Campione!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		3.5
Audio		4.0
Extras		0.5
Overall		3.5

Campione!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman October 25, 2013

Did the Greeks have harems? To quote a famous rock song from days of yore, “Don’t know much about history”, but that ignorance may actually come in handy when watching Campione!, a sometimes amusing harem-ecchi enterprise that sees a young teenage boy kill a God then become superpowered himself (as if he weren’t before), destined to defending his unwanted title of “god killer”. He’s surrounded by a gaggle of nubile young girls and becomes more and more ensnared with a number of quasi-mythological characters, including versions of various Gods and Goddesses from different cultures.

The battle scenes are arguably the best things about Campione!, often featuring some fantastic animation and featuring some great beasts and “divine” beings in various forms. The fan service elements, largely dealing with hero Godou and swordswoman Erica with whom he joins in battle in the first episode, are a good deal more rote and predictable. The mythological element is at once very distinctive but also increasingly annoying as various characters take time out to “explain” who various characters are and how they’re being shoehorned into the plot. Still, Campione! manages to give harem fans something new, and they may even learn the name of an ancient God or two along the way.

Campione!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Campione! is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Sentai Filmworks with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. This is a really interesting looking series that frequently utilizes a quasi-distressed look that sometimes covers the image in what almost resembles video noise. However, at other times, actual video noise spikes in darker scenes, sometimes fairly strongly. Some of the "normal" day to day activities are cast in a kind of desaturated look, but once various Gods and Goddesses show up or other transformations ensue, things get decidedly more vivid. Line detail is quite strong, though some parts of this presentation are on the soft side (see screenshot 3 for a good example).

Campione!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Campione! features lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mixes in both English and Japanese. Fidelity is excellent on both of these tracks, becoming especially impressive in the many battle scenes, when good lower frequency effects blast through the soundtrack. Dialogue is very cleanly presented.

Campione!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Clean Opening Animation (1080p; 1:32)


• Clean Closing Animation (1080p; 1:32)

Campione!: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Campione! has a lot going for it, not the least of which is some really astoundingly well animated battle scenes. But too often the show tends to dally in cliché ridden fan service elements, and as the story trundles along, a tendency to introduce more and more mythological characters from too many cultures to easily keep track of. But for those who like action blended with harem elements, Campione! comes Recommended.