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Business Stationary Mart - Lyrical Nanoha: Season Set
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List Price: $59.98
Our Price: $35.78
Your Save: $ 24.20 ( 40% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Funimation
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Funimation
EAN: 0704400084881
Format: Animated
Label: Funimation
Manufacturer: Funimation
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Funimation
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-12-09
Running Time: 325
Studio: Funimation
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: A Story of People
Comment: The product description for this anime doesn't really do it justice. From the description, one might think this a typical "collect all of the artifacts" mission typical of its genre. But the Jewel Seeds are not really the point of the plot.
As the titular character, Nanoha Takamachi, puts it herself at the start of the first episode, "Sometimes, a person's emotions can touch and clash with someone else's. And there's people whose feelings can bond with another so perfectly, they can talk without saying a word. Well, this is a story about people like that and what happens when they eventually meet."
For Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, the battles and the Jewel Seeds take a back seat to the characters and how they are affected by the events that take place. In its 13-episode run, the series manages to do what many shows fail to accomplish with far more airtime: it tells a story of people, a story rich in character development, character interaction, and ultimately meaning. And amidst all of that, it still retains its place as a magical girl show, with flashy attack spells, a transformation sequence, and a third-grade girl with magical power.
Easily one of the most interesting and enjoyable anime series I've seen in a while, and if you like the magical girl style, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha shouldn't be missed.
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Summary: Not your typical magical girl show
Comment: Lyrical Nanoha starts out looking like a typical Magical Girl show - the main character meets a talking animal that gives her a magic item, which she uses to fight off a monster attack, and she is given the task of collecting powerful artifacts (Jewel Seeds).
The first difference one notices is that, atypical for the apparent genre, Nanoha throws herself at the task with enthusiasm, hard work, and responsible decisions. After Fate shows up in episode 4, the monster-of-the-week takes a back seat to character development and the conflict between the two girls. When another group shows up at the end of episode 7... well, I won't spoil anything further.
Lyrical Nanoha, despite being a show where the main character is a third grade girl with magical powers, is more targeted to the seinen (young men) demographic than the shoujo (young girls) one. That's not because of fanservice (there's a typical transformation sequence, but that's really it), but because of the more complex plot, the attention to detail given to the battles and the character development.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Complete First Season for one great price! The Jewel Seeds, artifacts from an ancient magical civilization, have been spread across the galaxy. Nanoha Takamachi becomes Lyrical Girl Nanoha to seal the Jewel Seeds and protect the Earth, but another girl appears who desperately tries to collect the seeds for a far more dangerous purpose!
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