Product Details

• Actors: Joel McDonald, Alexis Tipton, Jamie Marchi, Lydia Mackay
• Directors: Jason Grundy
• Format: Widescreen, Box set, Color, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Dubbed: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Funimation Prod
• DVD Release Date: November 23, 2010
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B004047Y06
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,412 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

You’ve seen a million shows where heroes go toe-to-toe, now feast your eyes only the only anime where hot girls with super powers settle their differences chest-to-chest!

Minato had no luck with the ladies until the day a well-rounded warrior babe named Musubi fell into his life and crushed his face with her ginormous cleavage. Hunted by a stunning pair of twin sisters, Musubi was searching for the right guy to give her a squeeze and unlock the hidden powers lurking beneath her ample assets. Minato fit the bill, and now he’s caught in the middle of a supernatural slugfest where voluptuous vixens take turns beating each others’ clothes off! Only one of these bodacious brawlers will come out on top, but the unbridled excitement of watching them go at it makes this utterly-fulfilling series the breast action-harem anime of all time!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A story to please, but not for all December 10, 2010

By Andrew Olson

Format:DVD

As with just about every anime series ever, there are good things about Sekirei, and there are bad things. In Sekirei's case, though, the good things far outweigh the bad.

For the uninitiated, Sekirei revolves around a battle royale of sorts, centering around 108 super-soldiers fighting for ultimate supremacy. There's more on the line than just bragging rights, though: The winner of the entire tournament, along with their Ashikabi (contract partner), will gain entrance into heaven, where they can stay for all eternity. The rest... will die in the process.

The premise seems tired and cliched at first: voluptuous ladies fighting amongst themselves for the affection of a particular male. However, this series gives the cliche some welcome twists. An Ashikabi does not have to stick with just the one Sekirei that he "wings" (in this series, "winging" refers to the Ashikabi unlocking the Sekirei's true powers. How is this done? How else? A kiss.) Rather, one Ashikabi can "wing" multiple Sekirei, forming a battle harem of sorts. You can see that coming from a mile away, and the protagonist Minato does indeed start building up his harem in a hurry.

In spite of the harem cliches obviously present, the series excels in other areas. The combat scenes are fast-paced and always pleasing. The fan-service is definitely there, though not in the amount present in anime like Green Green et. al; in other words, there's enough to please, but not enough to turn a majority of anime viewers off from it. Another thing I liked about the series, is that the creators didn't fall back on the old trope of having -all- of the fighters be female; at least one of the Sekirei- Homura- is a full-blooded male, which adds some more well-needed variety to the series. (As a side note, Homura's story alone is worth watching. If the Sekirei story were nothing but Homura, I'd still watch it.)

Aside from the whole harem thing, there's really only one problem I had with the series, and it has to deal with one of the Sekirei that Minato "wings." Kusano is only eight or nine years old, and it kind of disturbed me to think that a girl as small and innocent as her would even be in a series like this, much less having to be "winged" by someone who could potentially be arrested for something like that. I guess it's her age that disturbs me, the most. *shrugs*

I won't say anything else about the series itself, but I will say this: The manga goes a lot further than the anime does; the anime will take a second season to span the events of the manga, and yes the second season has already been confirmed. So until the second season releases, I'll have to keep myself entertained with the wonders of the first season. And you know, I really don't have a problem with that.

25 of 32 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughts from a fan of the manga. November 16, 2010

By Sirca

Format:DVD

I first became a fan of this series after I started reading the manga a few years ago and I still stay up to date on its releases. Then I watched season 1 and counted the days till season 2 and have watched both seasons multiple times and as a fan of the manga 1st I can tell you that the 1st season doesn't disappoint. They managed to stay truer to the main story in the manga than most anime's do. Other than the changes they made in the final episode to wrap up the season its pretty spot on. And those changes don't change much overall in the story. Sure, they skip some things but if you haven't read the manga don't fret all key moments in the story are in there and you wont feel like your missing out on anything.

I tell my friends who I try to get into Sekirei that it's just so outrageously over the top in every aspect you cant help but love it. They do a great job mixing in exciting action and some sexy scenes while keeping the creative story and the comedy at the forefront of the show. The diverse characters suck you in and your stuck for the ride~ It's a must watch for any comedy/action fan and I personally have been waiting for something of Sekirei to be released for English speaking fans to collect other than toys and will definitely be getting this, even tho I personally wont be watching it dubbed, I'll only be watching it subbed :P

Hope this helped some of you out there :)

<3Kuu-chan~

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Entertaining Fighting Anime With Expected The Usual Dose Of Fan Service December 23, 2010

By Rich(Trolls Must Perish!)

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

Despite being made from the producers of the anime Ikki Tousen this series while giving us a great dose of nudity doesn't put the more darker tones that the previous series did like r-rated sex and rape(though luckily it wasn't shown on the Ikki Tousen series). The Sekirei series gives us the usual one man who through some unusual situation finds himself in a battle campaign between 108 female and mostly well endowed fighters each who are vying for the ultimate prize in their tournament, though strong on their own if these female fighters also called sekirei enter into a contract with a male partner which is initiated through a kiss usually than their powers are increased greatly improving their odds on winning the tournament and after a weird situation we find our main male character of the series himself in such a contract with a sekirei. The series can't have this without having the usual nefarious villains who of course forces sekirei into a contract with him regardless if they want to or not just to increase his own odds of victory. The series animation and soundtrack are very well done for the series and the character of the series are also very enjoyable to watch and you actually start to cheer for our main character and his sekirei's, that's right you can't have a series like this without or main male character just getting one endowed female sekirei into a contract with him. The series is funny and entertaining to watch with a nice mixture of action and hilarity mixed together with a ton of fan service of course, so if you don't mind the nudity and like seeing cool fight scenes here's a great choice for your anime collection...