Release number 3.5 This is a custom version of my most favourite anime of all time. I first saw it back in the 90s when newly released Manga video (VHS days) were playing on channel 4 (terrestrial aerial TV days) here where I live in the UK. I was young, but was allowed to video it when it was playing on TV at around 2am on Channel 4s ‘Late Licence’ segment, and it has been my all time favourite anime ever since. It’s just a shame that they never made any more, because considering the 1000ish years that the 3 characters had to knock off of their prison sentences combined, they certainly could have made a shitload more out of it. Anyway: I do have several rips and encodes of varying qualities and audio tracks that i’ve downloaded over the years from various groups/individuals/sources, aswell as a few versions of DVDs of it that I have purchased over the years. I still even have my old VHS tapes of it too.lol This release contains the UK Rory McFarlane DUB (in english) ONLY. No other audio tracks are included in any of these files whatsoever. Obviously, I do have all of the varying audio tracks that are available for this show, but being born and raised in the UK, it is this McFarlane UK DUB that I watched when I was a kid. It’s the first version of it that I ever saw, and it’s what I grew up with back when you could catch it on TV one time only, or be lucky enough to go to Forbidden Planet in London and beg my dad to buy me the ‘Cyberpunk Collection’ VHS tapes. This is back when most of the world barely even had dial-up internet. Hell, when I first saw this on TV back then, if you even had a computer at home, u were considered extremely lucky, bordering on semi-rich. The internet (pretty much), didn’t really exist to most people back then. Nobody had home PCs back then. I am very, very aware that this DUB is not to everyone’s tastes. I fully understand this. I do have versions that contain Japanese, English with the synth soundtrack, commentary tracks, and the McFarlane DUB. They are all great versions, but, this DUB is the one I loved as a kid, and it’s my favourite. NOTE: In File 2-Psychic Trooper, my original VHS tape that I used to extract the UK DUB, did have a small audio discrepancy on the actual tape, which there was nothing I can do about. As we all know, when VHS tapes get old and have been watched loads of times, they start to break down. And by the time home PCs became common-place many years later, with powerful processors and Upscaling softwares etc, the tape had broken down a little, and a small audio issue in File 2 VHS tape had appeared. Because of this, the last 40% or so of File 2 does become ever so slightly de-synced toward the end of the episode. It is very negligible though and not even noticeable unless u specifically stop to look for it. This was unavoidable, and I retimed things as best as I could with what I had (no way to just redownload a corrupted VHS tape.lol). It is highly likely that you will not even notice it. Also, please don’t be alarmed if you notice that the 3 metal clanging sounds at the start of each episode (when the middle O in Oedo text slams together) seem out of sync. This is intentionally required in order for the rest of the audio to sync up throughout each episode. I do hope that u guys enjoy this. Massive massive thank you to [mottoj] for the original release and hard work, and having the best version out there to date (and most likely forever). As i’ve said, this is my own personal combo copy that I use just for my own viewing once in a while, so i’ve obviously tailored it to my own tastes and requirements. Apologies if some of you may not like what i’ve done. Video: 768x576, 4:3, H264 23.976fps [mottoj] Audio: English UK Rory McFarlane DUB, AC3 Stereo, 48Hz, 384kbps (VHS rip, digitally cleaned) ALERT: WHEN ADDING TO TORRENT CLIENT, DO NOT FORGET TO UNTICK THE VERSION YOU DON’T WANT, AND LEAVE TICKED THE VERSION THAT YOU DO WANT, TO AVOID NEEDLESSLY DOWNLOADING BOTH. As always, thank you to [mottoj] for the excellently clear release that the video for this is derived from, and of course, thank you to Manga Video for creating this amazing (albeit, unfortunately short lived) show all those years ago. P.S. Please no hate from purists out there. I’m aware that this DUB is universally the most disliked one out there, but, this manga, back when I was around 7 years old, is what got me into anime. This, is where it all started for me. It is a part of my childhood, a part of me, and the reason I got into anime over 30 years ago (with Dominion Tank Police coming a close second). Sorry if anyone feels that this is butchering, but after 30 years, I do get to messing around with trying to create better/different versions of my all time favourites. Enjoy. P.P.S. Apologies to those of you who began to leech the 1080p AI upscaled version. Am new to Nyaa and forgot that no upscales are allowed.