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J3N0V4
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 Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:08 am
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This should happen more often, even if the quality of the subs are average it would still increase the potential market 10 fold
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enurtsol
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:26 am
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| J3N0V4 wrote: | | This should happen more often, even if the quality of the subs are average it would still increase the potential market 10 fold |
Though they're not gonna increase the production run 10 fold. 
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Polycell
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:08 am
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I highly doubt that there'd be a tenfold increase in purchases because of English subtitles, not at Japanese prices.
And I don't think we'd be able to handle the concomitant explosion in anime productions if there was.
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Ingraman
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:44 am
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| gsilver wrote: | | I looked on Amazon, and it looks like the DVDs cost far less than the Blu-Rays, with the Blu-Rays costing up to 250% of the DVD price.
So, rather than high episode counts, this is just a super-niche (hardcore Jojo's fans) within a super-niche (Blu-Ray) within a super-niche (anime) |
Well, using Google to run a (poor) translation, it seems that at least BD v1 comes with a soundtrack that the DVD doesn't have...
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Polycell
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:47 am
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These days it's not terribly unusual for the DVD to only come in the standard edition and only have the LE available on Blu-ray.
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tuxedocat
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:53 am
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| RyanSaotome wrote: | | Welcome to the world of Japanese Anime pricing. I wonder how many people over here would still buy anime if they used Japanese prices.. |
This is why piracy is so high. |
Piracy is due to a false sense of entitlement. Owning is a luxury. This is a huge title that will most likely have legal streaming. |
I hope they plan to stream this legally somewhere. I love Jojo, but there is now way I'm going to be lured into paying $100/disc without getting an idea of what the show will look like.
Japanese prices - if this becomes the norm for anime, my buying will probably reduce to only one or two shows a year. Max.
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Majin Tenshi
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:40 am
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Will get the BD release, jojo and code geass are the only titles that I am actually interested in and the BDs have sub. Therefore, I am buying.
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KabaKabaFruit
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:11 am
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I'm actually quite amazed that the BDs will have English Subs. I wonder how good they will be. 
| RyanSaotome wrote: | | Welcome to the world of Japanese Anime pricing. I wonder how many people over here would still buy anime if they used Japanese prices.. |
I would.
| gsilver wrote: | | I don't think it will stop a US release, but it will likely delay it. |
Honestly, the only thing that would delay a US release is the issue surrounding music names and that's if one company is even willing to look at the license.
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Polycell
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:08 am
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| KabaKabaFruit wrote: | I'm actually quite amazed that the BDs will have English Subs. I wonder how good they will be. |
From what I've heard, they typically use the same companies that provide subtitles for simulcasts, so they should be adequate., so it's not a terribly big deal.
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jree78
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:38 am
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Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere has english subtitles on their blu rays and they use the Crunchyroll/Sentai translation just about word for word. The first season comes out next month dubbed on blu ray. I got the limited edition first blu ray for the second season and I was so impressed as to what you get. It's pretty expensive but in my opinion worth it for me.
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strawberry-kun
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:50 am
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If Japanese prices became the norm, I'd stop watching anime all together for the most part. I'd rewatch my old stuff, but I certainly wouldn't pay Japanese prices. I also hate digital distribution, so I wouldn't even watch new stuff on Crunchyroll.
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Imed81
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:32 am
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what is the issue of Japaneses price, is it not reasonable.?
TV Price KSA
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Kutsu
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:33 am
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| Imed81 wrote: | | what is the issue of Japaneses price, is it not reasonable.? |
They're extremely high. But hey, at least the dollar is now at around 100 yen compared to around 80 a year ago so importing should be a little less expensive.
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isamu99
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Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 5:43 pm
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So the 9th and final volume of the BluRay is coming out in Japan today?
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