A promotional video tape with a short Z-Knight anime and other clips sold with a Z-Knight douple pack including colour variations of two Z-Knights.
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Medium’s nature: VHS-Rip
Ripper: ?
Status: A better transfer would be appreciated. The image is low resolution and has artifact on top of the tape but the audio quality is decent enough. No known English subtitles so far.
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We tend to talk in length about the western cartoons of the 80s and 90s obviously produced for toy line selling. Yet, Japanese have also done it, to an extent. As an exhibit, enter “Soukou Kyojin Z-Knight. It was planned by Tomy (obviously the electronic toy company) and animation produced by Sunrise. Yasuomi Umetsu pitched the chara-design. You have probably seen his graphical touch on “Casshern“, “Robot Carnival“ and “Gatchaman“. This short anime was made during the freelance period of Fumihiko Takayama, of Top Craft and Artland fame. Time must have been lean for such a pa