Point taken with the quality of the picture and subtitles though - the great thing about fansubs is they’re not affected by issues caused by profit or copyright and can often be really good quality. It’s a recurring thing when stuff gets licenced, but I think that fansubs will continue to be in a moral and legal grey area for a while yet!

1. Not everyone has all the moeny in the world to buy the dvd’s no matter how much they would like to.
2. Not every country has the same open mindedness to anime that other countries do. (although alot of countries are opening up to it there are still countries that are downright slowpokes when it comes to entertainment evolution. Mine happens to be one of these)
3. Even despite if the 2 other points weren’t the case (which they are) its still a matter of quality on the dvd’s. Personally i own a few anime dvd series already and if i listen to the translated english speak on it its downright crap, if i use the original japanese sound and look at the translations they are still crap. The fact is that most fansubbers are actually better at this than “pro” companies making the dvd’s!

I’m all for comedy and such, but didnt really see the point in these episodes - for this series there should be more comical things happening to Rei regarding his eating habbits, etc… I think this is just me though and I’m sure I’ll watch them again and love it ^_^

Wonder if this guy will feature more in the future…

As for the show as a whole, it still feels like it’s getting off the ground and ’setting the scene’. I think that’s down to the seemingly unrelated two episode-long story arcs - I’m hoping it goes like a Tom Clancy novel in that seemingly separate threads come together near the end when they are shown to be connected after all. I often forget how early on in the series we are too - seven eps isn’t far at all for many shows of the same length.

I think the universe they’ve established will work pretty well for 26 episodes, but it currently lacks something… resonance, maybe. Emotion, when depicted, is mainly expressed in stock anime clichés — cartoon violence, a quest for a missing sister — which leaves this series in distinct upper-B territory. It’s not as cheesy as a more traditional anime romp like Code Geass, but not as interesting or suspenseful as a series like Death Note. The rough concept of a fake sky with stars that correspond to people with superpowers is bizarre enough to be a little disappointing. If they manage to explain that in a more interesting way I’ll be duly impressed. Note the only reason I mention this at all is because the series is so close to becoming an all-time fave. The pouty schoolgirl violence in episode 4 left me in stitches. So over-the-top, very Elfen Lied! Hmm, I think I read somewhere that eating plateloads of food is not Hei’s remuneration, that in fact he doesn’t have one. I totally missed where that was stated. Any ideas?