Blue Submarine No. 6 Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

This is probably one of the only anime I can think of that has ecological themes, but directs them at the sea, not the forests. In the future, a scientist named Zorndyke became disillusioned with human arrogance, and created an army of fish chimera that are terrorizing humanity. And his forces have melted the polar ice caps, flooding much of our present world, not to mention there are rumors he has plans to destabilize earths magnetic feilds that may wipe out humanity as a whole. It's certainly an interesting take on Global Warming, that benefits sea life. However not all is as it seems. The story starts with Kino, a new recruit trying to re-ennlist a man named Hayami to rejoin Blue Submarine no 6. The Blue Submarine fleet is one of earth's last defenses against Zorndykes fish chimera forces. One of the only flaws is it's never made clear why the captain went out of his way to re-recruit a former soldier named Hayami, personally bond that they had aside, he's experienced but doesn't have any special knowledge/skills that separate him from everyone else. As the story progresses, Hayami spares the life and later befriends Mutio, who is a member of Zorndykes forces. Much of the story is spent in sea battles and flashbacks. Eventually, Hayami and Kino find Zorkdyke's base, and find that his army are not a group of villains, but a race that worships him for creating him, and he has even educated them (one has read poems from the Manyoushu.) It' has an emotional conclusion that I'd rather not spoil. Overall I really enjoyed it. The only other gripe is while the 2D animation is well done, the early 3D effects look like something out of an early PS2 game without HDMI upscaling. But said 3D is infrequent, and the environmental themes, and characters, plus an interesting jazz soundtrack make it worthwhile.

It's been said before, but the cover is gorgeous.My main reason for getting this was to own the uncut versions on hand and having the video and audio quality be top notch was hugely gratifying. Been waiting to have this excellent series in my collection for a while.Back when this aired on Toonami, I was besotted. The animation was great, character designs unique, and the storyline is perfect for audiences today who get off on humans getting slaughtered and the world being tossed in a post apocalypse-like setting.What's kind of a shame is that summaries of this will make it seem like it mostly takes place on the sub when Mutio and the other creations of Zorndyke get just as much screen time. The story is topnotch and even with the censored version they aired on Toonami they couldn't get rid of everything and back then, when I was a wee girl, even I picked up on the drug use and the full extent of the "punishment" a cute something got. Indulging in the full, uncut version is just an overall richer experience.Not sure what else to say--just buy this. If you're an old fan or someone looking for a great story about humanity and their place in the world you're going to love this.

This release was created to fix a mistake by Diskotek, after they released a censored english dub with the original release. 0 bonus features, but now the dub is complete. So, get it even if you have an older release, OR if you don't care for the bonus documentaries.

The movie is the Japanese version meaning it doesn't have parts cut out when it was aired for toonami, however the movie is not 16:9 ratio meaning its not widescreen. I don't know if they did this on purpose to keep the movie original but I'm kind of disappointed because the reason you buy bluray is not just for the audio but for the picture quality. Overall the movie was great.

Quick sum up:-Great, underrated classic anime film-its definitely HD theres no doubt, but it could be a little better (just a little!)-has extras and goodies to complete your Blue Submarine No.6 experience-buy now!I am VERY satisfied with my purchase, this is a great old school anime. I just feel that the video quality is a little sub-par for a 1080p HD blu-ray, also it isnt full/wide screen. I think this film has such beautiful scenes and vistas (submerged cities, ocean landscapes, ports, tundras, abandoned buildings, post-apocalyptic urban landscapes) which is why I want the animation detail to be of utmost quality and perfection. This film definitely needs a high quality remaster and the uncensored dub for that true cinephile experience.It also has a few extras like tv commercials, commentaries, and video game scenes from the Sega Dreamcast game of Blue Sub No.6 (the Sega Dreamcast ceased production 13 years ago in 2001...I wasnt kidding when I said Blue Sub No.6 was old school!)

Good series. Got tired of seeing all of the RetroCrush clips a baught it.

story line & art work were great. a welcome addition to my collection

I saw this anime back when Toonami was on during the day, even though it was edited then for TV reasons, and I had gotten it on DVD previously, but now that it is on Blu-ray and is all on one disc it's so much more convenient! Definitely an anime worth having!

Es increíble que esta animación encontrar en Amazon, más que nada por el tiempo que tiene y porque por lo regular son series más actuales las que hay también gracias a un canal de Youtube me acordé de esta serie y no dude en comprarla.

Sold New, with tamper proof seal and it is def. one of the most UNDERRATED Animes

タイトル『青の6号』一般的な国内プレイヤーで再生出来ます（再生環境/SONYの2015年～の最廉価プレイヤー『BDP-S1500』）。タイトルで日本語、字幕《OFF》を選択すれば、普通に鑑賞する事が出来ます。映像特典は、クリエイターインタビューや、ゲーム版のアニメ部分を収録してくれたりと結構盛りだくさん。国内版も廉価販売（定価10584円/実売7000～8000円）されている本作ですが、更にお手軽＆お安く見たいのならば北米版である本商品でしょう（理想は送料込で3000円未満）。原作である漫画版とは、似ても似つかないアニメ版ですが、OVA4話の尺で綺麗にまとまっています。CGがPS2～PS3レベルなので、今となってはそれ以外の部分との差に違和感を感じずにはいられませんし、駆け足気味＆説明不足感も否めませんが、SFとファンタジーが融合したような作風が好みの方ならば、結構はまれるんじゃないかと。

It was a good movie but not the remasted version I was hopping for

Short anime but liked it.