Excellent video. no pixelation to be found.

Both English and Japanese tracks are amazing as well as the soundtrack.

Both English and Japanese tracks are amazing as well as the soundtrack.

Escaflowne is one of the best anime series I have ever seen. No Extras. I didn't like the fact that I had to forward the intro song each episode since there were no chapter breaks. Otherwise excellent release.

Great R1 rips for the most part as the picture was quite crisp and sharp. Some episode's intro had various brightness and bluriness to them but it's not extreme and it's not much of a concern since the DVD rips that I've seen of the R1 had more or less the same issue.

Good English and Japanese tracks. No complaints aside from the questionable dub in English. Watch it in sub; it's a LOT better.

Good English and Japanese tracks. No complaints aside from the questionable dub in English. Watch it in sub; it's a LOT better.

This is probably one of the best anime series out there. Imaginative designs, great score from Kanno, mechs, interesting story, and endearing characters. I would have no qualms in recommending this series. However, I would still recommend you to get the FX set over this Mac version as the cardboard and plastic used for the FX boxes are of superior quality. Plus the DVD menu in this set is very generic with no background music, animation or extras unlike the FX set. Lastly, the episodes are not divided by opening, part A, part B, and ending. All four parts are joint together so when you skip, you automatically skip to the end of the episode. A minor annoyance but it's still worth mentioning espeically if you stop watching an episode half way through and have to go back. However, if you can find this set for cheaper and the things I mentioned don't matter to you personally, then by all means get this one as the video and audio quality are quite good on this set.

Very good pictures. I didn't really notice any glitches. The only thing that sort of got my attention is the picture is 'jumpy', unstable underneath. Kind of gave me a headache watching it at some scenes.

Very clear Japanese and English audio. I still prefer the Japanese audio because it sounds more natural and richer than the English audio.

Very clear Japanese and English audio. I still prefer the Japanese audio because it sounds more natural and richer than the English audio.

Escaflowne is a pretty good series to watch. Nice story without overdoing the mecha part. The biggest problem with this set is the missing subtitles. I like watching animes in Japanese. The missing subtitles is really irritating because I have no idea what is being said.

not bad

no problems

no problems

:(. I like Escaflowne, but this is far from perfect

Rip from the R1s. I've got no complaints whatsoever. Didn't notice any pixelation or artifacts. I watched it on a regular 27 inch TV

Had both english and japanese audio tracks. Both were DD 2.0 stereo. Everything was clear and in synch, the english audio track was a bit on the soft side though but it was probably like that in the official DVDs. The music in the series was great, what would you be expecting from Yoko Kanno, I didn't like the ending theme though

Had both english and japanese audio tracks. Both were DD 2.0 stereo. Everything was clear and in synch, the english audio track was a bit on the soft side though but it was probably like that in the official DVDs. The music in the series was great, what would you be expecting from Yoko Kanno, I didn't like the ending theme though

This is not a rip of the fx version but an original rip by MAC. There were no extras and the menus were in chinese. The menus were really dull, they didnt even have any background music. I've seen better menus on VCDs The artwork on the gatefold was really nice but the cardboard used was kind off cheap, not as good as the MI ones. The only problem this set has are the missing lines from the 2nd and 3rd DVDs but it's a biggie

R1 rip*. Very good, with the usual issues--some blockiness in dark scenes, a smidge of pixelation during fast motion scenes. Nothing terrible.

No problems that I noticed The R1 dub track is included. Not the worst dub ever, but not the best either.

No problems that I noticed The R1 dub track is included. Not the worst dub ever, but not the best either.

The dropped lines were the only real problem, but considering what I paid for this set, I'm not going to complain. *Actually, I think this is a rip of the FX set, which would make it a rip of a R1 rip. Technically.

Excellent quality, I didn't notice any kind of artifacts. This series looked excellent on my TV screen (36")

Great sound, the english dub was good. Don't think it was 5.1

Great sound, the english dub was good. Don't think it was 5.1

I'm new to this anime stuff - so until I have a little more experience this may be a fairly "green" review. I can tell you that I watched the entire series in a single weekend and enjoyed it.