Strike Witches Japanese Blu-Ray box set

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So, yes, I've been at it again, picking up Japanese Blu-Ray releases with English subtitles. This time around the object of my attention was the box set release of my guilty pleasure favourite Strike Witches, which recently enjoyed a limited edition Blu-Ray release. It turned up safely today, and here it is...

First up, here's the front of the outer sleeve:



And from the back:



That sleeve actually doubles as a couple of postcards - post bits of your expensive purchase to your friends! Imagine their red faces when a postman hands them a picture of girls wearing no trousers!

Inside that is a more typical cardboard sleeve, containing three Blu-Rays and a 200-odd page art book:



Blu-Rays 1 and 2 contain the series proper in High Definition glory, while disc three contains a live event featuring the show's cast of voice actresses:



Open up the Blu-Ray cases, and this is what you get:



Blu-Ray three also comes with a booklet of its own with comments from the VAs, autographs and so on:



Finally, the art book contains character designs, storyboards and so on - all of the usual fare for this kind of thing:



Now, all I have to do is find time to watch it!

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And for anyone curious - the opening to the disc menu:



The main menu itself:



Yay, subtitles!



I have to say, the video quality of the episodes themselves isn't all that hot - it's incredibly noisy from what I've seen so far - looks like I'll be ramping up the NR on this one.

[Weirdo]

The extreme lack of trousers interests me.

[Necro]

Words cannot describe the levels of want.
How much did this set you back? May have to protect my ears.

[Hanners]

It was around £230 including shipping...

[ussjtrunks]

Wow those subtitles look wrong

could they not at least center the bottom line? or why does it even need 2 lines >.<

[Scorpion03]

I was looking at this a couple of days ago, might have to shell out for this myself

[Elliotpage]

Originally Posted by Weirdo

The extreme lack of trousers interests me.

Personally, I was hoping this set would prank the fans by having all the box art include trousers on the characters. Shame.

Also, £230? Gott im himmel.

[latro]

I would have been tempted if it included both series.

[Necro]

Why are the Japanese consumers willing to buy overpriced things? I need my scantly dressed lolis cheap!