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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fine example of cyberpunk anime!, 8 Oct 2004
I have been a great fan of this series ever since I first started watching anime in my late school days, and I can only criticise it for one thing: the series should have been longer than three episodes!Cyber City Oedo 808 has never actually enjoyed an official UK release, and so if like me you have finally (and thankfully!) waved goodbye to most of your VHS collection, this can be a thorn in your side, like so many semi-obscure titles that may never see the light of a DVD release, or may not be released on DVD for a while (i'm still holding on to 1 VHS title which I cannot replace!). Like many other people who have written reviews, mine is the verson where the soundtrack is the original japanese and the computer readouts are not translated (although, the character's conversations have been dubbed) and the episodes are titled differently from the UK Manga VHS releases (e.g. The Decoy was called Psychic Trooper in the UK). Still, this does not detract from the quality of the series; the characters are excellent, the animation well directed and the overall quality of the disc is more than satisfactory (a 5.1 audio mix wouldn't go amiss though). However, as others have written, there are very few extras, in fact only some pretty dodgy trailers for other titles released by the same manufacturer (wide birth required). Hopefully it will find it's way on to DVD for an official UK release sometime soon, when you'll be able to pick it up from our good friends at amazon. Until then, if cyberpunk anime is your thing, check out AD Police, which simlilarly to Cyber City, is a three episode cyberpunk Manga series and is now available on UK DVD release, or stick with the VHS releases of Cyber City, which can still be picked up in the UK quite easily (i've held on to mine until the official Manga DVD is issued!).
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