Nothing wrong with the video.

Nothing wrong with the Japanese audio.

Nothing wrong with the Japanese audio.

Nothing wrong with the set...except for the end of the show. This would have been a great 13 episode series but because of the drawn out second half of the series, it is only an average show.

The picture is nearly perfect there is a little bit of pixelation every so often from gunfire and things of that sort so minor though and it?s like a flash than it?s gone as a rule very good. Considering the fact that there is a decent amount of action from the various robots/mechas, and the blue everything is really good. The visuals are pretty cool such as the blues very nice.

The dub has a lot of familiar voices for me from shows from Dragonball Z and Funimations other dubs basically their regulars. This series doesn?t have much music but when there was it sounded good. The sub sounded alright and I only checked it briefly.

The dub has a lot of familiar voices for me from shows from Dragonball Z and Funimations other dubs basically their regulars. This series doesn?t have much music but when there was it sounded good. The sub sounded alright and I only checked it briefly.

When this show initially aired on CN I viewed it as trash but now it?s pretty good. Not the greatest anime and I wouldn?t call it one of my top ten but I defiantly enjoyed watching this and will watch it again in the future. Also I didn?t notice any glitches in this set everything worked perfectly.

The video looked great as far as I could tell, though there was some pixalletion during some of the action intense scenes. Chapter are nicely setup for optimum vewing pleasure. I found the colors to be slightly faded but maybe the source video had same problem.

For the first time in a while I actually preferred the English dubb over the Japanese. reasoning: I felt the english voices held the personalities of the characters a little better. The audio was excellent through out the series. Good Stuff.

For the first time in a while I actually preferred the English dubb over the Japanese. reasoning: I felt the english voices held the personalities of the characters a little better. The audio was excellent through out the series. Good Stuff.

I started this series and could not put it down until it was finished. I evjoyed the setup of the story, it wasn't the typical all action no story humans VS. non human adversary anime. This series reminded of Robotech season 3 because of the desolate earth and the band of good guys striving to reclaim the earth only to be left with some questions as to what just happened. Anyway, I was a littel dissapointed with the charcter development but overall good story

Perfect. I guess I must be very lucky given the prior reviews on video, or it is player dependent. The only "glitch" I noticed was layer changes on the discs that appeared mid episode (as opposed to makers arranging it to be between episodes), but hey, you get layer change on every DVD9 movie ever released. I have noticed no pixellation, yellow screens, so problems may be pressing or player related. Chapter breaks were also perfectly done, so you can skip opening credits, closing, and preview if you wanted, and skip to next ep.

What can I say? The sound on this series is just awesome. Dolby 2.0, but the sound and score in this series is just incredible. I'm sure some of it is not original (I am sure one of the themes played is direct from Morricone's score for John Carpenter's "The Thing"), but it all fits together so well, down to the cool industrial commercial-break lead-in/lead-out. Also, I found the end of episode music (and tasteful nudity) quite calming, and helpful after the avalanche of tension most episodes gave me. Note that I didn't watch the english dub - I never do, so can't comment. If anyone really wants me to check a few samples I can (post on the forum).

What can I say? The sound on this series is just awesome. Dolby 2.0, but the sound and score in this series is just incredible. I'm sure some of it is not original (I am sure one of the themes played is direct from Morricone's score for John Carpenter's "The Thing"), but it all fits together so well, down to the cool industrial commercial-break lead-in/lead-out. Also, I found the end of episode music (and tasteful nudity) quite calming, and helpful after the avalanche of tension most episodes gave me. Note that I didn't watch the english dub - I never do, so can't comment. If anyone really wants me to check a few samples I can (post on the forum).

I just can't praise and recommend this series enough. No series (anime or otherwise) has ever had the effect on me as this did. Particularly in the first third of the series - there were just so many "How the xxxx are they going to get out of THIS?" moments. Tension is great, story and pacing fantastic, and there is even a damn good serving of sexual tension between the leads. The combination of horror, survival, mecha, battle, and personal loss and discovery is masterful. It was a pleasure to watch and I will definitely watch again and recommend to everyone. Blue Gender is a true gem.

Other than 2 small glitches on DVD #1, 1 on DVD #2, 2 on DVD #3 the video is clear and free from pixelation. Picture is sharp.

I listened to only the Japanese audio. It is pretty well done and clear. However, there are a lot of scenes where the Japanese audio does not come on. For instance, the very first episode, in the beginning, I see subtitles coming up but no audio coming on. It's not really a big problem if the subtitles are on.

I listened to only the Japanese audio. It is pretty well done and clear. However, there are a lot of scenes where the Japanese audio does not come on. For instance, the very first episode, in the beginning, I see subtitles coming up but no audio coming on. It's not really a big problem if the subtitles are on.

To start with, I am not a mecha, sci-fi fan. However, Blue Gender actually got me interested in the story. It actually got me wanting to watch further on. The BUGS are great! Keeps me a little on the edge wanting to know if Marlene and Yuji survives. When I first watched it, I found myself really irritated with Yuji. He screamed and screamed and screamed. Hehehehe....the animation with his eyes and expressions made him look kind of a wimp. However, he improved and matured to be a psychopath then back to normal as the story went on. Overall, this is a pretty good series. It's worth the $21 spent but not worth the $100 for the R1s. The only thing about the animation which I do not like is they look pretty dated and at some point, the graphics look a little poorly drawn.

For practically the entire series, the video is very clean and crisp. Nearly perfect looking video. On a PC monitor, you can see some extraordinarily minor pixellation, which I did not notice while watching on a TV. But I have noticed ONE visual error when watching with English subtitles on. On one scene the entire screen flashed yellow for a couple of seconds--this happened at least once on the FX Kenshin set as well. I've only noticed it ONE time and only on Disc 1, as it is absent from all of Discs 2-3, which look almost perfect. Even if it is only one single scene in an entire 26 episode series, an error is an error.

Japanese Audio is clear and in-sync with the video. Stays that way for the entire series. Only checked the English dub once for Episode 1, just to hear what it sounds like. Technically speaking, it is also clear and in-sync. The quality of the dub itself sounds better-than-average.

Japanese Audio is clear and in-sync with the video. Stays that way for the entire series. Only checked the English dub once for Episode 1, just to hear what it sounds like. Technically speaking, it is also clear and in-sync. The quality of the dub itself sounds better-than-average.

The Year is 2031. Yuji has been in cryo-sleep for 19 years because he has a disease science could not cure with the resources and knowledge available in 2009, and he acidentally wakes-up while a retrieval squad is rescuing him. For over 14 years, the Earth has been overrun by Blue, organisms that are literally wiping mankind off the face of the planet. Man has run away to space, but they are sending teams back to Earth to retrieve "Sleepers" like Yuji. The reasoning behind these missions is only known by those in command. Marlene is one of the members in the retrieval squad that secured Yuji. In trying to escape hell on Earth, their fates become inexplicably tied to each other. An action-packed sci-fi/drama show. Violent and unapologetically gorey at times too. I finished watching the series--while the core of the science fiction they used to build the background of the plot around is kind of flimsy, there is plenty of tense, bloody action, and it is interesting to watch the two main characters develop throughout the show. Marlene discovers her humanity because of being with Yuji while Yuji's humanity slips away because of his increasing involvement in the war against the invading Blue. While not exactly wholly original or mind-blowing, it is a pretty good and entertaining series overall, just not quite a great one. 26 Episodes are divided up into 3 discs, in the standard 9-9-8 split. Each episode is split into Opening, Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Closing, and Next Episode Preview (so you get a ton of chapters). R1 extras are also provided on each disc, though they are weak. Disc 1: Trailer for the Blue Gender TV Series. Disc 2: Commercials for Blue Gender OP and ED on CD, and Blue Gender on home video. Disc 3: Trailers for FUNimation anime, like Fruits Basket.

Video looked awesome perfect R1 rip from funi's version. PERFECT

The audio was good in both english and japanese ive only seen the frist few episodes but i am very surprised as the dub is alot better then i thought it would be since funimation does the dub i thought it be crap like the DBZ dub but to my surprise its pretty damn good.

The audio was good in both english and japanese ive only seen the frist few episodes but i am very surprised as the dub is alot better then i thought it would be since funimation does the dub i thought it be crap like the DBZ dub but to my surprise its pretty damn good.

So far this series is pretty damn good i cant wait to see how the story unfolds everybody should seriously pick up this set as FX has done a good job with this set unlike other releases they have released lately that have been really bad in the sense that there dvds have to many errors on them but this set plays fine on all my dvd players, either way pick up this set its wroth the 30 bucks on ebay instead of paying 100 bucks for the R1 funi's version.I'll give a better review of the whole series when im done with the series.