Short Peace: Complete Collection

I was initially put off by the intro, though it seems reminiscent of the intro to a similar collection from the 90's (Manie Manie, I think?) and might have been an homage of sorts. Without going into the details of the shorts, know that they're about as different from each other as can be. I found the last & longest (Farewell to Weapons) to be worth the price of the disc, by itself. While some have complained about the whole "post-apocalyptic scavenging adventure" being too unoriginal, what made it special for me is the production quality, attention to detail, and the shear imagination that went into what future warfare might be like. The only real complaint I have is that Gambo (second from last, featuring a polar bear) was a bit more explicit than necessary (its director seems to be a fan of Predator & the Aliens series), but I don't want to overstate the point, and wouldn't put it quite on the level of Aliens or Prometheus. Anyway, if you enjoy collections of shorts, such as Memories, Coicent & Five Numbers, Robot Carnival, etc. you'll certainly find something you like, here. Please show your support for the creators and publishers, so we keep getting more of these works released in the US. BTW, I really enjoyed the Japanese 5.1 audio track. I did have some issues with the subtitles showing too briefly, but I found that the issue had abated after resetting my player and resuming from that point. I've probably only seen something like that on one other disc.

I am an Otomo geek, and whenever I get to see these little collections it is a real joy. My favorites of the whole set are the second and last animations. Each of the vignettes is really distinct visually and thematically. Some are more romantic era influenced, which I do like, while others focus on Otomo's real strength in the future tech.

A varied and fully entertaining set of short stories from a master of animation in Japan. The English dubbing on this was very well handled, it does nothing to distract from the stories as they are told.

The intro gives off a feel of being trapped in a video game which is interesting except for the strange event that results at its end which was a little disturbing. The first story Possessions is ok it has a video game cell shaded style of art. The story is clean and a little funny at spots. The second story Combustible art style reminds me of either the Sims 2 or Populous over head angle view. The story well you will have to see it to understand it because I should could not. The third story Gambo is ... Well if you have seen the trailer it was misleading. This story is no Disney cute Jungle book story japan style. The cute girl and her protecting polar bear dancing and singing in the woods think again. All I can say is graphic violence, alot of blood and disturbing scenes. The final story Farewell to Weapons great art work style even though everything today is digital graphic instead of ink and paint. The story is disappointing to me. It starts great but ends unfinished. The twist at the end was dumb and unessessary. Lets put it this way it was gross and a wasted opportunity to have a epic or emotional ending. Typical anime. Anime has the art all they need is the proper story telling.

This video was a breath of fresh air. I have been an anime fan for 15 years. I have seen a lot of cliches in anime and stale tropes. These shorts have given me faith that the anime industry is not dead and that there is some real talent still coming to us from Japan. Highly recommended if you are a fan of anime and are tired of the same old plots.

Was it worth the price for it? When you have no choice in getting a clean legitimate copy of Short Peace but to pay for the high retail, life can be that way.... The four short animation in this compilation all revolve around the common denominator of peace; neglect, respect, forgotten promise, and self destruction. peace can come at a high cost.....

I was mislead by the positive reviews. There's a completely random intro that's a few minutes long, and then there's 4 short stories. The first one, Possessions, is decent. I enjoyed the art style even though the animation was a bit stiff, which is due to lack of skill. It didn't detract too much from the story at least. But there wasn't much story there anyway. Next was Combustible, which was about a firefighter in old Japan. There wasn't much development in this one. It was so simple that I couldn't bring myself to care about the characters or the world they lived in. [SPOILERS] Another one was Gambo, a story about a possessed polar bear. There was a disgusting alien that it fights, but my god the details were beyond disturbing - it was impregnating human women that it kidnapped from a village, and they showed one of them in the alien's spaceship with a giant belly full of swimming aliens, like she was a bubble or something. This particular detail was completely unnecessary and I was severely disappointed in the immense void of imagination exhibited by whoever made this. [END SPOILERS] Finally, there's A Farewell To Weapons. This was the most well-done short, even though the premise was tired (post-apocalypse, scavenger crew). There was enough thought put into the characters that they weren't bland at least. The world was thoroughly fleshed-out however, and is what made me genuinely want to watch it. I was extremely disappointed in the quality of these shorts - instead of hinting at deep worlds full of intrigue, it was a boring brush of over-done plots. It is definitely not worth the asking price!

Collection of very well made somewhat quirky animated shorts.

Fantastic !

短い映像表現は音楽にも通じる、名曲でスタンダードって大体時間が短いのが思い出される 確かに良い映画で長いのもあるけど、頻繁には見れない、だいぶ時間が経ってから見ないと飽きがぶり返す 作者によって違う映像美が堪能できるのはこういったオムニバス形式の物しかない、日本の昔話から未来の戦闘まである それぞれ丁寧に作り込んであるので、BSで昨今のデジタルアニメーションの鮮やか一辺倒な作りに飽きたら重厚な紙芝居風なアニメも斬新に見えると思う それに北米版は外国語と言う付加価値が有りながら安い、輸入と言う手間が有るのに安い ブルーレイディスクが国外にある間は、映画で見た新聞配達のあんちゃんがブーメランでも投げるように配達されているのならケース破損が怖いところではある 大友先生とその巧みな仲間たちのアニメがＢＤで安価に入手出来るなら、某有名店のガラスケースの中に高額値札で飾ってあるブルーレイに屈するよりはいい 国内版の値段だと北米版が２つ買えるよ、ただし、真空パックのインクカートリッジと同じようにしてBDの入ったケースを緩衝剤無しで送って来るからヒヤヒヤするし、届くまで１０日以上は確実である 国外のアマゾンは、国内のアマゾンの日本人より発送の気配りが大雑把ではある 右往左往をしなくて済むように、日本人に日本人の作った国内版アニメ作品を安くしてほしいものである 某有名店に行かなくても家にまで届くのだから楽であるが、ネタ元を知るにはまだ店に行かなくては分からないのがネットの不確かなとろでもある 北米版は、当然の事ながら字幕や説明が画面に出る、音声は英語と日本語と切り替えできるが、字幕の説明の表示は消す事が出来ない、設定画面でオフにする事が出来ないのだ 日本語に対する英語の字幕が出るので、スピードランニング状態である、でも、一話目から、綺麗で丁寧なアニメーションである、この味わい深い美しさが見たかったので字幕の煩わしさも良しとする

Ground breaking..!

The delivery time was pretty fast actually. The animation did not dissapoint! Some slight nudity, but hey its anime.

Absolutely fab animation! However, 4 stars only because parents must be aware of nudity, language and physical and sexual abuse in some of the animations. I was shocked and my 10 year old son had to actually cover his eyes and ears. Its not really for young children.