Product Details

• Actors: Junko Iwao, Yumi Kakazu, Susumu Chiba, Katsuyuki Konishi, Kentarô Itô
• Format: Animated, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Viz Media
• DVD Release Date: November 18, 2003
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000C52EQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,159 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Ceres, Celestial Legend - Ascension - Collectors Edition Volume 2" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A tale of eternal love, cosmic retribution, and celestial maidens with sublime supernatural powers. An ancient legend has devastating and unfathomable consequences on 16-year-old Aya Mikage. Her world turned upside down, Aya sets out on a journey to discover the truth about herself and the disturbing history of her family line. From the creator of Fushigi Yûgi, Yû Watase brings you the last 12 episodes to conclude a tale about eternal love, cosmic retribution, and celestial maidens with sublime supernatural powers. High-tech super science is combined with an ancient legend about a powerful celestial maiden—what results is a nefarious plan by Mikage International to create a new world order. Ceres, a powerful celestial maiden, is out to stop them by any means necessary while 16-year-old Aya Mikage is caught in the middle and just wants her old life back. But it may already be too late for that...

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome., May 19, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Ceres, Celestial Legend - Ascension - Collectors Edition Volume 2 (DVD)

Okay, let's just start out with this. Yu Watase is my absolute favorite Manga writer of all time. She has a box but her stories are always too big to fit inside. Ceres Celestial Legend (or Ayashi no Ceres) is an incredible and creative series. When I got this, I had already read the first half of the manga. It starts on the episode: The Holy Relic of the Mikages. Wonderful episode. The discs have 12 episodes which may make it seem like a rip-off, at between 45 and 50 dollars. But believe me, it's worth it. The series has two big downfalls. The english dubs, and the blood. I got a little tired of red. I definitely recommend watching the series in Japanese. They just take away so much of the emotion in the english version. Blood is in nearly every episode, especially towards the end. The story cancels out the blood though, so does the animation. Yet again, the art is beautiful. (*tear* I wish I could draw like that!) The story is about Aya Mikage who happens to be the reincarnation of a revenge bent celestial maiden (Ceres). Her story unfolds in the first six manga (I dunno about the first 12 eps.). There is NO similarity between it and Sailor Moon! Be warned. The manga is a bit different. The anime starts in volume 5 and to all appearances, skips six. They might've covered it in the first one, I don't know. But this is a must at least read for any Yu Watase fan! I definitely would recommend this to anyone who likes celestial maidens, reincarnation, hot guys, um... blood (you don't have to like it, but it would probably make the series flawless.), and beautiful animation and plots.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sad...and Happy Love Story, January 12, 2004

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"oneida_d" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ceres, Celestial Legend - Ascension - Collectors Edition Volume 2 (DVD)

IF you are a fan of Yu Watase...then you will love Ceres Celestial Legend!! The ending is not what you would expect. Ceres is still looking for her Mana so she can return to heaven...and the other charaters just grow on you. Yuhi still loves Aya and Aya still loves Toya and he finally finds out his past!! If you bought the collector's edition volume 1...then don't wait to buy the 2nd edition!!! You will definately Cry!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, October 4, 2010

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This review is from: Ceres, Celestial Legend - Ascension - Collectors Edition Volume 2 (DVD)

I had only read the books that this show is based on, and I was worried that like with most things they would cut things out for the tv series. However, they did not! The show followed the books almost spot on. The quality was great and if you love the books you will love the show. The only bad thing was being sad that it ended!