Forum - View topicNEWS: Aniplex USA Offers Nisekoi on English-Subtitled Blu-ray
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getchman
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a minivan and now a stick shift? what's up with the car references? |
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SpacemanHardy
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Why don't you ask our friend over there? I'm sure he'd love to tell you.
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JackCSutcliffe
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How about we send something to AoA like a letter or something? If anyone wants to, here's their address:
ANIPLEX OF AMERICA INC. 2120 Colorado Avenue, Suite 125 Santa Monica, CA 90404 |
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CrownKlown
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Another alternative to a UK blu ray player is to get a pc with a blu ray player, you can get around region locking on a pc with several different video players. Also internal blu ray players for the pc have dropped to 50-60, maybe even less so if you any handy man skills its not that hard to install.
But agree with the others, 200 for 20 episode show. Not a chance in hell, especially with their cheap ass products. I have both Bake and niseo and they really weren't worth the price tags. |
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Leland Lee
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That too. Right off the bat, you can install a driver for VLC media player that allows region free disc playback. That said, my own advice is a little bit biased. I have a really, really nice big TV. So by second nature, I tend to think everyone else would like to sit on a couch watch their stuff on a TV.
I was. I posted an Amazon UK link to it as an example of Aniplex's bullshit pricing over here. Animegomaniac found an agreeable ground. He too finds UK's price preferable, and finds AoA's price ridiculous to a point of a purchase denied. AKA, he likes UK's cheaper price tag and finds it more affordable. As do, I dunno, most people? Cause, I mean, really. A cheaper alternative! Who would'a thunked it. So. What about that doesn't make any sense? |
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Samo2222
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Regardless of price and all, the Blu-ray version of the series has had some ridiculous changes. Like SHAFT did the opposite of what they usually do when their series gets a home release. It honestly doesn't look as good as the broadcast.
http://www.otakutale.com/2014/nisekoi-tv-blu-ray-comparisons/ |
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TarsTarkas
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Wonder if the pricing scheme was brought up at the Aniplex panels at Otakon, or was everyone bribed with prizes.
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shamisen the great
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I don't really like Aniplex's trend of releasing shows in singles, but I guess I'll buy it. Shaft and Shinbo don't usually let me down, so I try to get any shows they make. It seems like Aniplex USA gets all the best licenses unfortunately.
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
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If these guys appeared to show the slightest interest in anything outside of maximizing their profit, then your suggestion might have merit. But as it is, it'd be a total waste of time. As long as their current model bears fruit, they're not going to change it. |
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dtm42
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They also don't have the Nisekoi anime in stock and won't for a while yet. Duh. You want Japanese speed of release, you pay higher prices. Why is it that people cannot understand this simple fact? |
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Leland Lee
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I don't think they hold Q&A panels. Probably to avoid this exact subject. Any time it's brought up on their facebook page, it's swiftly deleted. Because they care. |
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dtm42
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Because they don't want idiots to spam them with the same old uninformed BS complaints. AoA knows that most people think their prices are too high; being the 112,804th person to complain does not tell them anything new. As long as their business model works - and it does work, of that there is no question - then your criticism is worthless. If you are not willing to pay the prices AoA charges then you are not the sort of person they need to hear from because you aren't part of the group that keeps their business profitable. |
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Leland Lee
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Too true. I'll stick to my current strategy since it's been serving me far more efficiently than any complaint I could direct at them. And I suggest anyone else who finds Aniplex's business model problematic do the same. It'll do you a whole lot more good than just bantering on and on every time there's an Aniplex announcement. Maybe I'll make a thread in the retail forum when I'm feeling less....lazy. |
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LordByron227
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Lol, this thread. Coming from a guy who bought the VITA for P4G only, who'll drop 500 bucks on new PC upgrades and over 1k on figures. I would not hesitate to pick up an AOA release if it was a series I truly love.
The fanbase reeks of entitlement sometimes. HOW DARE a company release something I CAN'T afford. Almost as bad as the people who live in Rent Controled/Stabilized apartments in my city. |
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dtm42
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Only "sometimes"? I would argue that the stench of entitlement is more or less permanent. I mean, people can watch AoA titles on Crunchyroll for practically free, but instead all they whine about is how the home video releases are so expensive. As I've often said, many fans think they have the right to buy whatever they want at whatever price point they like, nevermind that different releases each have their own unique factors to consider. When you point out that there's an unavoidable markup to stop reverse importation these people will still bellyache in every AoA thread. Why? Because they think throwing temper tantrums will get them what they want; I can't blame AoA for ignoring them. |
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