Forum - View topicNEWS: Pony Canyon Will Release Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Denki-Gai no Honya-san in North America
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Kadmos1
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As long the Japanese side doesn't decide to pull Aniplex of America prices, I think I would be fine with their prices.
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leafy sea dragon
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No, I'm not talking about anime releases, but western releases of western media. For the price of a Kill la Kill single, you can get an entire season of The Simpsons. Even classic Disney films, which get limited runs and are aimed at collectors, will cost no more than US$30. They are priced competitively, with each of the major studios setting prices as low as possible because to them, casting the widest net will allow them the greatest possible profit. The only exceptions seem to be those super box sets, of stuff like Game of Thrones or the Matrix trilogy, which are crammed with every special feature they can fit into these discs. (This is what I meant by the "super collectors' editions" in my previous post.) A far cry from the little postcards you get from anime home video. Hence, even there, there's the principle of maximum value relative to the price--they may be $130 or more, but you're getting much more content as you would the movies/episodes by themselves. (The US$180 Harry Potter Years 1-3 collection has nine discs: the movies on the first three discs, with the remaining six being special features, for instance.) Is there a substantial used market for anime on home video? There is for western media, though it's not that big. You can also outright buy movies from Redbox machines that they're about to phase out at reduced prices. Last edited by leafy sea dragon on Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:18 pm; edited 4 times in total |
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Rederoin
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Higher prices means a higher chance of them including the translated VN(like with the Japanese release). I'm okay with that. |
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Covnam
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I'll wait till we get more info before reacting, but there is an ad I'm seeing right now for Denki-Gai right here on ANN. So far it goes nowhere though.
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mdo7
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For those of you that didn't see this press release. Right Stuf and Pony Canyon has announced a exclusive distribution deal.
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getchman
 He started itPosts: 9121 Location: Bedford, NH |
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so does this very article |
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mdo7
Posts: 6268 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Whoops, my apologies.  Didn't read that part carefully.
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Rukiia
 Posts: 1897 Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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Found this through ANN's advertising.
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Megiddo
 Posts: 8360 Location: IL |
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So the question is if they will use two or three boxes for a one cour release. I'll go ahead and guess three.
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Mr. Oshawott
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The artwork on both the packaging and the discs look great!
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Rukiia
Posts: 1897 Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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Details of the set are now up on the site.
$70 for 4 episodes and a standard looking boxset. They are even more expensive then Aniplex USA. I am rather disappointed....was hoping to buy Yuki Yuna but with that kind of pricing I will have to pass. |
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noblesse oblige
 Posts: 280 Location: Florida |
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So looks like it's getting released in 4 episode sets for $89.98 MSRP. For those wondering, that's even more expensive than Aniplex pricing. Similar to the Kill la Kill release except with an MSRP that's 20% higher.
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fireaxe
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Aniplex's Madoka Magica LE's and this would be a much more accurate comparison.
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Mr. Oshawott
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Ohh, man...
$72 for just every four episodes of Denki-Gai? That's around $216 total if one wants to own the entire show, unless I'm wrong using this assessment (in which I hope I'm wrong)! I have to agree, that price tag makes Aniplex of the U.S. [for the most part] look like saints with theirs. |
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leafy sea dragon
Posts: 7163 Location: Another Kingdom |
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What is the price? These last posts all have a different price.
Nevertheless, they are all way too high. They will have no chance of competing with local distributors, especially of domestic releases. I mean, for the price of those 4 episodes, I can get two seasons of Adventure Time and still have some money left, accounting for sales tax (though how much depends on if it's $70, $72, or $90). Maybe I'll wait until Denki-Gai inevitably winds up at RightStuf's clearance at drastically reduced prices and I'll harvest off of Ponycan's corpse. |
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