I'm sorry if it doesn't go here. You may move it if you like. For Christmas, i got around $60 from many realatives. I was wrong in my susupitions that i got what i wanted this christmas. A wise man once said: "If you want something right, you have to do it yourself!" Today, i went to FYE, and using my Christmas money, i bought myselft "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Vol. 1". It's regular price is $59.99, but i got it on sale at $44.50. Let's seee if it was worth my money, and my wait. DVD Review: The DVD consisted of 4 episodes The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Ep.00 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Ep. 1-3 It goes through the introduction of all the characters which is good. It also ads the 00 episode which is kinda an intro to the series when you think about it. The episode was actually the first episode aired in Japan, which was aired out of order. It comes with many special features, including the Japanese version, text-less opening and endings, and a making of feature. One thing i would've liked was interviews with the english dub cast, like they did Death Note. DVD Review: 9.9/10 Extras Review: First off, the box art is amazing. The box set comes with: TMoHS ending theme CD Pencil Pad Iron on Haruhi Braid The first thing i tested was the CD. It came with the full "Hare Hare Yukai", and the ending theme to the radio show, "Welcome Unknown." The songs were both fun and upbeat. The CD also came with a kareoke version of the songs. The pencil pad is double sided with two different art works (side A: Kyon is holding Haruhi; side B: Some sort of ad for ep.00). The iron on is just a red silloet(?) of Haruhi with a gaint "H", and it says "Haruhi-ism." Since TMoHS is mostly a girl-ish anime, it came with a yellow "offical" Haruhi hair band. To be honest, i would rather the red SOS Brigade arm band than that. It all comes in a cook box, with cool compartments. Extras Review: 9.5/10 Over All: All Haruhi fans will love this box set. Pros: Comes with first 4 episodes, awesome extras Cons: Hard to take out CD, and the hair band. All true Haruhi fans (including boys) will love this. The over all score for this will be: 9.7/10. My final question, was it worth almost $45? Yes it was, but if i were you, i'd just buy the DVD only. Don't get me wrong, the box set rocks; but anime is expensive. I'd save my money and just buy the DVD's and CD's.
I've seen it for sale online for less than what you paid. You can get that same DVD box set for $39.69 at Buy.com Besides, the complete box set, which has all 14 episodes and the DVD extras on a 4-disc set, is on sale. The list price for it is $59.99 but you can buy it at Right Stuff for $33.99, though you don't get all of the extra goodies with it like the CD, the armband, hair band, ect. Honestly, for everyone else, if you're intrested mainly in the show and don't really care about the extra merchandise, get the Complete box set. It'll save you the $20-25 each you would spend for just the DVDs, epsecially if you order it online.
