Noir: The Complete Boxset
As I’m sure I’ve said here before, Noir is no good.
Like most Bee Train productions it’s stilted, dull and frequently mistakes nothing happening with atmosphere. Also this boxset has a RRP of £59.99 for 26 episodes on 7 discs. Oh and some dogtags if you are the sort of schmuck who is easily impressed with cheap add-on tack.
Play.com has it for £44.99, so let’s get some perspective on what ADV are offering us, and see what we could get for the same price from there:
You could get Ghost In The Shell: SAC 1st Gig! Complete Box Set AND Ghost In The Shell: SAC 2nd Gig! Complete Box Set AND Ghost In The Shell / Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence and still have change from £45. That’s 52 episodes of TV animation and two feature films for the same price as all of Noir.
Those are all older releases though that have since dropped in RRP. Let’s look at things still on their original RRP:
You could get 3 Naruto box sets for a little less than the Noir set. That’s 39 episodes of TV animation (some of it far better than Noir’s) for the same price of Noir’s 26. It’s not as good a deal as the Ghost In The Shell titles (that’s such a bargain that even I, who didn’t like SAC, am tempted), but it’s still much more comparable to other non-anime TV boxsets on the market.
Talking of which, for the same money as the Noir set, you could get seasons 5,6 & 7 of The Simpsons for the same price from Play at the moment. That’s 70+ episodes of prime Simpsons for the same cost as 26 episodes of dull “girls with guns” anime.
Or assuming you really liked Noir, and therefore have no taste, you could get 4 seasons of Family Guy and still have a fiver left over to buy some rat poison to kill yourself with.
If you purchase Noir, you hate money.