AoD Advance Review: Last Exile Vol. #4 [Archive]

hub

05-19-2004, 11:03 PM

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Chris Beveridge said:
Review (http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/2930.php)

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I've only seen up to volume 3, but so far I'm loving this series, and it's good to hear that volume 4 won't disappoint either. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

Rogueman_8

05-19-2004, 11:34 PM

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hub said:
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Chris Beveridge said:
Review (http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/2930.php)

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I've only seen up to volume 3, but so far I'm loving this series, and it's good to hear that volume 4 won't disappoint either. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

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Pretty much every volume doesn't disappoint. Well, maybe when you reach the ending. I loved it personally, but I can't say for others.
I don't like the packaging for this volume though. I'm pretty sure it's the exact same pic of Dio from the opening. Other than that, can't wait to pick it up and leaving it unopened for a month (like I did w/ vol.3). Doesn't seem to be anything limited w/ this release judging from Chris' review so I think I'll hold back buying it later when I get some money.

hub

05-19-2004, 11:40 PM

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Rogueman_8 said:
Other than that, can't wait to pick it up and leaving it unopened for a month (like I did w/ vol.3). Doesn't seem to be anything limited w/ this release judging from Chris' review so I think I'll hold back buying it later when I get some money.

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Eh, I'm sort of in the same boat. I won't be able to order volume 4 until July. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif But fortunately, after that volume 5 will be right around the corner. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

Matsuura-kun

05-19-2004, 11:48 PM

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Rogueman_8 said:
Doesn't seem to be anything limited w/ this release judging from Chris' review so I think I'll hold back buying it later when I get some money.

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There are postcards, if you care about those...

05-19-2004, 11:50 PM

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Rogueman_8 said:
Doesn't seem to be anything limited w/ this release judging from Chris' review so I think I'll hold back buying it later when I get some money.

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I believe there is a line somewhere in the "Packaging" part of the review that says that there are three postcards with this release.

Rogueman_8

05-20-2004, 12:59 AM

uh crap, I missed that /images/graemlins/tongue.gif. Guess I'm gonna have to get it right away then. Thanks /images/graemlins/wink.gif!

Pelianth

05-20-2004, 03:18 AM

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Rogueman_8 said:
I'm pretty sure it's the exact same pic of Dio from the opening.

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Nope. Same general pose, different picture.

Jigen_Daisuke

05-20-2004, 09:29 AM

I'll probably use some of my store credit to pick this up from Digital Eyes.

MalrocK

06-09-2004, 11:23 AM

Found the review thread for this /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. Anyway, I loved it. I thought this was a great character development disc and also shed some light on Claus & Lavie's past. I really hope Claus & Lavie finally get together by the end of the series because they obviously care deeply for one another Great stuff, the wait in-between volumes are killing me though /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

wanfu2k1

06-09-2004, 07:17 PM

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Malrock said:
Found the review thread for this /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. Anyway, I loved it. I thought this was a great character development disc and also shed some light on Claus & Lavie's past. I really hope Claus & Lavie finally get together by the end of the series because they obviously care deeply for one another Great stuff, the wait in-between volumes are killing me though /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

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No way Titian or allister is waaaaaay better /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

onigiri

06-09-2004, 11:20 PM

Well, I didn't get the postcards. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif I think this is the first time I've been screwed over on the Geneon lottery. Could someone who did post a pic? Thanks. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

sman

06-09-2004, 11:26 PM

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onigiri said:
Well, I didn't get the postcards. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif I think this is the first time I've been screwed over on the Geneon lottery. Could someone who did post a pic? Thanks. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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http://www.crystalacids.com/lastexile4.jpg

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onigiri

06-09-2004, 11:37 PM

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onigiri said:
Well, I didn't get the postcards. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif I think this is the first time I've been screwed over on the Geneon lottery. Could someone who did post a pic? Thanks. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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http://www.crystalacids.com/lastexile4.jpg

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Thanks! I couldn't care less about Tatiana's vanship, but the one of Claus & Lavie as little kids sitting on the steps looks really nice. Curse you, Geneon! And you, too, Amazon.com!! /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

sman

06-09-2004, 11:38 PM

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da Original S Man said:
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onigiri said:
Well, I didn't get the postcards. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif I think this is the first time I've been screwed over on the Geneon lottery. Could someone who did post a pic? Thanks. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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http://www.crystalacids.com/lastexile4.jpg

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Thanks! I couldn't care less about Tatiana's vanship, but the one of Claus & Lavie as little kids sitting on the steps looks really nice. Curse you, Geneon! And you, too, Amazon.com!! /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

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I take it you've already opened yours then..

onigiri

06-09-2004, 11:42 PM

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onigiri said:
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da Original S Man said:
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onigiri said:
Well, I didn't get the postcards. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif I think this is the first time I've been screwed over on the Geneon lottery. Could someone who did post a pic? Thanks. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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http://www.crystalacids.com/lastexile4.jpg

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Thanks! I couldn't care less about Tatiana's vanship, but the one of Claus & Lavie as little kids sitting on the steps looks really nice. Curse you, Geneon! And you, too, Amazon.com!! /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

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I take it you've already opened yours then..

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Actually, I forgot about the cards until after I opened it. Stupid me. Oh well, they're only cards. Must keep telling self that.

sman

06-09-2004, 11:45 PM

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onigiri said:
Actually, I forgot about the cards until after I opened it. Stupid me. Oh well, they're only cards. Must keep telling self that.

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Been there. /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif I think with both Chobits & Ai Yori Aoshi at some point. I was only saved by Flood on those two.

06-10-2004, 12:00 AM

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onigiri said:
Actually, I forgot about the cards until after I opened it. Stupid me. Oh well, they're only cards. Must keep telling self that.

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I did that too with my Ai Yori Aoshi volume 2. I opened it without checking for the sticker and I'm still quite peeved by it since it was the only postcard I was missing /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif But from then on, I made sure to use the switching trick to get the LE item (this happened with Last Exile volume 2's postcards). But AYA's postcard is still missing... Makes me feel like there's a hole somewhere /images/graemlins/relief1.gif

onigiri

06-10-2004, 12:09 AM

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SuzakuSeikun said:
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onigiri said:
Actually, I forgot about the cards until after I opened it. Stupid me. Oh well, they're only cards. Must keep telling self that.

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I did that too with my Ai Yori Aoshi volume 2. I opened it without checking for the sticker and I'm still quite peeved by it since it was the only postcard I was missing /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif But from then on, I made sure to use the switching trick to get the LE item (this happened with Last Exile volume 2's postcards). But AYA's postcard is still missing... Makes me feel like there's a hole somewhere /images/graemlins/relief1.gif

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Shhhhh! You're not helping. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Pelianth

06-10-2004, 12:53 PM

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onigiri said:
Actually, I forgot about the cards until after I opened it. Stupid me. Oh well, they're only cards. Must keep telling self that.

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I did that too with my Ai Yori Aoshi volume 2. I opened it without checking for the sticker and I'm still quite peeved by it since it was the only postcard I was missing /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif But from then on, I made sure to use the switching trick to get the LE item (this happened with Last Exile volume 2's postcards). But AYA's postcard is still missing... Makes me feel like there's a hole somewhere /images/graemlins/relief1.gif

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y'all wanna feel better? My younger brother did this with X #5.

ooga

06-10-2004, 01:02 PM

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SuzakuSeikun said:
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onigiri said:
Actually, I forgot about the cards until after I opened it. Stupid me. Oh well, they're only cards. Must keep telling self that.

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I did that too with my Ai Yori Aoshi volume 2. I opened it without checking for the sticker and I'm still quite peeved by it since it was the only postcard I was missing /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif But from then on, I made sure to use the switching trick to get the LE item (this happened with Last Exile volume 2's postcards). But AYA's postcard is still missing... Makes me feel like there's a hole somewhere /images/graemlins/relief1.gif

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y'all wanna feel better? My younger brother did this with X #5.

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You mean with the sleeve? Ouch! How could he not notice that? /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif
Well I got my postcards with #4. Didn't even realize postcards were supposed to be included with every volume. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

MalrocK

06-10-2004, 01:04 PM

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Didn't even realize postcards were supposed to be included with every volume. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

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They're not /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. Nothing with vol. 1, vol. 2 came with postcards, vol. 3 came with a paper vanship, vol. 4 came with postcards /images/graemlins/happy.gif

toffoli

06-10-2004, 02:29 PM

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They're not /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. Nothing with vol. 1, vol. 2 came with postcards, vol. 3 came with a paper vanship, vol. 4 came with postcards /images/graemlins/happy.gif

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Unless you got the SE box, then you got the cool Mousepad and Figure.

IIRC, there is no goodies with Volume 5 right? One less DVD to go hunting for at least. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

06-10-2004, 03:23 PM

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Toffman said:
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Malrock said:
They're not /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. Nothing with vol. 1, vol. 2 came with postcards, vol. 3 came with a paper vanship, vol. 4 came with postcards /images/graemlins/happy.gif

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Unless you got the SE box, then you got the cool Mousepad and Figure.

IIRC, there is no goodies with Volume 5 right? One less DVD to go hunting for at least. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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Actually, I'm not sure if Geneon ever announced volume 4 having postcards anywhere. The LE items seem to appear at their will. I wouldn't be so sure we don't have to go goodie hunting in August...

toffoli

06-10-2004, 03:43 PM

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SuzakuSeikun said:
Actually, I'm not sure if Geneon ever announced volume 4 having postcards anywhere. The LE items seem to appear at their will. I wouldn't be so sure we don't have to go goodie hunting in August...

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They usually appear in the weekly PDFs. So while Last Exile 4 (http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/pea/03-09-04.pdf) mentions the Postcard Pack, nothing is mentioned with Last Exile 5 (http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/pea/05-18-04.pdf)

BULLDOG1

06-10-2004, 04:12 PM

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Oh man, an A-. I can't wait till RightStuf ships this to me...

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Well, I received #4 from TRSI today and it had the LE postcards. /images/graemlins/cool.gif

I'm planning to watch it later tonight and will comment on it shortly. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

A.J.

Nylock

06-10-2004, 04:31 PM

While I still enjoyed the disc a lot, I was a little disappointed that the battle didn't continue a bit longer, since it's probably the most exciting/interesting battle I've seen in a long time.

And Dio rocks.

Pelianth

06-10-2004, 05:11 PM

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Toffman said:
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SuzakuSeikun said:
Actually, I'm not sure if Geneon ever announced volume 4 having postcards anywhere. The LE items seem to appear at their will. I wouldn't be so sure we don't have to go goodie hunting in August...

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They usually appear in the weekly PDFs. So while Last Exile 4 (http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/pea/03-09-04.pdf) mentions the Postcard Pack, nothing is mentioned with Last Exile 5 (http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/pea/05-18-04.pdf)

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If I recall correctly, the vanship was not announced in the pdf but rather was sighted on their Last Exile website. It doesn't currently say or show anything about *any* extras for vol. 5, but then it doesn't for vol. 4 either. (It does show the postcards for vol. 2 though, so they aren't just not showing the postcards.)

Innotech

06-10-2004, 09:32 PM

I have to say I really like the vanship paper model, but in general, I dont really care much if I get extra stuff with the DVD or not. The show is what Im after. Thats guaranteed with every DVD case so thats all that matters to me /images/graemlins/happy.gif
This show is incredible.

BULLDOG1

06-12-2004, 05:04 PM

Well, I just finished watching #4 and this series continues to be one of my favorites.

I think that the "kiss" was one of the more surprising parts of this volume, especially considering who it was that initiated the kiss. /images/graemlins/knowital.gif

That part of the scene really caught me offguard as I had thought that they were just going to sit together and "talk". /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

All in all, I enjoyed this volume very much and gave it a positive vote.

Also, I'm really glad that I held off on watching all of #3 until I received #4 as I wouldn't have wanted to wait 2 months between the volumes. Especially after seeing how the last episode on #3 ended. /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

If anything, that's the one major downside to Geneon's releases, especially with a series that has a story that continues from one episode to the next.

Still, I'm really looking forward to the next volume. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

A.J.

Levon

06-13-2004, 01:51 AM

Somewhat slow in this volume but still great/images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

DanielJr

06-13-2004, 05:22 PM

Great series! I loved Volume 4. This volume had some great character interactions, and some new and unexpected emotions. Can't wait for the next one.

jeditictac

06-13-2004, 05:48 PM

i've already seen the entire series via fansub before it's license, but that doesn't stop me from immediately watching each new disc the minute it arrives in my mailbox. plus, i love the extras that are included and the packaging as well.

the only think i don't like is that the ending song always has credits. ~pouts~ i know we have a textless version, but this was one of those endings that i watched every single time when viewing the fansub and i don't do that now because of all the text...but anyway, it's a very small thing anyway. still love the release

hentai_wolf

06-13-2004, 07:14 PM

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i've already seen the entire series via fansub before it's license, but that doesn't stop me from immediately watching each new disc the minute it arrives in my mailbox.

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You must own a time machine then because the show was licensed prior to its completion.

mikedude

06-13-2004, 07:17 PM

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i've already seen the entire series via fansub before it's license, but that doesn't stop me from immediately watching each new disc the minute it arrives in my mailbox.

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You must own a time machine then because the show was licensed prior to it's completion.

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ROFL, that's funny! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Big-boi

06-14-2004, 04:55 PM

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I'm really enjoying this series and can't wait for volume 5!

06-14-2004, 05:28 PM

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Big-boi said:
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I'm really enjoying this series and can't wait for volume 5!

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Excellent avatar Big-boi! Love that screenshot, sometimes when I think of Vash its his humor that I remember the most.

Enhance the Trance,
Curse

StarCreator

06-15-2004, 12:06 AM

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Bulldog said:
I think that the "kiss" was one of the more surprising parts of this volume, especially considering who it was that initiated the kiss. /images/graemlins/knowital.gif

That part of the scene really caught me offguard as I had thought that they were just going to sit together and "talk". /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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Heh...

When I came up to that shot, my thought was "Aww, they're going to kiss or something now? That's be cute..."

Two seconds later, my thought was "Um... I was only kidding..."

gnikdrazil

06-15-2004, 09:00 AM

Another great disk. I really enjoyed the first 2 episodes with some back stories on the main characters. Gonzo is really getting better at story telling. I haven't seen a grand epic like this in anime for a while. Now I have to wait another 2 months for the next disc.

aleczman

06-27-2004, 01:21 AM

Alright, so I'm a little late to this party but, I finally found a local copy with the postcards and watched it earlier today. Another great volume of this most awesome show. It was nice to see Dunya again (I don't think they've mentioned her name yet so, I'm spoiler-tagging it). She is probably my 2nd favorite female character in this series (after Allister, of course /images/graemlins/wink.gif).

I'm finding that watching this show a 2nd time around, little things here and there make much, MUCH more sense once you know the ending and the truth behind things. This show is turning out to have great replay value for me! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif