Re:ZERO: Starting Life in Another World - Season One Part One [Blu-ray]

This is the COMPLETE Season 1 blu ray collection. The previous blu ray releases, separated into Season 1 Part One and Part Two, had video quality issues and often had to be returned. FOR THIS CURRENT RELEASE, Season1 in one package or blu ray bundle, I see no issues whatever so ever. Video is sharp, smooth, clear, and colorful. I believe the problem has been fixed for the current blu ray release. I will update this review if I encounter any issues. There are a series of pictures posted in this review.This is my favorite "another world" anime in recent memory. It's 4 years old now, but new to me.The premise is that a random young man is transported to a fantasy world, however, in a trope defying and fun and creative take. Our hero has no powers or special abilities (at least for quite some time) readily apparent. He's not the chosen one or some fabled hero, he's a guy thrown into an unfamiliar world. He ends up meeting the "big players" of the world slowly and surely, but he has to struggle to even 'survive' in this new world he's in. He gets involved in some bigger things, but he's hampered by the fact that he doesn't know anything about the world he's in. What I love is that series doesn't shy away from the psychological toll certain events have on the characters. The actors give it their all (both dub and sub) and I can honestly say the show almost made me cry once or twice. I also laughed hard throughout the series too.Spoiler (read ar your own warning): The best part of the series is it's interesting to take or plot element to 'death'. "Return by Death" - wherein every time our hero dies, time itself goes backward and he 'awakes' at a previous checkpoint. Similar to a video game mechanic. However, dying is incredibly painful and scary. It is not to be abused as we learn in the series. The constants deaths due takes a toll on our hero Subaru and he doesn't understand the curse that's been placed on him. He is NOT in control of this power and that's scary. Through the pain and fear, it allows him to grow as a character after paying heavy prices for his mistakes.

Edit: So I'd like to add that I purchased both Part One and Part Two and that only Part Two came with a digital copy. Part Two had a Funimation Digital Copy sticker on the cardboard sleeve where as Part One had no indication of any digital copy. I'm not sure if this is indicitive of "new" copies of Part One or not, just a thought.I just received my set and it seems Amazon finally has some new sets with correct blu rays. I loved this anime so much I've been waiting for blu rays to be fixed before I purchased. I finally bit the bullet and it seems I got a good set. Mine was shipped from San Antonio, TX.

Yes the first episode is missing and that is really something amazon should get on because it is not missing on other platforms like VRV or Xbox so why a giant company like this one is missing the first episode is beyond me with that being said this review is more about the series itself rather than the missing episode. I know lots of anime watchers tend to hate dubs of quality anime because sub is better blah blah. However, I feel all the voice actors here do a great job and overall the plot is very good. However, I would recommend holding off on purchasing until Amazon acquires the rights to the first episode.

There used to be problems with the video quality but I had none of that, the extras were nice and it's overall a good product for 50$ highly recommend!

One of my favorite anime, the characters are very likeable and the story is so interesting. Poor Subaru can never catch a break! When he gets transported to another world what will he do to come to grips with this "ability" he has. It explores his mental state throughout the show and how it degrades over time which I thought was so fascinating. The animation is beautiful and the story is so unique, highly recommend! Hyped for season 2

Incredible quality on the books. Print is amazing nothing beats it