As it is now released bare bones sub only with no extras i will pass. No DUB=no sale.

This is what in fan circles is known as a “glorified fansub”

I won’t dispute the rights holders to legitimately make money on a product thieves are offering for free, but an english dub would have added extra value for those who actually like myself enjoy dubs.

I don’t watch fansubs myself was just using that as a kind of example.

I enjoy American voice over artists just as much as i do have favorites in japan, without even understanding a lick of japanese which is strange.

I would of course give the series 4 stars i don’t think it’s a 5 though it is a go show.

The pricing of this release is really low for the number of episodes included and i would give the value of the product 5 stars.

the 1 star is to send a message to studio policies that are killing American Anime fandom which started with Dubs and The usually hated by the OTAKU Macek whose amalgamation of three japanese tv animes into robotech, cemented anime into the american consciousness. Though not Macek only Sunwagon Productions brought us Space Battleship Yamato in the cut form as starblazers, also we had anime like transformers which people thought was american made when only the scripts were, as well as voltron.

Dubs are not evil. The japanese prefer as far as i know to watch the star trek television shows and star wars films in japanese. Why don’t we tell them they should be forced to watch them in english with subtitles only.

Hayate no Gotoku has been my favourite series of both manga and anime for a few years now and as soon as I noticed there was a translated DVD here, I leapt at the chance to get it.

I was pleased to find it hadn’t been dubbed, as after watching..well, over 70 episodes so far; I love the Japanese voice actors. The subs seem well done, and unlike the original TV broadcast there isn’t any annoying censor guy.

7 episodes on one DVD? Certainly better than what I’m used to, so I’m well pleased by Bandai’s efforts here and I’ll gladly buy every DVD of this in the future.

For those who don’t know of the series, Wikipedia can help. But to sum up Hayate, it is one heck of a comedy with tragic elements, fanservice, an excellent narrator, well defined characters, great music, and it’s re-watchable over and over. …oh, and it has a talking white tiger. Just thought I’d throw that out there! If you like comedy, romance and are smart enough to read subtitles while still keeping up with animation you could do alot worse than giving this a looksie.