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| Emma - A Victorian Romance Season 1 | 
| Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi
Studio: Nozomi Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 46893
Format: Animated, Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 500 minutes
Number Of Items: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.5 x 1.8
MPN: 805
UPC: 742617080524
EAN: 0742617080524
ASIN: B0012K53K4
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Product Description
A historical drama set in late 19th-century London, the series chronicles the love story and the complications that result when Emma, an honest and hardworking young maid, and William, an earnest suitor and member of the gentry class, fall for each other. Spanning a total of 24 episodes between the two seasons, this anime adaptation of Kaoru Mori s manga features direction by Tsuneo Kobayashi (The Twelve Kingdoms, Glass Mask OAV, Super GALS!) and scripting by Mamiko Ikeda (Sgt. Frog, Fruits Basket, Princess Tutu). The original manga was honored with an Excellence Prize at the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival and is available to North American readers via DC Comics CMX Manga imprint. As previously announced, EMMA will be released as two season box sets with Japanese audio and English-language subtitles: The initial box set release, scheduled for June 24, 2008, will contain the 12-episode first season in its entirety and include a 96-page Victorian Gazette, featuring background information and illustrations that explore the Victorian era depicted in the series, from period fashions and travel in England to architecture and day-to-day life. This book also includes a full glossary, with in-depth, historical explanations, plus comments and comics by Kaoru Mori, the creator of the EMMA manga. This exclusive extra is a compilation of the booklets that were previously available with the Japanese limited-edition DVD releases of EMMA. About EMMA: A VICTORIAN ROMANCE Season 1: In 19th-century London, class lines are sharply drawn, and the social standing to which one is born dictates the path his or her life will likely follow. But when Emma, an honest and hardworking young maid, and William, an earnest member of the gentry, fall for each other... Can love truly conquer all? Contains the complete 12-episode first season. DVD Features: Scene access, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo audio for Japanese dialogue, English subtitles and English on-screen translations. PLUS: A 96-page Victorian Gazette, featuring background information and illustrations that explore the Victorian era depicted in the series, from period fashions and travel in England to architecture and day-to-day life. This book also includes a full glossary, with in-depth, historical explanations, plus comments and comics by Kaoru Mori, the creator of the EMMA manga. This exclusive extra is a compilation of the booklets that were previously available with the Japanese limited-edition DVD releases of EMMA.
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 The Visuals in this show will stay with you way after it's done October 2, 2008
Amazing animation, extream detail wisks you away to late 1800's victorian erra like a time machine.
The Story is endering and makes you want to watch till the very end.
The only thing to note is that this show scacrifice much development of majority of the side characters for the emense detail of this victorian world, save for those who have a direct impact with Emma. It may seem dissapointing for those who want to know more about these side characters. But this show is not about them it's a love story between two people and status is the enemy. With the vastness of side characters with an even larger world to emerse in, it never looses focus of the point. it's a love story between two people.
 You Might Love or Hate It August 28, 2008
While I'm not quite sure that it lived up to the hype that followed it, it certainly earned it. The story presented in this series is strong in how different it is. It's a slow moving, quiet, character drive period drama. Once you move past the differences and look at the series for what it is, you're still left with something above average.
The characters and story are strong in their own ways. While the pacing and humor of the series will try the patience of everyone at some point, the romance and characters will keep you coming back. I can understand someone loving this series but I can also someone saying that they hated it. There is a middle ground though and even though I never found myself particularly attached to this series I was sad to see the first season end. I may not be counting down the days until I see the second season but I am at least left with wanting more.
Recommend highly! August 5, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A lovely little series that really grows on you. The story of William and Emma is not fast-paced, but it's probably one of the more true-to-life deceptions of romance you'll ever see. The setting of Victorian London is almost the third main character, it's realism giving you an educational view of another world.
The chicken soup of anime. August 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If the typical shounen series is the equivalent of a summer blockbuster, Emma is the equivalent of a good Masterpiece Theatre entry, perfect for disabusing people with the impression that anime consists only of mecha and fanservice and warming the soul on a cold winter's day.
The basic formula is nothing special. William Jones, a member of a relatively newly rich family, pays a visit to his aging former governess Kelly Stowner, now a retired member of the middle class. In the process he promptly falls for her personal maid Emma, hired as she's getting on in years and needs help with the usual household chores, in spite of his father increasingly pressing him to pay suit to Eleanor Campbell, the daughter of a family he would like to combine with. The fun really starts when William's outrageous, self-assured, hookah addicted friend Prince Hakim Atawari arrives from India for a visit. When Hakim starts crushing on Emma and makes a move, William finally starts to realize that he can't be happy without Emma. But with their class differences, the road to true love won't be an easy one. They do have two things going for them, however - Mrs. Stowner, who wants to secure the happiness of the two young people she loves as her health declines, and Hakim, who quickly recovers from being shot down by Emma once he becomes aware of his buddy's interest and sets himself to ensuring that they wind up together...
The two major strengths of the series are it's amazing detail (Victorian London is a character in itself) and the avoidance of having the characters become cardboard cutouts. Although basically a good guy, William isn't a saint, and his refusal to cut things off with Eleanor in his attempts to appease his father is borderline cruel. Hakim could have been a first-class jerk but becomes much more as the series progresses, giving William verbal smackdowns as the audience's surrogate, and repeating as necessary. Things always liven up when he's around. Eleanor, who could have been written as a money-grubbing she-devil, is extremely sympathetic and has genuinely fallen in love with William, trying desperately to figure out what she's doing wrong when she's not at fault and William won't be honest with her. It's even possible to be slightly sympathetic towards William's father, who knows that a relationship between William and Emma would likely completely undo all his hard work to get the family where it is.
For romance fans in general and fans of Victorian England and Jane Austinish novels in particular. Just note that there are only subtitles and no English dub (we're lucky a chance was taken on distributing it at all), you'll want to avoid the spoilish Gazette booklet until after watching it through, and this is only Season 1 of 2 - which means, of course, that it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger.
Emma Victorian Romance a love story? July 3, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is one of the best anime's I have seen. The anime is very well drawn.
You really see the London of 100 years ago.
And the story, it's a great story so far. With the ending of every episode I wanted to know how it continued.
So I watched it in 2 days.
If you like a good story, romance and anime then this one is for you.
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