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NEWS: Durarara's Japanese BDs to Include English Dub/Sub

The ending could have been better. It's not as bad as everyone says, but it definitely could have been stronger. They really had to rush to wrap everything up, and they forgot about some stuff in the process.

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On a different note, after the blu-ray rereleases of Baccano and Read or Die have been sold at semi-reasonable prices, why has Aniplex suddenly decided that DRRR must be sold at several times the price of one of those sets? Would not the English-speaking fans who will pay hundreds for DRRR now would have paid hundreds for Baccano then (as the dub is clearly meant to cater to "us")?

Simple, AoA hasn't released an "American version" for "us" yet and you're unreasonably nitpicking a product that isn't intended to cater to "us."

And like I said in the edit to my previous post, the DRRR set is already "more opulent" than KnK's. KnK had the show itself, English subs and a booklet. This has the same, plus three drama CDs, plus a dub.

Ah, the forum's generally grammatically-challenged faux-intellectual. It's been a while since we've clashed, but it looks like you're doing well, still raining down haughty judgment and condescension upon other forum denizens from "on high".

Would you kindly tell me then, oh great purveyor of anime knowledge, for whom the English dub on these pricey blu-rays is intended?

The dub clearly isn't for the Japanese, unless I've truly missed something, and it isn't for the general rabid anime fan, who despises dubs and whose kind largely populate the ANN forum, so it must be meant for the online anime minority which imports Japanese goods at high prices and actually likes dubs (gasp). I'm firmly in this minority, yet this product fails to cater to me. Thus I question.

Funny, I get the feeling that most people here on ANN would consider the dub to be a tick against the show. As was pointed--by ANN itself--back when Fate/Zero debuted here, this forum is strong with the weeaboos.

Anyhow, until it is confirmed that DRRR will come in a box at least as awesomely sueded and lovingly crafted as the Kara no Kyoukai box was, it is automatically less opulent.

Did you feel the KnK box? If so, then you also cannot abide by cheap-o cardboard packaging, and for this price, you shouldn't have to. Opulence is more about presentation than content, form over function.

I guess its not weird that the Japanese bd has dubs but how is the Japanese bd not actually intended for America?

If I'm mistaken, please correct me, but I think a japanese release with an english dub would use their own voice-actors, rather than the typical US VA's. If so, I can fantasize they'll use the same voices they did for, what was it, episode 13? The special between the two halves? Just dub the whole show like that, please.

Would you kindly tell me then, oh great purveyor of anime knowledge, for whom the English dub on these pricey blu-rays is intended?

The dub clearly isn't for the Japanese, unless I've truly missed something, and it isn't for the general rabid anime fan, who despises dubs and whose kind largely populate the ANN forum, so it must be meant for the online anime minority which imports Japanese goods at high prices and actually likes dubs (gasp). I'm firmly in this minority, yet this product fails to cater to me.

Funny, I get the feeling that most people here on ANN would consider the dub to be a tick against the show.

As was pointed--by ANN itself--back when Fate/Zero debuted here, this forum is strong with the weeaboos. Anyhow, until it is confirmed that DRRR will come in a box at least as awesomely sueded and lovingly crafted as the Kara no Kyoukai box was, it is automatically less opulent.

GokuMew2 wrote:

lem wrote: With the drama cds included, a color booklet, everything on blu and all of it in one box, this sounds like it's going to be in the 20,000 to 30,000 y price range (260 to almost 400$). If it had a stronger 2nd half, I might be tempted to get the blu, but as it is, I'm more than satisfied with the 3 sets on dvd. The set retails for 36750 yen, so closer to $500.

But remember that the TRSI prices for Aniplex imports are roughly equivalent to what the Amazon.jp discount prices are, so if Aniplex does an import release here, it should be around $350.

I'm hoping that this release means we might get a second season soon, though.

Out of plane unadulterated curiosity, I have a question. Why does the Japanese pricing system irk people (foreign fans) so much? Is it because they are just not used to paying such large amounts for BDs/DVDs?

Because if the Japanese can afford it, there's no reason anybody else can't... Unless for some reason the people living in Japan just earn more or have a lower cost of living (which is obviously not the case...).