Product Description

The Earth the Moon and our Martian Colonies are under alien attack and our space fleets are powerless to stop the invasion. Disgusted by the incompentence of the Terran military the independent arms manufacturer Nergal builds its own space battle cruiser and launches a new offensive in a desperate attempt to save the Earth. Unfortunately due to a shortage of trained military personnel the crew is a little unorthodox...With a reluctant assistant cook as a pilot a ditsy general's daughter in command and the largest contingent of geeks misfits and anime fans ever sent into orbit the poor enemy Jovians won't stand a chance!Contains all 26 episodesSystem Requirements:Running Time: 650 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 702727186523 Manufacturer No: DND/BX1

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14347 in DVD
• Brand: ADV Films
• Released on: 2008-01-01
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English, Japanese
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 6
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 650 minutes

Customer Reviews

One of my favorites
The best part of this anime series, and where it stands out from some of my other favorites, is in its ability to make fun of anime and itself. It's a light-hearted series that is very well written. The setting is Sci Fi, but it is the kind of Sci Fi that doesn't require being a hardcore fan of Sci Fi. The one place I'm dissappointed is in the ending. It doesn't really wrap up the story very well. But the ride is very much worth it.

Great anime series
This is the recent 'thinpak' issue of the popular Sci-fi Action-Comedy Anime Nadesico. The 'thinpak' series is ADV Films' (the licensor for this series) way of giving it's customers cheaper boxsets of whole series of Anime, the cost being their small size and usually inferior (if not totally removed) extras compared to the old box sets. Typically a great value nonetheless.

This series focuses on the Nadesico, a highly-advanced space-faring battleship created by a private military company called Nergal for the apparent sole purpose of rescuing colonists on Mars from the threat of an alien race known as the "Jovian Lizards". Being the most advanced piece of military equipment man can create, no ordinary crew can successfully control it, so unique individuals from all walks of life are called to be it's crew.

Unfortunately, these individuals are "unique" in bad ways as well, consisting mostly of women who have little to no military experience and personality quirks. To begin with, their captain, Yurika Misamaru, a Japanese woman with a shrewd tactical mind, tends to act like an utter airhead and is thought of by Nergal as being little more than eye-candy the crew will blindingly listen to because she's pretty. Their chief engineer Seiya Uribitake is an atypical mad scientist who neglects his family to work on highly destructive and weird devices such as maid robots that fire missiles. Their science officer, Ruri Hoshino, is a genetically-engineered young girl who regards everyone around her as an idiot and is totally inexperienced at interacting with others. Most notably, their ace pilot, Akito Tenkawa, is formally a cook, not a pilot!

Akito Tenkawa is the main focus of the story, a Martian-born man who was close childhood friends with Yurika (who was also born on Mars) struggles to understand how he ended up on Earth when his last memories were of him on Mars struggling (and apparently failing) to save a young girl from invading Jovian Lizards and staring death in the face himself, his utter fear of the Jovians, and the mystery of the supposed murder of his parents. He also must struggle with the fact that absence has made the heart grow fonder with Yurika and she will not stop fawning over him, trying to make him fall in love with her. Akito's romantic problems compound when other women on the ship begin to notice him as well.

The series both takes itself seriously and engages in self-parody, never allowing itself to partake too much in one over the other. The action scenes are usually quite serious, with the real worry of people dying in battle. Meanwhile when there are no immediate threats to life and limb, the characters deal with more comical problems on the ship. This is one of those series that actually manages to balance dramatic action and situational comedy.

The animation and artwork is highly detailed and smooth, with many surfaces having shines consistent with a bright sci-fi setup.

The voice acting is excellent in Japanese, spoken by veteran Japanese voice actors, though at points the characters will randomly speak partially or even fully in English, sometimes with hilarious results such as an early point in the series where Yurika addresses a large gathering of military minds completely in English, with a very thick Japanese accent.

The voice acting in English is more than passable. The voice actors clearly put effort into their roles, especially Spike Spencer as Akito Tenkawa, easily nailing the feeling of a anime-loving cook constantly thrown in ridiculous situations where his life may be in danger. Never the less, despite the effort and good work the actors put in, some of their voices don't always seem to fit the characters and the scripts they read from may differ a bit from what was originally said in the Japanese version though thankfully, it never strays too far to the point of ridiculousness.

The subtitled translation of the series is very faithful, apparently updated from previous subtitled translation of the series.

All in all, I highly recommend this series, it makes a great impression and is a great value with this set.

A Great Sci-Fi Comedy For All Ages
If you like the Full Metal Panic anime series this is another one for your collection. The series is very light-hearted an not very serious or very dramatic you also of course have the genius young male pilot as the love interest for the captain of the ship,the other female pilots,and of course some of the female crew. The video is standard format with 2.0 English audio and 2.0 Japanese audio the extras for the set are very slim just some trailers and textless intro and ending songs. The voice actors for the English audio are for the most part great there are some who they could do without the Japanese voice actors are great as well. So for any fan who is looking for a light-hearted sci-fi series with a romantic touch check this one out you will not be disappointed...