Unboxing [US]: Martian Successor Nadesico - Complete Collection: Limited Edition (DVD)

A surprise pickup from MCM Comic Con London courtesy of the Otaku UK stand (Otaku is one of two major online retailers that sell imported anime for UK customers, United Publications is the other one). Here's my first imported DVD only release and also my first anime from Nozomi (Rightstuf).

Martian Successor Nadesico [Kidou Senkan Nadesico] is an original 26 episode TV series animated by Xebec and this show aired back in 1996-1997 season. It's a science fiction action military themed series.

This version I have for the show is the US Limited Edition set from Nozomi (part of The Right Stuf International). The Right Stuf sets are basically similar to how Funimation handles their sets by providing a chipboatd artbox but instead of normal cases they use slim-sized cases instead. This is also known as a thin pack for certain releases back in the old anime days (like ADV) with shows such as Neon Genesis Evangelion and even UK titles from MVM having similar treatment. The box set contains all of the TV episodes in addition to the movie and original video animation (based on the anime shown in the series). There's also tons of extras included.

Discs 1 to 5 contains the entire TV series, Disc 6 contains the Prince of Darkness movie, and Disc 7 contains the OVA and extras.

DVD Specs:
Languages: Japanese, English
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0/5.1 [Japanese], Dolby Digital 2.0/5.1 [English: TV/Film only]
Video: SD NTSC 16:9
Region: 1
Subtitles: English [On-Screen/Lyrics]
Subtitles Locked: No
Discs: 7

Plot Synopsis (via Nozomi):

The Earth, Moon, and Martian colonies are under alien attack, but the war against the Jovian Lizards has, so far, been nothing short of a series of disasters. Disgusted by the incompetence of Earth's military, independent arms manufacturer Nergal builds its own space battleship and plans to launch a desperate offensive to save humanity. Due to a shortage of trained soldiers, however, they've assembled the most unorthodox crew to ever launch into orbit!

With a pacifist cook turned unwilling mecha pilot and a ditsy admiral's daughter in command, can this unprecedented gathering of geeks, misfits, and anime fans prevail against the Jovian menace?

Extra Content:
Chipboard Limited Artbox
Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness movie

Gekigangar 3 OVA - Remastered Japanese Audio with English subtitles only

Interview with actors and staff

"Welcome to Belle Equipe" featurette

"Nadesico Sorekara" special

Voice actor interviews for film

Promo clips for film

Clean Opening and Ending for TV Series

TV Spots

Movie Trailers

Music Video for film (featuring Yumi Matsuzawa)

Nozomi Entertainment Trailers

Martian Successor Nadesico is available as a limited edition complete collection set over at Right Stuf.