Remember 10-15 years ago when big complete series box sets weren't the norm like they are now and you had to buy anime in individual volumes with 3-4 episodes on one $20 DVD (or, the horror, a VHS)? Somewhere along the line, someone said "this is really fucking stupid and a complete rip off", so complete series DVD sets started coming out. Instead of having to spend hundreds of dollars on 10+ DVDs to get a whole series, now you can buy one set for $30 or so and get everything.
At least, that was how it had been for quite a while. Now, though, Funimation and Bandai are going back to their old ways. And that is a damn shame. Funimation isn't too bad yet, but instead of releasing a complete series now they are releasing separate seasons - and occasionally licensing only the first season but not the rest which is incredibly frustrating since you have to wait to finish the stories. Bandai Entertainment, on the other hand, seems to have fully relapsed into those bad habits as indicated by their plans for releasing K-ON! in the United States. No complete season sets here. They are releasing single DVDs with 3-4 episodes and charging $30 for that shit.
No thank you. I'm not buying that until you put out a complete series set.
Bandai also has the bad habit of charging way too damn much for their stuff. $50 for Haruhi Suzumiya season 2? Hell no. I'm not paying $50 for a handful of real episodes and then the awful Endless Eight. It is ridiculous.
Anime industry, you're already in big trouble. Raping consumers like you did in the bad old days isn't the answer.
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