aye, Region 2 DVDs from Japan almost *never* have english subs. An anime distributor in R1 (like ADV or Funimation, etc) licenses the series and then adds in the subtitling and/or english voice dubs.
Now.. if you want to order from Japan (via cdjapan.co.jp, for example), have a region-free player (or a way to circumvent the region code idiocy), and can understand Japanese... then you're set
However, expect to pay $30-$50 per DVD and only get two episodes per disk.
Japanese consumers live in a harsher environment than US consumers.. but then they get really high quality DVD and first grab at all the goodies.