Genesis Climber Mospeada is better known to the American audience as the final third of the Robotech anime series. In 2003, ADV Films released a five disc box set for Genesis Climber Mospeada. An informational booklet was included with the box, which has staff interviews (featuring four producers, the Series Composer, the General Director of Animation, two mechanical designers, the Character Designer, the Director of Audio, as well as a few other staff members). The booklet also includes four essays: About the Evolution of the Inbit, The Battle of Mars Colony’s Earth Liberation Force and the Inbit, A Dream Sequel to “Mospeada”?, as well as an essay written by director Katsuhisa Yomada. It should be noted that there are absolutely no pictures included in the booklet.

When comparing Genesis Climber Mospeada with what appeared in Robotech, the only real differences are in shots edited for content and different names for the characters. Other than that, the storyline stayed rather intact.

In the DVD box set, each disc contains five episodes. However, only the first four discs contain bonus features. Disc one has character bios (which include the name, age, blood type and write-up for each major character; the only exception is Marlene, who only gets her name and a write-up included); the characters with biographies are Stig Bernard, Ray, Marlene, Mint Rubble, Houquet Erose, Jim Austin, Yellow Belmont, and Aisha. Disc two includes textless versions of the opening and closing credits. Disc three contains a Production Portfolio (this is a slideshow of production art, and is done in a similar style to the Production Portfolio that appears on the Super Dimensional Cavalry: Southern Cross box set. And disc four contains ADV previews (Super Dimensional Cavalry: Southern Cross, Aura Battler Dunbine, Saint Seiya, Sailor Moon Uncut, RahXephon, and Full Metal Panic).

The menus for each disc are rather simplistic. The menu on each disc has a rather plain gray background. However, on the fifth disc, since there are no special features, there is a shot of Stig in his armor sitting on his bike at the bottom of the main menu. There is also no “Play All” feature. You select an episode, and when it’s over, it will go straight to the next episode.

Overall, I feel that ADV Films arranged these DVDs a little better than for the Super Dimensional Cavalry: Southern Cross release. With this set, the extra features are spread out between discs; on the Southern Cross one, all the special features were included on the final disc.

While the box set for Genesis Climber Mospeada may not be an overly impressive box set, it’s still worth owning simply to see how the series originally went in Japan. This set is now out of print, but I would definitely recommend picking it up if you come across a used copy of the set.