Fairy Tail: Collection 1 (Blu-ray / DVD Combo)

[WTK]

Fairy Tail: Collection 1 (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) due out on 4/30/13. | Trailer

Contains episodes 1-24.

Special Features: Select Commentary, Textless Songs, Trailers.

Based on the manga "Fairy Tail" by Hiro Mashima originally serialized in the weekly Shonen Magazine published by KODANSHA LTD. © Hiro Mashima・KODANSHA/Fairy Tail Guild・TV TOKYO. Licensed by Kodansha through FUNimation® Productions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

[FUNiOP]

A very nice group shot for a collection release. It's about time the other leads got proper cover shots. I wonder what the second collection will have. Maybe a different shot of this group, or of some villains? Or maybe just Natsu focus.

[MythicalFangNZ]

Just like the inside of collection 1's cover, so no surprises there. I wonder if FUNimation are re-releasing these collections in preparation for season 2's release. Will pass though as I own the original collections of these.

[Damius]

I really like the group shot we have here. It works quite well, nicely done.

[WTK]

Contains episodes 1-24.

Special Features: Select Commentary, Textless Songs, Trailers.

[MatrixGravity]

I was going to purchase this until I discovered that it's yet again, another Bluray/DVD combo pack. I would never, and will never buy those. I avoid them like the damn plague. Why can't they just release a simple collection? Why does it always have to be a BD/DVD set? This is seriously disappointing.

Funimation released the Soul Eater collection on Blu-Ray and it didn't come with any stupid DVD's. Why can't they do the same for Fairy Tail?

[blinx01]

Originally Posted by MatrixGravity

Funimation released the Soul Eater collection on Blu-Ray and it didn't come with any stupid DVD's. Why can't they do the same for Fairy Tail?

Probably because Soul Eater is 51 episodes. Imagine how much it would cost, and the size of the product is that was a DVD/BD combo. You'd be looking at at 16 disc set!
This Fairy Tail set is only 24 episodes. That's only (I'd imagine) 4 BD discs and 4 DVD discs.
Much more manageable.
Also, Fairy Tail is an upscale (and a poor one at that), so I imagine a separate BD-only release wouldn't sell all that well as a standalone if the customers knew this information.
Also, at around $30 for this at Rightstuf.com, you can't complain really for what you are getting.

[AKX20000]

Originally Posted by blinx01

Probably because Soul Eater is 51 episodes. Imagine how much it would cost, and the size of the product is that was a DVD/BD combo. You'd be looking at at 16 disc set!

It'd actually probably be a 13-14 disc set.

Which really doesn't change all that much, but still.

[iHellotaku]

Originally Posted by MatrixGravity

I was going to purchase this until I discovered that it's yet again, another Bluray/DVD combo pack. I would never, and will never buy those. I avoid them like the damn plague. Why can't they just release a simple collection? Why does it always have to be a BD/DVD set? This is seriously disappointing.

Funimation released the Soul Eater collection on Blu-Ray and it didn't come with any stupid DVD's. Why can't they do the same for Fairy Tail?

Your not paying any less if Funimation did not included the DVD. I actually prefer the DVD with the BD (More flexibility).

[joelgundam01]

Originally Posted by MatrixGravity

Why can't they just release a simple collection? Why does it always have to be a BD/DVD set?

The bottom line, money. For Funimation, they save money when releasing out combo packs for 12-26 episodes sets.

Originally Posted by blinx01

This Fairy Tail set is only 24 episodes. That's only (I'd imagine) 4 BD discs and 4 DVD discs.

It will most likely be only 3 BD discs. That's if they reauthor the discs, which they commonly do.