K-ON! Vol.1 DVD and Blu-Ray coming out on April 26, pre-orders open now

What more needs to be said? (insert standard ranty rant about how Haters Gonna Hate, etc.)

Well, OK, I do actually have one comment. I must admit that I’m rather disappointed that Bandai is choosing to dole out K-ON! in segments. This first disk only contains 4 episodes, meaning that it will be split into a 3-disk run. I thought that kind of release schedule was a remnant of the early days of anime distribution; these days we’re used to seeing entire series come out in one box set (cf. Eden of the East, FLCL), or (for 12/13 episode series such as K-ON!) in at most two half-sets. I’m just hoping that Bandai will release these in fairly quick succession, instead of the 2-3+ months between disks that used to be common.

Still, it is K-ON!, and if past history is any guide, this release should be pretty awesome, especially the Blu-rays. So what are you waiting for, go click “buy” already! 😉

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