Product Details

• Actors: Brina Palencia, Chris Burnett, Larissa Wolcott
• Directors: Christopher Bevins
• Format: NTSC, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English, 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: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Funimation Prod
• DVD Release Date: July 13, 2010
• Run Time: 580 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003H6KRNO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,738 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

For most of her young life, Juliet lived a tortuous lie. Disguised as a boy, she prowled the shadows of Neo Verona as the Red Whirlwind – a masked crusader determined to right the wrongs of a heinous regime. Nothing else mattered to this lionhearted beauty until the day she laid eyes on her Romeo. Handsome and daring, he swooped into her life and spirited her away from the turbulence of a common existence. Although born of different worlds, their love proved strong enough to bridge the gap between two sides of a world fractured by unfathomable evil. But now, as their people’s suffering reaches unspeakable levels, the greatest lovers the world has ever known must unite to overcome the forces conspiring to keep them apart.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A tragic lovestory, April 8, 2011

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Viennywrites - See all my reviews

This review is from: Romeo x Juliet: The Complete Tragedy (DVD)

Romeo x Juliet is vaguely based on Shakespeare's play. We all know the story - Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love, even though their families are sworn enemies against each other. While the story generally follows the original, there are some twists.

The story starts off with Juliet, a young girl who is forced to disguise herself as a boy for reasons unknown to her until her sixteenth birthday. During this time, she works as the city's Zorro, called the Red Whirlwind who saves the people from criminals. Right when the secrets of her past are revealed to her, she meets the love of her life, Romeo, and later both discover the truths behind their families' dark secrets.

I'm not going to spoil the rest of the tale, but the change of events from the first primitive are intriguing. I liked the way they made Juliet with a strong and brave personality and style instead of the weak and delicate nature of the original Juliet. The whole concept of the world being called Neo Verona floating on a cloud and being supported by a tree along with flying horses adds to the imaginative side of the plot.

Although I did not truly get "into it" it was still enjoyable to watch and it kept me interested enough to continue. The last few episodes were extremely intense even though I was slightly disappointed the way it ended. I found it annoying when they never stayed consistent with the language (i.e. switching back in forth between normal English and the Shakespearean English.) The drawing was beautiful and simple filled with color and vigor. The voices of the English dubbed were all right and the music was excellent.

All in all, great anime, I recommend it to anybody who is interested in this era of time or story, or anyone who just wants an incredible tragedy to watch.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The innocence of love, January 15, 2011

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Aileen P. Grospe - See all my reviews

This review is from: Romeo x Juliet: The Complete Tragedy (DVD)

I truly loved this anime. I accidentally stumbled upon it on Hulu.com and decided to order the DVD for my collection and to watch it again at a later date.
I was surprised though that Verona (Neo Verona in the anime) was a floating land mass! And to make it more interesting it was held up by the roots of two trees. But what would you expect from animes right? Now if you think this a surprise get ready for another one: a sword wielding Juliet (you go girl!). All this aside I loved the way they developed the attraction between Romeo and Juliet from beginning till end. I also loved that the English dubbed version incorporated Shakespearean dialogue for most of the anime. I think this was appropriate although I would agree with one review that noticed it didn't quite carry all the way to the end. I didn't watch this subbed so I can't comment on the Japanese voices. I think the English voice cast were well-suited for their roles. This is not a DVD for young ones due to tones of violence. I'm glad they weren't any "overly intimate" scenes between the two lovers unlike the one with Olivia Hussey where there was a bed scene. I think if the writers incorporated that in this anime it would kill that innocence and purity of their love. I loved the action scenes as well and since I've already posted spoilers I am not going to give away anymore. Well, maybe just one more: Tybalt's cute with his swords ;)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome - You Won't regret it, December 19, 2010

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Barbara - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Romeo x Juliet: The Complete Tragedy (DVD)

absolutely amazing. This series is really worth the money, you won't regret it. But Warning, it will bewitch you, and it will broke your heart and still you will be in love with it... great anime series