The Legend of the Legendary Heroes: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]

This is a review of the S.A.V.E edition which has blu-ray and DVD versions. I watched the blu-ray.I very carefully didn't read the reviews or synopses of this series as I wanted to see it on its own merits. This is the complete version which has 24 episodes.I didn't know what to expect but I certainly did not expect what I actually saw. This had real potential as a dark, machiavellian political thriller. As such it would have been a very refreshing change. A lot of thought has clearly been put into political and historical background for the series. It's a shame that most of this is unused. It's like Tolkien writing all of the background for Lord of the rings and then only writing the synopsis. In fact the two story arcs Ryner and Sion don't seem to interact much. The real fault of this is that it doesn't use the epic history very much. However a much, much bigger fault is the characters. There's not one character that you feel much for. They are just players on a stage mouthing lines. This gets quite tiring after 24 episodes. Although this ends on a cliff-hanger I found I didn't care.The animation is actually quite good. I normally prefer the Japanese voice actors but in this case the English voice cast is excellent and the translation is much better than the subtitles.In the end this has characters that don't provoke empathy, a plot which never really gets going, and an epic history that isn't used. Very disappointing.

This series was terrible. If there were any Stars I could remove I would and I think it terrible that you have to give this 1 Star to do a review. The writers of this series were totally out of reality while putting this series together. It seems that in many of these anime, who cares about the innocent that are killed, especially if they had no actual part in the story, but this series was the worst. Hey, lets kill a whole bunch more people, then we'll have Ferris eat some more dango. Throw in all the silliness, stupidity, and way out in left field dialogue at times makes me wish I hadn't heard of Legend of the Legendary Heroes. It certainly didn't deserve the title given it, in my opinion.

This is one of the best anime I have ever seen. I highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys a sweeping, story driven adventure. The only two real downsides to this anime are 1) there is only one season so that there are a number of loose ends that are kind of left for your imagination and 2) because there are only 25ish episodes there are several story arcs that seem to appear out of nowhere or move a little faster than I might prefer.Having said that this story is enthralling and deeply moving with some surprisingly philosophical moments. It touches on bigotry, racism, necessary evil, sacrifice for the greater good, friendship, and whether we are born good or evil. There is a little romance that builds towards the end and after you get to know the characters I find many of their interactions with each other through the series to be quite funny.It comes with the complete series both in blue ray and dvd in the same package. I'm not sure why but you get both for the price of one so I won't complain. I highly recommend you buy this item!

Probably one of my favorite anime of all time, I'm furious that they left things on such a cliff-hanger. There was so much material left overy for another season or at least 3 movies, but instead they ended things and I can't find the Manga or light novel anywhere. This is truly a phenomenal anime with a great deal of mystery incorporated in it. I can watch it countless times over and never be bored of it, but the more I watch the more I wish there was more to it.

An amazing series that I watched from beginning to end. For me, it started slow and it picked as the story progressed. I was surprised how it ended, but it was truly fitting. Nope, I will not give it away either. Ryder and Ferris are so odd together, but in battle they are ferocious. This is the Blu-ray / DVD Combo and can truly see the difference of the 2 versions. The Blu-ray is clear and vibrate colors all the way around. The DVD version is not as vibrate. Overall, I believe you would love the series no matter if you buy the complete series or the other that is offered.

Yeah, got this on a whim since I was subtly craving a Lodoss/Escaflowne type series. The title definitely threw me (it felt lazy), but i'm glad that didn't stop me from the impulse buy. This series has a lot of good going for it: very compelling main characters, a strong supporting cast, interesting overall story conceit, strong animation, and good overall execution. In all, this is definitely worth watching. Please note, the series does have a definite conclusion, but there is plenty of room for the series to continue/have a sequel (based on the fact the stories the series originated from continued further). In all, this is a great piece of escape if that's what you're looking for.

The Series is really good . I really enjoyed it a lot just on the second disc already! It is really worth getting because now all the anime finally getting bluray is totally awesome I really like it a lot . So yeah best collection then buying alone because it is a lot of money if you are planning buying at fye or bestbuy .

Not what I expected just couldn’t get in to it

I have only watched disks 1-2 but it's very clear already that this is a very well-developed story where every character gets time to shine. Essentially Game of Thrones but with an anime twist and much more fantasy.This is a politically realistic world where naive ideals get you and the people you care for killed, and brutal deaths are common. Voice actors are a pleasure to the ears, especially the fancy formal way of speaking the Arisocrarts and Nobles have. The extras have some fun commentaries as well.

Opened the case and all the discs fell out and they wont even go in the holders exept disc 2 when i try and whn i try even with disk two i hear crackling sounds so i dont wanna try any harder. I legit got cheaper dvd blu ray sets that were in way better shape than this but i guess thats what you get for a "save' edition even though its just as expencive as some of the normal proced anime blurays out there. I wanna warn anyone not to get this unless thats all they can find for this show and are a big fan but you will have to find another way to store the disks

Muss sagen das Preis/Leistungsverhältnis ist toll.In derser Box sind nicht nur Bluerays sondern auch die DVDs... also dieselbe Serie gleich 2mal (für diejenigen, die keinen Blueray Player haben ist das vielleicht interessant)... und der Preis ist derselbe, wie wenn man nur die Bluerays kaufen würde.Der Versandt hat zwar länger gedauert, aber ich hatte es damit auch nicht eilig.Zur Serie selbst:Mir hat die Serie wirklich sehr gut gefallen. Nur das Ende ist etwas verkorkst....soweit ich im Internet gelesen habe, ist das eine Anime verfilmung von einer Bücherreihe. Vermutlich ist das hier die Verfilmung von dem ersten Buch (meine Hypothese)... weil irgendwie hab ich am Ende der Serie das Gefühl, dass es da noch weiter geht....Aber wie gesagt, das wusste ich schon vor dem Kauf, und mir gefällt die Serie trotzdem verdammt gut

The problem with this series is that it is an incomplete story arc. The story drops off suddenly and you will never get an ending if this bothers you I suggest you stay away.

This is a great dvd I watched this one from beginning from start to finish in about 2 days then about a week later did it again really enjoyed the story line