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Crest of the Stars - Complete Series Set Reviews
An adventure laden with starship battles and political themes.
Although Crest of the Stars is made up of thirteen episodes, there are no fillers and it's really like just one long movie. Crest of the Stars will keep you glued to the screen from the beginning. In the first volume, we are introduced to Jinto -- a human with high position within the Abh. Even though Jinto is an Abh by law, humans look at him as little more than a trader and not all the Abh accept him as royalty. Another main character is Lafiel, a very regal and beautiful Abh girl who is in line to become the queen. Things just continue at a great pace from hereon, and the main objective of the series is for Lafiel to transport Jinto from Martine to his new home and school, so he can live and study with the Abh. But who would've guessed that a war would get in their way?
The art and animation are excellent. The English dubbing is great, and each character has a voice that fits him/her perfectly. If you buy the first volume, make sure you're ready to get the rest of them because once you start, you'll want to finish it right away! Crest of the Stars keeps you wanting more and wondering what's going to happen to Jinto and Lafiel. While there is some action in this series and the battleship fights are very military-ish, Crest of the Stars is above all else a well-written and in-depth story. The only things I don't like about this anime are the opening and ending songs... but other than that, Crest of the Stars is one great show.
Great Anime!
I won't go too much into the details of the show since I think anyone that knows enough about it to search for it here knows what it's basic storyline is. Not to mention there have already been plenty of people that have explained it.
So let me talk about the collection itself. I was a bit disapointed that the discs came in a over-sized DVD box instead of a actual box set a lot of other animes come in, but that was no real biggy. The DVDs are solid and the quality is good for the age of this show. There are four discs, each have a different colored look to them and when you play them they each have a different menu animation according to the episodes on that disc. Nice to see they put some effort into it. There is also a little peice of paper inside that which explains some of the show (like Abh terms, what this 'word' means, etc..) but that's about it.
One thing that I warn people about Crest of the Stars is the english voice overs, or dubs as most call them, are horrible! If this is your first time ever watching Crest of the Stars do not watch it in English first, it'll kill it for you. May even make you regret purchasing or even watching the show. Watch it in Japanese with English subtitles to truely enjoy it. The English voice actors lack any emotion at all, and I was really disapointed in that, probably the worst english dub ever conceived by man. Not to mention, some of the characters in the show (such as random people that just appear in the show to add atmosphere) don't even have english voice actors! They just left them in Japanese. Only the main characters have their own voices. You'll see what I mean in the first or second episodes. But if you watch it in Japanese, you'll love it. The Japanese actors display a great deal of emotion and even though I can't understand what they're saying without the subtitles, it's obvious they have talent.
Other than that there is really no reason to not purchase this series, it is a classic, and one of my favorites. Overall I'm grateful of the purchase. It has its quirks, and there isn't much in the way of extras.. but I didn't buy it for that, I bought it for episodes themselves. Which I'm sure to enjoy for a long time. 5/5
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