Aldnoah.Zero – Season 1 Collector’s Edition Blu Ray –  

All 12 episodes from the first season of the Japanese mecha anime set in a world in which humans began migrating to Mars in the 1970s and formed the Vers Empire. The rivalry between Earth and the Vers Empire ignites again years later in 2014 when Asseylum Vers Allusia (voice of Sora Amamiya), the Vers Princess, is attacked whilst on a peace mission on Earth and she is presumed dead. On Earth, Inaho Kaizuki (Natsuki Hanae) is training to become a Kataphrakt pilot for the military. When Inaho comes into contact with a disguised Asseylum some of her powers transfer to him and Inaho helps conceal the princess until she can safely contact her family on Mars and stop the impending war. The episodes are: ‘Princess of Vers/Princess of Mars’, ‘Beyond the Horizon/The Longest Day On Earth’, ‘The Children’s Echelon/Boys On the Battlefield’, ‘Point of No Return/Knight in Pursuit’, ‘Phantom of the Emperor/Ahead of an Audience’, ‘Steel Step Suite/Island of Memory’, ‘The Boys of Earth/The Two Meet Each Other’, ‘Then and Now/A Day When We Saw a Bird’, ‘Darkness Visible/Reminiscent Device’, ‘Before the War/Til Going to Be a Storm’, ‘Wind, Snow and Stars/Battle of Novosterisk’ and ‘Childhood’s End/Even Though the Heaven Falls’.

In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission discovered a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon. As a result war breaks out between Earth and Mars, and Martian soldiers begin to descend from the sky, riding steel giants, intent on exterminating humanity. Contains 12 episodes with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Extras: Collector’s Packaging Booklet Cast and Crew: Directed by Ei Aoki Animation studio: A-1 Pictures, TROYCA Music: Hiroyuki Sawano