Eureka Seven: Part One [Blu-ray]

I give this release a 4, and the show a 10 out of 5 stars!! The reason I give this release a 4 out of five is because it is just sloppy compared to the amazing dvd releases by Bandai that skyrocketed in price once they went out of print. On the dads the main menu has epic music, moving pictures, and is overall fun and beautiful to navigate. On the blu-rays it is just duo picture of clouds with slow sleepy music. Though the menus are crisp, and get you where you need to go. They lack the feature that the dvd has giving you the option to skip to the b-part of each episode as well as the opening or ending. And now here is my biggest gripe that I cannot understand why this happens...I know the material is not in native hd! I have NO PROBLEM with that. What I hate is how my ps3, and other blu-ray players automatically upscale the dvd versions of Eureka Seven to full screen, or just shy of....Where as on these blu-ray releases the screen only projects the image in the 4x3 box. So every time I put on the blu-rays I have to manually go to my hdtvs menu, and change the image to "stretch" in order to get the blu-ray image to go full screen, where as the dvd does this for me AUTOMATICALLY without me having to constantly change the tv settings. Its so aggravating having to do this when I want to watch the superior picture of the blu-ray. Make no mistake the blu-ray image of the show is a lot brighter, and the lines are more crisp. It is definitely an hd upscale. But the dvd flows naturally with any tv I have put it on without having to navigate tv menus to get the image full screen like on the blu-ray. In conclusion this show is a classic period. It was produced around a time when anime was just starting to get big in the us, and when other great shows were ending. It is a gem, and a good sized show at 50 episodes. Robot fighting action, mystery a very sweet romance, not just between the main characters, but between many supporting as well. And very good humor to go with the sad times. And most importunately...There isn't any fan service "at least not that i can think of" This blu-ray edition is probably the best we are going to get, and the price is lower than the dads that some collectors like me have gotten our hands on.

This is billed as the greatest love story ever animated. That's qute a claim especially if there's an animated version of Romeo and Juliet anywhere. The story revolves around a band of anarchic "surfer dudes" with mech suits which fly through the sky on giant surfboards. This merry band is called the Gekkostate. They are joined by a 14 year old boy called Renton. There are in fact two love stories in this. The first is between the leader of the Gekkostate and a pilot called Talho. The second love story is between Renton and an odd girl called Eureka. Unusually for an anime the characters do develop and change in response to events. There story takes a darker turn as the past history of the Gekkostate is revealed.The story becomes quite complex and involved but is not well explained in the box set. The box set contains 26 episodes over four DVDs and there is an additional DVD with some episodes with commentaries. Unlike many multipart series the last episode is not climactic as if this it were the end of a series. Instead it leads directly into the 27th episode which is the first episode of Part Two. Because there are so many unanswered questions in Part One you almost have to watch part two. Very sneaky, very, very sneaky.This is watchable but I'm not sure that it is enjoyable. The script is very good and the characters are portrayed well but it is probably too long for its own good. I'm glad I have watched it but I'm not sure I will watch it again. That's why I give it four stars and not five.

I never owned the original Bandai release due to their absurd pricing scheme so when I saw this, I just had to jump on it. Eureka Seven is one of the first anime series I ever saw, and it is with little doubt the reason why I got into other anime series.In this box set you'll get the first half of the series along with a bonus feature disc. Unfortunately, that bonus disc is just merely a DVD instead of a Blu-ray disc. It mostly includes commentaries and interviews for the voice cast, but I don't find much value in those kinds of bonuses so you won't notice a quality loss between the formats. There are no episodes on the DVD so don't worry about that either.For image quality, it's as good as you could expect from a series that aired back in 2006. It's not going to look outstandingly crisp like say, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood or Soul Eater, but it's definitely better than the broadcast quality it had back when it aired on adultswim. It is after all, only 1080i in 4x3 ratio. Nonetheless, it has the classic Bones (animation studio) look to it that I personally thoroughly enjoy.For sound quality, again, it's about as good as you could expect. Funimation did not appear to make any special effort to go beyond its original 2.0 audio for either English or Japanese. I did notice that there was an occasional popping sound in quieter scenes on my surround system, but nothing distracting or highly prevalent.All in all, if you've been on the fence about purchasing this series, then this release is probably as good as it's going to get.

Here we go this box set contains eps 1-25 of a 50 part anime.One of the best around up there with Ghost in the shell 1st and 2nd gig.By no means the longest of animes as the Gundam series is a lot longer.So to the story it follows a 14 year old boy called Renton who embarks on a jorney of dicovery. When one day a mysterious LFO crashes into his room and destroys it.When the pilot emerges he is suprised to see that it is a young girl about his age maybe a year older.Thus the adventure begins he joins up with Eureka and the rest of the Gecko State in their fight against the military.The action is fast paced with some comedy mixed in.In the first box set there is action secenes plenty of mecha and a good dose of fantasy.Set on the planet Scub coral where they use the wind or trapas for a sport called lifting. These trapas also help generate power which helps power the LFO's which are used by Gecko State and the military to keep peace and fight wars.As the story progreses through the first 25 episodes we learn all about the Gecko State and its crew along with the relationship between Eureka and Renton and Nirvash the LFO they pilot together.This is 25 action packed episodes in one box set. Which is what makes this such a great anime and at such a cheap price for the two box sets well worth the money.So why not buy it today.

Eureka's seven by Studio Bones is a highly enjoyable anime with well established characters (so you would expect, its a whooping 50 episodes long!). The animation and art style are THE BEST I have ever seen on a made for T.V series and although the plot can be rather flimsy in places (the desperation illness desperatly needs better explaining) it then makes up for it by giving lots of style where the substance is lacking. My one gripe is that you rarely get much in the way of D.V.D extras and on disc 3 the picture is off at the top of the screen and you can see the runnig time which is frustrating. All in all Eureka's seven is an highly enjoyable series very much worth your money and if your after a new boxset to tide you over you would be hard pushed to find better.

It came much earlier than expected and is in perfect condition! The discs are shiny and clean and it all looks brand New!Nothing was damaged at all and the price was very good. I would definitely recommend this seller.I am very happy to have this series on DVD as it was very hard to find a region 2 version, Thank you!

This is an awesome series with awesome story and with awesome characters. And of course the music is awesome.There are no filler episodes every single episode are necessary even the recap episode. I totally recommend you to watch this. It's a must watch for anime fans like myself. It's one of the best mecha anime. Like code geass and none genesis evangelion.Both English and Japanese is awesome have a great time

As stated by reviews above, this contains 5 discs 5 episodes in each cd, the cd artwork is really great too if you were wondering, i'm really happy with my purchase, the video quality looks amazing in special if you play it on a dvd or blu ray player, you won't regret buying this dvd combi.