Hikaru No Go - DVD
English Version of Hikaru No Go DVD Vol 1 is expected December 27, 2005.
Rumor is that Samuel Vincent is the voice actor for Hikaru.
No information is available on the Viz website yet.
SirLyric: Amazon.com now has a listing at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AM6OC6/102-0843964-1664964. It appears the release date has moved to December 27, 2005.
yellowking: From Anthony Jiwa of Viz, ''"The first volume of Hikaru No Go will be in stores on 12.27.2005. Each volume will contain 4 episodes at $24.98, with both English and Japanese language tracks. At the current time, new volumes will come out once a quarter. It will be availble for pre-order on store.viz.com by November."''
Hikaru No Go was released (in Japan) on DVD in March 2002. Each DVD has 3 episodes. It looks like it's a Region 2 DVD. I don't know if they will have English Subtitles. It's also available on VHS. See: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/Listups/anime/hikaru-no-go.html
Reviews of the first three dvds here:
http://www.abcb.com/hikaru/index.htm
- DVD Volume One (Episodes 1-3)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBA-14273
- DVD Volume Two (Episodes 4-6)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBA-14333
- DVD Volume Three (Episodes 7-9)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBA-14363
- DVD Volume Four (Episodes 10-12)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBA-14377
- DVD Volume Five (Episodes 13-15)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBA-14397
- DVD Volume Six (Episodes 16-18)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBA-14422
- DVD Volume Seven (Episodes 19-21)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBA-14447
- DVD Volume Eight (Episodes 22-24)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBA-14477
- DVD Volume Nine (Episodes 25-27)
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBA-14504
Apparently Different DVD release (Region Free, with English Subtitles): (I'm a little unsure of the episodes per DVD)
- Hikaru-No Go TV Series Part 1 Region Free DVD (Episodes 1-4?)
http://www.discountanimedvd.com/dvd_detail.asp?dvdno=539 alt source:
http://www.toysfinder.com/gundam/dvd/hikaru/hikaru.htm
- Hikaru-No Go TV Series Part 2 Region Free DVD (Episodes 5-13?)
http://www.discountanimedvd.com/dvd_detail.asp?dvdno=540 alt source:
http://www.toysfinder.com/gundam/dvd/hikaru/hikaru2.htm
- Hikaru-No Go Special Region Free DVD
http://www.discountanimedvd.com/dvd_detail.asp?dvdno=541 alt source:
http://www.toysfinder.com/gundam/dvd/hikaru/hikarus.htm
Also see:
http://www.seikaianime.com/F-J.html
Or visit ebay.com and type "Hikaru DVD" in the search box.
NOTE2: The second set of DVDs ARE bootlegs. The translation quality of them is horrible, as is the casing. Numerous spelling errors are found throughout, as well as translation mishaps. As with most bootlegs, the DVDs are recorded off of analog VHS tape, therefore, the quality sux, as well as the audio. If you must buy them, get them off of http://www.ebay.com. --Hignaki
Note: The second set of DVDs (the "Region-Free" releases) are almost certainly bootlegs produced and distributed illegally; as such the creators of the series will receive nothing from their sale. They will also likely not be up to commercial standards of quality with respect to translation and image quality. Sadly, these releases are quite common for anime titles, and can be quite difficult to spot. -- steve
While it is true that some bootlegs are hard to recognise, as a general rule anything that is region 0 (regionless) is a bootleg.
ilan: You can get the French subtitled version here:
http://www.fnac.com/Shelf/article.asp?Mn=1&SID=5be0fa97-a561-1821-06ec-fe82714af12c&TTL=160720042044&Origin=fnac_google_home&PRID=1576664&Ra=-3&To=0&Nu=1&UID=06f67b4cd-e7ac-9c8b-cbf1-71b6bbc1e74b&Fr=-1