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NEWS: Toradora BD Box to Include All-New Episode

Razzuel wrote:

Before you guys completely write it off because it's an upscale, you should check out how it compares. Here are some comparison shots: http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20110808_466237.html http://cfile2.uf.tistory.com/original/191645414E4E44F00CD7FB It actually looks pretty good.

Thanks for that. Whatever filtering technique they used does look very good, certainly better than straight bi/trilinear scaling.

Is it really that unlikely? They're doing BD with Katanagatari and Awakawa. Maybe we could get a US BD set with the OVA in 2-3 years to let the reverse-importation-fear window close.

Micro_Ice wrote:

Around $520 for the box set, that's INSANE, who would actually pay that?

Me?

You guys are always complaining about the price, and it's not such a big deal... not in Japan at least. The weird ones are the westerners, selling a full set of episodes for the production price of two or three. Luckily they aren't the ones creating the anime and they just sell cheap copies elsewhere, with changed colours, resolution, texts, editions, and a lo~ng etc. Due to all that, selling cheap and doing it cheap, they can get benefits. But I wonder, wouldn't it be better to offer high quality boxes, BDs/DVDs, photo-paper colour booklets, correct and consistent translations for 60-70$ for two~three episodes instead of 12/13/24~26/48~52 with trashy booklets/BDs/DVDs/etc for the same price?

I'll admit it, I'm an admirer of well done releases with excellent quality items, and I don't really mind paying 500+$ for a Box (after all, buying the individual releases is more expensive, at least 15~20% more than the Box's price), and I hate above all the trashy releases we mostly get in the west for 1/10th of the price, meaning 1/10th of the quality (well, not really, but the quality is heavily reduced).

Some will think as I do? Surely, as I know many. Some won't? Absolutely, as you two have clearly stated. What's clear is that they just tend to your needs, but not ours, so we (meaning me and those who think as I do) end up not buying western releases and importing Japan's.

Shiroi Hane wrote:

Considering it is unlikely that NISA will be re-releasing this on BD it is a shame there are no subtitles.

Is it really that unlikely? They're doing BD with Katanagatari and Awakawa. Maybe we could get a US BD set with the OVA in 2-3 years to let the reverse-importation-fear window close.

einhorn303 wrote:

Is it really that unlikely? They're doing BD with Katanagatari and Awakawa. Maybe we could get a US BD set with the OVA in 2-3 years to let the reverse-importation-fear window close.

Or hopefully, long enough to have pulled enough profit for a dubbed release.

Well, most people actually don't like to spend beyond their means so that they can do more important things than watching anime like eating that week, or paying the bills. There's nothing wrong with being practical with money. If you can afford it, good for you, but understand that there are large numbers of people who can't or would rather buy 3 or 4 series of similar length for that much instead and get more for their money.

Micro_Ice wrote:

Around $520 for the box set, that's INSANE, who would actually pay that?

Me?

You guys are always complaining about the price, and it's not such a big deal... not in Japan at least. The weird ones are the westerners, selling a full set of episodes for the production price of two or three. Luckily they aren't the ones creating the anime and they just sell cheap copies elsewhere, with changed colours, resolution, texts, editions, and a lo~ng etc. Due to all that, selling cheap and doing it cheap, they can get benefits. But I wonder, wouldn't it be better to offer high quality boxes, BDs/DVDs, photo-paper colour booklets, correct and consistent translations for 60-70$ for two~three episodes instead of 12/13/24~26/48~52 with trashy booklets/BDs/DVDs/etc for the same price?

I'll admit it, I'm an admirer of well done releases with excellent quality items, and I don't really mind paying 500+$ for a Box (after all, buying the individual releases is more expensive, at least 15~20% more than the Box's price), and I hate above all the trashy releases we mostly get in the west for 1/10th of the price, meaning 1/10th of the quality (well, not really, but the quality is heavily reduced).

Some will think as I do? Surely, as I know many. Some won't? Absolutely, as you two have clearly stated. What's clear is that they just tend to your needs, but not ours, so we (meaning me and those who think as I do) end up not buying western releases and importing Japan's.

I've been meaning to post this message for a while and this thread seems like an appropriate place: I absolutely would not be able to afford Japanese prices, so I am thankful that we outside of Japan do have cheaper alternatives. However, as agog as I am at Japanese prices, I am incredibly grateful that there are Japanese otaku willing to pay them because they are the only reason that many of the anime series I love get made. Without that dedicated cadre willing to shell out the big bucks for niche titles, about the only thing that would get made would be Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece, Bleach and Naruto. Oh, and my thanks too, to the handful of anime collectors who import from Japan since your purchases "count" when it comes to decisions about what will get made.

This thread is too much. People will find any way imaginable to explain away the insanely exorbitant pricing of sets like this.