Soul Eater: Part One |  | Director: Zach Bolton
Actors: Micah Solusod, Laura Bailey, Brittney Karbowski
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 6,487
Format: Widescreen, Color, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 315 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 704400011702
UPC: 704400011702
EAN: 0704400011702
ASIN: B002Y0KRES
Release Date: February 9, 2010
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Product Description
Maka, a student at the Grim Reaper's Death Weapon Meister Academy, uses her weapon, Soul, as they fight against monsters with their classmates.
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The comedy-fantasy Soul Eater (2008) takes place at the Death Weapon Meister Academy, a school run by the Grim Reaper to create pairs of fighters, one of whom transforms into a weapon wielded by a partner called a "Meister." Too-cool-for-school Soul turns into a scythe that fussy Maka uses; infinitely patient Tsubaki becomes a variety of weapons for motor-mouth assassin Black Star. The quartet must collect the souls of evil humans that could become the terrible demons called Kishin. They're joined by the Grim Reaper's powerful but addled son Death the Kid, who worships the principle of symmetry. The machinations of the evil witch Medusa balance the nuttiness with a serious threat. The mixture of freewheeling silliness, imaginative designs, and supernatural adventures may remind viewers of Gurren Lagann, but the artists push the visuals even further. The designs of Soul and Black Star are essentially collections of angles; the lumpy-looking sun and moon leer woozily from the sky as if they were just back from a prolonged binge. Not surprisingly, Professor Franken Stein looks like he was haphazardly sewn together from spare parts, but so do all his accessories, including his bento box. Otaku have eagerly awaited the American debut of Soul Eater, and the series has all the elements of a cross-Pacific hit. (Rated TV 14: violence, violence against women, risqué humor, nudity, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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 Another Great Anime For All Of Us To Own February 16, 2010
Rich (CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This series was a nice mix of Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist, and Naruto both with the action and comedy in the series. The characters are all great giving a nice mix of bravado, hilarity, seriousness, and loyalty to their teammates and each other when teams are paired up or join forces to complete a mission. The characters you meet in this first set are Maka a feisty young female Meister(Fighter and true human of the two person team), Soul her young male partner and weapon as he turns into a scythe for Maka to fight with in their missions, Black Star a young boy assassin in training, Tsubaki Black Star's slightly older female partner and also his weapon to help him, and finally Death the kid the son of lord death and his two female partners Patty and Liz Thompson who transform into twin pistols for him to fight with. All these characters attend lord death's school for young students to train them to retrieve keshin egg souls before they mature into true keshin, the series shows us that certain souls that have turned evil become keshin eggs that feed on other human souls to become more powerful and after a situation of when a keshin was born caused such calamity that lord death now tries to make certain such a situation will never happen again. The show also shows that when a weapon consumes a hundred keshin souls and a witch soul that the weapon will evolve into a true death scythe weapon becoming vastly more powerful than the weapons currently are at now. The animation is a nice touch seeming to be a mixture of cowboy Bebop and Full metal alchemist and the voice cast for the Japanese and English actors/actresses was great another plus for Funimation for their choice of cast. The extras aren't really much but for the price and the entertainment of the series I think most people will overlook that. So for fans of Full metal alchemist, Naruto or Cowboy Bebop here's another entertaining series to try out for your anime library..
My New Favorite Series!! November 26, 2009
Rockstar Romeraux (Baker,Louisiana)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Soul Eater is everything you look for in a great television series, action, romance, comedy, and a compelling story that will catch the attention of any anime fan. I've just started watching today, and i've only watched episodes 1-4, (seince thats all I can see for right now). Again, buy this DVD if your looking for a great series to watch, you won't be disappointed with Soul Eater.
Soul Eater is a true comedic gem of an anime April 19, 2010
Jason Marsh (Medford, OR)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
solid animation and action, blended with a solid sense of humor. A great find for any anime or animation lover.
Can't wait to get this Series! December 1, 2009
A. Bettencourt
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Just like the other reviewer said this is a really great series. Watched it subbed as it came out. With the exception of 1 character......Excaliber.....(damn i hate him!) I loved watching the show and will definitely make it part of my collection.
PS: the price tag its at right now is kinda steep but hopefully it goes on sale. hahaha
 Your soul is mine December 1, 2009
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
"A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body." If a soul becomes evil, it has the potential to turn into a demonic kishin -- which is when the meisters and their shapeshifting weapon/partners come in. "Soul Eater Part 1" is a solid beginning to a well-written, deliciously Halloweeny fantasy series, with solid writing and a twisty-turny subplot that promises to get even better with time.
The meisters of the DWMA work for Lord Death to keep the world from being overrun with kishin -- they get rid of evil souls, kill monsters, battle witches, and try to collect souls so that their weapon/partners can become Death Scythes. Among their number are Maka and her scythe Soul Eater, narcissistic ninja Black Star and Tsubaki, and Death's OCD son Death the Kid and his twin pistols Patty and Liz.
But nabbing the right combination of evil souls isn't their only problem: they have to grapple with zombies and mad scientists, the legendary sword Excalibur, a vengeful werewolf, and the demon blade Masamune (who also happens to be Tsubaki's brother). And there's a traitor in the DWMA's ranks -- a cruel witch who inflicts heinous magical experiments on those around her. When Soul is wounded in a battle against her kid, he's infected by a substance called "black blood," which threatens his sanity and bond with Maka.
"Soul Eater" is a series that looks kind of... well, cartoonish. Think bug-eyed trees, big grinning sun and moon, cats in pointy hats, and an academy apparently built out of skulls and candles. All it needs is some vampires. Fortunately, there's substance under all the Halloween kitsch -- "Soul Eater Part 1" is a solid dark fantasy story that becomes outright brilliant in the last few episodes.
The series starts out a bit fluffy, but once the characters have been introduced, the writers spin up a good balance of action, a hint of romance, and plenty of comedy ("Why are you standing up there yelling like an idiot?" Soul asks Black Star, who was trying to sneak up on them). And it dips into darker territory from time to time, with gruesome injuries, nightmare worlds, a tombstone-swinging zombie, and a witch whose magical snakes can actually make your body explode. What's more, Soul finds himself tempted to sacrifice his mind for power.
It also has a strangely endearing cast, who are usually odd couples. There's uptight Maka and laid-back Soul, who bicker and snipe but clearly care deeply for one another; Black Star is annoying at first (he makes Naruto look sedate), but turns out to be deeper and more complex than his narcissistic rantings would suggest, and the mild-mannered Tsubaki is a sweet foil to him. Death the Kid rounds out the cast nicely -- he's violently OCD (and I mean that literally), and obsessed with symmetry in everything. Don't mention his hair.
The voice actors also deserve a shout-out -- Laura Bailey, Monica Rial, Vic Mignogna and John Swasey all do excellent jobs as their characters, and Todd Haberkorn is utterly brilliant ("I'm a pig! A louse! I deserve to die!"). And relative newbie Micah Solusod (who sounds eerily like Johnny Yong Bosch) is perfect as the titular character.
This solid, kitschy-horror series starts off a bit frothy, but soon achieves a brilliant balance of light and darkness -- and the end of "Soul Eater Part 1" hints that future episodes will be even better.
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