Unboxing: Eureka Seven: AO – Part 1(Limited Edition Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) [USA]

It’s been awhile since I’ve last done an unboxing video and what better way to resume than with a ‘Limited Edition’ version of Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean (aka Eureka Seven: AO) – Part 1, a combo pack set which is currently available in America.

As with all ‘Limited Edition’ bundles the first part comes included inside a highly detailed (and impressive) artbox, which can easily fit both half of the series and thus giving the impression that it is a “complete series” box set, however disappointingly it does say “Part 1” on the art box – which does sort of void this impression. Keeping on the theme of artwork the sleeve inside the plastic Blu-ray case is reversible, and provides some alternate artwork for those not liking the initial front cover – yet again another “interesting” feature found in US releases.

Either way this first half of Eureka Seven: AO includes the first 12 episodes of the series across two Blu-ray discs, all of which are provided in native 1080p high definition, and two DVD discs. Also despite saying Region A on the Blu-ray Discs they play perfectly fine in UK Blu-ray players, which is a good thing seeing as Manga Entertainment UK have now decided to release their version of Eureka Seven: AO on DVD only in the UK (I guess they are still sore from XAM’D’s poor UK release).

Anyway this Limited Edition bundle is everything you’d expect it to be, especially after the recent string of them (Okami-San, B Gata H Kei, Baka & Test, Sengoku Basara & Black Butler) and it looks more ‘special’ on a shelf than any standard cases ever would. Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean – Part 1 is now available within America on Blu-ray and DVD, while a UK DVD only release is expected next month.