[Baltan II]

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Originally Posted by ljacone

I watched it from the Malay DVD release. The English subtitles were good, no real wacky stuff. A few of the names are slightly off from what we normally consider them in English (Rei becomes Ray, Reyblood becomes Reybrad, etc.) but nothing to cause any real agita. All in all a really kickass movie.

The original Japanese R2 (and the Blu-Ray, playable in US players woo!) had their own English subtitles, originally made for the benefit of the composer but graciously included on the retail discs. I don't know why you opted for the Malay DVD, but it's possible that it had the same subtitle track. If it didn't, you might like that version even more.

Also, to address your "slightly off" example, SPOILERS FOR ULTRA GALAXY (THE SERIES):

It's supposed to be Raybrad Seijin.

As in Bradbury.

Ultra Galaxy has a clever and almost baffling series of homages to classic Western horror and science fiction. The planet of monsters in the first series? Planet Boris. The island Rei kept flashing to? Vincent Island. The Reionyx commander in the sequel series Never Ending Odyssey? Harlan. Reionyx (or Rayonyx) homeworld? Planet Hammer. There are likely more homages I don't know about simply because there's no good translations yet or they're slightly too obscure to pick out easily. Maybe even the ZAP Spacy crew's names too.