Blew $120 on a limited edition blu-ray that has terrible subtitles

I pre-ordered a fancy collector's edition of that 90s mecha anime last month for $120. The subtitles are clearly machine translated with words like 'energize' instead of 'power up' and names are all wrong. I can't return it since I opened the plastic wrap. Has anyone else gotten burned by these overpriced re-releases?

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oliver_anderson1mo ago

Honestly that sucks. Sounds like the same thing that happened with that big Gundam re-release last year, subtitles were all kinds of messed up too. Ngl, some of those boutique labels rush the translation to hit a release date and it shows. Tbh you might have better luck checking the fansub groups online, they usually care more about getting the names right than the official companies do.

mary_kelly1mo ago

So you're saying the fansub groups actually got the names right back in the day? I wonder if that's why I'm so annoyed now, I basically grew up on those old fansubs and the official release just feels... off. Did the Gundam one ever get a fixed version or did people just have to live with it?