The video is flawless. Simply gorgeous to watch.

The audio is also very strong. At least on my lame TV.

The audio is also very strong. At least on my lame TV.

This is a great episode that really sets the stage for a great series. The Veritech transformation scene alone makes this disc worth owning for any Macross/Robotech fan out there.

The video is gorgeous. It looked perfect.

Great audio. No complaints here.

Great audio. No complaints here.

I've been a big fan of Macross II, Macross Plus, and Macross 7 for a long time. Macross Zero (from what I've seen so far of Vol.1) is great series. I can tell I'm going to like it... I just wish Vol.2 would come out already.

The video was great, no problems here.

Audio sounded great, but again, I am no audiophile so I might not know what to look for ;-)

Audio sounded great, but again, I am no audiophile so I might not know what to look for ;-)

This series looks like it is going to be great, a return to the excellent level of quality achieved with Macross Plus. The mech scenes were all done in CG which looked pretty good (i was worried) and the storyline has got me hooked (I'm a macross addict, though, so I'm a LITTLE biased). The DVD was near perfect, even has extras in the form of ads for a bunch of contemporary japanese dvds etc. Good stuff.

Excellent video, especially on the mech scenes.

Kick ass!!

Kick ass!!

MZero was excellent. I highly recommend this, even with the sub problems. Hell, you don't really even need the subs since most of the important things they say you here in the dialog itself. :-)

Drop dead gorgeous. That's the only way to describe the video transfer on this release. Everything is damn near flawless. The visuals are extremely sharp, but not too much that it's a strain on the eyes. There's no color bleeding, precious few aliasing problems and even during the majestic mecha combat sequences (which are absolutely outta this world BTW), the video still holds up admirably with no break up and very little amounts of macroblocking. A truly excellent video transfer. Not suprising considering it's an R2 DVD rip, but jaw-dropping nontheless.

Again the fact that this is ripped from an R2 DVD also works in it's favour as we graced with the Japanese track in full Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Everything sounds flawless and I can see no problems with the audio set up on this disc whatsoever. Exemplary.

Again the fact that this is ripped from an R2 DVD also works in it's favour as we graced with the Japanese track in full Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Everything sounds flawless and I can see no problems with the audio set up on this disc whatsoever. Exemplary.

Whilst you might only be getting 30 mins of DVD movie for your buck, Macross Zero is shaping up to be one of the finest showcases of what Macross is all about namely love, music and great mecha. If you decide not to buy it's your loss, but I can tell you one thing, this DVD will have MANY repeat viewings in my DVD player. Oh one other thing, after the main feature has finished keep watching as there are trailers for other anime series' too such as Witch Hunter Robin, Patlabor WXIII, .Hack//Sign and many more.