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• Format: Animated, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Limited Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Run Time: 325 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AARKF8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,237 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DVD of Destiny, November 3, 2005

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AMP "Al" (Somewhere on Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avenger: Complete Collection (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

13 complete episodes for twenty bucks? Sure, I figure that I'd try it. And hey, it turned out to be a good deal.

The story, though it admittedly has parts that don't make sense, is still interesting; it's about a gladiator named Layla who wanders around Mars with a little robot girl named Nei. Earth has been destroyed, humans can no longer reproduce, the moon somehow threatens to wipe out the planet, and in the middle of it all, the two main characters are being hunted down by a pair of immortals who rule over part of the planet.

It certainly has its slow parts, but the occasional fight scenes and some good-quality animation makes up for it all. The characters are kind of likable, but not entirely engaging. The packaging for this is awesome; it's a metal tin with all three discs securely fastened to either end of it. And it comes with four free film cells.

The whole series is like "Noir" mixed with "Iria," and although it may not be up to par with either one, I would reccomend it if you liked them. I'd also reccomend it if you enjoyed such things as "Madlax," "Dot Hack Sign," "Planetes," and maybe "Outlaw Star."

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Short Review., January 9, 2007

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W. A. Scott "Your powers are weak old man." (Oklahoma, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avenger: Complete Collection (Anime Legends) (DVD)

Well, having literally just finished watching this, I must say that this show left a lot of questions unanswered.
The series starts off feeling like you've missed out on some important details, like you should already know what's going on. It's possible that this started out as a manga and evolved into an animated version of it, I'm not sure. Maybe I've overlooked something somewhere, but after checking several websites across the Internet, I haven't found any other information on it so far.
The artwork in this is great. However, the storyline is a bit slow to develop and the ending was very unsatisfying for me. Flaws aside, it's still worthy of three stars.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A flawed but still decent series, April 22, 2006

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Dorothea - See all my reviews

This review is from: Avenger: Complete Collection (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

This show has a lot of weaknesses, but it's still one of the few action/sci-fi shows that has a decent female lead who a) doesn't have huge [...] get her clothes torn off every fight, b) isn't a ditz and c) isn't obsessed with her own gender. There's no romance, goopy scenes, stupid comedy, or annoying/lame magical-girl elements. Even though a lot of things are left unexplained, Layla is a great character and Avenger was a refreshing change from the usual, sexist action anime out there. It's a very good show at least for female anime-fans who like genuinely strong, independent female leads rather than female leads who are supposedly strong but who are actually totally lame and weak when you think them over carefully. The fight scenes are a bit different from the norm, but they're great--I only wish that there were more of them. Art and music were decent. The story wasn't great, but it kept things moving. The first episode is very representative of the series, so if you don't enjoy that first ep, you should probably just quit.