Blazblue: Alter Memory - Season One [Blu-ray]

- Synopsis: A story about Ragna the Bloodedge. Generally known as a villain that delivers death and destruction in his path; nobody knows what his real intentions are. Due to his unique powers, and his moniker: The Grim Reaper, he easily becomes the center of attention as everybody is hunting him down. As Ragna sets out on his long journey of revenge, whether he likes it or not, his actions will help determine the fate of the world that everyone lives in.===========================================================================================================- Comments: This basically has the first episode take the place of Calamity Trigger's true ending route. The rest is an overview of Continuum Shift. So it is a bit rushed.The aesthetics and soundtrack the series offers is great. Characters may be cliche at times (but there's so many animes so it's hard not to be), but they are still pretty cool. The Japanese and English dubs are great, though I prefer the English VAs since they are excellent. Just like in Persona 3 and 4, or Bleach or Naruto's English Dub. Plenty of well-known VAs.Too bad some of the characters didn't really get much backstory in the anime. I'm sure those that haven't played the games probably are confused throughout. I don't blame you. Unless you know the true ending routes for the BlazBlue games: CT, CS, CP (Chrono Phantasma), and finally, CF (Central Fiction), you will be left in the dark. Welcome to Ragna's world.As such, I recommend this anime more for players familiar with the BlazBlue universe, but if you are a new-comer or don't know anything about BlazBlue and this caught your interest, then hopefully you might try out the games, too. Still, it's not a bad option to relax and watch this anime or add it to your anime collection.- Analysis: The BlazBlue universe is an immensely vast and convoluted one. To many people, ambiguity is a serious flaw. For animes or games like this, I would say it's actually a good thing. Sometimes, rather than having an answer, it's more fun using imagination to fill in the blanks (like in Steins;Gate or Chaos;Head). After all, predictability tends to be boring.In other words, I think Mori intentionally made the series very cryptic. Like most of the characters' ages. Then again, I think it's so it doesn't distract many viewers since hearing or knowing their age can turn them off.- Features: English and Japanese audio with English subtitles. Includes 12 episodes on 2 Blu-rays, and 12 on 2 DVDs with a run-time of about 5 hours. Rated TV-14 for violence and some fan-service.===========================================================================================================- Recommendations: Persona 4 the Animation, Psycho-Pass, Re:Zero, Buso Renkin, Freezing, Cross Ange, Code:Breaker, Ben-To, K, Blade Dance of the Elementalers, Sky Wizards Academy, Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo ESP, and Owari no Seraph.

Ever since I first played Blazblue: Calamity Trigger back in 2009, I knew it was only a matter of time before this series gets an anime adaptation. Now finally after 6 years and multiple videogame sequels, we get just that with the U.S. release of Alter Memory. And for the most part, I was quite pleased.First and foremost though, this anime is most definitely tailored towards the fan of the series. Newcomers who have never played Calamity Trigger and especially Continuum Shift will be confused for the most part in regards to understanding the plot and lore of the series. What is ars magus? Whats the backstory behind the NOL and Sector Seven? Why is there a talking bipedal cat? None of that is explained in Alter Memory. Fortunately, the two games I have mentioned do a great job of going over in detail the series' surprisingly deep lore and both can be bought dirt cheap now, provided you have a PS3 or Xbox 360.Now what about people already familiar with the series? As I said, I enjoyed it and its about what I expected from an adaptation. The animation is solid but a few of the fight scenes do look a bit rough and sloppy. The voice work is excellent and having almost everyone reprise their roles for their respective characters is a huge plus, especially since they all done a stellar job in the videogames. All the characters make an appearance but some definitely get sidelined hard, which is understandable considering this series is only 12 episodes long. I should also mention that the first two episodes are devoted to Calamity Trigger while the rest covers Continuum Shift.I was very disappointed by the lack of special features. A blooper reel would have been outstanding since I figured the voice actors had a lot of fun with this project. A behind the scenes video would have added a lot as well. This release is about as bare bones as it gets providing only the textless opening and closing songs and a couple trailers. Woo...Underwhelming blu-ray release aside, if you're a fan of the series then by all means check it out. Blazblue as an anime has lots of potential that I'd like to see more of. Newcomers should be wary of this purchase and at least play through the first two games beforehand to get the most enjoyment out of this.

Great anime for Blazblue fans. Even though not like in depth like the game counterpart, this anime keeps things short and to the point of what Ragna the Bloodedge should do even he can be an idiot. XD

Arrived on time and in excellent condition! Great buy! Thank you!

I was expecting more than what I actually got. While the animation is excellent, I can't say nearly as much for the story. Left me a bit disappointed. More hype than substance. I gave this 3 stars, because I didn't 'not like it.'

Working great and no problems. I love the movie. I do appreciated it so much, thanks for everything, your welcome, and good luck with everything, God bless everyone too.

An awesome animie very long the fighting is exciting.

Would buy again if necessary, kids loss interest quickly.

It came on time and was in great condition, perfectly shrink wrapped like most of my Switch games I’ve bought

No real extras other than sub/dub toggle. The anime is not approachable to anyone outside of Blazblue and even to fans at best it's an alright recap of the first two games. You can tell not much money went into this when a fighting game anime doesn't have much fighting. Personally the dub saves this anime for me (Hazama is great).

輸入品の為か、ちょっと音声が小さく廻りの音声が大きく台詞が小さいのが難点、ただヘッドホン使用時は普通に聞けたのでよかったです。

This is great if you want to get to know the story of the first two games but then you got play chronophamtasma to understand central fiction but thats ok