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Subject: Re: I take back everything I said defending Tokyopop on the Initial D subject

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Matt H.

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Date Posted: 15:16:05 08/14/03 Thu
In reply to: Chichiri 's message, "Re: I take back everything I said defending Tokyopop on the Initial D subject" on 13:28:15 08/13/03 Wed

Doh, even a Japanese 5.1 soundtrack with Eurobeat can't get me to buy this release now >_<. I wouldn't have minded if the edits were just to tone down things which didn't mean much, not a pretty major plot point.

I'm all for releases doing well, but I find this one frustrating.

Matt

>Well, I think the reason is the show is very addicting
>for most people after they watch an episode or two.
>So, assuming people get past the ugly artwork, they
>may very well sell a lot.
>
>I usually try to be supportive of the anime industry
>here, but given the way they are mangling the show, I
>sincerely hope Initial D does bad. Given how well
>they think it is going to do, hopefully they will get
>the message that fans do not appreciate changing the
>show as much as they're doing. Luckily my fiance got
>the Initial D Japanese DVDs 'cause there's no way
>either of us would want to touch the American release
>with a 10 foot pole after what Tokyopop's done to it.
>^O^
>
>Chichiri

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: I take back everything I said defending Tokyopop on the Initial D subject	Meng	10:03:10 08/19/03 Tue
Re: I take back everything I said defending Tokyopop on the Initial D subject -- Matt H., 16:35:47 10/20/03 Mon