DVD Review: Hayate the Combat Butler: Part 1 (Sub): Artist Not Provided: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Hayate the Combat Butler: Part 1 (Sub): Artist Not Provided: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Hayate the Combat Butler: Part 1 (Sub): Artist Not Provided: Movies & TVASIN=B0028X6L2I& DVD Review: Hayate the Combat Butler: Part 1 (Sub): Artist Not Provided: Movies & TV 20097271157457877801 Wonderful show.,

By Tsukimiya Ayu “Ayu” -

In reply to the 1 star review with the main complaint being ‘this is a ripoff because it doesn’t have dubbing’:
What luxurious complaining. Certainly you must not be aware of the common prices of media in Japan. Fans regularly dish out $60 a disc for only one or two episodes!
As for dubs, if I stretch my imagination I can pretend to understand why a few people prefer them (maybe) but for something like Hayate with all the obscure references and jokes it makes… I can’t see the dub living up to it. Plus, if they don’t bother dubbing they can get the release out faster. Trailing on the popularity of the subs in the community will result in more sales. (Although Hayate is already not so new… but maybe for future shows)

Now for my opinion…
Hayate is a great comedy. Sometimes breaking the fourth wall but I’d like to say it doesn’t abuse the privilege. There are no shortage of parody references to other shows, so if you’re familiar with a variety of media it’s a bonus.
The series maintains a balance that would be appropriate and entertaining for children while young adults can also find it appealing.

Great family friendly manic humor,

By Michael L. Brazinski (Maryland, USA) -

I originally picked up this disk simple by its great name. I started watching with my two daughters (13 & 10) and we could not stop laughing through first episode. The self censoring such as referring to the Yazuka as “very generous people” and the Hayate’s mother’s gambling problems is “bad investments” just makes it funnier.

We’ve now made it through six of the seven episodes and are still laughing. The series is rated 13+ but we haven’t found anything offensive that our 10 year old shouldn’t see. There’s occasional references to Nagi (the female lead character) being flat chested but that’s about it.

One of my favorite characters in the series is Nagi. Although she is a rich brat, she’s likable, unlike Louise in “The Familiar of Zero”. It was pleasantly surprising that she didn’t come off as someone who just hates working class peasants.

The series seems to pull in the best of several other series. The slapstick humor reminds me of Excel Saga. The school relations remind me of Negima! (the original, not the fan-service reboot). All in all, it just works. I hope Bandai is committed to releasing the entire series.

The lack of a English dub is a mixed blessing. Yes, it’d be nice to be there but we’re not having any problems subtitles. There’s also minimal extras but I bought the disk for the series, not the extras.

Do Not buy! Bandai is ripping you off big time!!!!!!,

By Mark Ferguson “Mario1-7″ -

Ok Hayate The Combat Butler is a High Quality Anime that is worthy of being released in a fair fashion for the fans. Bandai is trying to walk all over people with this. Calling this DVD release Part 1 with 7 episodes is insulting, and with the biggest problem being no English dub track, they have over priced and ruined a an awesome series.. People that was looking forward to Hayate the combat butler I am sorry that you and I won’t get to see the Anime the way it was suppose to be seen. I watched Hayate already Subtitled only but when a Anime is released on DVD it should not be subbed only unless its a really low Quality and that is defiantly NOT the case with Hayate The Combat Butler…. Bandai should be ashamed!
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