For the blu-ray release of No Game No Life: Zero, there was a limited edition which included a few bonuses: an 80 page booklet and a sticker. A bit disappointing particularly since the quality seems to have dropped from the decent Your Name Limited Edition to the worsening A Silent Voice Limited Edition.
Packaging:
The Limited Edition comes in a cardboard box packaging with a different artwork compared to the normal blu-ray cover.
The back shows off your typical blurb and movie stills, as well as a shout-out to the 80 page booklet.
Sticker:
Not sure why this was included or even why it is thought to be some sort of desirable item to sway your decision to get the Limited Edition over the normal one but you get a sticker. Yup.
The Movie and Special Features:
For the review of the movie, please refer to this page. The copy of the movie is in the normal standard blu-ray edition, no alternate covers or anything.
That said, the inner cover has a nice piece of artwork of Schwi.
The special features of the blu-ray are pretty barebones, with Japanese promos of the film and a 20 minute video of behind the scenes content with Sentai Filmworks (the ones who translated the anime). Most of the video is spent with the staff summarizing the TV anime and the film. The cast then goes on to speak about the personalities of the characters that they play.
Booklet:
This is the most worthwhile additional item in the whole package. The included booklet is 80 pages long and contains a manga, concept art, illustrations and a short story.
The manga / short story was part of a pamphlet provided at the Japanese premiere of the movie. It starts off as a manga before continuing on as a short story. The content is a little bit… mature and can be creepy. This is because the plot has Sora and Shiro swapping bodies, and then trying to find out the culprit. What makes it uncomfortable at times is the thought processes that goes on in Sora’s head and his rationalization of certain things that he could do while in Shiro’s body. It doesn’t completely cross the line (but straddles very close to it) and is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.
The second section contains various pieces of concept art, covering the characters, environments and other bits and pieces.
The third and final section contains artwork by the author Yuu Kamiya, as well as another short story. This was also provided at select theatres at the Japanese premiere. This short story is really short, as in, three pages long but was a funny little piece.
Below are some low quality samples of the artbook.
The movie itself is decent (if a bit confusing towards the end) but the Limited Edition is hard to recommend since it does not present enough additional items to justify the premium. While the booklet is meatier than expected, the box packaging and sticker is a write-off and is not worth the 30% extra over just the blu-ray itself.
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