Title: 宇宙のステルヴぃア (Stellvia) Mission 1 DVD Box
Volume: 1/2
Catalog No.: KIBA-9901~9904
Release Date: 10/1/03
Rating: 3/4

After almost 8 months of having it in my possession, I've finally finished the first half of Stellvia. The overall story was okay, but what I enjoyed was mostly the episodes dealing with Shima and her friends. Most of those episodes were pretty stereotypical, I admit, but I don't think I can ever get sick of it. Especially with the quality of the picture. The quality of the video is incredible. It is arguably one of the sharpest anime DVDs I've ever seen, and this is on my 100" screen. The CG artwork doesn't seem to fit at times, but overall, the picture quality was excellent.

Besides the special case that it comes with, this box is pretty bare. There's a really nice booklet that comes with it with interviews, character info, and summaries of the episodes. There are no extra video content on the DVDs.

There are 13 episodes in this box and it'll take me a while to review all 13 episodes, so I won't. The story basically follows 片瀬志麻 (Shima Katase, later known as Shiipon) as she enters Stellvia for training. She makes several friends and works her way up into becoming one of the star students and eventually saving Earth from the "second wave"

I was surprised at how the first half of the series ended. I had thought the whole point of the series was for them to save earth from the "second wave" and along the way, the students would develop friendship and love (typical plot). But to my surprise, they saved earth in episode 10. So what are they going to do now? It's time to bust out the second box...which has been sitting on the shelf since January.

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