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Bleach Uncut Season1 Box Set (Standard Edition) | 
| Director: Na
Actor: Bleach
Studio: VIZ VIDEO
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.98
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 1941
Format: Animated, Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 500 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 1.4
MPN: DBHBS001
UPC: 782009238546
EAN: 0782009238546
ASIN: B0015XHQUS
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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Product Description
For as long as he can remember Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows he finds his life is changed forever. Now with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil. And when he vows to defend Rukia from the ruthless justice of the Soul Society he and his friends must cross over and do battle in the spirit world...Contains episodes 1-20.System Requirements:Running Time: 500 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 782009238546 Manufacturer No: DBHBS001
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 Cream of the shonen anime crop June 10, 2008
R.B from KC
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
For the uninitiated, Bleach is one of the newest shows in a long line of Shonen (for males) anime. The normal Shonen anime plot usually revolves around a boy (most often teenage) that has special abilities, and that uses them to overcome some sort of challenge. In the tradition of Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragonball (also Dragonball Z) this means that the show normally turns into a lengthy coming-of-age action anime in which the protagonist (hero) and antagonists (villains) constantly one up each other in a seemingly never ending cycle of power shifts that are interwoven between something resembling a plot. You can look forward to good action, comedy, and decently thought out characters, but you've also got to expect that the story might only serve as a vehicle for the flashy action sequences. This is where Bleach sets itself apart from other shonen anime such as Naruto and Dragonball Z; The plot is thick with political intrigue (thick for a shonen anime anyway) and with dark twists and turns that easily set it on a mantle as the premiere shonen anime (in the action category) of it's day.
Someone above went over the synopsis of the story, so I'll leave that out. I will say that you can expect good characters, an interesting setting, great action, and passable (great at times) humor from the characters. This boxed set is referred to as season 1, and that seems to have upset one of the other reviewers, since it doesn't really feel like a "season" at all. This is because most shonen anime aren't separated into seasons in the American sense. Shonen anime (by design) run hundreds of episodes, with story arcs that can range anywhere from 60 to 100 episodes. Bleach's first story arc is 60ish episodes, so really you could call this boxed set "Arc 1 part 1 of 3" though I'm sure "Season 1" sounds a whole lot better.
In the box, you get 20 episodes on 5 discs, with extras such as production art (on the DVD's) and textless versions of the endings. Both Japanese and English audio are on the discs, with English subtitles. Inside the box is a book-style DVD case with 1 DVD per side (nice compared to the two discs on top of each other in boxed sets such as the DBZ season sets) and the original case art from the single DVD releases inset. Rounding it out is a poster of Rukia and Ichigo, as well as images of Kon and a hollow mask printed inside the outer box (a very nice touch indeed. I was surprised to see Kon looking up at me from the box). Overall, this is probably the highest quality (value) boxed set I've ever bought. When I say value, I mean a boxed set that is just the DVD's, and not a "Limited Edition" set (which usually come with full length posters, stickers, pencils, OST's etc). The addition of the poster in the box was more than I was expecting for a set as low priced as this, and truthfully, most boxed sets you buy don't even have little extras like that.
In conclusion, if you go into a shonen anime seeking something as deep and dark as an anime such as Monster or Elfen Lied, then you probably need to rethink the genre you are going into. I would argue however that by the time you've seen the end of the 60 episode first arc of Bleach, you would agree that the story in a shonen anime can absolutely transcend the genre, and become something that coexists with the action, instead of being something that exists only as a distraction between excellent fights (of which there are many in Bleach). Bleach destroys it's peers in the shonen genre (such as Naruto, and One Piece), and I'd say it's definitely worth the buy if you liked such shows as Yu Yu Hakusho or Dragonball Z.
Bleach Uncut Season 1 Box Set July 22, 2008
BuffaloAnthro78 (Buffalo, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bleach Uncut Season1 Box Set (Standard Edition)
I will admit that when I was first exposed to Bleach, I was not a fan. About a year or so after it first began airing I managed to sit down and watch an episode. Since that episode, I haven't stopped. The only regret I had was not watching Bleach from the beginning.
This is one of the first anime I have come across where both the characters and storyline develop with each episode. It also has one of the largest collections of characters that I have seen to date. (I am just getting into anime now, a little at a time; so there may be others out there that invalidate what I am saying but I haven't encountered them yet.)
Bleach centers around a 15 year old boy named Ichigo Kurosaki (known as Strawberry in the manga) who can see ghosts. One night he has an encounter with a soul reaper - Rukia Kuchiki - and both of their lives are changed forever. Ichigo is forced to become a substitute soul reaper and as a result not only has to prevent hollows from attacking humans but also his friends, who also become entangled in Ichigo's new found adventures.
Season 1 is an excellent opportunity to learn about the characters, their relationships, their powers and their lives as it culminates with an unbelievable season finale, which sets things up beautifully for Season 2, which will not only introduce a new plane of existence but also an even larger cast. This is not your typical monster of the week anime like some of the others.
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