Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]

Not gonna lie, this anime is one of those rare cases of being something I go to whenever my depression is at its worse. The animation is lovely, the characters are all wonderful and voiced perfectly, has my all time favorite openings to an anime ever, and it can be genuinely funny. This is slice of life with a fun twist, and while not the most action packed it still is a fun ride.

I'll start off this review by mentioning that the series itself is quite comfortably a five-star title. If you're looking for a cute, endearing Slice of Life anime, it's hard to do better than Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. The one star deduction comes solely from the actual product itself and not the content it features, which I will now explain in detail.The packaging itself is quite nice. The container is well constructed and the four included discs themselves are gorgeous. Each feature a nice engraving (?) of some of the characters in either blue (Blu-ray) or green (DVD). Unfortunately, there is some sort of permanent marking in the corner of my first disc, but it's not worth dealing with a return or anything. The cover paper is reversible and features beautiful official art of Tohru, Kanna, and Kobayshi. Very cute!You have available to you everything of the series that is currently animated: each of the thirteen episodes, the Valentine's Day OVA, seven short specials, and the textless opening/ending credits. As you would expect, the video and audio quality both are stellar... except only on the Blu-ray discs.I'm not sure what went down during production, but it seems to me as if the manufacturer decided to throw in DVDs in as a bullet point and not enforce much quality control upon them. This, of course, is unfortunate for anyone who may not have a reliable way to view the Blu-ray discs. Both video and audio quality are variable and not what you should get for paying upwards of $40 here. Further, they failed to even include the specials or textless credits in the 'Extras' of the second DVD. Shameful, lazy, whatever you want to call it, it's completely unacceptable. Do not bother with providing DVDs if you're going to offer them in such ambiguous quality.If you find yourself comfortable with Blu-ray technology and don't have much difficulty watching the discs then you will be happy with owning this. If you are interested solely in the DVDs then it might be a good idea for you to look elsewhere to get your Dragon Maid fix. As someone who is in-between, I am ultimately satisfied with my purchase as I am more than happy to support the series and its creator, even if indirectly.For a short afterthought, I do feel the need to mention that the English localization of the series is indeed abhorrent and something to avoid. The scriptwriters for the dub completely disrespected the intention of the author and personality of certain characters at various points and often tried to lodge a political message that the creator neither intended nor endorsed. It is also my personal opinion that the performances themselves just aren't that great, though I know voice acting can be subjective as it pertains to anime. Just experience it through the subs and you'll be fine.TL;DR: Series is fantastic. Buy it for the Blu-ray discs. DVDs are laughable. Packing is great. English localization is to be avoided; experience the Japanese voice acting.

I will purchase the next season!!

So, after a drunken promise a dragon comes to live with loner and downtrodden Miss. Kobiashi. They learn about themselves and each other as they begin to coexist. There's a wonderful balance between humor and the heartfelt moments.I notice some have complained about there being issues with a "rant" on sexism or whatever, but I barely noticed anything other than a stray comment one character says to another one.I'd highly recommend this anime if you want something light, funny and heartfelt. I look forward to the second season coming to physical media in 2022.

I love watching this show. It’s just a lovely and feel good show. I enjoy watching a few episodes before I head to bed. I could watch easily on Funimation, but this was one of those shows I wanted a physical copy of.I’ve noticed that some people complain about the dub, but it’s done well, and pretty much the only way I watch. Some people are just too concerned about getting a 1 for 1 translation, which is impossible. I can accept some localization in the dub. And it’s not pushing an agenda as I’ve seen some reviews claim. I was disappointed that the OVA episode is not dubbed though.

I highly recommend this anime as it is a fantastic show that contains great comedy, adorable characters, and amusing stories that make you fall in love with the show and its cast. So yes, I give this anime two thumbs up and a definite buy for anyone looking for a show with the aforementioned qualities. However, as someone who watched the subbed Japanese version when it aired, I have to give a warning: DO NOT watch this show in the English dub. I am not one of those "subs are greater than dubs" elitists in the anime community. But the Funimation cast failed on all aspects that I was shocked as someone who more often prefers dubs over the subs.I do not know if it was the casting or the direction they were given, but the voice acting missed terribly on most of the important characters. Kobayashi sounds deadpan and bored when she should be non-chalant. Tohru is nasally and annoying in her voice instead of being cute and amusing. Lucoa sounds like some surfer valley girl when she should sound like a clueless airhead. And even the darling Kanna everyone loves is wrong, sounding like an angry brat instead of with a soft spoken dreamy tone. I was just shocked at how different this was as it causes changes in the depiction of the characters that is NOT good. As previous reviewers have stated, Funimation staff injected their personal politics into certain scenes of the show. To blatantly change the source material is betrayal to the source material, its creator, and the fans of the series. Leave the politics in that arena and OUT of our entertainment!Despite all of this, I still bought this product as I wanted a physical copy of the show I loved because it is that good! I just recommend you do as I will and watch it in Japanese with subs. Funimation and the staff that worked on this title should be ashamed for their poor quality and injecting political agendas into what is a great anime.

If trite remarks about "the patriarchy" passes for localization these days then Funimation really is going to the dogs. You're translating a show that has implied lolicon and shotacon themes. You're not going to win brownie points by trying to insert an agenda after the fact to mitigate it.But then this is the same dubbing studio that bought the license to Interspecies Reviewers without knowing anything about it, cancelled their dub after 1 episode once they actually watched it, and pretty much made sure that it'll never have a western release on physical media even in subbed format.Rest in peace Yasuhiro Takemoto. Looking forward to Season 2 from KyoAni. Not looking forward to Funimation's "hot takes".

I absolutely loved this series when it first came out so I was desperate to buy it. Unfortunately the product description says its Region A/1 only so I didn't bother buying it. Thats until I looked through the reviews and found that it is region B/2. So i finally bought this two years after being mislead by the product description. Amazing series, though I wish the OVA's had their dubs too.

'Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid' ('Kobayashi-san Chi no Meidoragon') is a highly entertaining fantasy, yuri, slice-of-life comedy series adapted from a manga by Coolkyousinnjya, and while it does deviate from the source in places, this doesn’t make too much difference as there are no long story arcs at this point in the series. The series sees an overworked office lady accept a dragon into her life as a maid and follows the hijinks result as more dragons begin to turn up. This Complete Series set (complete for now at any rate as there is a second season scheduled for 2021 in Japan) contains all thirteen episodes of the anime, as well as the Valantinse Day/Hot Springs OVA. All the episodes in the series are very fun to watch, with my favourites being 'Summer's Staples! (The Fanservice Episode, Frankly)', that features a trip to the beach and Comiket, and 'Troupe Dragon, On Stage! (They Had A Troupe Name, Huh)' where the character put on an odd play for senior citezens.The main series includes both the English and Japanese soundtracks for the series, and while I do like the English version, I think the original Japanese is slightly better. The OVA, meanwhile, hasn’t been dubbed. Of the English cast, all of them do give reasonably good performances, with Leah Clark as Kobayashi, Jad Saxton as Kana, and Jeff Johnson as Takiya probably being the best of the bunch. While still good, I wasn’t a great fan of Jamie Marchi’s performances as Lucoa as I always imagined the character to have a more spacy voice. The animation is proficient for the most part and while there are very few action scenes in the series, the couple that it has are animated and choreographed very well.Other than the OVA, there are no special features in the two disc DVD set that I got except a couple of trailers.'Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid' is one of my favourite slice-of-life comedy series with great characters, some nice designs, and some surprisingly emotional moments. The only real problem with this set is the annoying trailer for streaming services on the first disc that I was unable to skip. Despite this, I feel that this series is easily worth a full five stars.

Great DVD, comes in English/ Japanese Audio which I wasn’t expecting which is a huge plus. And is dubbed very well.Very pleased with the purchase.

Bought on Amazon UK. Arrived in perfect condition, and has a paper sleeve jacket. Keep in mind, this only includes the first season, and not the second.Can confirm it's (only for) region B, and the OVA is included. Along with some shorts. Textless opening and ending songs, and trailers. There is also a reversible cover, should you want to change the look of the case.