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[R2] Ichigo Mashimaro encore (OVA2) vol.2

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2009/03/31 15:32

So, I finished collecting OVA, too. Please tell me that this is the end... orz...

First pressed comes with a CD inside, but it's for Japanese Windows only. I don't even have Windows on my computer at the moment, so this will be useless for me. orz.... Couldn't they put in something like Seiyuu commentary or something?

Video quality is the same as the first volume. Was it good? Of course! Just like every other Ichigo Mashimaro episodes ^^ Only grudge I have when I buy R2 OVA is that they are too expensive.

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[BD] Nasu series

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2009/03/19 16:13

I already wrote my thoughts on the first series here. Second series has more entertainment like features but it is not as realistic as the first one.

Package isn't great since it was pretty cheap (though since both of them are only 50min, you can't really say it's cheap;;). I don't think any of the DVD LE materials made it here. orz... Such a disappointment.

Video quality is okay. They are movie and OVA, so background details seem to really shine in Blu-ray. Since the second series was made much later, it seems to have better video quality than the first one. Video quality is probably much better than DVD but I don't own DVDs so I can't do the comparison. As my TV setup can only go upto 1080i, I can't really say too much about the video quality. I really enjoyed the sound quality though. The sound of the wind while racers go down the hill(from the first movie) was exceptional.

*ADDED:
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Screenshots(スクリーンキャプチャ): shot1, shot2, shot3

Nasu: Suitcase no Wataridori
Screenshots(スクリーンキャプチャ): shot1, shot2, shot3

(C)NASU FILM PARTNERS/MADHOUSE/VAP

Andalusia is not SD for sure. Lines look rough but backgrounds are pretty sharp. I was satisfied. Suitcase has a pretty decent video quality for anime genre.

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[R2] Ichigo Mashimaro encore (OVA2) vol.1

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2009/02/05 14:35

orz... so I ended up buying it. For some reason, Geneon did not put this series out on Blu-ray, despite the fact that they are releasing all the new TV series in Blu-ray. Well, the episode itself was pretty good. Frankly, last OVA's somewhat werid character design change and lack of comedy was a bit of a downer, but this time around, I was quite satisfied with the content. But still, TV series was the best.

Now, the problem is, lack of extras. Last OVA had voice actresses commentary but this time, just a box and note. WTF is this? You put 25min anime in DVD and sell it for 6000yen when everything is made in HD, and this is all I get? On top of that, video quality is bad. How come TV series, which came out the earliest has the best video qualtiy? -_- encoding is not bad, but it's way too blurry. Sigh... and I still bought it... what a dumbass...

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[R1] Galaxy Angel S1, Z, A

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2008/10/28 22:30

Comedy anime with Digi Charat kind of gag sense. Quite famous in this genre. I personally liked the first season the best. It had the best animation quality, too. Still, later episodes are quite funny. It's just... drawing and quality isn't as great, possibly due to digitalized producing procedure.

Package is one of the worst (I hate bricks) and disc printing is really bad. Oh well, all Bandai economic set looks like this, so I didn't expect anything fancy anyways. Thankfullly, video quality is pretty good. Also, some extra materials regarding voice actresses were a huge plus. I guess it is a good value pack considering the price.

I was going to buy AA too, but I'll wait till the exchange rate settles down a bit.

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[R1] Hellsing Ultimate vol.4

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2008/10/03 19:55

Grr.... I got a damaged product. -_-+ I think I'll ask for a replacement... but seriously, this is getting too frequent. I'm getting less and less interested in R1 limited editions because of these incidents I've been having.

Anyways, here's some pictures.

I doubt I need to explain what series this is? I think I blogged 4th episode of Hellsing, too.

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[R1] Hellsing OVA vol.1~3

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2008/09/13 20:30

The ultimate vampire anime filled with blood and madness. One of my favorite manga of all times adapted faithfully to its original. First episode was a bit diappointing because quality wasn't as high as I expected, but hot dang, episode 2~4 were amazing. It actually gets better and better.

Geneon used stealbook case which actually looks really nice. I actually prefer it over digipak. Unfortunately, R1 is missing Japanese commentary track, and booklet material (unless it is included in the DVD itself). I was actually expecting some kind of booklet, but instead we only get a insert that really holds no meaning, cuz it only has cover arts.

One thing I hate about R1 releases is that a lot of their products are damaged when I receive it. Seriously, some damages just CANNOT be caused by shipping and it is obviously the problem with the distributors themselves. For example, backcover of vol.3 had some scratches even though it was SEALED perfectly when I received it. Since the back of the disc case is protected by the figure box, only explanation is that it was scratched before it was sealed. I couldn't return it because the time I opened it was long time after 30 days since I recieved it. It is not something so noticable, but it is really annoying how I get this kind of defects so often. I never have such problem with R2. I bought the LE version because I think of it as a collective material. For such a pricy DVD they should take extra care when handling it.

Video quality was decent. Expected from Geneon releases.

Anyways, thanks to Funimation, we are finally getting the fourth volume of this series this month, which I preordered. ^^ I can't wait...

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[R2] Honey and Clover

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2008/08/31 20:25

Honey and Clover, the best shoujo anime depicting youth related problems. First season's ending was especially moving. There were many insert songs by Spitz and Suga Shikao which were just amazing, creating unforgettable scenes. Faithful to the original manga, yet have it still has it's unique touch. I just cannot recommend this series enough.

First season DVDs

Video quality seems very nice, as expected from region 2. Only gripe is that I would have liked a box that holds at least 3 dvds like other serieses. It's kind of inconvinient when there's box for each DVDs.

And the second season DVDs

Packaging wise, second season looked better than the first season. I really liked the outer cases which looked more classy. Thanks to the popularity of the first seaosn, second season's quality was very consistant comapred to the first season where I saw some quality drop time to time. On top of that, each episode had a different insert song! Quality wise, I have no complaints. One thing I wasn't satisfied was how the love relationship ended. If they have tied up those love triangles a bit better, I would have given the second season 100/100. By the way, remember Kamiya Hiroshi, who got into an accident before the recording of episode 12? We got Nojima Kenji instead for the TV airing, but for the DVD, Kamiya Hiroshi redid the recording for Takemoto, so there's no gap between episode 11 and 12 anymore. ^^

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[R1] Mermaid Forest

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2008/08/20 18:44

Mermaid Forest... Another Rumiko Takahashi's work. I haven't finished the series yet, but I was quite disappointed by the low animation quality. ~_~

Packaging was... disappointing. R2 looked gorgeous, but I wasn't going to pay so much for a series that I'm not really into. I wanted to take some screenshots but for some reason, it is not working on my mac DVD player. It works fine on my DVD player so not sure what is wrong here ~_~ Anyways, video quality was okay when I watched it on TV.

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[R1] Rumiko Takahashi Anthology

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2008/08/20 18:43

Rumiko Takahashi Anthology, or Rumic Theater, is collection of short stories written by Rumiko Takahashi. I liked each and every story. Though I think it would have been nicer if they finished Ranma instead of using the money on the production of this series. ^^;; Production quality wasn't that high, but I don't think it needed to be any higher than this anyways.

*p.s: Hirano Fumi's appearance in episode 13 was priceless. T__T)b

Packaging wasn't that good, especially if you compare it with R2 release.

Video quality... was not bad, but I had some problems with the color. I'm not sure why, but I have seen that weird color problem (mostly green tint?) I've seen in ADV releases. Looks good when I play it on PS3. I don't think there were any major microblocking problems, but I see mosquito noise time to time.

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[R1] Kamichu!

BD/DVD Review/2000~2009 / 2008/08/16 19:01

One of the best moe inducing series ever made. I was very impressed with this series when I saw the first episode. Great quality(just look how much effort they put in for the background!) and heart-warming atmosphere and funny. Unless you are one of those "moe-haters", I highly recommend this series.

For R1, this was a decent packaging. For some reason, I didn't really like it too much. Compared to somewhat expensive looking R2, R1 release looked quite cheap. I was actually very close to buying the R2 so I wasn't too satisfied with this packaging I guess. That said, not a bad packaging at all. It had tons of extras such as pencil boards, interview, etc. Box was decent, too.

I didn't have any problems with video quality. Looked decent to me.

*p.s: Now that I think about it, setting was pretty wacky. A high-school girl becoming a god one day. lol...

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