I've bought the US release of this "movie"(in fact there are two 35min OVAs on the discs) and only watched the first OVA, that one was so horrible that I didn't even bothered watching the second one. The animation, modelling etc. looks like they were done by a bunch of amateurs. Oh well, maybe even amateurs could have done an better job in this ultra low budget production and don't get fooled by the trailer, they already picked the best scenes for it.
The stories were loosely picked from Yukinobu Hoshino 2001 Nights mangas. 2001 Nights is a collection of short stories that look to mankind's exploration of space, and examine the possibilities that we could face when we decide to take those first fateful steps into the unknown. This sounds interesting and might work in the mangas (haven't read them), but it doesn't in this "movie". Stay away from it!
If you like more realistic space anime get Planetes or Moonlight Mile and if you like CG try Vexille or Appleseed ExMachina, both of them are good and were directed by SORI, that's why i had high expectations in "TO Movie".
Packaging:
Don't know what the Manga UK release will look like.
The Funimation US release comes in a standard DVD case, that holds a Blu-Ray and two DVDs (which you can give to some you don't like, fix an always wiggling chair or use them as coasters). Funimation wrapped the whole mess with their "new" "cheap" slipcase, they are using on their Anime "classic" line.
