KNT DVD Boxset to be Released in Japan

[ANE]

Here are some more pictures of the box, together with the menu from Disc 9, and some pictures from inside the booklet.

Disc 9 has three extras: OP without text, ED 2nd version without text, and what looks like a TV trailer (VHS quality). The OP without text seems much clearer than the regular open used throughout the disc. A comparison is included in the above link.

[felineki]

Thanks for the pictures. The merchandise section in the booklet is nice. Can you comment on the sound quality? Is it like the Youtube videos I posted yesterday, or is it actually better than that?

[ANE]

The sound is better than in the Youtube videos. Here is a 15 second clip of audio fresh from the DVD.
What else? Oh yeah, there's no subtitles here I'm afraid. But that's no matter for me.  rule in any language.

[felineki]

Thanks for the clip. To me it actually sounds about the same as the OP on Youtube, but that's just an initial impression. As for subtitles, Discotek's release is going to have them, so we'll just have to be patient.

[Otopz]

Thanks for the clip. To me it actually sounds about the same as the OP on Youtube, but that's just an initial impression. As for subtitles, Discotek's release is going to have them, so we'll just have to be patient.

The Japanese audio is Mono at source which is common in old anime (e.g. Dragonball). But once you start watching it you won't notice the audio being mono, plus the audio isn't muffled or distorted at any point. So you get this clear image (Image being waaay better than the French version which has ghosting images due to unproper frame-rate changes they did.) with clean audio.
I have the first volume so I can vouch for ANE. 

[Tigriss]

The official site has updated with some news: A special event is going to be held on August 6th, featuring Yattarou's voice actor Kappei Yamaguchi, head writer Satoru Akahori, and possibly others.

But the last half hour was all about KNT, and featured guests Kappei Yamaguchi (Yattarou's voice actor) and Satoru Akahori (head writer). In case the stream wasn't archived, I recorded the audio for posterity's sake.

It may be kinda late to ask, but did anyone ever take a video of either of these? And do you have that audio uploaded anywhere, felineki?

[felineki]

I don't think anyone recorded the video, I haven't seen it anywhere. I'll see about uploading the audio soon.

[Tigriss]

Alrighty.

This has me thinking again, though it's something I've already been considering: Even though we're getting subbed KNT, there are still a lot of other things to be translated. Interviews, doujin, etc. Maybe one of these days I can take a shot at reviving Project Dream.

[felineki]

Okay, here's the audio recording of the KNT section of the Nicovideo stream from just a little under a year ago. It features Yattarou's voice actor Kappei Yamaguchi and head writer Satoru Akahori. Sorry it took me so long to get around to uploading it. Maybe we can get around to translating it someday. One interesting fact I was able to make out was the confirmation of the suspicion held by many fans that the "Pururun Nyan" name on Pururun's Edomae Set packaging was due to trademark issues; "Pururun" as is was already trademarked. On a tangent, this is how Ken of Street Fighter fame got his last name. When Hasbro was releasing its Street Fighter action figures, they ran into trademark issues with the name "Ken" due to Mattel's Ken dolls. So they game him the last name of "Masters". Capcom eventually officially adopted that name.