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traveling
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I have to agree with dtm42. The pricing complaints are just trolling at this point. There wasn't even a price nor release date mentioned in the article. At that, no one is stopping you from streaming it on Crunchyroll. At least there is a relatively cheap way to watch the shows and still never own them.
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dtm42
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@roseversailles:
You are talking about Kizumonogatari, chronologically the first in the series. It is being adapted into a movie, the same one you heard about. SHAFT are working on it as we speak but SHAFT being SHAFT, they are taking their sweet time. |
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Tony K.
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As pointed out, the AoA pricing thing is a dead horse, already, so just live with it. Please report any attempts at the mere mention or attempted derailing of the thread in relation to AoA pricing, and I will try to t get rid of it before it taints the rest of the thread. Thanks.
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roseversailles
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Thank you! All the pieces are clicking together now  Hopefully the fact that SHAFT are taking their time means we'll get a good final product~ Very interested in seeing how that turns out. I still need to finish Nisemonogatari before the new series air; can't wait to hear the new boxsets be announced.
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dtm42
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You are very welcome. Kizumonogatari not only covers the all-important events of Golden Week, but the Light Novel is also supposed to be the best-written part of the franchise. If SHAFT do the novel justice - and we all hope it will - then the Kizumonogatari movie should be freaking awesome. I am usually quite cautious about raising my expectations too much but I can't help but get amped for the movie. |
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iCards
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If it is trolling then: I'm normally pretty understanding. Aniplex was new so I bought their regular edition Madoka Blu-Rays no questions asked since that was the first Dub Aniplex produced and released themselves, and I liked the one Modoka episode I had seen before. However, to those who have just resigned themselves to this model I have to ask: Did you spend $800 needed for Fate/Zero?; Did you spend the $300 on Oreimo?; Are you going to spend the $550 on the Gurren Lagann Blu-rays? If the SAO blu-ray was $40-$45 for a regular release of the 7 episodes we are getting per release then it would be a sure fire buy for me, but as I told some other posts, I bought the ENTIRE series of Guilty Crown L.E., for the SAME price of 1 SAO volume, plus 36 more episodes of anime for only $20 more than the price of 2 SAO volumes. I have all of SAO per-ordered right now, but I am in the mind set that it can be cancelled at anytime, instead of safely guaranteed. |
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halochief_90
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I am actually below the poverty line (I work a minimum wage job) but I can still afford about five $30-$40 releases a month. Don't tell me I'm in the wrong hobby if I won't spend $300 on one series when I can still buy 10 anime releases at the same price. I could sacrifice all that for one Aniplex release, but chances are I want one of those $30 releases just as much as Aniplex's release. Again, I'm not bitter against Aniplex's pricing. In a way, it saves me money from buying another anime where I probably won't lose sleep if I don't own it. |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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Of course many people save a little each week for their hobbies. It's called being financially responsible. Most people on low incomes get paid weekly, therefore it's important to have a weekly budget. And I was talking about saving for shows that you must own. It is obvious from what you have said that you don't need to own Monogatari. Therefore, what I said is still valid. If you (and I'm speaking generally here) can't find $10 per week to own something that you absolutely have to have, then Anime is not the hobby for you. And if you don't want to save $10 per week to own an AoA release then you are obviously not the sort of consumer AoA is catering to. Anyway, as Tony K. said the actual pricing discussion is over. I'm sure people will whine all they want once the prices are announced late this year or early next year. Last edited by dtm42 on Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:23 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Alunimus
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For me it is not the price that brings sadness but AoA's restrictions. Their box-sets can be shipped only within USA and Canada, unlike other products from other publishers that can be sent anywhere (except for Japan sometimes). I really like Monogatari series and I would like to give my money but they aren't letting me!
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dtm42
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Really? I found that RightStuf were perfectly happy to ship to me and I'm in New Zealand. Edit: Ah, you meant like Bakemonogatari and whatnot. Yeah, I agree. |
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crosswithyou
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This is where you make friends in the U.S.
I've got friends who can ship me the stuff or bring them to me when they visit Japan, and there's also family but they're lazy to go to the PO so I usually end up asking friends. ^^; |
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invalidname
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So about the streaming announcement… anyone think this will be exclusive to the "Aniplex Channel" site? I think all they said is "we will be streaming…"
Since Aniplex Channel doesn't work on mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) or set-tops like Roku, that would be a pretty big step backwards in availablility versus streaming it on Crunchyroll, which seems to be everywhere now. |
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hpulley
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I was worried for a moment but then I pulled out my 14 Kodansha Box editions of all the Monogatari novels so far and saw that the two Bakemonogatari novels are much wider compared to the 6 they are doing for Second season: Nekomonogatari Shiro 308p Kabukimonogatari 356p Hanamonogatari 292p Otorimonogatari 292p Onimonogatari 292p Koimonogatari 292p Bakemonogatari was 456p + 408p in 15 episodes (57p/ep) Nisemonogatari was 332p + 336p in 11 episodes (61p/ep) Nekomonogatari Kuro 324p in 4 episodes (81p/episode) Average: 62 pages / episode over 30 episodes. The 6 novels for second season are 1832 pages. 26 episodes will be about 70 pages/episode which is a little faster than Nise and Bake, yes but not terribly so. It is slower than Kuro. For reference Kizu is 372 pages which might be a bit rushed unless it is a longer movie for anime. By comparison, Yahari/Oregaru/SNAFU is 130-150pages/episode while some episodes of Red Data Girl are 200-500 pages! Last edited by hpulley on Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:50 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Blood-
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hpulley - thanks for that breakdown. Very useful!
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HosannaExcelsis
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Aniplex of America streams their shows for free on sites such as Hulu. That's ensuring that as many people as possible are able to watch them. |
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