Title: イリヤの空、ＵＦＯの夏 (Sky of Iriya, Summer of UFO) Vol. 1
Original Creator: 秋山瑞人 (Mizuhito Akiyama)
Volume: 1/6
Catalog No.: BIBA-5401
Release Date: 2/25/05
Rating: 4/4

Finally, the first anime that I've read the novel to. I was going to delay watching this disc until I'm done with volume 4 (currently 1/4 of the way), but since it only covers what I've already read, it's okay to view it now.

I'm not a videophile so I can only comment on what I see, but the quality of the video is incredible. I was looking, but couldn't see any artifacts, even during the intro credits (they're usually noticeable around the text). And this is with my 105" projection screen. I guess that's what happens when you put one episode on a disc. The ending credits are horrible, though. I don't know what happened, by they're barely readable.

The audio is crystal clear linear PCM. The intro and ending songs are okay, nothing catchy though. Maybe if I view it a few more times.

As for the story, it covers the first chapter and most of the second chapter. At first, I was wondering how they could put the story on just 6 episodes, given how much happens, but if they're going to be condensing it this much, I can believe it. The downside is that for people who haven't read the novel, the anime will seem to be pretty jumpy. But if you know the story from the books, the screenplay follows it pretty well. Many of the scenes they do show are similar to how I imagined they would be. Suizenji isn't so weird in my imagination though.

First pressing comes with a very pretty DVD box, much better than the plain cover to the DVD.

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