Forum - View topicInterview: Garden of Sinners' Atsuhiro Iwakami and Hikaru Kondo
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OtakuExile
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And for F- sake, don't watch Kara no Kyokai with your Dad. It an engrossing seven movie story not marathon family hour at the Casey's. |
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John Casey
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Firstly, as someone who once owned an MKV player, I can guarantee you that they be horseshit. I owned three in the past, and they all ended up at Goodwill's due to various, frankly retarded problems, ranging from not being able to read USB sticks, to constant video fizz outs, to HDMI cables not working, to remote controls not functioning at all. Etc etc etc. I guess they all in general are built like crap. And even if they aren't, I'm not bothering with them anymore. Three times is way more than enough. Secondly, you don't know my dad, so shut the hell up and get disappeared. It was his idea anyway - one which I fully support. If you assume that he's a "Disney dad", then you haven't been on these forums long enough, didn't see too many of my posts, and therefore would jump to stupid ass conclusions without any sort of basis. It was my dad who introduced me to anime. And his idea of introducing his kid to anime isn't watching some shit like Pokemon. It was Escaflowne, Lodoss War, and Berserk. Did I have a slightly screwed up childhood as a result? Possibly. But it's almost assured it was helluva lot more fun than yours, if that's what your direct assumption is. |
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asimpson2006
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Not everyone who works can afford a $400 BD set. Hell I don't bring home $400 a week to afford that. Even if I did I probably wouldn't buy this set, since I know nothing of the series. |
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John Casey
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To the moderator who deleted the last few posts including my own, thank you!
I've already stated this before, but I'm done confronting people, especially zealots and hypocrites, over my decision. So don't bother posting your disapproval over how pure evil I am. Oh, and just for clarification... Random Canadian eBayer who sells mostly kitchenware and random music equipment, with a single DVD listed =/= Chinese Triad bootlegging evildoer. Just wanted to set that record straight, for the, I dunno, third time now? Like I've said a million times now, when Aniplex releases a reasonably priced set, I'll be all over it. I love this series. I'm a self-confessed fanboy, even. But until then.... |
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OtakuExile
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Censorship. Damn. (2ways)
I wonder what was cut when they made the discs? |
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citizenplain
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Probably not quite as strong a message as a $400 box set completely selling out on the first day of an extremely limited release.[/quote] I was very happy to read that bit of news when it broke. I was hoping Right Stuff would sell out of those box sets, as it was a sign of two things: an improving economy (for hardcore buyers at least), and a sign that there are still people who appreciate collector's editions in this digital age. I just wish they'd couple it with a lower priced release, or maybe even distribute it digitally somehow. |
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TarsTarkas
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At first I thought it was crazy to pay 400 dollars for this. Only the most crazed fans would drop that much money for it.
Now, I have been watching "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", and I have realized that I would pay anything for this series. Especially, if the series will not make it over here. I don't believe I am crazed, but perhaps I am. |
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gwdone
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I liked the interview. I also am one that likes good packaging for my taste and shelves.
'Garden of Sinners' is doing something right because after seeing how crisp the artwork was, and the fact that it looked like a pretty heavy series of movies, I decided to take a dive and get it. .. Well, it's sold out in the U.S. and in Japan. At least it is at the places I shop. I also like the 'Persona' / 'Toradora' / 'Pandora Hearts' packaging with the hard cover books in each box set. Single Blu-ray packaging has not been my particular cup of tea. Even the blue plastic holder is very weak. And even the booklets are tiny, not much room for extras. I do have 'Freedom' in blu-ray and it is actually pretty decent packaging, but nothing like the above described. |
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Top Gun
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I hear people talking about the "presentation" of this set making it worth the obscene price tag, but take a step back and think about it...what in this set actually makes it cost $400? The fancy packaging? We know it can't be that, when you compare it to other collectors' sets out there. The hardcover artbook? Do yourself a favor...go walk into a local bookstore and tell me how much your average color hardcover of comparable size goes for. The Blu-ray disks themselves? Obviously not. So where is that price coming from? Just from the artificial scarcity of the release, that's where. I utterly loathe the concept of objects becoming super-expensive just because of externally-imposed market forces, whether it's in this case or in the case of ten-year-old used single DVD volumes of an obscure series. I feel like we as consumers have the right to not get bent over a table by prices that are at least twice as much as any rational appraisal would set them at.
And I hate to tell Mr. Kondo, but I get a "happy feeling" even when a $15 bargain-bin thinpack shows up at my doorstep, thank you very much. It's the possession itself that counts, not how much I got ripped off in the process of buying it. It seriously does sadden me that this thing managed to sell out, because it states that some number of overseas fans are willing to fling themselves into the exploitative (hell, I'd even argue unethical) Japanese home video market. Seriously, we can't let them perpetuate this crap. |
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Nagisa
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I work 35-40 hours a week, and after rent, utilities, car payment, food, gas, student loans, insurance, and a couple other disparate bills, I wind up with just slightly more in my bank account at the end of the month than I had at the beginning of the month. And that goes to savings in case something goes wrong, as well as my rather minuscule "vacation" every year (three days in September for AWA, basically). If I were financially irresponsible, then oh yeah, I could definitely spring for a $400 ripoff box. But as it stands, the only way I'm dropping any kind of money on Kara no Kyoukai is if they release an economy copy that I could squeeze into my budget without going hungry and having no water or power that month. Don't assume that everyone who works has the same overly generous amount of money to throw at recreational widgets and such, because it's really not the wisest generalization in the world to make. |
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OtakuExile
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Nagisa, you obviously don't want the collectors box. If you did you wouldn't find a way not, to like you just explained.
Go about 4 days without eating. It's a shock, I know. You will save enough money each week to get it. |
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John Casey
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Good....lord...
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Ranma824
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OtakuExile's reasoning makes more sense then buying a bootleg. |
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Top Gun
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No...no it doesn't. At all. |
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Nagisa
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Like I said, financial responsibility. Needs come before wants. I want Kara no Kyoukai on DVD. I need nutrition and I need to have bills paid. Yes, there's finding a way to get the wants in life by cutting back a little here and there, but there are responsible, reasonable ways to do that. In fact, I do it all the time so I can have enough money for recreational odds and ends without breaking the bank (like, say, anime DVDs that aren't priced by madmen). But going most of a week without food, or skipping out on gas until you can't make it to work, or canceling insurance for a few months just for something purely fun and nonessential is irresponsible at best, potentially dangerous at worst. People who are working and not going to school also have genuine responsibilities dogging their bank accounts. Without those, yes, affording a $400 toybox with a couple blu-rays in it would be a cinch. But in the real world, those responsibilities have to be tended to, and sometimes that doesn't leave enough remaining to be able to spring for optional fun things like that within reason. |
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