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Joe Mello
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I hope Dentsu minds the cultural gap. In the US, the only things that sell are the anime and manga, whereas companies get a huge chunk of revenue in Japan from merchandise. Also, the US is used to paying less than what the Japanese pay for movies ($40 for a normal DVD) and anime ($50 for 2 episodes) so there's a lot more at work than just Stupid Americans. |
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ZenErik
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I understand that people want to pay less, but the prices aren't that much lower considering all the features taken out and crappy packaging. Compare a $50 MSRP on a show like Aria the Animation and everything that comes with it (great art box, 4 discs, tons of interviews and other extras, 40+ page booklet) to a $60 MSRP on a show like Spice and Wolf in a single DVD case with 13 episodes on 2 discs... Maybe RightStuf gets their licenses dirt cheap (I don't really know much about the industry), but something doesn't make sense there. |
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ZakuAce
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Yes but you're forgetting that Spice & Wolf has a dub, which costs a lot of money, so the higher MSRP is warranted.
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ZenErik
Posts: 392 Location: Boston |
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I wouldn't say it is compared to all the extra features and nicer packaging of Aria. With no dub, it's not like Funimation would have dropped the price to $40. It would have probably still been at least $50, with the same crappy packaging and no extras on 2 DVDs. |
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Lord Geo
Posts: 2545 Location: North Brunswick, New Jersey |
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While I would love for B't X to get an actual proper release and I would absolutely love to finally get Shin Getter vs. Neo Getter on R1 DVD, it's the only recent Getter Robo anime to not come over, afterall, I'm not going to keep my hopes up for them... But I would love to be proven wrong. |
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EricDent
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Wonder if they are hiring...cause my last name is Dent...
Hopefully they can shake up things in the USA, especially with certain stores really reducing the stock of anime (every Best Buy I go to I have noticed that they are reducing yet again, even the store near the mall...) |
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jsevakis
Former ANN Editor in Chief
 Posts: 1684 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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You guys have gotten WAAAAAAY ahead of yourselves here. Nobody has said anything about this division releasing DVDs. The article says they're going to be managing properties. That means finding buyers for their IP, marketing and rights sales. Doesn't say they're producing anything.
I'd be shocked, given their experiences with Geneon USA, if Dentsu was in any hurry to repeat that little cluster-fack and go back to a market that people who KNOW physical media are struggling with. |
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labantnet
Posts: 57 Location: Anoka, MN |
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The only killer with this is how to do Texas Mac. Most of the fun with him is the horrible voicing and weird racism. "You Japanese monkey". I mean come on. What the hell is that? Will that playout as funny if done in English? |
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FireChick
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I wonder if this will mean more anime licenses for the US market???
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DangerMouse
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I'll take the content of the main thing I'm buying getting a fantastic dub and therefore including two great tracks as the primary with the bonus items second in convincing me to buy something, and I buy a lot of limited editions for higher cost when the main content gets full treatment.
Agreed, unfortunately the track record with "US R2s" is that they won't, just like with Aniplex who I thought would different given how big they are. |
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KoujiTamino
 Posts: 163 Location: Tacoma, WA, USA |
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...You mean just like Sentai/Section23? And let's not forget about Kannagi and Hayate from Bandai... Nozomi is the exception, not the rule. They only release maybe a handful of titles every few months. They have a different business model than everyone else. |
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Kid Ryan
 Posts: 506 Location: Sacramento, California |
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I'm looking forward to the Dub Only (or possibly dual audio?) DVD releases of Deltora Quest
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Mohawk52
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The problem with Geneon is that through Dentsu it sold the right way, but with the wrong product. Unless Dentsu has had a big change in corporate policy regarding the US, and the world, I can't see them succeeding any better this time round, but time will only tell. Good luck to them mending the fences they destroyed. 
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Sarkozy
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Nothing is gained, nothing is lost by this.
That I care about anyways. |
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Takeyo
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"What makes a man turn Neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of Neutrality?"
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