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NEWS: Aniplex USA Adds Sword Art Online: Extra Edition, Silver Spoon 2 on Home Video

Honestly, I'm kind of pissed off that so many of you guys complain about Aniplex. I'd love to be able to get all that Limited Edition stuff but the import costs are ridiculous and the BD is probably region locked. Here in Australia the only shows that have gotten the 'Limited Edition' treatment were Psycho Pass and Attack on Titan and they were pretty much just watered down versions of Funimation's Limited Edition with the same price tag.

The one company who I do think it is worth complaining about is Sentai. Really sub par English Dubs, big blocky yellow subtitles, no extras and a $60 pricetag? Why are you guys okay with that yet complain when Aniplex try to do something cool that no other company in the world is doing? It's not like you're paying money for nothing.

Why are you guys okay with that yet complain when Aniplex try to do something cool that no other company in the world is doing? It's not like you're paying money for nothing.

The one company who I do think it is worth complaining about is Sentai. Really sub par English Dubs, big blocky yellow subtitles, no extras and a $60 pricetag? Why are you guys okay with that yet complain when Aniplex try to do something cool that no other company in the world is doing? It's not like you're paying money for nothing.

Ever heard of NIS America? Yeah, they do the same thing that Aniplex of America does, but at half the cost. The give premium editions to all of their licenses and charge about half of what Aniplex does.

Case in point, AnoHana. Nis America released a premium edition for the series (11 episodes long) at 69.99 and Aniplex of America released the RECAP movie of AnoHana 79.99. The point here is that both companies released 2 version of the same show with the Nis America's release having move content and being cheaper.

Stop trying to justify Aniplex's buisness model because we all know that it's bull shit but they just hold the hottest shows at the moment hostage with the ransom being much too high to pay and most end up passing on the shows all together. Aniplex is just the asshole of all the R1 companies that wants to establish Japanese prices for anime in the R1 market. They need to sell much fewer sets to get their return on the investment so that they survive and troll the Fandom again. They are plainly trolling the R1 Anime Market.

I think you're forgetting that Aniplex actually creates animation while NIS, Funimation, Sentai etc does not. All they have to do is make back the cash for the license fee which is a rather cute amount of money compared to what Aniplex forks over to fund their titles.

SouthPacific wrote:

I think you're forgetting that Aniplex actually creates animation while NIS, Funimation, Sentai etc does not. All they have to do is make back the cash for the license fee which is a rather cute amount of money compared to what Aniplex forks over to fund their titles.

I think you're confusing Aniplex Japan with Aniplex USA. Aside from A1, they don't have animation studios themselves.

I think you're forgetting that Aniplex actually creates animation while NIS, Funimation, Sentai etc does not. All they have to do is make back the cash for the license fee which is a rather cute amount of money compared to what Aniplex forks over to fund their titles.

SouthPacific wrote:

I think you're forgetting that Aniplex actually creates animation while NIS, Funimation, Sentai etc does not. All they have to do is make back the cash for the license fee which is a rather cute amount of money compared to what Aniplex forks over to fund their titles.

You seem to be implying that Aniplex Japan created Aniplex USA to have R1 costumers help fund anime. That sounds like bs to me. The reason for AoA's business model is because they found a small consumer base willing to pay their prices.

Do not make things up and say that we are somehow funding, or impacting in a big way, the production of anime. By the time AoA released SAO on BD/DVD here, that production had been financed, recoup its investment and made profit long ago.

We might contribute some money to the Japanese companies, but it is nothing compared to what Japanese fans pay for their anime discs.

(Madoka Movies didn't get a great CE treatment so I imported the Japanese LEs).

The plus side is that the Blu-rays are region free (so far every single title has been tested & confirmed as A & B, from R.O.D. all the way to the recent Monogatari SS arc).

Here in the UK Psycho Pass and Attack on Titan got the worse treatment out of the whole English speaking regions. Attack on Titan had extras from the Blu-ray version stripped out and put on DVD exclusively to the Blu-ray Collector's Edition which is a cardboard flimsy box, and so far Part 2 doesn't even have the second half of the extras. Not to mention both sets have some subtitle issues. Thankfully Anime Limited are here to do stuff Manga & MVM can't even handle.

I agree on everything you said about Sentai. Their QC has been ridiculous but I'm hoping their Collector's Edition sets provide a good decent treatment (got Chunibyo pre-ordered knowing KAZE will probably screw over the UK release).

Ever heard of NIS America? Yeah, they do the same thing that Aniplex of America does, but at half the cost.

You must be confused, Sentai most certainly does not charge $60 for their 1 cour bare bones releases. They charge about $35.00.

And it's not about impacting the market in a big way, because we aren't remotely close to doing that. I have no idea why you draw this conclusion... It's about Aniplex making more money off US sales than they would if they licensed out their properties to other companies.

So you do in fact make a significantly larger impact on the industry by buying stuff from Aniplex USA, as opposed to the impact you'd make by buying Funimation products. But since you're so eager to try to prove me wrong i'll add this so that there's no room for odd conclusions on your part; the impact of buying Aniplex USA products is still small in comparison to buying actual Japanese releases. But it's still much more supportive to buy Aniplex USA releases than buying releases from middlemen like Funimation.

@ SouthPacific: no, you are completely wrong. AoA only releases Aniplex/A-1 Pictures titles. So if Funi, Sentai et al and others didn't exist, there are a lot of other titles that would not ever see any NA license fees/royalties. Especially for those titles that don't sell well in Japan, overseas license fees/royalties are very important. I can assure you that there are a host of Japanese production committees that are very glad distribs like Funi and Sentai exist.

Look, we get it: you're an AoA groupie, but don't let your love lead you into making obviously dumb statements.

I am not trying to prove you wrong necessarily; I am saying that you are making stuff up.