Product Details

• Actors: Todd Haberkorn, Akira Ishida, Yûko Kaida, Kenjirô Tsuda
• Directors: Minoru Ôhara
• Writers: Minoru Ôhara
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Funimation Prod
• DVD Release Date: October 16, 2007
• Run Time: 125 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OONQ80
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,812 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Glass Fleet, Vol. 1 (Uncut)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Fight for Your Freedom!Revolution is at hand! Noble Michel Volban leads the People s Army in a rebellion among the stars as aristocrats and commoners alike take up arms and rally towards war. The Holy Imperial Emperor Vetti uses force and manipulation to unite the heavens under his rule led by a mystical prophesy that falls on the ears of those that seek to control and those that seek to liberate. Factions clash and alliances are formed and broken and freedom carries a blood stained blade.Through the smoke a fantastic glass battleship pierces the very heart of destiny piloted by stoic Cleo; the last remaining vessel of royal blood and potential savior of the weary populace. Glorious victory is nigh but which crest will fly in the wind once the battle ceases?System Requirements:Run Time: 125 minutes Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Artist: GLASS FLEET UPC: 704400079016 Manufacturer No: 1-4210-0261-2

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Space Opera, June 23, 2008

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Anime Fan "Anime Fan" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glass Fleet, Vol. 1 (Uncut) (DVD)

This European-styled space opera combines the swashbuckling fun of a good samurai adventure with the melodrama of a political romance. The animation is beautiful, the music is well done, and for once the lead is not some ditzy teenager. Character development is good - the villain is really interesting and fully fleshed out, while the various supporting characters are engaging and lively. The English dub is reasonably good, though the original Japanese is much better - the voice of the Japanese Cleo is Ooh Baby delicious. This is a big story that replays well, with adult themes. Fan service, graphic violence, and sex are minimal, though there is suggested rape and torture as well as some pivotal homosexual and apparently incestuous relationships, so if you are looking for kiddie fare, go elsewhere. If you want lots of screen time devoted to insanely good looking characters in swordfights, gratuitous space battles, love triangles galore, and some tearjerking moments, buy this. I absolutely loved this series.

4.0 out of 5 stars Drawing Ever Closer to the Black Star, April 6, 2009

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Trash Winters "Disease of the Age" (Hellville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glass Fleet, Vol. 1 (Uncut) (DVD)

I had given up anime, bored with the poor writing, episodic plots and gratuitously silly attempts at humor that seem to be the trend these days, and was looking for something to get me back into watching it: this was the series that finally did so.
Here is a deep, dark, and intense work of science fiction in the space opera vein that often feels like it could quite easily have been written by Frank Herbert or Isaac Asimov. The characters are fascinating and unquestionably the main draw of the series, though the show is nearly completely stolen by a deliciously crazed and twisted villain with a kindhearted young lover blinded by his feelings. Watching these two characters of opposing dispositions play off of each other is a delight, though it is also representative of one of the more disagreeable aspects of the series, which is the way in which Emperor Vetti's homosexuality is portrayed as an aspect of his insanity and sexual perversion. It seems unfortunately poisonous on the part of the series' writers that he is portrayed as having incestuous relations and being a pedophile (or pederast? We never are told exactly how old Ralf is...) in addition to being homosexual. However, this is also one of the aspects of the series that makes it appealing in its gender-bending: Vetti's lover Ralf is voiced by a woman and one of the two main heroes is a woman who has taken on the identity of a man, which can admittedly get confusing at first but nevertheless adds a distinctive charm to the voice acting, which is particularly good even in the English dub apart from a bit of overacting that includes (sometimes completely incomprehensible) exaggerated foreign accents.
In addition to gender-bending quite a bit, Glass Fleet explores themes of religious control and impending environmental catastrophe that are all too relevant in our current era. One does, however, get the impression that the series could have gone deeper into some of the sociopolitical themes it deals with: we are, for example, repeatedly hammered with the knowledge that citizens of the empire are suffering under Emperor Vetti's rule, though we are never given a particularly good idea of how.
The series' flaws, however, can be ignored in favor of its vast amounts of eye candy, ranging from elaborate palaces to complex-looking spaceships that are one of the better examples of studio Gonzo's distinctive use of CGI. Many of the characters are clothed in whimsical historically-inspired costumes that rarely become boring to look at.
Though this anime does not feel as complete as it potentially could be, both the art and story are fascinating, beautiful, and gripping. Want something that holds on to your mind, catches your eyes, and never lets go?
This is the series for you.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!!, December 7, 2007

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Leigh "Nash" (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glass Fleet, Vol. 1 (Uncut) (DVD)

If you enjoy anime that would be dubbed, space epics, and you don't own Glass Fleet, you are lacking. This anime has an amazing storyline and equally amazing dialogue.