Video:

Not as crisp and clear as DVD video but seeing as it was likely taken from a TV airing and not from a another DVD it's good. A few dark scenes looked a little frizzy, minor but still noticeable. There is a bluring effect during some of the action scenes, since it's kinda cool looking I assume it's supposed to be there. :) I had some skipping on episode 12 it was not bad enough on my stand alone DVD player for me to feel the need to ask for a replacment. But it is the kind of glitch that will freeze up not just skip on a PS2 or low grade/older DVD player. It's likely that it is just my set that has the glitch but if you only have a low grade player, you better be careful that you have options to return this set if you buy it.

Audio:

Good sound quality and great soundtrack. I can't tell very well if voice acting is good or not unless it's in English, I guess that at least means I don't hate it.

Subtitle:

OVERVIEW: Not perfect but nothing like the horror stories you might have read about HK subs that aren't based off a R1 source ether. Characters have the correct names and mistakes are the exception to the rule, I'd say around 5 or 6 mistakes an episode on average including minor spelling errors, a line or two going to fast here and there and words out of order. by far the worst episode sub quality wise is episode 11 since about half the lines have the last word of a line cut off but even in this episode I could still understand what was being talked about just fine. I'm kinda glad this was in the episode that it was though, things might have been hard to follow if it happened in some of the other episodes. IN DETAIL: Here are some of the mistakes you'll see. From episode 1: "You can fine it?" (Really should be: "Can you find it?" "Hey, I've never gone out with a girl I before" ("I" not needed) From ep. 10: "Even there's a facter that determines if something is tight at the moment." ("if" should be after the word "Even". "tight" should really be the word "right".) From ep.11: "Twelve years ago, a faction consisting of a group of" (Last word cut off.) From preview for ep. 12: "This felling might be [Edit for Slight spoiler]." ("felling" should be "feeling") Anyway you get the idea, even when the mistakes show up they are minor.

Comment:

Notes* *I watched this series on a COBY brand DVD player (DVD-224 model) with AV cable on a 25 inch RCA TV *Also checked it some on a PS2 (50001 model) The series it self: Madlax is from the same people that made Noir. In my view Noir had an almost perfect mix of action, character and plot. Compared to Noir, Madlax is much more plot focused and it spends less time on character and action. I like the characters in both series a lot but the lack of action in Madlax so far is a bit disappointing. Even so Madlax is well done and worth seeing even if it does not change much in the second half. Oh and please note that Madlax not a sequel to Noir it just has a similar style to it.

Video:

Ok, for a tv rip, not dvd quality but it'll do, no ghosting or vertical lines.

Audio:

Very good, no hissing of buzzing.

Subtitle:

Pretty good for an hk, some engrish and grammatical errors.

Comment:

This show reminds an awful lot of Noir, the music is very simiular, the plot has the same advant garde kind of appeal, after watching about 9 episodes I lost intrest in it. Not to say it isn't good, it's just not my cup of tea.