4/5 The video is a TV rip (mostly satellite). It is presented in a widescreen format. The picture quality of most episodes is quite decent (DVD5 quality) on a big screen tv. There are a couple of episodes were you can see some ghosting and vertical lines on screen but not to the point of ruining your viewing experience. Episode 21's video is pretty bad compared to the rest of the series, definitely a VHS.

There is only a Japanese soundtrack. Sound is presented in the standard dolby digital 2.0 format.

There is only a Japanese soundtrack. Sound is presented in the standard dolby digital 2.0 format.

Menu: Standard menu with all the regular options. Chapter breaks: One at the start of each episode's beginning OST. The chapter breaks are not useful, as there are a couple of minutes of story going on before the beginning OST. If you use the chapter breaks to skip to an episode, you would end up missing part of the story and that would leave you trying to figure out what is going on once the episode resumes after the OST. Samurai Deeper Kyo is a great series. It rivals Ruroni Kenshin, but Kyo is "cooler" than Kenshin. Even though the story comes from a manga that is still continuing at the moment, they have done a good job of giving us a good insight into the story. As the manga is still continuing, the anime deviates from the original story a bit in order to give you a sense of an "ending". This series should keep you quite entertained if you are into samurai and medieval japanese (around the meiji era) stories.

The video looks to be a tv rip.This looked decent over all for a tv rip.I noticed that there is a vertical ghostin line running down the left side of the video for eps.1-16.The picture of the box on the review page is I belive of the AV set which I`m review for.On the 1st disc the picture freezes at the beginning at eps.5.

Good audio for a tv rip.

Good audio for a tv rip.

I had bought the (MI) version from an ebay HK dealer and got the (AV) box instead.So this review is for the (AV) which is pictured on the other page.I guess the admin. of this site messed up with the picture he put up.

it looks amazing, i think is a dvd rip and is very good. it had a little problem in the first disk, episode 6, right after it begins. it froze for a second and then it jump the chapter. it may have been my disc though because the others episodes were perfect. and anyways i when a back and foward through the part like five seconds and i saw the episode well.

it sounds really good. i think is stereo 2.1. i gets the job done.

it sounds really good. i think is stereo 2.1. i gets the job done.

is an amazing series with a great story. worth the money for sure. i love the character designs.