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(More customer reviews)Birdy the Mighty: Decode, season 2 is a truly great anime Sci-Fi series that excels in just about everything - plot, animation, audio, and action. Basically it's a series that would be the result of combining Men in Black, Wonder woman, and Blade Runner. You can find all kinds of information of what the series is about elsewhere, so this will be a review of the Funimation release, which is what it should be about. I received my copy in on Friday 11/12.
Watching Funimation's DVD set of season 2 was the second time through the season, and it still was as good as watching the first time through. Visually the DVD is mastered well with the video having good resolution, color, and motion handling. The audio is well done too, though only output in stereo with Japanese w/English subtitles. The only thing that has been mentioned on forums is the ending for each episode has had English credits imposed over the original video, with the video image resized like a picture in picture view, sitting over in the top left corner. Personally it's not a big deal to me, the episode closing/openings get in the way of going through a series - I almost always skip right to the episode beginning for anime series. I do like the second season opening very much; Content of the disc is just Birdy the Mighty Decode episodes on both discs with Funimation trailers in addition on the second disc. No clean OP/ED or other additional bonus items.
Overall, this is a solid release for visual and audio quality. My personal opinion is the English track takes away too much from the series, it just doesn't feel like you are watching the same show. Birdy the Mighty: Decode (both seasons) is one of my favorite anime series; you can really connect with what the characters are going through. It would only be better being released on Blu-Ray (properly - not a release like Funimation's status quo upscales.)
Edit: FYI, The OVA Cipher episode is included in this set as Episode 26. It is highly recommended you watch Episode 26 before watching 14-25.
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