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NEWS: Sentai Filmworks Relinquishes Ro-Kyu-Bu! Home Video Rights

Scormio wrote:

It can't be reverse-importation, as Sentai was only doing a Sub-only DVD release.

Why not? It will be in Japanese, so the Japanese might import it much cheaper than they could buy it n Japan, if they have an R1 player.

zensunni wrote:

Scormio wrote: It can't be reverse-importation, as Sentai was only doing a Sub-only DVD release. Why not? It will be in Japanese, so the Japanese might import it much cheaper than they could buy it n Japan, if they have an R1 player.

I've said it before, I doubt the mighty, proud Japanese otaku would desire to import bare bones releases from North America. Japanese companies are just being paranoid.

so does it means sentai lost the full rights of ro-kyu-bu anime & yet does also means any anime license company can pick up this anime?

zensunni wrote:

Scormio wrote: It can't be reverse-importation, as Sentai was only doing a Sub-only DVD release. Why not? It will be in Japanese, so the Japanese might import it much cheaper than they could buy it n Japan, if they have an R1 player.

I've said it before, I doubt the mighty, proud Japanese otaku would desire to import bare bones releases from North America. Japanese companies are just being paranoid.

It sold an average of 6.5k, which is a solid success.

I dunno about you, but TvTropes was seriously getting their panties into a twist about Lotte. I think they chose to ban it from the site eventually.

since when are Sentai's subs hardcoded into the videos?

RyanSaotome wrote:

It sold an average of 6.5k, which is a solid success.

That depends entirely on the costs involved and what other revenue streams there are.

I dunno about you, but TvTropes was seriously getting their panties into a twist about Lotte. I think they chose to ban it from the site eventually.

angelmcazares wrote:

zensunni wrote: Scormio wrote: It can't be reverse-importation, as Sentai was only doing a Sub-only DVD release. Why not? It will be in Japanese, so the Japanese might import it much cheaper than they could buy it n Japan, if they have an R1 player. I've said it before, I doubt the mighty, proud Japanese otaku would desire to import bare bones releases from North America. Japanese companies are just being paranoid.

As I've said before, I doubt it effects the bigger titles. But how about lesser titles the otaku don't care enough about to pay 400 dollars for? Getting something for a very low budget price can make it more attractive. Reverse importation is a real thing.

I can see the same sort of person/committee who thinks this is a good idea getting skittish about how the content will be seen outside Japan... remember this?

Generally hardcore Malaysian anime fans would rather jump through all the hoops necessary to mail order R1 or R2 anime (warning: link to whole forum discussion, long thread) and totally ignore Hong Kong or Taiwan distributors. Even though it's possible to get legal anime distributors in Asia, the waters are so pirate and shark-infested that there's sometimes no telling the difference between the pirates and the legits.

(Edit: If you follow my link there is a post someone made mentioning legal Taiwanese anime distributors, but it probably says something when that's the only mention I could find anywhere. You've also got dodgy situations like this company that acquired the license to distribute the first season of Naruto but not the others, but continued selling bootlegs of later seasons that they hadn't acquired the license for, for a while. Can't find the story now. )

HeeroTX wrote:

re: Reverse Importation, I could totally believe that's a factor though, considering I can show you a discussion thread right now about Japanese comparing the prices of Princess Tutu DVDs in Japan and America.

Got a link to it? Not that I don't believe you: I'm just really curious to see it.

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I dunno about you, but TvTropes was seriously getting their panties into a twist about Lotte. I think they chose to ban it from the site eventually.

In fact, TV Tropes are shooting themselves in the foot, since there's an alternative, uncensored version of their site, and if they keep with that censoring style crap, they will going bankrupt in no time.