It's only about $5 more than the list price for season one. At least that's what Amazon is saying. Hopefully Amazon will do what they do best and offer it at a more reasonable price. Granted it is still a lot to ask for seven new episodes and then the endless eight arc. I haven't seen the endless eight stuff yet, I've only heard the crew talk about it on the podcast. I'll probably bite though, it's pretty ballsy to do the endless eight the way they did and I can respect that.

KAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKA.

I'll wait until RightStuf puts it on sale for $20, just like how i got season 1 :D

On an anime podcast I was listening to they had Eric Sherman the CEO of Bang Zoom on and he said that if Haruhi doesn't do well Bandai is basically going to stop selling English dubbed anime, so if you don't want that to happen for whatever reason you need to buy this.

Meh... it could be worse. They are at least including the CDs and some DVD extras. I'm sure that the $64.98 price is MSRP, so I'll be spending less when I place my order.

It definitely could be worse with the bells and whistles as well. But for now, all funds are going to my Otakon trip. If it's out by then AND is available there for 10-20 dollars less, I'll buy it.

Otherwise, no go for now.

Ahahahahahhahahaha! Ahahahahahahahaha!

Yeah that is the right price for that! I will get it when it dose not cost so damn much.

I'm surprised that they licensed Endless Eight at all. The original series didn't sell too well. And we all know how bad that second season was.

meh... I'd buy it for the sake of completeness since I have the first season with its cheesey bells and whistles too.

@Rilkar: Oh, giving us ultimatums are they? Well Bang Zoom just lost all of my business. I can live with having the series in non dvd-format

No way in hell am I going to purchase endless eight for that price, if they dropped it another 20 or so then I might consider it, extras or not.

Endless eight is absolutely brutal! I'm not going to watch half the series, so why would I pay full price for a box set?

That price is crazy. Every season of American TV shows I have bought have been under $20. The most I have paid for a series is $25 for FLCL. While I will love the series to be dubed, I can live without it.

I am going to skip getting the second season, but will get the movie.

@nortonantivirus
Where in the world are you getting stuff for that cheep? I am lucky to get a box set of a show for $30. Normally I will pay $40.

@The dark prince
Just wait for stuff to go on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, ect. I just got Lie To Me for $20 at Best Buy, and The Office Season 1 for $10 and free shipping at Amazon about a month back. Picked up The Office seasons 2-5 and Heroes seasons 1 and 2 for $20 at different times during the Christmas season. As for FLCL, I also got it at Amazon back when it was new for $25 if I remember right. Never pay more than $25 for TV seasons, $15 for movies. Just wait for them to go on sale.

Forgot to say that Google Shopping is also a good source. Type in what you want, click on "Compare Prices", then click the total price tab. Total price adds the base price with taxes and shipping.
I used The Office Season 5 to type this up and found out you can pick it up for $17 with free shipping. See? Finding deals on the net is easy!

I just went to Amazon and their price is 44 bucks. so their we can save 20 bucks. and plus the release date is on my birthday! : )

Works for me. Hell, years ago that's how much I paid for the LENSMAN movie soundtrack CD. That was ONE FREAKING CD. Here, you are getting a whole lotta stuff. Definitely worth the price.

Besides, people spend that much--or more--on videogames, the latest i-whatchamacallit, and figures, dolls, whatever. This is a bargain!

Sorry for sounding so sour and cynical, but honestly, this is a good price. The anime industry in the US needs support, and if this sells well, so much the better.

Now I'm stepping off my soapbox.

I'll probably just wait for the price to go down a bit. Or if not that, I can just go to Amazon and but it from another seller from there..

but I can wait.

I'm a very patient person- I just finished watching a series that came out in 2006.

Wait one year, buy it on sale for 20-30

HOLY HATSUNE MIKU THAT'S EXPENSIVE! I'll wait till it comes out in the UK. Even the new VAT rate won't make it that expensive!

I'm willing to pay the $45 listed on Amazon.

To Brad: Same here. Then again, $45 for all of these goodies is still relatively cheap.

@nortonantivirus

Ah, I see. You are far more patient then me. I normally buy the things when they first come out, though I will wait if it is something really expensive or I like it but it isn't a instant buy.

Then again, you can't put a price on 'Kyon-kun, denwa'.

I actually watched and liked each episode of endless eight. It's entirely unappreciated for the sole reason that it wasn't disappearance when people were expecting disappearance.

I'll buy it.

@AQua ng: That's what the internet is for!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAEd17Tdro&feature=related

I liked Endless Eight, so I will likely buy this whenever I get round to buying the first season. Bluray in the UK yet?

Alot of people have been flipping out about the price and what people need to remember is this is a MSRP meaning no one is going to sell it for that price. Rightstuf alone will have it for about 40 bucks and MUCH less during a bandai sale.

All the people reporting about the price is like trying to give people ammo for why they won't buy it/watch the fansubs.

@Drew8898
No, it's not unappreciated, because it's the same damn story. I doubt you know the difference between Loops 15,498, 15,513, 15,521, 15,524, 15,527.

Hell, I will not even pay $45 for it. I'll wait for E-Bay or something and get it for the cheap. Between paying for college, video games, computer parts (Eyefinity FTW!), and ramen soup, DVDs have to be cheap.

Did someone make a video of all eight episodes layered over each other?

Ya'll motherfuckers crazy, Endless Eights was perfect, herpderp

For The-Excel and everyone else, Endless Eight 8-in-1 video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOiW-0rmglE

It's kinda cool watching them like this.

@nortonantivirus: Thanks. I have now gone insane. KYON-KUN, DENWA~!

People putting anime at the bare bottom of priority in their list of hobbies is exactly why the industry is failing. No one wants to pay for 308 minutes of haruhi for 40$ but the latest mediocre videogame? No contest.

I lol'd

Since I'm only pulling in 300 dollars a month, I may only buy an anime box set once every 3 months. I gots bills to pay!

well, I mean..
yeah, $40.00 isn't really THAT expensive, I've paid more for a series before, I guess.
But man, there's rent, plus I have to feed myself, gas, college..
(I'm eventually going to get it)

But in all honesty, yes, it can wait.

oh, wait, I wrote the wrong price up there..

@Underscore
Really? Are you serious? You are comparing what I do, and telling me what is important?

I can give two shits about the American dubing industry. They do too many things wrong for me to care. For one, why the hell is Anime so expensive? They are closing out potental fans with the price. Two, they should try harder to put this stuff on TV to get more fans. Three, get better voice acters. Most girls sound like really bad (Luck Star kills me ears). FLCL is a good example of a well done dub, that was on TV and became successful. Too bad it took years for the DVDs to go down in price.

Until they stop screwing up, don't blame me for their failures.

@Niomo
I couldn't watch anymore after the OP. It was just crazy. KYON-KUN, DENWA!

@nortonantivirus

I'm sorry but anime isn't expensive it's very cheap when you compare it to how much it USED to be in the US and how much it STILL is in Japan. It's easy as hell to get cheap DVD's and even Blu-rays if you buy through Amazon or Rightstuf.

If you hate dubs that's fine but all the US companies are putting out subs and guess what happens if they all disappear. The problem is put on Japan and then you kill them which makes no sense if you like anime at all. Unless of course you are going to buy the DVD's from Japan at 80 bucks a disc with 2 episodes on each.

Are you aware that you contradicted yourself with the Lucky Star and FLCL dub comparison. Guess who plays Haruko in FLCL Kari Wahlgren guess who plays Kagami in Lucky Star KARI WAHLGREN. Seriously if you don't want to support the industry fine. Don't make up excuses it's just pathetic.

Look at the American demographic of people who are watching anime, teens - young adults. This demographic isn't known for having tons of money to throw around. I'm not comparing it to how much it used to be, I'm comparing it to other DVDs in general. You are right, that it is possible to get DVDs cheap online, but prices like Haruhi being $65 is just crazy.

I do not hate dubs in general. I just hate it when they are badly done. Haruko's voice was great. Kagami's was just bad. She did a horrible job trying to sound like a teen. Just because the it's the same person means nothing.

I will give them credit though, their online streaming service is coming out nicely.

Well, considering that I was willing to pay the same price for 2 episodes of Gundam UC, I can't complain about getting more episodes for the same price. I still have other shows that I will be buying first, though.

$65 for the full season on blu-ray sounds good to m.... wait on DVD?

I like on-disc extras like interviews with casts and directors, but all the rest of the claptrap, like CD singles and books and such, I can do without. Shelf space is limited enough as it is. As nortonantivirus said, a big share of the anime market is a demographic that simply doesn't have tons of money to spend on these kinds of purchases, which is why manga started doing a lot better once the price per volume dropped to $10-or-below). But instead of releasing a nice, budget boxset that's well within affordability range and offers value, instead they keep the price high and just throw in a bunch of physical extras, like the "deluxe" version of the first season. If I'm buying anime, I'm buying it because I like THE SERIES. If I want to buy additional goods of the series, I will do so through some other venue. I don't want those goods tied to the DVD release, keeping the price of it artificially inflated. It's like going to grab some fast food and finding that you can only order from a combo meal menu, even if all you wanted was like, two plain but tasty burgers.

I enjoyed Haruhi enough that I would like to purchase it and show my support, but I'm not going to get soaked by premiums. I'm going to wait until they merge BOTH series together, with the episodes in mostly-chronological order (I still support "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina" as being the first thing people see of the series), and when they put out that set, then I will buy it - as well as the movie, which I thought was great and would love to own on DVD.

As for Endless Eight...yeah; I just watched episodes one, two, and eight of it, and I didn't feel like I was missing a single thing in the process. That's a case where the production itself tanked the perceived value of a series.

Let's see... only if on RACS for less than $50. If not, I'll wait until the Anime Legends release. Us broke college students / anime fans gotta budget money wisely, ya know.

Damn that's dumb. Just really, really dumb. With that said, I can swallow ~$40...probably not right away though, I have plenty of series I want to buy....you know, series that have more than 7 episodes.

Yeah... In defiance of the deity herself: I'm not paying that much for half a show. I dropped some serious green for the 1st season's special box set, but S2? Wake my ass up when the price drops to justify the purchase of half a series.

I am poor student with no place for DVDs, so I either wait for prices to go down down down or don't buy at all.

I love Haruhi the first season, but the second was just so bad, no amount of extras (ok maybe if they included double the extras for 65 bucks) will make me spend that money.

Hmm. It's a good thing I wasn't planning on buying this, then. I'll save my money and just stick to the light novels as they get released here. :3

I want to get money for endless 8. I mean eight times the same episode. that torment. (and there is only girl fan service. >_>)