lestheanimesarge wrote:Makes one wonder though, if they broadcast it in one order, and the dvds have it in an other order, what was the point of the broadcast disorder?
Partially, it's because it really doesn't make sense to put what's chronologically episode 6 anywhere other than the end of the series, seeing as how it's the big climax and all that. If there's more episodes after it, it loses impact.
Other than that, I found the out-of-order episodes were still good enough to watch even despite not knowing all the characters yet, and it makes you want to go back afterwards and see what you missed the first time, kind of like Boogiepop Phantom. They also kind of hint here and there about just how dramatic the main story arc is going to get, like what Itsuki says about the baseball game in episode 4 (broadcast order), leaving you wanting an explanation, which they don't fail to deliver on in due time.
Now why the good people at Kadokawa couldn't release the DVDs in broadcast order for the Japanese market, I don't know.