Product Details

• Actors: Jason Douglas, Hiro Shimono, Aya Hisakawa, Fumioki, Houko Kuwashima
• Directors: Akitoshi Yokoyama, Ikuro Sato, Masahiro Andô, Mitsuo Iso, Susumu Kudo
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Adv Films
• DVD Release Date: July 29, 2003
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000093NPO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,552 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Rahxephon - Dissonance (Vol. 4)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Tremors ripple through the city as new Dolems attack, but the most dangerous shock waves of all are the mental assaults that now threaten to overwhelm Ayato’s grasp of the physical world itself. As new players enter the deadly game between the humans and the Mu, the young pilot finds himself alone and without backup, struggling to rebuild the foundation of his own reality as the universe threatens to collapse beneath him. Contains 4 complete episodes! DVD Features: a printed booklet with information about characters, staff interviews and translation notes, and DVD extras, including production sketches; Part II of the RahXephon English Cast Interview; and previews. Spoken Languages: English, Japanese, English subtitles.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for a sci-fi fan, August 21, 2003

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"yeselcuk" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rahxephon - Dissonance (Vol. 4) (DVD)

RahXephon is a sci-fi anime with an intriguing story. Editorial review does a good job for summarizing the overall scenerio, so there is no need to lengthen my review. RahXephon resembles Neon Genesis Evangelion in many respects but it doesn't have the drawbacks of Evangelion that I mentioned in my review of its complete set. If you enjoy science-fiction books or movies having interesting and intriguing subjects, you will enjoy RahXephon as much as I do. If you need an example from anime to make your decision, I can say that the ones liked Gasaraki will probably like RahXephon, too.

Video and audio quality of this DVD edition is very good. Most anime fans dislike dubbing and prefer to watch Japanese sound with English subtitles. However, subtitles are not that good. I found out that listening an important conversation, which you couldn't understand it at first, for a second time is much more efficient than figuring out what happened from subtitles. You should notice that there are actually two English subtitles. First subtitle is the regular one and the second one is similar to the "Pill" option of Akira, it only translates Japanese words on the video and background conversation on scenes such as a news heard from a TV. This second English subtitle is benefical to turn on.

Leaflets on DVD's are very wellcome and useful. There are fully coloured drawings of mechas and persons together with a brief information. The leaflet of this first volume also includes short interviews with Japanese cast but no translation notes this time. I hope they will reappear in the next volumes. Production sketches, opening and closing animations are there again in the extras, as well as ADV previews. The last extra is the second interview with English cast. Voice actors of Mishima, Isshiki and Sayoko answer a few questions, respectively. The questions are cliche again but not completely same the first interview. Some questions are the same and some are different. This interview is somewhat poorer than the first one, but it's OK.

Fourth volume has four episodes which reveal much more secrets than the previous volumes. I, as a science fiction fan, give five stars to this volume as well as the other three and I am looking forward for the rest.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The beginning of my respect for the series..., May 25, 2004

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Scot McGinn (Brookeville, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rahxephon - Dissonance (Vol. 4) (DVD)

The first three volumes of Rahxephon were good anime. The story was building at a nice pace and the characters becoming very interesting. Since we were still pretty early on in the series with volume four, I didn't quite know what to excpect. I have seen shows that have done well to this point and then suddenly shift gears and stall like a plane racing for the ground. For this reason, I couldn't quite get into the show, as I was waiting for the stall...

Instead I got some of the best anime I have ever seen. One thing that truly amazes me about the Rahxephon series is the character development. If you see someone on the screen, you're going to get some back story on them eventually. And the more and more you start knowing about the MANY characters in this series, the much more complicated and facinating it becomes.

The beautiful art, imagery, and music are just the icing on the cake. Rahxephon has so much going for it that I don't hesitate giving this DVD and series high praise.

5.0 out of 5 stars Dissonace, February 26, 2004

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Akira "gigatonx" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rahxephon - Dissonance (Vol. 4) (DVD)

The previous reviews basically tell you what the content of this volume is about so I'll just give my thoughts on it. What I really like about this volume and the series in whole are the relationships between the characters. As well as thier individual development. With this volume in particular the trust between Ayato and the people around him are really pushed to the limits. And this volume does a great job with this all while keeping the story interesting. That's what makes me really like this anime series.