From the lost depths of time comes the only fragment of the *Maze* movie that is currently available - the 58-second teaser trailer, which was included on the original laserdisc release of the TV series and OVAs. Subtitled by Orphan; raw by DmonHiro. See the blog for more information.
This release, and all Orphan releases, are available for direct download from IRC bot Orphan|Arutha in channels #nibl or #news on irc.rizon.net.
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[Orphan] Maze Movie Promo [F88417F2].mkv (26.6 MiB)
After I watched TV/OVA/SP (in portuguese - used Google Translate :) ) ~12 years ago, I googled about the movie. There were some reviews about the plot in english and japanese by those who saw the actual movie in the theater. I don't remember, but nothing bad about the plot itself or animation.
Probably it was just a production error that destroyed the master copy.
I also believe it was an error. Japan releases almost anything on home media, no matter how shitty it was. It's only now, in the age of streaming, that some home releases have been outright canceled.
@DmonHiro - you and me both. I can understand that >80% of silent films have been lost, but something made in 1998?
Worse yet, it appears the original uncensored masters for the TV and OVA are lost, leaving the laserdiscs as the only remaining record.
Nope, it's worse then that. The only source for that OVA is VHS. It was omitted from the laser disc release. Meaning they must have lost the masters somewhere between releasing the movie and releasing the final LD.
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