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Ggultra2764
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Still irks me that they never considered doing so in the first place. I would like to get Yuki Yuna is a Hero considering the reviews I've heard for it. But I'm not desperate enough to drop $200+ on what is only a 12-episode series. |
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Alan45
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I suppose it is possible they may provide standard editions of their earlier titles at some future date. I expect they may wait a bit to save face though. I suggest you keep your eyes on this thread. If they do the standard edition may simply be the disks from the CE in a plainer package.
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SpacemanHardy
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Shawne Kleckner confirmed with me this morning on Twitter that the standard DVD and bluray releases for Rokka have been canceled:
https://twitter.com/shawnekleckner/status/663738883113283584 The collector's edition is now the only way to purchase the show. Note that these were canceled without any official word of warning from PonyCan USA themselves. Even for them, this is a new low. 
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Alan45
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It is a shame there is no way of telling either why the initially offered a standard edition or why it was cancelled.
If Rocca is doing well in preorders for the collectors edition they may feel they are making a profit without the necessity for a standard edition. If it is doing poorly, it may be they think the standard edition was taking sales from the pricier version. Or it may simply be that the person who was against standard editions threw a fit. At the standard Sentai or Funimation pricing this would have been a nice set to pick up in spite of the lack of an ending. However even their proposed standard edition would have been a hard call. |
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DuchessBianca
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Maybe I'm overthinking it but this really doesn't bode well at all and sounds like there is a deeper issue going on. Rokka is the 5th release by them since they started this year and out of those titles only 1, Yuki Yuna could be considered a candidate to do decent with those higher then Aniplex price points and the others seem to be really, really niche titles.
If they cancelled the standard release of these sets my mind can only think because Rokka is selling so poorly/LE is selling so few compared to standard sets that they can't afford having the only sales coming from half price standard sets. I've said it before but the upcoming Sound Euphonium release is probably going to make or break this company as I can't see anyway they can stay afloat with the higher then Aniplex prices if they don't have the catalog or heavy hitter like AoA does. I can only hope the reason Rokka which aired after Euphonium but is getting released first is because they are putting all their effort into that release, dub, multiple purchase options, possible CE redesign etc... Again maybe I'm overthinking it but the NA market has moved away from high price singles with few episodes to cheaper complete series/half season sets and AoA can do what they do because of the longevity and catalog they have. I want Ponycan to succeed as more companies the better but I don't see how they can with their current model. |
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Alan45
Village Elder Posts: 9832 Location: Virginia |
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@DuchessBianca
Since we have no idea of their expenses or their sales, we simply don't know how they are doing. In the current situation, since this was their first attempt a standard edition, they simply may have had second thoughts. Perhaps someone looked at the preorder numbers and had the bright idea that all the standard edition orders would buy the CE if they had no choice. Pony Canyon has, so far, shown no sign that they either understood the North American market or that they were willing to deal with reality. From some of their press releases in the past year I got the idea they consider North American pricing both insulting and evidence of failure. |
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WTK
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Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers-: Collector's Eiditon 2 (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - 96 minutes - $89.98 - 2/10/16
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Gatherum
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...Wait, Sound! Euphonium belongs to PonyCan?
Fffffff...! And after I just finished watching it and finding it to be the most compelling slice-of-life-like production since...fudge, possibly when Clannad was causing everyone I know to cry like a little bitch (understandable, of course). My wallet really can't handle this. I was really hoping that Sentai would've picked it up. Seems like their kind of show. Oh well. Least I know it'll be pretty, will include sheet music, and then include the music itself...maybe in a 5.1-mixed DVD-A. ...That last one unlikely, but whatever. A man can dream about astonishingly-mixed chamber/concert/classical music. *Looks over at the Halo 5: Guardians 5.1-mixed blu-ray selections disc.* ...So good. <3 |
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potatochobit
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that is a huge PLUS belonging to pony canyon instead of being delayed TWO YEARS or more like some "other" high profile animes who's distribution rights are owned by certain other companies. You can't even buy a tamako market blu-ray yet, so ridiculous.
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lem
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^sure you can
Tamako Market Blu-ray Tamako Market (Blu-ray) |
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potatochobit
Posts: 1373 Location: TEXAS |
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that is expected to arrive after christmas, lol
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WTK
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ETOTAMA: Collector's Edition 3 (Blu-ray / DVD Combo) - 100 minutes - $89.98 - 3/10/16
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WTK
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http://garakowa.us/product
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DuchessBianca
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Since this is listed as an import edition I'm assuming its safe to assume there will be a domestic release later on? I only ask because I saw via your twitter I believe awhile ago a tweet that hinted at it getting dubbed and after Rokka I'll be extremely sad if this is yet another case of a series Ponycan stated they wanted to dub is getting the sub only treatment as that would make them 0/2 out of the 4 they mentioned wanting to =/ |
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Percival King
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Who the hell buys this stuff? $90 for a set of 4, sub-only episodes.
Even Aniplex of America laughs at this. They offer SIX episodes! Six! But really. Should we be expecting them to go belly up any time now? I mean honestly - that's roughly $22 per episode. Sub-only. And each one of Miyazaki's movies goes for roughly $20. Do they seriously think that that an episode of Denki-Gai holds more value than a Miyazaki feature? |
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