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NEWS: BV USA to Stream Super Robot Wars TV, Galaxy Angel Rune

Why would I buy their stuff on sale, when the sale price on most of it would still be more, per episode, than buying something else on sale? A $50 DVD is not going to go on sale for less than $30, most likely, which is full price of a release from anyone else. When other companies products go on sale, you pay between $15 and $23, depending on what store/online site you use. Buying from BVUSA makes absolutely no sense. It's a complete ripoff to everyone who doesn't bother to make excuses for them.

If you want this title, you'll pay the price. Why is it so hard for people to understand? BV is allegedly (& as far as I can tell) bringing over titles no one else would bother licensing b ecause there aren't enough fans of said titles here. These titles aren't like Bleach or Naruto. They know less than half as many people who are willing to pay for those titles will be interested in SRW or Haruka, so asking the prices that are being asked for those titles aren't feasible. An item-say a book-with a typical-sized audience is priced accordingly. A vanity press-type title where you have a smaller printing because it's not a mass title will often cost more money.

I believe that both TRSI/Nozomi and Media Blasters (Serge mentioned Strawberry Panic above) are doing exactly that. And that's exactly "why it's so hard for us to understand": because those companies actually have to pay for licenses and yet their prices are significantly cheaper than Bandai Visual USA's. Nozomi actually goes a step further than doing sub-only for niche titles and just does sets. BV does too many things wrong for anyone to actually care so instead of complaining people have just decided to not even care anymore when they announce a new title.

I believe that both TRSI/Nozomi and Media Blasters (Serge mentioned Strawberry Panic above) are doing exactly that. And that's exactly "why it's so hard for us to understand": because those companies actually have to pay for licenses and yet their prices are significantly cheaper than Bandai Visual USA's. Nozomi actually goes a step further than doing sub-only for niche titles and just does sets. BV does too many things wrong for anyone to actually care so instead of complaining people have just decided to not even care anymore when they announce a new title.

Gunbuster II is brilliant, but it's incomprehensible unless you've seen the twenty-year-old original [is it even availible R1?].

Also all 3 of Nozomi's recent acquisitions should have paid for themselves already in Japan so the prices can be lower than a BV USA release. Emma (2005 and 2007) is a well received Japanese otaku title. The same thing goes for Marimite (2004 x3, 2006) and Aria (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) which are popular Japanese franchises. Aria's recent series (2008) has a DVD in the top 10.

Strawberry Panic! (2006) is a Japanese otaku title also. More than likely it paid for its release already.

On the other hand....

SRWOG (2006) has fans only of the game. Galaxy Angel Rune (2006)was not well received IIRC and only die-hard fans would buy this. Therefore, being a niche title even in Japan the price was higher.

Also, Haruka : Beyond the Streams of Time (2004) benefited from it was already been paid for in Japan and the savings got passed on to us.

I believe that both TRSI/Nozomi and Media Blasters (Serge mentioned Strawberry Panic above) are doing exactly that. And that's exactly "why it's so hard for us to understand": because those companies actually have to pay for licenses and yet their prices are significantly cheaper than Bandai Visual USA's. Nozomi actually goes a step further than doing sub-only for niche titles and just does sets. BV does too many things wrong for anyone to actually care so instead of complaining people have just decided to not even care anymore when they announce a new title.