The show itself is great, but sadly Funimation gave it one of the worst releases in recent anime history. First of all, like many Funi titles past and present, the episodes are overly compressed and the video suffers as a result. Color banding, digital artifacts, and background noise are quite prevalent and very distracting. I have seen bootleg DVDs that look better than this one. Funimation was starting to get better when they were only doing 4 episodes a disc, but it's become quite obvious with releases like this that they cannot handle the now fairly standard 6 episodes per disc.
Second of all, the dub was just awful. Funimation has put out some bad dubs in recent years, like Kodocha and Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, but Ouran takes the cake. Once again, instead of putting though into their casting, they just simply took the route of using the "Hot VA's" of the moment. So we get stuck with Vic Mignogna and Caitlin Glass in roles they truly do not fit. In fact, their performances are so off, it drags the rest of the performances down, which is a shame. Greg Ayres and others in the cast turn in truly great performances, but the laziness of Vic's and Caitlin's performances nearly ruin them.
The show itself should bet 4 stars, but this release is 1 or 2 stars at best. Funimation should really be ashamed of this one. I was really looking forward to this show, but these DVD sets have been a huge disappointment.Get more detail about Ouran High School Host Club: The Complete Series [Blu-ray].
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