Region 4 Winners and Losers

    The Region 1 version of this disc uses similar artwork, but holds episodes 21 to 24, instead of the 22 to 24 that we get. Hey, at least they caught up! But they get next to no extras: just the Japanese ending and a short art gallery. Here's the big difference between the Region 1 and Region 4 offerings: in Region 1 there's an extra disc (disc 7: Chat Room) that holds the three recap episodes and the Chibits mini-episode. We don't have to buy disc 7, because all that's on this disc. Gotta say that that sounds like a win to Region 4, even if it does mean that we miss out on the attractive cover art on that disc.

    By reports, their transfer is as good as ours.

    Because of the different arrangement of episodes on discs, you really must buy all your Chobits discs (well, except volume 1) from the same region. I'm happy with my Region 4 discs, but feel free to spend more and get the Region 1 discs if you want.