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burzmali
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You kidding? From the looks of this forum, these folks would pay full price for 5 minute segments if you stuffed it with some glossy pictures and interviews with the producer's girlfriend's former roommates 
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Deltakiral
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Don't forget that Geneon probably has a stake in the Japanese sales since they are helping to produce this title, so to say that they aren't going to recover seems wrong to me, not to mention that everyone and their brother is preordering this. Or if not there going to be asking for this title for Christmas. Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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Kouji
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Steventheeunuch
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Don't post about what you don't understand.
To be fair on GitS: Sac/2nd GIG, it had the added benefit of mostly being produced, selling well in Japan, being put on TV in the US and selling really well. |
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Dargonxtc
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This all leads me to a question. Just how well did this do in Japan? I can't read Japanese, but I know a bunch of people here can, so they might be able to answer this.
I guess I am interested in if this is selling well already. Sorry if I missed it on the news side. |
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Alucard662000
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shoot, after seeing the first one, im willing to bet that they will pay triple the amount just to see it!!!! it is truly awsome!
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otimus
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....How can people honestly justify a US release with so few episodes or so, and charging a premium price? Truly, my fanbase is a fanbase of deluded sheep.
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Zac
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Because not all releases are created equal and people realize that for an OVA release they wind up paying more for the quality? Yeah, everyone's an ignorant sheep except you. |
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dormcat
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I found most American anime fans prefer high episode counts per disc. While this measure saves space and gives an impression of "better bang for the buck," it sacrifices:
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Dargonxtc
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Does this mean when you watch a 120 minute movie these things will not be available? Or will you need more than one disk to watch a long movie? Remember America is about 5 years behind when it comes to home electronics. And we are just entering(very limited) into HD/Blu-ray. |
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Deltakiral
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I agree with you Dormcat, for years I have been so happy with Bandai and how they have kept the Gundam series at 5/4 episodes per a disc. Now that I have a high def TV and will eventually have a blue ray/hd dvd (pending the winner of the format war) I really try to buy releases that have high quality grade on them. IE GITS:SAC, the first season I bought almost all regular edition, except for the last and the difference is so noticeable that for the 2nd GIG I have all special edition disc. But Dormcat you must remember that Japanese and America market are very difference, Japanese will spend 2-3 times as much on a dvd while receieving half of the episodes, hell I don't like buying a single volume over $20. But with Blue Ray/HD DVD there are certainly going to be changes made to anime, I don't think that anyone will be able to get away with putting clean opening/closing, an art gallery, and trailer. I am hoping that those days will be over, because I like it when my anime has some real EXTRAS on it. Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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otimus
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"Because not all releases are created equal and people realize that for an OVA release they wind up paying more for the quality?
Yeah, everyone's an ignorant sheep except you." That's a silly excuse. There should never be any sort of premium like that. That's fine in Japan. This is NOT Japan. It's things like that, that just further keep something as a niche here in the states. A big niche, granted, but still a niche none the less. There's absolutely no justification for something like this past "That's just the way it is, and I gladly accept it!" |
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Deltakiral
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Anime isn't a right, it is a premium item that if you want you need to shell out some money. I don't understand why people are so upset over that. It's just like if you want HBO/Showtime/Stars your going to have to pay a little bit more. Anime is always going to be a niche here in the US, face it. I doubt that hellsing volume one is going to make the anime market more niche. If casual fans like what they see from hellsing volume one, then they will probably buy volume 2. Besides it's not like you can get anime at every store, there normally at speciality shops, so if your going to places such as these you know that your going to drop a little more dough. Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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otimus
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....you're basically just making excuses for price gouging. How can you justify this?
Also, speciality shops are criminally overpriced, especially in comparison to normal retailers and online shops. They gouge on the basis of misinformed and impatient people. The kind of people that probably still think everything in english is edited still, and Funimation is still a bad company. |
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