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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 6.01 - APRIL 2001
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New from Japan: Anime Film Reviews
The Maze OAV was so popular that there were demands to put it on TV. Its high school level erotic humor (for both genders) was too strong for family TV even in Japan, so a 25-episode revision was produced (April 3 to September 25, 1997) that expands the fantasy-adventure action and plays down the erotic humor. But what is acceptable for family TV in Japan will still startle American family TV audiences. The American video release has an advisory of "Suggested 13 and up - parental discretion advised." It comprises a DVD (both English dubbed and Japanese with English subtitles) containing both halves of the erotic OAV as a 60-minute feature plus the first half-hour TV episode, and eight videos (dubbed only) containing the 25 TV episodes. A DVD bilingual release of the whole TV series, available only as a boxed set, will be released in July 2001. [Note: This release imitates the Japanese release regarding the title. The decorative logo states Maze in English, followed by Mega Burst Space in untranslated Japanese. Therefore, above I haven't listed the full title as Maze: Mega Burst Space, in order to avoid causing confusion.] Fred Patten has written on anime for fan and professional magazines since the late 1970s.
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