Effective yesterday, Best Buy has a pretty sweet deal on some select anime box sets. I took the plunge today and walked home with the Evangelion and Fullmetal Alchemist box sets.
I'm positive there isn't an anime watcher on the planet who doesn't know about Evangelion, and the major influence it's had on both animation and videogames for the past decade. You can chalk me up to one of those die hard fans, as I still regard it as the best anime series of all time, despite some 2nd act flaws (including the final movie, which has been regarded by more than a few people as a love letter to fans in the form of a giant middle finger). But I've also watched the series to death on VHS. I bought the first volume of the Platinum Edition when they were first being sold individually, but held back on completing the collection in DVD form. I kept feeling that as soon as I purchase the Platinum Edition in full, Gainax and/or AD Vision will immediately announce yet another, much better edition, possibly on Blu Ray.
Cosmic middle finger, folks.
But at a $28.99 price, it was hard to put it off any longer. As for Fullmetal Alchemist, I watched the series when it premiered in Adult Swim, and became just as enthralled with it as I was with Evangelion. I also resisted the purchase of the DVD volumes, as I was hoping this series would be one of the first animes to receive a Blu Ray adaption. But again, it's hard to beat a low price for a large collection of episodes.
Only problem was that the box set advertised was for Season 2, not Season 1. Even though I've watched the entire series more than once, the completest in me demanded I buy the sets in order. Crafty as I am, though, I brought the set along with the Evangelion box set along with the ad in hand. The Eva set rang up as advertised, but when Season 1 of FMA rang the sticker price, I jammed the ad in front of the cashier. He took a long look at the ad, trying to compare the image on paper and the image on the box set cover together. As I predicted, he was too tired or too ignorant to notice a real difference; He probably took a look at the big armored dude on both pictures and rang up the price difference. Yes, it's somewhat dishonest, but no harm for him or anyone else.
And finally, let me remind all of you that tomorrow will officially start the pre-order offer for Metal Gear Solid 4. The Gamestop stores are expected to receive the bonus MGS Saga vol 2 DVD, which also has the code for the online beta, around April 4th. So make sure to reserve it first thing tomorrow, then continue to pester them throughout the week whether they have received the discs or not. The Best Buy cashiers got nothing on the general ignorance of Gamestop workers. When I brought this up with an employee last week, he flat out had no idea what I was referring to, and deduced it was probably an online only promotion.
I'm telling you otherwise. The DVDs are out this week, so keep calling as much as necessary. I hope to see some of you in the online battlefield.
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