Pet Girl of Sakurasou Collection 1 [Blu-ray]

Pet Girl has become one of my favorite anime in recent memory. It is extremely funny with likeable characters and the animation/art is nothing short of fantastic! The colors, especially, really stand out--bright, vivid, and in-your-face.A quick synopsis:After taking in an abandoned cat, Sorata Kanda is exiled to Sakurasou (literally "Sakura Hall") of Suimei High School of the Arts. There, he meets a number of interesting classmates...even one that needs a full-time owner!? Enter Mashiro Shiina, whom recently transferred from England. She has always been somewhat removed from society and therefore lacks the necessary skills to take care of her day-to-day necessities--like even picking out her own clothes! Sorata is tasked with "Mashiro Duty" and looks after Mashiro throughout the anime.I was sold on this premise, and, suffice to say, I was as far from disappointed as I could possibly be. The only thing that might put distance between some customers is the amount of fan-service. There's quite a bit as, well... Since Mashiro needs Sorata to, literally, do everything for her. There are many awkward and cute situations that are very funny. Particularly, the Japanese voice actors are SUPERB with their range of expressions and reactions (oh, this anime is not dubbed in English~~~).Not everything is fun and games, though. Despite it's premise, there are very intricate moments of complex feelings. Each character has a certain goal they are trying to work towards, and there's a constant struggle between working hard and accepting failure while living along side individuals with raw talent. "Being in such close proximity makes it hard to express these feelings" (or something like that). By the end, there are actually very good, and important, lessons about having deep friendships and loving one another.And lastly, I'll comment about one of the things that struck me most: The soundtrack. I don't know if I've ever been more in love with the number of ambient, atmoshperic background pieces that play during exactly the right moments. To give you an idea, I've learned two of these BGMs by ear on the piano and am working on a third one. In some of the scenes, with the art and colors, it's almost surreal.To wrap things up, I would definitely recommend this anime if you like funny, cute, and a little bit of fan-service. There is a bit of romance... But the protagonists' in particular doesn't really move anywhere (the series of light novels is still ongoing). The more or less serious bits of romance interspersed throughout the 24 episodes is satisfying enough for me, and each of the characters really experience a growth.Could there be a chance of a second season...? Maybe. The novels are almost finished, and overall great ending that it has could be expanded upon, or it could be left exactly how it is. Either way, you shouldn't be disappointed when it's over (unless you're like me and just want more!).I hope this helps you in your decision about purchasing "The Pet Girl of Sakurasou". :)

Pet Girl of Sakurasou is an amazing anime. Amazingly animated, characters are developed and well realized, and the story is paced well enough with some good drama and humor through out.The only problem I would see with this release is no dubs. The show is something I felt was one of the funnier anime I have seen and was a rare treat because the humor was not the type that is common place in japanese anime. The humor had a lot of word play, comedic timing, clever witty responses,and reactionary humor. So how would it help if it had dubs? There are a lot of moments in the show where multiple characters are talking, whether because one isn't listening, some other people are having a conversations in the foreground/ background, or because a character won't stop talking even during a response. This made it very common that I would miss jokes since the humor in this show is VERY fast and clever and they would over lap with other dialogue. This would not be an issue if the jokes were parsed out enough that it would give the viewer time to read everyone's dialogue but the humor of the show is very ingrained in fast humor that fires off multiple times from multiple characters at the same time. Although that kind of humor sounds cluttered it works REALLY well and would make it much easier to intake if I wasn't reading 2 to 3 pieces of dialogue at the same time.Still the show is great and don't take it as though the show has an issue. The show is perfect the way it is and so is the humor. Just a missed opportunity to make it better. One of the few times where dubs would have actually helped the work. Though the release is lacking dubs I won't mark the show down for it since the show is good enough on it's own.It is very uncommon for an anime to almost completely base it's humor on witty clever responses and expert comedic timing rather than just rest on anime guy yells and runs around like an idiot then gets a bloody nose then gets slapped or beaten with embarrassing moments. As for the drama, it is some of the better stuff I have seen. Not many times can an anime suddenly make your heart sink into your stomach by it uttering a single sentence. An anime definitely worth checking out.

By now, you've already read the other reviewers and probably already have a fairly good idea as to whether or not you would be interested in the Pet Girl of Sakurasou. So, instead of giving my opinion of the anime itself, I'll just give some facts about the actual purchase.As has been brought up before, there is no dubbed version of the anime at this time. While I personally do not care one way or the other, this fact may turn you off from watching the anime depending on personal preferences. What I believe is much more relevant is the price, which I believe is kind of on the expensive side for only being 12 episodes. If you're not a die-hard fan of the anime to begin with, I would recommend waiting until the anime is bundled with the second season before purchasing it.I give the Pet Girl of Sakurasou 4 out of 5 stars due to the high quality of the animation, story, and comedic romance bits. It loses a star thanks to a combination of price and lack of features, but otherwise should be picked up whenever you feel the price is right.

If you're a fan of subs and hate dubs, then you will love this.If, like me, you're looking for the English dub version of the anime, you may be disappointed. This is a Blu-Ray version with the Crunchyroll subtitles. Great if you just want to watch it offline or support the series, not so much if you were expecting English audio or any sort of extras.Having said that, Pet Girl of Sakurasou is a masterpiece, and absolutely worth watching. I still have the second half of the series on pre-order, and if an English dub is ever released, believe that not only will I be buying that, but I'll be giving it a 5-star rating.

タイトルから敬遠してましたが、見て良かった。画質的にも、私には十分です。北米版 blu-ray といってもレンタルDVDのクオリティーよりは、良いと思います。但し、北米版が再生できないプレーヤーもあるようで、注意です。英語字幕カットできます。音声は日本語のみ。本編のみで、特典を気にしないなら、コスパは文句なし！

2枚に分かれています。字幕消せますので良かったです。Part2まであるので少し躊躇いましたがまとめて購入しました。

一気に見たくて購入した作品です。シリアスな展開と学生の葛藤が描かれていて良かった作品です。話しの間の話題閑休のお話も面白かったです。

このディスクは、『sentai』ブランドの北米版BDですが収録音声は日本語のみで、英語字幕も消せるタイプでした。オープニング映像のスタッフ表記などは日本版のままで第01話から第12話までが、2枚のディスクに収録されています。国内盤は観てませんが、画質に関しても充分なものだと思います。☆は5個でも良いのですが、問題になってる、原作小説との演出上の変更点と、購入したショップからの、商品の到着が1ヶ月以上かかったので自分の気持ち的に、☆一つ減らしました。それ以外は、たんに国内版に英語字幕付きと言うだけで国内版の1枚分の価格で、1クール12話分が手に入るので大変お得な商品だと思います。第13話以降収録の商品も同じ仕様なら、また購入したいと思います。

ブルーレイレコーダーでは再生できませんでしたが、ブルーレイプレイヤー（ソニー製ＢＤＰ－Ｓ３６０）では、再生できました。他のソフトでも言及されてますが、リージョンではなく、アメリカ・カナダ向けの規制のようなものが入っているようです。そのような条件はありますが、特典は必要ないという方にはお得化と思います。