{"product_id":"el-hazard-the-alternative-world-dvd","title":"El Hazard: The Alternative World DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife in El-Hazard has finally settled into something resembling normal. The wedding of Mr. Fujisawa and Miz Mishtal has actually happened — and before the celebration can fully wind down, the universe intervenes again. During the initiation ceremony for Qawool Towles, the newly appointed Priestess of Water, a mysterious entity named Arjah activates a dimensional rift that scatters the entire cast across yet another world: Creteria, a grim, industrialized realm of grey towers and military rule, utterly unlike the pastoral landscapes of El-Hazard. Makoto finds himself stranded once more. Jinnai, naturally, immediately attempts to exploit the situation — Arjah has promised to make him master of the universe, which Jinnai considers a reasonable career move. Shayla-Shayla and the priestesses are captured. The Emperor of Creteria's ambitious guard captain, Gilda, seizes power while Makoto discovers a dangerous truth: the transdimensional reactor powering Creteria is failing, and if the Spring of Life — the source of the realm's energy — is forced open by the wrong hands, the consequences will be catastrophic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEl-Hazard: The Alternative World is the 13-episode television series that serves as the \u003cstrong\u003efinal chapter of the El-Hazard franchise\u003c\/strong\u003e, produced by AIC and directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi. It picks up immediately after the OVA continuity of El-Hazard: The Magnificent World 2, bringing back the full cast — including the returning voice cast from the original OVA series — for one last dimension-hopping adventure. The series adds the new character of Qawool Towles and shifts the setting to the darker, more militaristic world of Creteria, creating a noticeably different visual and tonal register from the sun-drenched fantasy of El-Hazard itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in Japan in early 1998 and brought to North America on VHS and DVD by Geneon Entertainment (Pioneer) between July 1999 and January 2000. Also notable for a 13th bonus \"Thirteenth Night\" OVA episode included in later releases. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotable Staff \u0026amp; Voice Talent\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirector:\u003c\/b\u003e Yasuhito Kikuchi (The Legend of Black Heaven, Dual! 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