A few years back, it was pretty much impossible to find -anything- about Crush Gear Turbo on the net, besides the odd mention here and there - now, after Germany got a dub, and after the English dub that aired in Australia was "rediscovered" (I don't know how else to call this, I mean, that version was seemingly forgotten or something!), there's at least a bit more to find about it online...
Well then, let's start a discussion, huh? Let's see...
The first time I've ever heard the name "Crush Gear" must've been at the Anime Intro Archive (site with OP/ED videos in low-quality "postage stamp size" as I liked to call them), but I didn't really pay attention to it at all... Next up was when the show was announced to be aired over here in Germany (Tele 5, October 2004, together with Medabots) - finally something that wasn't already hacked up by...certain companies in the US, and - while not exactly original - the premise sounded interesting enough.
Then the day of the first episode came and, despite being a bit skeptical, I really liked it. Really catchy opening - based on the original CRUSH GEAR FIGHT!!, but with different lyrics and stuff -, believable characters and story (...until we got to things like the Shining Sword Breaker, but you just have to disregard that with "It's anime" or something, it's not supposed to make sense)...
...to cut this short (sorry, I tend to ramble on :P), what do you all think of the show? When did you first hear about or see it, and where? Ever seen any other dubs (Japanese, English, German, whatever else there may be)?
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