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My-Zhime: My-Otome, Vol. 6

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My-Otome is one of the best anime series I have watched in a long time. I love it because it excels in so many ways: The art, the story, the characters...the music! The music of My-Otome is simply beautiful. I think My-Otome is much better than My-Hime because it focus more on the sacrifices and the choices that the characters must make in order to achieve their goals, whereas My-Hime focuses more on romantic themes.
I'm not gonna spoil the story for anyone, but you should really check out volume 6. It doesn't dissapoint at all.

My-Otome continues to be an enjoyable viewing experience with the release of the Volume 6 DVD. The English track, though, is marred by some poor performances by the English dub voice actors, particularly Tracy Sutton as Tomoe Marguerite. Ms. Sutton sounds wooden and monotonous delivering many of Tomoe's lines in Episode 22 "Song of Destruction" ("Horobi no Uta") of My-Otome, especially in comparison to her Japanese voice acting counterpart Rie Tanaka, who voices Tomoe Marguerite and Fiar Grosse in My-Otome. (Tracy Sutton voices only Tomoe Marguerite in My-Otome.) Japanese viewers just about universally praised Ms. Tanaka's performance as Tomoe Marguerite on My-Otome threads at Japan's 2-Channel, or 2ch, message boards (the world's largest) back in early to mid 2006, during and soon after My-Otome's initial broadcast run on television in Japan. For those who can read Japanese or who can have someone translate it for them, on Page 115 of the My-ZHiME / My-Otome Anime Perfect Guide (ISBN: 425313016X) published by Akita Shoten, in the COMMENT section for Episode 22, My-Otome director Masakazu Obara mentions the "extraordinary acting performance of Rie Tanaka," while My-Otome series writer Hiroyuki Yoshino "takes his hat off" to "Rie Tanaka's acting in the role of Tomoe." If you have enjoyed My-Otome Vols. 1-5, then you should enjoy My-Otome Vol. 6.

Those who've bought the one's before know what they're buying now. For the newbies out there curious, buy the first one. First.

I enjoyed this Anime collection very much. You can find other reviews that will tell you all you could want to know about the story and content. So in summation it was amusing and enjoyable.
In its way as good as the original My-Hime. Buying from sellers of good used dvds I bought this collection for a price a little less than a collection box set would normally cost. The shipping cost can be reduced if you go directly to the sellers web site when ordering more than one item. Make sure you can trust them.