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SaiyanHero16
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Well most of my DVDs and Blu-rays didn't come with extras so space isn't an issue for me yet. |
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SpacemanHardy
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That's debatable, if you ask me. Given Aniplex's tendency to leave any and all behind the scenes featurettes, interviews, and commentaries off their US releases (I'm actually VERY surprised they included the commentaries on the Bakemonogatari set, to be honest), their sets tend to be rather featureless, more often than not only including clean opening and ending credits. Unless you count "deluxe packaging" and a handful of dumb, measly postcards as cool stuff. Which, let's be honest, is little more than fluff. That's like charging 2 dollars for a cupcake, but 40 dollars for the wrapper it comes in. |
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luffypirate
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If these make it to home video, I'll buy them. I own Aniplex of Americas entire catalog. Might as well keep it up.
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ZeetherKID77
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Oh great. I am now convinced that Aniplex wants NOTHING to do with any R1 licensor but themselves now. Worst company ever. "We know what anime fans want" my behind. I bet none of these releases will be affordable, with or without a dub.
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bacondreamer
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You should complain to the Japanese fans and see how they respond.....mind you they pay $65-80 for 2-3 episodes.... |
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SpacemanHardy
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They still license shows out to other licensors. Just mainly the shows that they don't see making a big profit, so it's pretty much them pushing their dross off to everyone else. And even then, they force the licensor to neuter their bluray releases with garbage like forced subtitles and dub-only releases. Yeah.... REALLY putting your customers first there, Ani. 
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Bright_Spear
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I love you so much SpacemanHardy!.....I mean I agree fully
Most everything aniplex puts out is overpriced without much to show for it. They throw a bare bones dvd's set out with with a couple postcards and other crap and jack up the price.And they can get away with it because the shows are really popular and they'll have the fans by the you know whats. I really want Sword Art Online but they'll split it in two sets and jack it up to $150 each. But I'll have the postcards to console me. 
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Divineking
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I;m not surprised but this kind of sucks.
I'm pretty confident Magi and SAO will be dubbed but Aniplex still hasn't figured out R1 pricing yet so I'm really afraid of how much they'll be charging. It may be tolerable if it's something close to Durarara's pricing(even though that's still not at the R1 standard) but it's Madoka level or beyond my wallet will be crying in agony |
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luffypirate
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That's strange because I think they are the best thing this market has to offer. Unique titles, speedy releases, Japanese styled packaging, everything I want. Since Bandai Visual was "absorbed" in '08, no one has been able to give me that feeling of satisfaction. I appreciate all they do. |
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Blood-
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It always amazes me that some people think this point is relevant at all. Who cares what Japanese fans would think of North American prices? We are talking two totally different markets with two totally different pricing expectations. What is relevant is the price AoA asks of it customers relative to OTHER NA distribs. Seems like a pretty basic point. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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When Japan and North America are both BluRay Region A, it is the same market, more or less. For popular shows, even after time passes in Japan, why would they want a competitor to release a product at 1/5th of the the Japanese price? I don't like it either, but the market will probably shift to this at a quicker rate. Japanese fans are more important because they will continually spend more. I'd sure as hell cater to their needs before anyone else's. |
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killerjaws12
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cant wait to buy sao and magi but i feel its going to be super expensive
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Touma
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That seems like a better analogy to me. Anybody who does not want to pay the price for what they are selling can just not buy it, which is what I will be doing. I have never bought an Aniplex release and I do not see any in my future. It is possible that they might decide to do some budget releases after the market for the Limited Editions is saturated. If that ever happens then I might buy something from them. It makes me sad that they got Sword Art Online because I really do want to see that, but I will just buy and watch something else. |
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takachsh
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So glad to see these 3 licensed by Aniplex! Looking forward to really pretty releases for SOA and Magi! Yay!
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Divineking
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This 100% I appreciate that Aniplex's releases have a lot of extras and stuff, but they really need to learn to conform to current R1 prices. It's part of what killed Bandai and while Aniplex has a better chance of getting away with it in the long run, they also have a chance at getting a broader audience if they try since they do have a fairly good assortment of shows. It can't be that hard to just do limited and regular editions, with the regular additions actually being at standard prices. Don't think it would bring them into the mainstream or anything, but it would satisfy both sides, and get them more customers in the long run. |
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