My Evangelion background:

I have been a fan of the series since I rented the unique “Slay of Evangelion” movie a couple of years ago. I rented the unusual DVDs (the ‘Perfect’ collection) from Netflix and watched every episode in Japanese+Subtitles and English. I have also seen “Death & Rebirth.”

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What THIS collection contains (hardware) :

I purchased this collection from Amazon. The disks have an captivating textured mark application. Nothing else is special about the physical items. Thin DVD containers, decent box, NO inserts AT ALL unless you include the promo page stuck to the attend of the box.

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What THIS collection contains (software) :

Fair the episodes and the director’s lop versions of four episodes, nothing extra. No commentaries, no interviews, no guides, nothing. Well, it has some previews, but those do not count. To be obvious, the director’s slit and unique versions of the four episodes are both here.

Detailed review:

I watched the first DVD and was amazed at the quality of the transfer. It had been a few months since I had seen the Netflix version, so I re-rented the first DVD to compare.

Yes, the record quality is vastly qualified to the archaic version. I never really noticed the frame shake before, but watching the new was like watching a crappy 60’s western–almost every transition was marred by at least two or three frame shakes that cannot be ignored once the ‘clean’ one is seen. The images themselves are also remarkable cleaner. The extinct version looks like a VCR tape by comparison.

The sound was also astonishing. I assume watching in orignal Japanese with English subtitles, so it was a stout surprise to hear it in Dolby Digital 5.1–usually the Japanese soundtrack is only two-channel.

There are a few additions to the episodes, but usually very dinky adds. However, the four director’s slit episodes have critical additions that interpret things that would otherwise be confusing, which is obliging, because episode 21 is where the series really takes the sage in a modern direction.

Opinion:

Again, I survey the Japanese w/ subtitles. I was switching audio sources to compare English & Japanese and they sounded exactly the same except for the vocals. It also reminded me why I discover the Japanese versions–in one scene, Toji gave Ryoko a shrimp item. The English actor said “I guess the cat’s out of the bag” but the subtitles showed “Here is a cat souvenir for you” (not trusty quotes) . The English one makes it sound like he’s giving her a secret clue to the rest of the memoir instead of objective giving her a cat coin (she collects cat stuff) . Plus, you accept to glimpse how many ways the sound for “yes” is broken-down (“yes sir, yes, yeah, probably” are all the same word, honest different levels of inflection) .

Should you prefer it?

Here’s how you should do it:

1) Rent “Slay of Evangelion”. You will either fancy it or abominate it, but it provides an alternate ending to the series. Personally, I adore it, but I also savor the novel ending. If this movie makes you want to come by out what’s going on, then you will luxuriate in the series. If you notion the movie was tedious and you didn’t care about the characters then you will not like the series, so you honest saved yourself the cost of the .

2) Choose this collection. You WILL gawk it again, so you will like the capable transfer quality for a bargain sign.

Note: I revised this review to strip out renting Perfect collection first. There really is no reason to do this since Wikipedia has more info than the extras. Check out these sites for detailed NGE info:

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The changes in the Platinum version of Evangelion from the Perfect Collection are miniature, with four director’s nick episodes and commentary. (I received an e-mail recently, which famed I left out 5.1 sound and better narrate quality, though than anime unruffled looks washed and the sound is only definite in surround sound) . But, they are changes in what is perhaps one of the best animes ever created, and to fans, that is more than enough to exercise their money.

If that wasn’t enough for you then, then here is your opportunity. Remove it from someone who thrives off of these thin-pack box sets. The value of them is beyond compare. All of them have sturdy boxes with artwork on them. You procure entire series for what is usually half the trace you would exercise buying the entire series, and you keep on shelf-space. In this case, where there were seven DVDs in the entire series that go for $27 a pop (7 x 27 = 189 plus tax and possibly shipping), you’ll ruin up saving tall. How can you beat that?

I recommend this for anyone who doesn’t have the fresh box site and for fans of anime of the highest quality. This is the best giant-robot anime, one of the top ten ever, and will go down as something magical and famous in anime in the same plot that Akira did. Plus, I recommend this for the value itself (7 x 27 = 189 – 48 = 141 = How can you beat that? ) .

(ADDED LATER) I’ve received a lot of e-mail regarding the extra features, inserts, and DVD count, so I’m going to address these issues now. Firstly, there is only six DVDs, but the episodes are condensed into the six so there is no need to exertion about that. The final disc contains the director’s chop episodes. Also, there are few extras on the disc, and in case you appreciate the inserts that tend to reach with DVDs, the DVDs in the box situation won’t have them.
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