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NEWS: Bandai Entertainment Adds Kannagi Anime DVDs & Streams

I don't disagree with you on that. It's just that it seems like local companies are bending backward to cater hardcore Taiwanese fans' whim.

Are Taiwanese fans are like Japanese fans?

Are you serious?

Did Taiwanese companies made local fans angry by making mediocre product in the past? Or is this cultural thing?

If Japanese hates reverse importation, how come the DVD you showed us earlier look exactly alike Japanese version except obi sleeve and company logo? Wouldn't Japanese hate Taiwanese companies for that?

I wonder what made Japanese to dictate package design of foreign licensee.

How's this? Coming up with attractive design that is different from Japanese aesthetic and appeals to local fans. It doesn't have to be superior, but just as desirable as Japanese counterpart.

Really, I strongly believe that Taiwan has potential, but it's shame that local companies have to put up with red tapes.

Conan-san wrote:

My Question is thus: Bandai, why do you hate money so?

Bandia loves money just like the rest of us. The problem is that the UK market is too small for them bother with. The US market is large enough to support a subtitled (but not dubbed) release and produce a decent profit. The UK market wouldn't even even make back the DVD mastering costs. Streaming has the same problem. Somebody somewhere has to pay for the streams and there's nobody in the UK market to do it.

I know this isn't what you want to hear and it's too bad you're getting such a raw deal. But throwing stones at Bandai won't make the numbers work any better. If you want Kannagi you'll have to convince what's left of the importers that the title will be a profitable one for them to bring over. Or you'll have to import. Either way you'll have to settle for a sub-only release.

At least that's better than what I get when I import from Japan. I have to pay a lot more for R2 DVDs that don't even have subtitles.

At this rate even if they do license [Haruhi 2] it'll get the sub-only treatment. It wouldn't surprise me, given the fact they wouldn't even dub the Lucky Star OVA.

You know what, no.

No i'm not going to do that, instead, I'm going to fire up my Bittorrent Client and download the whole series

Probably in 1080p , probably subbed better and for little to no cost unto myself.

Because Bandai clearly think me (and, if they so allow me to label them as much, my fellow Brittons) a lost cause and hence I (and they, if they so etc.) shall act as much.

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Because Bandai clearly think me (and, if they so allow me to label them as much, my fellow Brittons) a lost cause and hence I (and they, if they so etc.) shall act as much.

Maybe that's due to the lack of demand for anime in the UK market?

I'm too lazy to read all 14 pages, so sorry if this was asked already. Can you buy the DVD only via amazon or right stuf? I can't use those two and my standard shop doesn't list the series =/

Dr Grant Swinger wrote:

Quote: Because Bandai clearly think me (and, if they so allow me to label them as much, my fellow Brittons) a lost cause and hence I (and they, if they so etc.) shall act as much. Maybe that's due to the lack of demand for anime in the UK market?

That article is about the lack of anime on British teles not lack of demand. We've been harping on to our terrestrials for years with limited success as that article reports. We have our conventions annually too, and attendance has been rising at each one so-far. No our only problem at the moment is lack of supply of new titles.

Wow, why did I not see any mention of "Kannagi + subtitles + Bandai" at Aniplex's booth? I thought they were trying to get people to buy the R2 volume 1 for that autograph signing.

And in reading through all 14 pages of this thread, I can only conclude that whatever the R1 companies do, it will never be right. Too few episodes on a DVD? Rip-off. Too many episodes on a DVD? Bootleg quality. Sub-only? Glorified fansubs. Dual-language? Making people "subsidize something they don't want." At this point, they've tried just about everything everything except acquiring the (often crappy station upscaled) HD fansubs and burning them directly to Blu-Ray for online-only sales and soliciting dub-only DVDs to b+m stores.

Zalis116 wrote:

Wow, why did I not see any mention of "Kannagi + subtitles + Bandai" at Aniplex's booth? I thought they were trying to get people to buy the R2 volume 1 for that autograph signing. And in reading through all 14 pages of this thread, I can only conclude that whatever the R1 companies do, it will never be right. Too few episodes on a DVD? Rip-off. Too many episodes on a DVD? Bootleg quality. Sub-only? Glorified fansubs. Dual-language? Making people "subsidize something they don't want." At this point, they've tried just about everything everything except acquiring the (often crappy station upscaled) HD fansubs and burning them directly to Blu-Ray for online-only sales and soliciting dub-only DVDs to b+m stores.

I ran across a new gripe recently. Heaven forfend if a distrib can't get the rights to the original music/song used in an OP. Apparently without this key creative element, purchasing a DVD is a DEALBREAKER.