1

Truly excellent series.  I'd purchased a couple of extra copies of this and given them away to people who knew they didn't like that " violent Japanese cartoon stuff," and it was VERY well received.  Well written family-friendly entertainment.

2 You know, I hadn't really thought of it as being "family friendly", but I guess it's true. There's pretty much no fan service, for example. (Exactly one panty shot heh heh...)

3 You just had to remind us about that one.

Harumi is crazily moe though.

4 If I hadn't mentioned it, someone else would have.

5 *ponders ordering a copy*

6 Also, Master of Magic $3, MoO 1 & 2 $3, this weekend.

7 Meta: dooooooo iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

No, seriously, do it.  One of the worse OP/ED's I've ever seen, but some fantastic characters.  It does not follow any of the usual tropes.

8 Geeez!  Now I wanna go watch it again, and I REALLY don't have the time for it this weekend.  Crap!

9 Before I make any decisions, a question:  what is the difference between the two different DVD sets the guy has listed on that page?  Same price, same description, as far as I can tell.

Also, seriously, anybody who doesn't have both Master of Magic and Master of Orion?  Go, take advantage of that deal, now.  Unless you hate the strategy genre, it'll be some of the best 6 bucks you've ever spent.

10

The one that's a buck cheaper is the older release. That one used to be $40, I believe. Bob has cut the price because he wants to move his old inventory.

There was another release even before that, a boxed set where each DVD was in a separate hard case. That's the one I've got. The DVDs don't have any omakes. The only extra of any kind was a booklet which includes an interview with the director.

I have no idea whether that got included in either thinpak, but I'd guess that they're the same. Anyway, you may as well save a buck and go with the old one.

11 I got the older thinpack and it did include the booklet with the interview, as well as quite a lot of explanation of some of the cultural background which I found very informative, especially in understanding some of the jokes.