Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World Season 1 Part 1 Blu-ray | Anime Fantasy Adventure Series | Perfect for Anime Collectors & Home Entertainment

This is the COMPLETE Season 1 blu ray collection. The previous blu ray releases, separated into Season 1 Part One and Part Two, had video quality issues and often had to be returned. FOR THIS CURRENT RELEASE, Season1 in one package or blu ray bundle, I see no issues whatever so ever. Video is sharp, smooth, clear, and colorful. I believe the problem has been fixed for the current blu ray release. I will update this review if I encounter any issues. There are a series of pictures posted in this review.This is my favorite "another world" anime in recent memory. It's 4 years old now, but new to me.The premise is that a random young man is transported to a fantasy world, however, in a trope defying and fun and creative take. Our hero has no powers or special abilities (at least for quite some time) readily apparent. He's not the chosen one or some fabled hero, he's a guy thrown into an unfamiliar world. He ends up meeting the "big players" of the world slowly and surely, but he has to struggle to even 'survive' in this new world he's in. He gets involved in some bigger things, but he's hampered by the fact that he doesn't know anything about the world he's in. What I love is that series doesn't shy away from the psychological toll certain events have on the characters. The actors give it their all (both dub and sub) and I can honestly say the show almost made me cry once or twice. I also laughed hard throughout the series too.Spoiler (read ar your own warning): The best part of the series is it's interesting to take or plot element to 'death'. "Return by Death" - wherein every time our hero dies, time itself goes backward and he 'awakes' at a previous checkpoint. Similar to a video game mechanic. However, dying is incredibly painful and scary. It is not to be abused as we learn in the series. The constants deaths due takes a toll on our hero Subaru and he doesn't understand the curse that's been placed on him. He is NOT in control of this power and that's scary. Through the pain and fear, it allows him to grow as a character after paying heavy prices for his mistakes.