Customer Reviews

Glass Fleet: Box Set S.A.V.E.

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
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This is hard to explain but...A Medieval Tale in Space. First of all the "Laws of Physics" do not apply. Islands of rock drifting in space, horse drawn carriages yet they do a lot of fighting in Space ships. You will see numerous Space battles--sword fights all of which are well done. There is no fan service to speak of.
As for myself this was a 3 1/2 star series. To start with it is in a Widescreen format and comes in a thin pak with 2 DVD cases, one on each side of the DVD case.
The story line is about an Emperor who seeks nothing but power. He treats his subjects poorly and rules with an iron fist. Thus setting himself up for a rebellion lead by Micheal though I think it is pronounced Michelle. Micheal is quickly defeated and is drifting when their space ship is rammed and being looted by pirates...enter Cleo. Now the true journey begins...to right what is wrong. To fulfill the long awaited prophecy. "When what was two becomes one".
I will not tell you the whole story but this is not a stand alone series it is continuous. While there are a couple of flash backs there is nothing that takes away from this series. Most voices are nicely done and the quality of animation is good from start to finish. While it does have CG it does not rely on it heavily and it blends excellently together. The storyline moves forward at a steady pace and introduces new characters which keeps you interested.
This was a show I was glad I bought and it has good replay value but 50 bucks is a little spendy. If you can get it around 30-35 bucks it is a solid buy.
Now will you like it.....I do not know but I can tell you the type of series that I enjoy...which are things like..Trinity Blood..Black Blood Brothers..Hellsing..Jyu Oh Sei..Death Note though this is not as intense as those it is still worth watching.

After watching Glass Fleet about two times, I still cry at the end. It had such a touching story and a lot
of inspirational words. The best way I can describe it is, a different version of Star Wars plus a few others things placed into the story.

The story takes place in a far off galaxy that is under the religion of the Black Cross, which is a large
cross in the sky that is actually a black hole. The main character Michel Volban is the leader of a rebellious army called, the People's Army. Michel holds a harsh past on his/her [don't want to give out spoilers!] shoulders while he/she fights against the emperor Vetti Sforza and the empire. When all seemed lost to Michel and the people's army, a strong wind comes out from the corner of the galaxy. A space pirate named Cleo Corbeille had seemed to be a savior for the people's army in the eyes of Michel. But it seemed Cleo did not want to have any part of it..

Many people have never heard of the anime since it had gotten many bad reviews from many people. Possibly it's because I'm interested in the universe myself, who knows. The voice acting in this anime was very well done and many people who are fans of the well known "Fullmetal Alchemist" will recognize some of the voices. I give this a five star rating since it is and always will be one of my favorites.

I was introduced to this series through my anime club in collage. We watched first episode and the entire thing had everyone in stitches. It was one of those episodes that is really funny without intending to be so. I watched it a second time with a different group of friends and found that it wasn't nearly as funny, but this time I was actually interested in the story and what came next.

The story isn't anything really new - the brave Michael Volban leads the People's Army against the tyrant and self-proclaimed Holy Emperor, Vetti Sforza, and then Cleo Corbeille, the last of the royal family, shows up unexpectedly to join the rebellion. But this all takes place in- outer space.

The setting was undoubtedly my favorite part of this series. The beautifully colored, star strewn backgrounds to elegant spaceships, while characters fought duels in the void of space. Without oxygen. Apparently their version of space is very different from ours. At times it felt more like a navel story with a cooler background.

Thing that surprised me about this series is the ending. I thought it was unexpected and well done. It played a big part in my appreciation of this series. A bad ending can ruin a great series and inversely a solid ending can make an ok show good. While I enjoyed Glass Fleet, it was the ending that really made this series for me.

However, a warning. There is one episode that I strongly recommend skipping. After watching episode 11 I almost stopped watching the series all together. It was the background story for the evil Emperor character and it was seriously twisted. I had never seen this sort of thing in anime before and certainly hadn't expected it in this sort of series. It is good for the story in a way, but I felt tainted after watching it and if I ever go back and watch the series again, I will be skipping that episode as fast as I can.

But other than that, I recommend this series for good renaissance space fun.

While the end came about as I expected in a sense, getting there and what they added to the story line was not, and keep the show enjoyable for me

I found this to be a wonderful tale, a great lengthly story of a multitude of interesting characters

It has nice action and very well drawn at least its in more of the middle style of sharp meets curved *sweet* not overly realistic but never fake

If you have seen the Trigun series and enjoyed the characters thoughts outlining personal dilemma hopes dreams that are in the series you will find the same in glass fleet

I would suggest this to anyone and hope for you to enjoy it as i have.

While the CGI effects, animation, and the voice cast for both the Japanese and English characters were good if you're looking for any thing original from the series than look somewhere else. The series plays out like a lot of standard animes have done recently, you have a corrupt government ruling the galaxy and rebel factions trying to topple said government to replace it with a system that truly represents all the people and of course the ones in power seek to try and crush these rebels before this can truly happen. The characters are also so-so some are enjoyable to watch and others are just annoying and while you have some nice battles an the like at the end I just wanted to see Gundam Seed more than this. The story line they try to convey is pretty decent but gets a little chaotic too and you might get lost on what the story agenda was that they were trying to convey about in the first place. I feel the only reason I finally decided to buy the series is that one of the third sellers on Amazon was selling it for an incredible price a lot more affordable and reasonable than what the standard price is going for right now. So is the series worth getting for sci-fi anime fans?, I can only give a mixed response to that yes it is somewhat entertaining to watch the series and the finale is alright for the series as well and won't leave you feeling to annoyed with it but for any true originality don't expect to much from it....

This was the first anime I have ever bought. My girlfriend has let me borrow countless, so I figured, "Hey, I'll buy one." I began watching trailers on youtube to see which I should purchase, and this trailer looked absolutely amazing! DON'T buy into the trailer. IT'S A TRAP! This is kind of like the French Revolution, but in space, where people can breath in this vast vacuum of darkness. Also, not to nag on everything, but the main villains sidekick was a girl? No, a little homosexually needy boy named....wait for it...Ralph. However, this is sometimes really fun to watch due to its shear stupidity. There was a point where the main villain and hero clashed in a epic battle in the snow....what happened? There shirts exploded off their body. Honestly, it's a goofy anime and it's not all that bad, but seriously, don't buy it. Rent it, or borrow it from a friend. Buy something else instead.

Glass Fleet is interesting but becomes a bit muddled at firstas to who the peoples Army is why its led by royalty and who or what is main protaganist. Why is it called the Glass Fleet when there is only one ship made of the special "Glass". Also confusing whether the space ships are spaceships, buildings or even chunks of land.
However, it is exciting and intriguing but the ending is a little silly.

If for nothing else, I bought this because 'Harima's voice actor was in it. Sorry to say, this show is not interesting in the least - you're better off buying a different anime. It is just boring.