Unboxing [US]: ef ~ A Tale of Memories - Complete Collection (Blu-ray)

My Rightstuf packages have finally arrived and I am excited to show them to everyone. They may not be the most popular of such but I got them all on a very good deal. For the second item Rightstuf reduced the set to as low as $9.99, just wow.

Here's what the set has to offer.

ef ~ A Tale of Memories is the first season of two from studio SHAFT that adapts the ef ~ A Fairy Tale of the Two visual novel. Now I don't know exactly what games the anime series has adapted (as apparently it covers both games for each season) but I've heard very good reception to both seasons. ef is a romantic drama type series where the main character has a love triangle of sorts. I'm playing the visual novel (and I still haven't finished it as of this post) so I can't give out an opinion just yet for the anime shows but I can see myself enjoying this series as much as I did with the original.

This set from Sentai Filmworks is pretty much barebones as it's your typical simple Blu-ray release. There are 2 Blu-ray discs that cover the entire 12 episode season and only creditless opening and closing animations. The subtitles are unlockable and the discs were in fact re-authored for Hanabee in Australia so they are indeed Region B compatible (the first print run was Region A only).

Blu-ray Specs:

Languages: Japanese, English

Audio: DTS-HD MA 2.0 [Japanese], DTS-HD MA 2.0 [English]

Video: 1080p HD Native 16:9

Region: A, B

Subtitles: English [On-Screen/Lyrics], English [Japanese language]

Subtitles Locked: No

Discs: 2

Plot Synopsis (via Back Cover):

One Christmas Eve, Hiro Hirono helps Miyako, the victim of a purse snatching, and discovers that she goes to the same school he does. To the dismay of his childhood friend, Kei, Hiro starts hanging out with Miyako. But Kei isn't about to let a new girl in Hiro's life take him away from her, and sets out to prove that she's the only one for him.

When Renji Asou meets Chihiro Shindou at an abandoned train station, he doesn't notice anything unusual at first. But he soon discovers that she suffers from a rare form of amnesia and can only remember things for thirteen hours. Chihiro dreams of writing a novel, but her amnesia has made it an impossible task. Renji is determined to help her fulfill her dream.

Extra Content:

Clean Opening and Closing Animation

ef ~ A Tale of Memories is available on Blu-ray and DVD from Sentai Filmworks, and it's also available as a complete set with Melodies as ef ~ A Tale of Memories & Melodies.