My first release (not counting release of FMA1394's encodes over a decade ago) of Master Quest was last June/July. These were dub-over-raw, meaning that as much as possible, the video footage was replaced with Japanese footage. Unfortunately, several problems were found in the existing release, including edits specific to the original US release (and not to the dub itself), and many stray frame or synchronization errors. As a result, I withdrew the release and checked every episode, requiring re-encoding or audio rework on 43 out of 64 episodes. Some of these episodes may have audio tracks that run longer than the video because of resynchronization of the credits.
While (except for episodes 12, 59, 60 and 61) the original release was based on the first US DVD box, the new encodes are based on the second US DVD box from 2016 which uses international masters. This means the newer episodes will have fewer edits and repeated eyecatches near the end (as well as, in some cases, less dead air after the OP and in the middle of eyecatches). Also in some cases, although inconsistently, dub edits (often involving moving the Who's That Pokémon and deleting duplicated footage) have been undone. This means that on occasion, episodes may run slightly longer than the normal dub, eyecatches may have been moved, and some audio reconstruction may have been done.
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