Product Details

• Actors: Yuka Imai, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuri Shiratori, Akiko Hiramatsu, Urara Takano
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• 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: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: January 23, 2001
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000051S4M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,270 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Saber Marionette J - Collection 1" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first DVD Collection of my favorite anime series, April 29, 2001

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Jorge Rodriguez (Guayama, PR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saber Marionette J - Collection 1 (DVD)

Saber Marionette J was originally transmitted in 1996 in Japan. In the Saber Marionette "universe" there are the original series Saber Marionette J (25 episodes), Saber Marionette J Again (1997, 6-episode direct-to-video release) and Saber Marionette J to X (1998, 26 episodes).

This first DVD contains the first 9 episodes... the beginning of it all. This is by far the best anime series I've had the pleasure of watching. All my family has already watched all of Saber Marionette (all the way up to J to X), even my 45-year-old mom, my brother and my sister, and have enjoyed it greatly. It has no nudity and very little violence. (And violence is not an integral part of the story, anyway.)

The DVD has the original Japanese language, plus English and Spanish audio tracks. I've watched the episodes in Japanese (English subtitled), English AND Spanish. If you understand Spanish you are in for a great surprise, as the Spanish dub is one of the best dubs I've ever heard. It's totally cool.

As an extra, you get a musical video of one of the main characters in Saber Marionette. I've watched it more than 20 times already. First watch all 9 episodes, then go have a look at the musical video. (Highly recommended: turn on the subtitles for the video, you'll know what the opening song says, and you'll see that it fits the video perfectly.) The more episodes of Saber Marionette you get to watch, the more you'll enjoy the video.

The image quality is very good. The second DVD may present a problem with some players, where you will not be able to enter the Setup screen to change language/subtitles. The default is English audio... anyway, you can use the DVD remote or controls to change it manually while the disc plays. (My DVD player had no problems at all, but one of my friend's did.)

To sum it all up: Highly recommended. And if you like J, you still have J Again and J to X to look forward to, all highly recommended also.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A silly series with heart and soul added on the side.., June 26, 2001

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"miakarayne" (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saber Marionette J - Collection 1 (DVD)

This series is definitely a keeper.. Even with it's extravagant comedy scenes and wacky characters, this series also manages to add a sweet story of love, compassion, and the human heart.

Although for the most part this series is full of side stories and nonsense humor (mainly involving a man loving side character named Hanagata) the episodes always ontain a moral involving the human heart. Starting off right away, the main character Otaru accidently discovers a hidden marionette named Lime. Marionettes are machines created to replace the human girl on the planet Terra II, but the strange thing about Lime is that she somehow has the same emotions and personality as a real human... And she has falen for Otaru, her new master!

This series is not for one on a feminist kick or for even one who is compelled to cry at any highly emotional scene, for it contains men using marionettes as emotionless servants and also has scenes so compacting they will even leave the hard-hearted in tears. At times the animation is a little so-so, but overall it is a very rewarding piece of work.

This is one series that is under-rated but really should not be missed...

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's happened Slayers has been equaled if not surpassed..., March 4, 2001

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Frank W. Rice (Lafayette, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saber Marionette J - Collection 1 (DVD)

Saber Marionette J. I heard it had Megumi in it. I heard it was popular. I heard it had comedy in it. So I purchased it. I expected it to be about a 3 or 4 star series but I was surprised.

When I inserted the DVD I quickly started the first episode not expecting much. As I suspected the first half of the first ep. was bad and boring (99% of Anime starts this way). Then it picked up. And god did it ever pick up. Midway through the third episode I knew what had happened. Time had been distorted, I had remained in one position for an uncomfortably long period of time and I was laughing quite a lot. All of the indications of a good series. Just how good? Well...I will say that for the first time in a long while I have finally met a series with all the wit, comedy, and plot of Slayers. The big question was it equal to or has it surpassed Slayers? I'm not sure of the answer yet...but after I see the next DVD and the rest of the eps. I will have the answer. Right now I beleive that it can and may quite easily surpass Slayers for my all-time favorite series.