only subbed the DVDs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechmaster Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 (edited) VOTOMS was dubbed? I thought CPM only subbed the DVDs... 310352[/snapback] The back of the case says "English dual language" but having seen your post I just checked and although the onscreen display says that both audio tracks are English they are actually Japanese and there is no option to turn off the subtitles. Mind you, the back of the case also says that there are 72 episodes while there are in fact only 52. Edited July 14, 2005 by Mechmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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