Product Details

• Directors: Itsuro Kawasaki
• Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• 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: 4
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Bayview Entertainment/Widowmaker
• DVD Release Date: December 1, 2009
• Run Time: 525 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B002LIZWSE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,845 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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RENTAL MAGICA PART 1 - DVD Movie

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Addictive Series For Both The Supernatural And Action Anime Fans, December 22, 2009

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This review is from: Rental Magica, Part 1 (DVD)

The series is a nice mix of the series Ghost Hunt and Full Metal Alchemist, the series focuses mostly on a team of mixed spiritual and magical employees who take jobs on supernatural cases in Japan from hauntings to dark wizards causing mayhem. The cast main characters are Itsuki Iba the young male high-school student who has taken his fathers place as the new president of the group called ASTRAL and has a unique gift while not having any powerful magical abilities to really speak of and being a little bit timid(More like a lot)his right eye is gifted with an ability called Glam sight allows him to anticipate his opponents moves and see their inner self and magical powers giving him a decided advantage over them, next we have the young celtic witch Honami Takase Ambler who goes to the same school as Iba and has untold feelings for him as well as a secret dark past with Iba as they knew each other as children but after a horrific experience causes Iba to loose that part of his memories, next we have Ren Nekoyashiki A seemingly mid-twenties Onmoudou caster who while having a pretty laid back attitude to most things does have an apparently hardcore affections for cats and being a hard negotiator for the price of jobs and expenses for the company, the last spiritual member of the team is a young girl Mikan Katsuragi who despite her age is a powerful Shinto priestess but also which expected for her age is still quite childish in her ways, the last two people are Manami Kuroha a young female ghost that Iba hires to the company after meeting her on one of their jobs, and finally we have Adelicia Lenn Mathers a powerful young female western spell caster who is the president of a competing company of Astral and after coming to know Iba develops feelings for him as well making her a rival of Honami. The extras are pretty good with Japanese commercials, trailers, and commentaries, the set comes in four slim dvd cases in put into a pretty sturdy cardboard sleeve with the pictures of all the mentioned characters on both sides as well as a paper book that gives history details of the characters, written interviews from the cast, and background history on things like magic, the afterlife, alchemy and such. The video is widescreen and very clear and sharp so no worries about picture quality, and the audio and soundtrack fit the series perfectly the season is on Japanese voice cast so there isn't any dubbing for the show but no problems as the cast for great for this show and I rather have no dubbing than an atrocious one. So for fans of the supernatural or if you like the action and fast paced fighting animes here's a good choice to check out...