Picture: Anamorphic Widescreen. Nothing short of amazing. Home Vision has done a top notch job and you'd almost swear these thirty year old films came out last year. The prints are crisp and finely detailed. Though there is a spot or two here and there and some grain levels that do mark them as older films, overall, they are gorgeous. Colors are vibrant, revealing striking hues and healthy fleshtones. Contrast is nice and deep. Who's Got the Gold? leans a little soft, but the first two films are very sharp. Beautiful prints, technically sound, all around fantastic transfers.

On a little side note, back in the day, I bought the films on vhs from Animeigo, and I was always suspicious that the letterboxing was slightly cropped. Home Vision proves this too be true because their prints reveal more side information.

Sound: Mono Japanese language with optional English subtitles. The mono gets a good push and despite the limitations has some decent response. Dialogue is clear and the funky scoring (I swear the first films main theme stole a riff from Superfly) will get your booty movin'.

As far as the subtitles, here is a little comparison between the Animego vhs/laserdisc and the Home Vision DVD. From the closing credit song of Sword of Justice- Animeigo: "Eyes of fire that glare with anger. His veins, like bolts of rage, run right between his eyes... A mere constable fighting in the name of law and order. These are the Razor's words of anger" whereas the Home Vision version reads: "He glares, his eyes full of anger. The veins in his temples stand out... He's just a petty officer. Razor Hanzo's anger explodes." Home Visions subs are more formal, whereas Animeigo took the often more flowery, literal approach. It's an apples and oranges kinda' thing.

Extras: First off, we get some great packaging, but down to the actual discs it is pretty barebones. Every film has its own Liner Notes/Original Poster Art insert and Original Trailers.

...The presentation here is absolutely fantastic. Really that is enough- or should be- but it is a tad disappointing that Home Vison didn't go the extra mile in the features department. But, you get over that pretty quick because you get damn near pristine presentations of one of the best gonzo samurai series at a great price.