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Feature Presentation:
Special thanks to Geneon Entertainment for sending a copy for a review for this site. This Anime series is something quite different & possibility will raised issues to North America. Here is a story between Koshiro & Nanoka, brother & sister, seperated apart when their parents got divorce. One day, Nanoka is planing to move back with Koshiro & their father, as she is starting high school & moving there is much better then traveling a long distance from home to school. However, this really bugs Koshiro alot & have stare feelings about having a sister that he never knew, grow up with, a brother-sister relationship that others has. Not knowing what Nanoka looks like, he went out on a date that ended up to be his sister. From that point on, things went really strange with feelings that is deem unnatural to the world that we live in. Further more, the music that this series have is very sweet & smooth to listen.
Video:
Geneon Entertainment did a very great job. I found no problem, the image are clear & the color looks perfect. To top things off, the series is feature on Widescreen format. If you got a Widescreen TV, you're going to enjoy this even more. There is some watermarks done for the introduction & ending credits (they are translated in English). Each episode are split into 5 parts, introduction, part A, part B, ending & the preview for the next episode. I do note that you can skip all those warnings & logos when you first load the DVD by just pressing the "Menu" button on your remote control.
Dubbing: English:
The dubbing is really well done, they suit the characters. It's about 85% of the original Japanese.
Audio 01: English 2.0:
No problem found.
Audio 02: Japanese 2.0:
No problem found.
Subtitle:
Geneon Entertainment have selected a great font, very easy to read. They use green for the ending theme, the rest is yellow & white for Japanese signs & text. There are two tracks of subtitling. One track is for the sign subtitling & the other one is for the Japanese dialogue. I might note every odd numbered episodes, the intro & ending subtitles are in English, while the even numbered episodes are in Japanese original text on this volume.
Menu Option:
The menu is also in widescreen format, but if got just a regular full screen TV, it will display in that format with no problem. It's very simple, with Nanoka with cherry blossom around with screenshots from the episodes in this volume moving in the background. There is the "Play All", "Screen Access", "Set Up" & "Extras". When you selected any options, the menu makes a wave of cherry blossoms fly by. The music playing in the background is one of the music in the series. There is only music on the main menu, but the other section doesn't have any.
DVD Extras:
Nothing much to see, there is just the non-credit opening, along with the original Japanese opening as well. That's about it.
Packaging:
It's lots of cherry blossoms. On the cover, you see Nanoka in her school uniform. On the back, there is many screenshots from the episodes in this volume. The insert has the chapter listing, along with the upcoming releases for the other volumes of this series. On the DVD disc itself, it's almost like a blanket, with the two bears, which belongs Koshiro & Nanoka.
PC Viewing:
Watching it on the PC is the same as watching it on the TV. Very clean, no problem at all, very little pixel. The sound is just great. The episodes are place on one single track as you play the episodes, so loading time is really small. You can fast forward to the first episode to the last episode with one move on your mouse! Like on your regular DVD player, you can skip the warnings & logos when you load the disc, just use the "menu" option to go to the menu screen.
Overall DVD Rating:
A little warning that this series moves along quite slow, as it deals with emotional conflicts issues between a brother & a sister. To most of us, it doesn't go very well, but keep an open mind. Though, I love the music all the way.
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