@Ralizah, I streamed the condensed movie version of it a few years ago and thought it was very interesting (particularly the time dilation stuff), so I'm excited to be able to see the full thing.
I think Sentai had released the movie cut on BD years ago & I thought about picking it up but decided against it in the hopes that the full series would be remastered someday, so I'm glad my hesitance paid off.
@RR529 I've never seen that version, but the OAV was already such a tightly-told story. Basically zero filler. Which makes me wonder what ended up on the chopping block in a version that probably loses a ton of footage.
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