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Monday, 6 May 2013

Unboxing [US]: Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts - Season 1 (BD/DVD)

A re-post for the new unboxing format I will be doing for my blog. To start of, here's the first season of Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts, distributed by Funimation Entertainment. My first imported copy from the United States and also bought rather cheap from United Publications.


This product contains the Blu-ray release and DVD release in Standard edition as the Limited Edition was sold out everywhere and now out of print. Both editions are exactly the same in terms of disc content. The Standard version that I have bought includes all thirteen episodes through two Blu-ray discs and three DVD discs (the third disc is just extras). Alongside the main episodes is the special christmas footage that was released before the first season aired. A reversible cover is also included.

BD Language: English, Japanese
BD Video: 1080p HD Native 16:9 ratio
BD Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0
BD Subtitles: English (Japanese Dub with S.T. & L.), English (Sign Translations and Lyrics)
BD Region: A, B
BD Discs: 2
BD Defects: None

DVD Language: English, Japanese
DVD Video: SD NTSC Colour 16:9 ratio
DVD Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Japanese Stereo 2.0
DVD Subtitles: English (Japanese Dub with S.T. & L.), English (Sign Translations and Lyrics)
DVD Region: 1, 2, 4
DVD Discs: 3
DVD Defects: None

Plot:
The story centers around Akihisa Yoshii, the "baka" of the title. His academy rigidly divides up the student body into classes based on the results of tests. The prodigies are in the A class with reclining seats complete with air conditioning, but Akihisa is in F class, the lowest rung of the school ladder which is furnished only with low, decrepit tables and worn-out straw tatami mats. A girl named Mizuki Himeji is actually one of the smartest girls in Akihisa's sophomore year, but she had a fever on test day and was pigeonholed into the F class. Besides Mizuki (who Akihisa secretly adores), the F class also has Yuuji Sakamoto, the class president who has been Akihisa's friend and partner-in-crime since the freshman year. The school happens to have developed experiments to summon fantasy creatures, and Akihisa decides to rally F class to take on the higher-tiered classes and seize their perks. The F class uses the summoned creatures in an all-out battle for school supremacy.


Extra Content (On-Disc):
Baka-Only Cross-Dressing Contest
Mission: Impossible: Baka Preview
Mission: Impossible: Baka Mission 01
Mizuki Himeji Girls' Meal
The King Game in Fumizuki Academy
Special Christmas Footage
Promo Videos
Original Commercials
Original DVD Spots
Baka and Test Tales
Textless Songs & Trailers


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