What a surprise to hear that Umineko's anime has been licensed outside Japan for an English release! As one of the few people who really liked the anime despite its flaws, I felt quite enthusiastic about the news...until I noticed that it will only be coming out on Blu-ray and apparently will not be on DVD.
I hear that both of the sets will be deluxe and come with hardcover art books. Those should be very nice, but even so it will be too hard for me to justify buying a useless and expensive Blu-ray set just to get them. I'm curious about what the art books will have in them.
Now, NIS America, the company releasing it, is apparently a subsidiary of a Japanese games company. It's a long shot, but I wonder if there's a chance they might bring over the PS3-graphics and voice acted edition of the visual novels? I would very much like to own that. Wishful thinking, I'm sure.