Martian Successor Nadesico: Complete Collection

One of my all time favorite series hands down.If you don't already own the Collectors edition DVDs from Nozomi then this is the version to buy. If you already own the collectors edition you can safely pass on this unless your looking to upgrade to all Blu-Ray.

The show, itself, was so awesome! I enjoyed every episode and once you “get” the tone, there are hours of enjoyment to be found here. The same can not be said of the movie. I think even if I had the knowledge of the Sega game that connected the show to the movie, I wouldn’t have enjoyed it. Sure, the animation in the movie was quite a few notches above the show, but the story they told was downright awful. This blu ray package is a winner because of the presence of the show. Only watch the movie if you are morbidly curious.

I can say the series is just expected and also if you remember the main character from the first English dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion then he makes it here only this time really goes into a mecha.

The television series is awesome the movie blew chunks

This show is exactly how I remember it. A hilarious teen romance story...in space! A great addition to any otaku's library.Product includes the main series, the OVA, and the movie. The discs and box are in great shape.

Was in the mood for an older series, so picked this one up. The mecha designs are nothing special, but the center of the series is in the characters. The Japanese voice acting is good; subs are good. The typical cast of characters isn't the usual batch we'd see nowadays, with a large cast, including a number of folks that don't appear. The story is ok, with an alien invasion, the relationships between the characters, and the emergence of a few mysteries, including why our main character guy teleported from Mars colony. I'm not such a fan of the pacing and tone, because they feel crammed in. One moment the guy is in his derelict mech, floating towards his ship, and the next he's got the love triangle girls in there with him. I thought I'd fallen asleep for a minute, but the story does that a few times, as if a few minutes of animation were removed. Otherwise, one moment it's serious, then they cram in jokes, romance, and even just weird character quirks. It's jarring and distracting, but thankfully mostly at the beginning. I couldn't get invested in the love triangle either. It comes out of nowhere, goes nowhere, and everyone comes off a bit touched in the head. An anime of a different time indeed. Good animation, a nice show-within-a-show send off, and an unmistakable taste of 90s anime.

Martian Successor Nadesico is just... There are no words to describe it. This was the first full anime I had ever seen, (I had seen episodes of Naruto or One Piece before, but they dragged on way too long for me to stay interested. Nowadays One Piece has 500+ episodes?! Thanks but no thanks, Eiichiro Oda.) so maybe I'm viewing this series through nostalgia goggles, but I don't care. Nadesico perfectly blends elements of comedy, romance, suspense, action, and everything else you can imagine into one perfect bundle of joy. Every moment you spend with this anime will feel special. Nadesico also has the best English dub I've ever heard. You can feel that each character in the English dub has a personality, while this is not always the case in the Japanese dub (Inez's voice in Japanese sounds horribly wrong and out of place). From Yurika, the cute bubbly captain of the Nadesico, to soft spoken Ruri, who lovingly refers to her crew mates as idiots, the English cast gives us a reason to love these characters, and not brush them under the rug like some OTHER anime characters with bland white-bread personalities (I'm looking at you, Sakura). Prior to owning this Complete Collection (which fully lives up to its name; we'll get back to that in a minute), I owned the Complete Chronicles set, and the amount of features you get in the new one is amazing. Cast interviews (only for the Japanese dub though **tear drops form**), the motion picture epic "Prince of Darkness", and even the previously unreleased Gekigengar 3 OVA shows up for the party! The only things I wish were in this collection is English cast interviews, and maybe some insight to what goes on in the Japanese exclusive Nadesico games (maybe some cutscenes or something, I don't know). Either way, this is about as complete a collection available now, and I'm loving it! I love Nadesico so much that I'd buy a new box set if they released one, even if there aren't any new special features added. Get this Complete Collection today; you won't regret it! **In a bunny suit** "It's time to get to know the Nadesico! You get to burning..."

I originally bought this series on VHS years ago ,and I've been meaning to get this DVD boxset for a while now. And I finally got it, I'm so happy that the powers that be. Have made and released this boxset with the complete series and the Prince of Darkness ,and the Gekiganger 3 movie specials.And some great extras, and it will be a welcome addition to my DVD collection!

Good anime

Absolutely brilliant anime. Do yourself a favor and watch this.Saw this a few years ago and couldn't find a place to pick it up, after finding it on Amazon I immediately grabbed the chance to purchase it!The characters are funny and engaging and the series parodies itself in several different ways. Getting the Gekiganger OVAs and film to boot was like a christmas present as a bonus, this is well worth the money!

grate serves

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  Una serie que vi de niño en locomotion, es una lástima que los blu-ray sean fabricados en México y que no tengan por lo menos subtitulos en español, no pido que tenga el audio en español pero no hay problema, por lo menos mi inglés de conalep se defiende.PD. Es genial que tenga las ovas y la película.

I remember watching this great anime comedy sci-fi series in the 1990s.The package contains the following- Disc 1 to 3: 26 TV episodes.- Disc 4: Prince of Darkness Movie- Disc 5 (DVD only): Bonus Material (Music Video, Featurettes, Promotional Commercials and Japanese Cast Interviews, etc.).Despite the amount of material, I have to give this collection 4/5 stars because it *does not* have the clean opening and clean ending as advertised at back of the package.