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notazaku
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@angelmcazares Sentai and Funi have given no indication that they are even interested in such a path. Sentai has been able to release quite a few blurays in a timely manner and Funi's problems are mostly involving Kadokawa. Personally I'd rather wait than pay double now. Plus it won't work for every title. Aniplex USA can have a success with Madoka but lesser titles would be a tougher sell. |
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Betenoire
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What would be the point of that though? Selling titles at Japanese prices is a very, very limited market in the US. Sentai or FUNi or whoever would have to spend money licensing and making discs that are even more risky in terms of possible return on investment then the chances they already take on some titles they already are putting out at the going market rate. And from Japan's perspective if there are enough US fans willing to pay that much for (basically) the same discs what is the upside for them to sell the license to an R1 company and take lower money rather than selling the titles themselves? Maybe it lowers their risk slightly but they aren't printing thousands of discs to sell in the US anyway (unless they are stupid) and with the discs being the same all they are really paying for is some subtitles and translation work (Though S'mores will tell you this is horrendously expensive I guess) and a couple of hundred slightly different packaging inserts. And that is before factoring in the hit that the companies would take from irate fans "certain" that this was a sign R1 companies are just out to screw them or those just angry about the Japanese companies policies and, lacking the ability to take it out on them directly, redirect their anger at the R1 companies that they perceive are facilitating this move. I guess the companies could do it but I just see this as far too much risk for rather little potential reward for the R1 companies while also not financially being worth it to the Japanese companies either. |
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dandelion_rose
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I'm not part of the American release buying market, but I'd also say it's a bad idea for American distribution companies to copy Aniplex. Aniplex is a Sony subsidiary. I've heard that Aniplex is a high risk subsidiary that can make lots of losses. However, part of the reason why I think Sony would want to prop it up and support it is because it promotes the consuming of material that goes with hardware Sony creates.
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Mohawk52
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