DVD Review: Blood+ Vol. #3

[Chris Beveridge]

Review by Mark Thomas

Mania Grade: B+
Audio Rating: B+
Video Rating: B-
Packaging Rating: B
Menus Rating: B+
Extras Rating: N/A
Age Rating: 16 and Up
Region: 1 - North America
Released By: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MSRP: 24.96
Running time: 123
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Disc Resolution: 480i/p
Disc Encoding: MPEG-2
Series: Blood+

In Summary:
The third volume of Blood+ seems to fix the pacing flaws that troubled flow through the first two discs, and these episodes settle into a really nice groove that shows off the capabilities of this story. While I do not ever see Blood+ being a title that will absolutely floor anybody, it is a really good entry into the gothic genre, and is so far a perfectly fine addition to any fan’s collection. If later episodes keep it up, it has a chance to be one of the genre’s better titles. Recommended.

[Njr Scrawl]

Perhaps the episodes were put on disc with set #1 more in mind than singles release.

The Phantom/Vietnam arc is what ties in with Blood TLV for me.

If you know French, are the French subtitles based on B+'s English dialogue & dubtitles, or closer to the Japanese?

[TAS]

V1 - 3-04
V2 - 6-10
V3 - 10-21

So it's going to take another 2 years to release the rest? Are they trying to make Viz look good or something?

I bought the first volume, didn't bother with 2 and had forgotten about this series until I read this.

[WTK]

Originally Posted by TAS

V1 - 3-04
V2 - 6-10
V3 - 10-21

So it's going to take another 2 years to release the rest? Are they trying to make Viz look good or something?

I bought the first volume, didn't bother with 2 and had forgotten about this series until I read this.

And would the 2nd boxset ever be released? I guess Sony Pictures just doesn't handle anime series very well...

[Orihimes_Boyfriend]

Originally Posted by WTK

And would the 2nd boxset ever be released? I guess Sony Pictures just doesn't handle anime series very well...

My guess is they will not put out the part 2 box until the singles catch up. And thats still 2 more volumes away.

[lockmastah]

Originally Posted by Orihimes_Boyfriend

My guess is they will not put out the part 2 box until the singles catch up. And thats still 2 more volumes away.

One would think it's pretty easy to release the single dvds since Sony basically finished production work on them when the S1 boxset came out.And yet it's a year later and they are only up to vol. 3. I'm not surprised though considering the horrible job they did with Cyborg 009.

[KudosForce]

Originally Posted by TAS

V1 - 3-04
V2 - 6-10
V3 - 10-21

So it's going to take another 2 years to release the rest? Are they trying to make Viz look good or something?

Looks more to me like they'll make Synch-Point (the people who brought us FLCL) look good.

[Njr Scrawl]

Originally Posted by Orihimes_Boyfriend

My guess is they will not put out the part 2 box until the singles catch up. And thats still 2 more volumes away.

I'll forgive them, if the set 2 DVDs are not dubtitled, & even buy set 1 for completeness if set 2 is OK.

[WTK]

The release date for Vol.4 has been revealed. It's 1/27/2009. Will we get the 2nd boxset sometime in the summer of '09?