6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible series, November 18, 2003
This review is from: Maison Ikkoku Collector's Box Set, Vol. 2 (DVD)
The four star rating is not for the series but Viz's release. The video quality is as good as could be expected (it is an old show, after all, and I have to admit it actually looks late eighties instead of early eighties), and the sound is clear. The packaging has good artwork and hard cases (I dislike the cardboard cases used in the Godfather set or the E.T. release).
I have two complaints: one is that episode 24, the last episode in this DVD, is supposed to have Gilbert O'sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)" and "Get Down (You're a Bad Dog, Baby)" as the opening and closing themes. They have decided to skip this, returning it to the opening and closing sequences that come before and after (i.e. the original opening and the closing "Cinema"). This is likely because Viz didn't want to pay the licensing fees (or perhaps they were used without Gilbert's permission to begin with). In any case, I've seen them before, so I'm not too disappointed, and it was only for one episode anyway. Maybe they'll include it as an extra in a later set.
Secondly, the extras are 1) an unnecessary back story (I don't know anybody who would buy this one without buying the first one, so what's the point?) and 2) a brief preview of the next boxset. Both show scenes from the show, but only in english (no option for japanese or subtitles).
When it comes down to it, though, I only care about getting the series, which is one of my favorites. Buy this and the new manga editions in the tradional right to left Japanese style.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
cant get enough, November 17, 2003
This review is from: Maison Ikkoku Collector's Box Set, Vol. 2 (DVD)
Well i got to watch this a tad bit early since i snuck it out of the back where i work and bought it. This series truly has me hooked to the worst degree. This boxset of Maison really begins to develope the relationship between Kyoko and Godai by putting them in awkard situations where they are alone together. They even go out on a date together except of course it goes not as planned but still noteworthy. Then we see Godai actually becoming popular with the ladies by accident of course but it does make Kyoko jealous. After that it get a little more dramatic but i'll save that because people should be buying this and not reading a review about it. I cant wait for this to be totally released. This has to be one of the best releases this year and obvouisly next year(5 more boxsets to go). So yeah it's worth buying if youre into romantic comedys and its 10x better than the first boxset
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Important Facts About Maison Ikkoku, June 13, 2005
This review is from: Maison Ikkoku Collector's Box Set, Vol. 2 (DVD)
Thanks for taking the time to read my review. Almost everyone knows what this anime is about so I won't go into details. I just want to answer some previous questions about this series. Most of the people are not sure how well the dubbing was handled by Viz. Don't worry I've seen 60 episodes and the dubbing has been excellent. Another question that was asked by the many fans of this anime was will there be more Maison Ikkoku dvds produced. The answer is yes and volumes 4 and 5 have already come out so make sure to pick up the box sets 4 and 5. Another important fact is that this series was first aired on 1986 and since then has been a huge hit with the fans world wide. With that being said you cannot go wrong with this product so pick up your box set today. Thanks
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