Well, that's what I mean. It's not worth it for Sentai (who shoves out anything that Funimation/Crunchy won't pay for) to put it out, or to even license it for streaming, because they are asking for too much and don't expect many people to care about it.
I mean, I have no idea if people are cosplaying as Chitanda at AX or whatever, but of all of KyoAni's recent properties, even the non-yuri band anime seems to have more "appeal" than Hyouka.
Wasn't a BD-Box released in Japan not that long ago? Knowing Kadokawa, there's probably a long hold-back period because of it.
I'm pretty confident that it will be released here sooner or later. I'm betting that Funimation will be the ones to grab it; they might just toss it out on a sub-only BD like Nichijou.
Would you guys really want to buy Funimation/Sentai quality Hyouka BDs though?
A show that looks as good as Hyouka deserves better than that. I wasn't the biggest fan of the show, but like, it deserves better than that if not for the visual strengths alone.
I absolutely agree with you! Who else would pick up the show, though? NISA is no longer active, and I don't recall Discotek licensing any Kadokawa properties. Companies like Aniplex and Pony Canyon are ruled out from the start due to how they operate. Perhaps Crunchyroll could grab it themselves, but it's entirely possible that Funimation will be the one authoring their discs. I don't see any optimal solution, unfortunately.