Well, Bandai is bringing those days back with their release of the show. Come this February you can either order a Blu-Ray disc featuring Kurokami's first four episodes dubbed in English ONLY, or you can order a more typical DVD with six episodes in both the English and Japanese languages along with subtitles.
I don't know about you guys, but when I was buying those VHS tapes I would often grab the dubbed or subbed version based on what was available and what was cheaper/on sale, meaning that I would go back and forth between dubs and subs interchangeably. Because of the unusual episode numbering, that won't be possible here-- and at least for the time being, those who want it on Blu-Ray will have to put up with the English dub (or those who want the Japanese dub will have to deal with DVD).
I suppose a really interesting piece of information would be whether the Korean Blu-Ray release had Japanese audio. Their BDs are cheaper, too, I believe.
But how will that do here? It seems to me that it would make more sense to release a dub-and-sub DVD now and release a dub-and-sub Blu-Ray disc sometime later-- I'm thinking that people who want both high-res AND Japanese audio would prefer to wait than simply not have the product. And maybe a dub-and-sub Blu-Ray WILL be available later, but that would mean dividing the Blu-Ray audience into two separate products. Hmm.
Well, we'll see how it goes. Are you planning to buy one of the Kurokami releases? If so, which one?
