Martian Successor Nadesico Complete Series - Standard Edition [Dual Format] [Blu-ray]

Indeed, for anyone who may be wondering like me, who only know anime from cartoon network and the toonami days, this is one darn excellent anime. In fact, I would go so far as to say this is one of the best anime series I have Ever Seen. It's that good. But what makes it that good? The writing, that's what. The writing is just so creative, always veering in different directions and subverting expectations. The series plays as a parody, or rehashed unserious loveletter to the genres it employs, such as mecha and harem. I LOVE harem series, and this is indeed partly a harem, but with a quite satisfying end (for those who were so dumb and didn't realize it, there are Easter Eggs in the OVA in the bonuses in disc 7).Martian Successor Nadesico: The Complete Collection is apparently remastered, with better audio quality and picture, akin to the Tenchi Universe collection that was recently released. This reissue brings back an essential anime, full of great characters and good stories. If you have ever seen Gurren Lagaan, and indeed I hope you have since that is by far the best example I can think of for such an original series, this is what GL wanted to be and pretty much used as its sole inspiration, but never never never amounted up to. The themes of war, romance, sci-fi, heck let's just keep it at war, are so much more mature in this series. There is a plot twist involving the Jovians that will make you go, 'Oh, there's more to all this than I thought', and this twist will remind you of Now and Then, Here and There, which along with Grave of the Fireflies were my two standards for war anime (along with Gundam Wing, Cartoon Network days and all) UNTIL this series. Seriously, you are missing out on one of the best anime EVER by not seeing this, its take on pretty much everything is original and thought provoking, though lighthearted and entertaining and funny at the same time.If all you know is Tenchi and Gundam wing, it's time to get out of the anime basement and come up to the surface--you mole--and start checking out everything CN was too afraid to get a license for. Of course you may think this series is a bit too silly at first through the first couple episodes, but things gain a certain Tone at a point, and you'll just want to see it out to the very end henceforth. And believe me, the writing gets very silly, but I think I only thought that because I've never seen anything quite like a drama/pure parody/reflexive--meta-irony theme like this, it's so silly and serious but again, lighthearted, I want to stress that word very much, it's all over the place but the writers really control everything, it's very impressive the creative tangents they can go off on and still bring you back to the main story--an element of complete storywriting so often missing from modern anime, and especially Gurren Lagaan, as inspired and fun as the first 15 or so episodes of that was .I don't often rate anime series five stars because in my Cartoon Network-centric head I think they mined all the anime talent and classics that were available at the time, but when I find something they totally missed on I do a little jump for joy. I would easily compare Nadesico with the best series of the 90's, such as Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Gundam Wing, Rurouni Kenshin, Tenchi Muyo et al. You really are missing out on one of the BIG ONES if you don't see this. Essential anime.And yes, the romantic story which I look for in most good anime is definitely here, even if it takes time to mature into something you care enough about. (;

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..."

This is a classic that is either misunderstood by the generation that grew up with it, or possibly too “old” for those not born into the 90’s. This is one of my favorites of all time.First time watchers that are skeptical, you need to get towards to end and then “in retrospect” you will get it and it’s freaking hilarious/amazing.Those trying to finish where they left off years ago be warned....You need to do some reading on the “Blank of 3 Years” (filler between movie for Sega Saturn) while trying to avoid spoilers for the movie. Sadly the original story was supposed to finish with a 3 movies series, it never got the other 2 and I think that is truly awful.Those wanting even more should look into the Dreamcast game. Don’t know the name off hand and I haven’t seen it myself yet.

Picture Quality: Bad, despite still much better than its DVD versionParticles all over the screenContent: The Movie "Martian Successor Nadesico - The prince of darkness -" is included.Casing: Good or Fair. None of the latches are broken.

This is a must see..it's funny as hell and the story is good .. worth the money in every way. Me and my wife are high school sweet hearts and we watch this back in 2002 and being married now with five kids ..we got to introduce a piece of our lives to our 5 kids ... Buy this !!!

Martian Successor Nadesico on Blu-ray. This anime is much better than the DVD version. The quality is very nice compared to the DVD and it's less cases to keep up with, everything is now in one case.

One of the hidden gems that's really popular in japan but don't see any love outside of the country. Would recommend to any mecha fan born before the 2000s.

The media could not be loaded.  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.

ブルーレイといえ当時のTV画質なので過度の期待は禁物ですが、問題なく視聴できます。機器側（Xbox）の設定で英語字幕も消せたので、満足です。

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!

an okay series.