Of all the Anime I have had the pleasure or displeasure of viewing, Elemental Gelade is the most pure and honest love story I have ever seen. The disk features the first 5 episodes of the story, which centers on characters Cou and Ren. Ren is an Edel Raid, a creature that looks human, but when spiritually linked to one becomes one of the most powerful weapons in existence. Ren happens to be the single most powerful and she has linked with Cou, who is a bumbling rookie pirate. The basic gist of the story, is that everyone is after Ren, including an Edel Raid Protection agency that befriends the two in an attempt to kill Cou and take Ren to a “safe place”. Slowly as the two spend more and more time together, whether just talking or linked and fighting, they fall in love. Cou is too young to know what real love is and Ren hates humans for only seeing Edel’s as weapons. There is tons of action in the series, great fight scenes and they stay away from the silly “Saturday Morning” style animation expressions. If you can score the limited version of this, it comes in a box that houses the series. It also comes with a replica of Ren’s headband and a metallic pencil board. Of all the “romantic” toned anime in existence, it doesn’t even compare to this. It isn’t forced, it is very organic and not even remotely mushy. This is a great watch, no matter what type of Anime you favor. (Geneon, 2265 East 220 th ST, POB 22782, Long Beach, CA 90801) - Myk