Abunai Deka (1986) - Full Series Batch

[geo9875]

Broadcast: 1986

Network: Nippon TV
Genres: Drama, Crime, Police
Subtitle translation, timing, and editing: GEO9875 

Synopsis:

This series revolves around the investigations of Detectives Toshiki Takayama and Yuji Oshita. Famous for their unique personalities and unorthodox methods of catching the criminals, this crime-fighting pair never fail to find themselves in the middle of another exciting case.

 

Available on: Nyaa


Sub files available on: 
d-addicts and Drama-Otaku (51/51)

 

Comments

Laserdisc version

[(Anonymous)]

I have just seen the laserdisc box set of Abunai Deka (original series) and I like it even more than the Blu-rays. Yes - you have to do a bit of hardware assemblage to watch Laserdiscs with external subs - but totally worth it.

Re: Laserdisc version

[geo9875]

Ohh, that's interesting. I wouldn't even imagine how to go about all that technical setup. :O

Re: Laserdisc version

[(Anonymous)]

Just in case you are interested:

Laserdiscs vs Blu-ray/DVDs

The audio mix is way more funky on the laserdisc and brings a lot of additional swag to the show.

The color re-grading done for the Blurays to counter the loss of CRTs ability to read blacks removes the really strong sense of time that is so evident on the laserdiscs - do don't realise how strongly time is used as part of the unspoken narrative arcs. The re-grading also takes away the shows grittyness that you would expect from a 80's crime show in a port city. The world of the blu-ray is s just flatter and this also shows up on weird little details like the chief's glasses. On the laserdisc his glasses have a more pronounced horned rim (imagine if the top rim looked more like polished mother of pearl) Remember the time is 1986 so they both age him but add a bit of spunk.

The strangest difference is on the laserdiscs everyone looks more Japanese and one shade more swarthy-like they really do spend time outdoors. I can't tell if it is the spatiality of analogue or they used a filter when they did the video processing. Either way I find everyone more expressive and interesting.

[linky]

Hey there! The link for abudeka is down, which is very recent cause I checked last night and it was still up on the internet archive. Just wanted to let you know and thank you for all the hard work you do!

[geo9875]

Thanks for letting me know, I'll get on reuploading it.

[geo9875]

I've reuploaded it! ^-^

[linky]

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it! ^^

[linky]

Hello! Sorry to be a bother but the show just got taken off the archive again. ^^; While I have the show downloaded now I know friends of mine were relying on the archive link. Just wanted to let you know.

[geo9875]

Thanks for the info, what a headache lol. I do plan to have a torrent of the show uploaded to NYAA at some point.

[linky]

Glad to have let you know, sorry you have to deal with wack-a-mole regards to it being on internet archive lately. Thanks for putting it on mega also! Will keep an eye out for that torrent also whenever you plan to put it up. Thanks again for all your hard work!

[geo9875]

No problem. Glad you enjoyed. Yeah, this is mostly my projects from Toei being a pain, but I'm not gonna give up so easily, I'll keep pursuing solutions. :P

MEGA is not safe as it has been taken down in the past but I'll have it up there until it gets yanked. The NYAA torrent is now up, and I'll have it seeded via my seedbox for some time, hopefully this will put an end to the wack-a-mole and it'll always be available there for the immediate future, lol.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi! Here to notify that the link's down again, though not sure since when

[geo9875]

Thanks for letting me know, I'm working on various solutions. I'll have a nyaa torrent up soon, right now I reuploaded it as a MEGA folder. Might have to abandon archive for this particular show as it keeps getting shut down.