Tiger & Bunny, Set 1 [Blu-ray]

Been waiting for the official release for this in America! Tiger & Bunny is truly one of the best shows ever created. It's highly original for an anime and anyone who's a fan of animation should watch it. The storytelling is fast pace and westernized while still maintaining the feel we all love in anime. Characters are diverse and actually look different from eachother. The art direction is practically flawless, and the japanese voice cast is top notch. Haven't given the english cast a shot but for those of you who are looking for it it's on there too. The blu ray has great updates in the some of the scenes that were lacking in the original release (Which you can see for free on Hulu) and everything is very crisp and bright. Overall a pretty good buy.Cons? (Not related to Amazon or the series itself)Well my main complaint is the packaging. While this seems like a total nitpick it's important to consider if North America wants to do a better job of marketing companies really need to take into account how well their advertising is. Honestly the dvd cover looks like something Viz gave to a kid who just discovered photoshop in high school. Or it looks like a bootleg I could pick up in New York from those guys selling dvds on the street. (i.e what is with the type and star background?!) Not the most alluring thing, especially for the price you pay. Yes ideally it is about the content inside which is actually great but for the money paid I would think Viz would've put a little more thought into how the case aws presented and marketed. Also, inside you literally open up the case and the dvds are right there. No pamphlet, no nothing. Just a little paper ad on Viz's neon alley. The package is the first thing a buyer is going to see when picking something up. And yes from and advertising point of view people DO judge a book by its cover (Honestly I don't know why the original Japanese packaging wasn't kept since the title is in english anyway.)One other con is I wish bonus material was added and I'm not talking about the digital features. If anyone researched the European and Japanese releases there were goodies included in theirs. Just saying.

In the future, there is an evolved breed of humans called "Next" with special powers. Sternbild City has found a good way to put these powers to use - "Hero TV" a real reality tv show where superheroes are sponsored and ranked, with a "King of Heroes", a title that goes to the hero with the most points each year. Wild Tiger is a hero on the show whose popularity is on the decline, while his destruction bill is on the rise. Given one last chance at heroism, Wild Tiger is forced to partner up with the newest hero to join the show, the young and charismatic Barnaby Brooks Jr.This show was so much fun. The concept behind Hero TV, while flawed, is brilliant. I've always wondered about who covers the bill when some superhero destroys millions of dollars worth of property. I am probably weird. But it is still a fun concept even if you don't wonder about that sort of thing. The characters were all distinct and the relationships very well developed. It was fun having a main character not in high school. Wild Tiger definitely embraces his inner child, but he can show maturity at times :) Actually, his development is one of the best parts of the show.The plot moves along at a brisk place, sometimes slowing to flesh out the other heroes. The other heroes surprised me a little - they were interesting characters. I kind of expected them to be background characters, but they are more developed then that.I watched this series on Viz and have been eagerly waiting for the DVDs to rewatch the series with my sisters and/or friends (or by myself, I'm not picky :). This set contains episodes 1-13, out of 25 total. There are a couple of movies, but I don't know if they will be released stateside or not. The series ends really well though, so movies aren't necessary to finish the story.This is the sort of show that can be enjoyed by people of all ages with all tastes. Do you like heroes? Bad guys getting their butts kicked? Comedy? Mystery? Tiger & Bunny has it all and much more! So go ahead and give it a shot :)

this is a great series, i have long awaited its release here in the USA. the series revolves around heros fighting to protect people. these heros are NEXTS(similar concept done by the armored core video games), anyway these nexts have special abilities but only become a "hero" when they have a sponsor, our hero tiger is long in the tooth apparently and down on his luck until a new sponsor takes him and partners him with Barnaby whom he calls "BUNNY" due to the pink points on his suit. they quickly become the only duo team to fight evil and uphold justice and this makes for great ratings (as the heros are watched on a tv show by the populous and win points according to deed, most heros have different abilities but tiger & bunny have the same ability weirdly enough.this english dub was first vied on viz's new stream "NEON ALLEY" along with others such as blue exorcist, inuyasha, fairy tail, ectthis blue ray set 1 has roughly 12 episodes and is in high quality, while haveing 2 disks, so i predict at least 9 ep on disk 1 and disk 2 is ep 10-12 with special features. this is the common format as done by sentai filmworks and funimation releases.also please note that like fairy tail this will be released in multiple parts(sets 1-8) and will be available in either dvd or blu ray , i hope we get up to 8 anyway.look out for this amazing show, it is a fan favorite and if your not sure, watch episode 1 & 2 online to get an idea for the show

an atractive, super hero, buddy cop anime though I feel Tiger & Bunny doesn't do anything revolutionary and its animation isn't perfect but this series has a lot of charm I would reccomend it to any anime fan assuming the watch more than moe or edgey animes

tiger and bunny is a epic series a MUST BUY!! For your Blu ray/DVD shelf collection I myself mostly bought it for the English subtitles version. Viz tried to do a good job on the English Dub but there's some of the voice actor's for the main characters like for tiger which I can't stand at all, sounds way to young & plain for the actual character. some fit but some don't which ruins the English Dub anyways enjoy the series.

直情的でお人好しなおじさんと、クールで知的な若者のトタバタコンビが絆を深めて活躍する話。子供向けよりもおじさん向けの気がする（おじさんキャラの苦悩がいろいろと）。仲間たちも非常に魅力的であり楽しめた。やや説明不足なところ、ご都合主義的な所があったが勢いで押し切られた感じ。

今さら過ぎますが最近このアニメを知って、北米版もあると聞いたので早速購入しました。観る前はどんな声になるのか全く想像つかなかったのですが、聞いてみると案外ぴったりでした。日本版と比較してみると、声が似てる訳でもないのですが（似てるキャラも何人か居ます。）、個人的には「この声もいいかも」と思います。しいて言うなら、虎徹さんの声が日本版と比べて若い感じですね；；あと、演技がアニメと言うより海外らしい演劇？リアル感重視？という感じです。慣れない方は結構違和感がすごいかもしれません。（個人的には息遣いとかやたらセクシーでとても好きなのですがｗ）ちなみに、日本語音声版も入っています。（英語字幕が付いていて設定しても外れない模様）２枚組一セットで１２話ほど入って英語音声、日本語音声も入ってこのお値段なので、とりあえずアニメだけ見れればいいという方にはおすすめです。

話している英語と表示英語は違います。日本語を話している時は英語表示されます。パナのディーガで再生可能でした。内容はすごく良かったです。聞き流す英語の教材として良いと思いますよ。でも、できたら話している英語も表示して欲しかったなあ。