Steins Gate: Complete Series Classic [Blu-ray] by Funimation by Takuya Sato, Tomoki Kobayashi, Colleen Cli Hiroshi Hamasaki

I don't watch a lot of Anime. While I consider myself an Anime fan, not all Anime series' are created equal. I'm very selective about what I purchase, being on a budget. Something told me this was going to be good. It had been on my wishlist for almost a year when I finally had the extra money to purchase it. Best call I ever made on an Anime series. The plot is spell-binding. The twists and turns, exciting. The story, full-steam ahead. The art, phenomenal. Witty banter. Clever stream-of-conscious dialogue. Colorful, endearing characters. When they laughed, I laughed. When they cried, I cried. The roller-coaster of emotions the cast took, I was along for the ride. My desire to finish watching was insatiable. Heck. I want to watch it again. Soon enough, I've no doubt I will. Seriously, if this show could have gone on another ten seasons, I'd have jumped on the bandwagon. This is a Sci-Fi mind-warping tale on hyper overdrive strung out on speed. Episodes were over before I knew enough time had passed for an episode to be complete. Closures would occur before I realized there could even could be one. Admittedly, it feels like there are 3 endings to the series, and each time, I could easily have let it got at that. But, somehow, what poured forth from the cerebral cortex's of the people who created and wrote Steins;Gate captured my attention anew. Okabe is reason enough to watch this series just to hear him speak. Daru's cool. The female characters at first feel like just plain ol' eye candy. However, within mere moments of each of their introductions, they become so much more. The fact that they're animated to be cute just makes everything even easier. Having said that, there's nothing I'd really truly consider "Fan Service" (barring, perhaps, Faris), one reason I don't really care for some Anime series' to begin with. I prefer real women as opposed to animated ones I could never have... But, cute is cute, and the females in this series are every bit. Far beyond that, though, I get back to the story. The plot. The characters. All worth every penny you pay to get this. If you want a fantastic, solid series you can truly enjoy, this is the one to get.

Generally speaking, I don't really like animes with darker color palettes. I also generally don't like psychological/thriller types of programs. This anime is the glaring exception to those rules. I love this anime. The characters are just wonderful. And their wackiness pairs well with some of the peril and the darker themes that are presented. All the characters mesh well and are solid. The only one who seemed a big weaker to me was Moeka. But even she works well to drive the plot and doesn't take anything away. I still have to admit that the color palette isn't my favorite, but it is well-suited to the overall theme and tone. The music is wonderful. That opening theme will get stuck in your head, but you probably won't mind. Writing this review has got me thinking about it and I'm listening to it right now. The dub is pretty good. The first time I watched the series I stuck with the dub for about the first half. But I still definitely prefer the sub. As often happens, some of the voices of the American voice actors bugged me a little. But these voices are much better suited than the voices for a lot of anime, so I can definitely recommend it for people who don't want to be reading subtitles the entire time. The translation is also very good. Very little is lost between the sub and the dub. And not for the plot. The plot is absolutely my favorite thing about Steins;Gate. I will avoid spoilers. At the beginning of the series Obake and Mayuri are going to a talk on time travel by a respected scientist. Someone ends up getting stabbed and dies, but then almost immediately afterward they run into her just fine. Some other strange things happen, and it turns out that Okabe and his partner Daru have invented some sort of time machine. The rest of the series revolves around this time machine and the problems it solves and creates. But that description doesn't even come close to doing it justice. It is also a love story. And the second half is very emotionally driven with Okabe showing just how far he is willing to go for the people he cares about. The series finale does a wonderful job of bringing everything full circle, referencing the very first episodes that you will probably have forgotten about by then. And the OVA that is also included is not strictly necessary, but it does a lovely job of tieing together the series in a way that is eminently satisfying. Time travel is a very difficult subject to handle effectively in any medium. But Steins;Gate finds ways to handle it with grace. Very little about the time travel feels contrived and anything a little strange is easy to overlook, especially the first time watching. I appreciate that this set comes with both blue ray and DVD copies. Right now I do not own a blue ray player, but I know I will get one someday, so it is nice to have those disks to be able to watch then. As I mentioned in the title of this review, Steins;Gate is my favorite anime of all time. There are a lot that I like, but none so much as this one. Hopefully my review has given you some idea of why that is. I definitely suggest you buy it and watch it right now.

まさに中身はハードSF、こんなアニメが１０年ほど前にゲームを製作後にテレビ放映されていたとは驚きでした。また、アニメ版は、劇場版とその後の”ゼロ”にも到達する内容がすでに至る所に挿入されているのが興味深い。本当はこれだけ世界中で高い評価を得ているので、一度、あのキャラクターらが、オーバーアクションと声優の声による演技が、海外でどのように声優が演技し観客がどいのように反応しているかを一度、見たみたいものです。よくできたというより、へたな海外の大作ドラマシリーズと肩を並べられるアニメですね。真空管（別な言い方がある）時計らしき、何らかの数字をshメスツールはなぜあるんだろう？ ”諦めるな”・”審判の日まで涙と苦痛はしまっておけ”・”やれることはすべてやってみろ”・”人のためじゃない 自分のためにやり通せ”と、鑑賞をしている人に王しているようなアニメでした。これは名作ですよ。人生とは？問いかけも含めてお見事。（だったら他の人も気が付くんじゃない、作れそうというのは禁句。）

A quick delivery a week before it should and a price which is not to high. All in all a good choice to buy. And the anime is very good as well.

Simplemente esta serie es una obra maestra, un argumento que a pesar que el inicio puede ser algo lento es magnifico, los personajes tienen personalidades reales y son sometidos a situaciones extremas que te han compadecer de ellos, la banda sonora es adecuada en todo momento... 100% recomendada. Hablando de esta edicion de DVD lleva audio japones con subtitulos en ingles, estupendo. Y ademas lleva el OVA, tambien añadido en japon como el capitulo 25 que hace cerrar bien toda la trama. Otra cosa de esta edicion de DVD que me ha llamado la atencion es que contiene las versiones creditless del OP y END.

Self styled 'mad scientist' and geek Rintaro Okabe/'Hooin Kyoma' stumbles across the murder of scientific starlet Makise Kurisu during a lecture on time travel. Following a strange temporal 'event', Okabe sees her alive and is desperate to figure out how this is possible, enlisting her in the 'Future Gadget Laboratory' (his little club) and working on his microwave time machine. One of the finest anime I have ever watched, 'Stein;s Gate' is the antithesis of your typical goofy fanservice fest, offering a smart and often touching take on the power and side effects of time travel. The foundation is absurd for sure, and the show's sense of humour has no problem mining that, but when we get to the members using the technology to alter their lives and in the process, change the world around them, the show pulls no punches. This is amplified by the fact that we have a strong and likeable lot of characters that make up Okabe's entourage: the eccentric lead, the smart but somewhat high nosed Kurisu, the loveably sweet Miyuri, tech and online geek Daru, the silent and reserved Moeka, the timid & transgendered Lukako, the excitable waitress Faris and the high spirited tomboy Suzuha. They all compliment each other well and as the series progresses, you really get behind them and why they want these changes, some of which do tug hard at the heartstrings. However, it is Okabe's story that is the most grueling, as 'Stein;s Gate also acts as a more fantastical coming of age story as he remembers every change in the timeline, and how he must step up for his friends, as well as solving Kurisu's murder. He goes from petty manchild to a far more mature adult by the end and it can be very harrowing. How'd have thunk this could come from the inventor of a microwave & phone based time machine? And the rest is no slack: the animation is subdued but full of nuance and detail, refreshing for a sci-fi show, the music is often sombre but never overpowering or melodramatic, and the voice cast are tremendous, with J. Michael Tatum on the English front giving a career best performance as Okabe. Frankly, I have practically no genuine complaints or issues to speak of, save for maybe the last episode being little more than perfunctory sugaring of an already satisfying ending, but even then, it still has enough laughs to get by. Honestly, I cannot sing the praises of this show enough: drop whatever you are doing, and go see this show. It is criminally underrated, and of the best animated television series to come out in the last decade.

Wow excelente! Y a un precio de regalo! Una de las series más geniales que he visto, imagínate que todo lo que hagas en tu vida pueda ser alterado con un simple mensaje de texto! Pero como dice el tío de Peter Parker, un gran poder conlleva una gran responsabilidad