Love, Chunibyou, and Other Delusions! Season 1- Release Date: May 27, 2014 If you’ve read my review of Season One of the series, you’ll know that when I started the series, I don’t usually enjoy romantic-comedy series. This series was an exception. Even with the cliche ending that annoyed me, it was a very fun watch (and you should check it out if you haven’t already).
The DVD, though, is nothing special. It’s a normal three-disc set in a plastic case. This release contains the twelve episodes that make up Season One, as well as the OVA. The release also contains a small amount of Special Features such as the “Chuni-shorts” and the Japanese Promo for the series. The front of the case features the female lead, Rikka Takanashi in a pose with a very magical background. The title on the case is the series’ English title, “Love, Chunibyou, and Other Delusions!”, however this DVD does not contain the English-dub of the series, which is in the works right now. Since this is the original Japanese language track, I would have liked to see the original Japanese Title “Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!” somewhere on the case, but I won’t degrade the release. Having only the English title on a release is common place in the United States.
On the back of the case, Rikka is once again pictured alongside another character from the series, Kumin. As usual with a release, there are screenshots of different events from throughout the season along the top and bottom of the case. While the image of Rikka alongside Kumin is nice and cute, I believe that an image depicting Rikka alongside her best friend and “minion” Dekomori, or better yet, an image of Rikka alongside the male lead, Yuta would have been better. Call me a nitpicker, but I would have much rather seen the two lead characters featured on the back alongside each other, rather than one of the supporting characters. The Disks are your normal anime-release discs. Each of the three discs depicting characters. Disk One contains Episodes 1 through 4, Disk Two contains Episodes 5 through 9, and Disk Three contains Episodes 10 through 12 and also the OVA. Disk Three is also where I have a problem. While my problems with the artwork on the case were just things I’d personally have wanted to see on the case, Disk Three is a production problem. Disks One and Two both have crisp, easy to view images printed on each disk. Disk Three, on the other hand, is blurry and hard to see. I can’t say if this is an issue with only a select number of DVDs or the entire release. I contacted Sentai Filmworks prior to this writing, and the reply I received was positive. I was told that there must have been an error in the printing of the DVD, and that a new one would be sent out to me free of charge to replace the botched disk.
With the exception of Disk Three, and my own personal nitpicking flaws in the release, I really would recommend buying this release if you’re a fan of the series. That being said, if you’re waiting until later this year for the release with the English track, that’s probably a fine idea as well. I know when the English-dub comes out, I’ll be ready to check it out and give everyone the run-down on how well Sentai Filmworks handles this series.
You can order the release directly from Sentai Filmworks here.
