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GATSU
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Emerje:
You're missing out on Memories and Millennium Actress that way.
And they charge the same price on regular dvds, regardless of whether or not there's a commentary or other extras. What's your point? |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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I've always come into great deals on getting new stuff. I got an Eva boxset for $45 (retails at 69.99) and Elfen Lied box for $19.99 thats usually $34.99. Beacuse of that, $45 for 15 episodes seems like a bad price. I'll wait until true tears is in the $20s. I'd buy Shigofumi once it hit the 30s though. I enjoyed all of the early episodes. |
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Emerje
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I'll live somehow.
What, full price on a "regular" DVD with no extras isn't a deal breaker for you? It is for me. If they want my money they've got to make it worth it to me. Emerje |
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hikaru004
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Considering the social issues covered in that title in a "no holding back" manner, I'd agree that it deserves a dub and better packaging. Honneamise should also be the one to release it at a reasonable price to silence the Honneamise critics. |
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ConanSan
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Uh, ain't Anime Legends the boxset label for things that have been out for Yoinks?
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hikaru004
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Looks like they've expanded their label to include "subtitled only releases that are going to cause us to lose money if we release it normally, like Media Blasters". 
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ZeetherKID77
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At least we may get Shigofumi dubbed...
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hikaru004
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Yep, gotta cross the fingers and toes and hope that Shigofumi avoids the AL brand and gets a dub. I'm also hoping that Honneamise releases it at a reduced price so that we can get some good packaging, extras and a box (released with the first press of vol. 7 apparently). But that title hasn't fully released in Japan yet so waiting will definitely bring the price down. |
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kashicat
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In the free market ideology, there is no such thing as a "normal and natural price." A price, supposedly, is whatever the market will bear. So if the majority of people refuse to pay (or are unable to pay) a certain price for something, according to market ideology, it must go down. The lower price becomes the "normal and natural" price because the market (i.e. everyone who wants/doesn't want to buy the item) decides it is. The thing everyone who talks about pricing always seems to forget is that sometimes people just don't have enough money. The companies keep trying to think up new ways to grab more and more and more money out of people's (often kids') pockets -- but at some point, there simply is no more money in those pockets. And all the "marketing strategies" and "streaming ads" and so on won't invent it. So, as Bandai Visual USA discovered, the "normal and natural" price for DVDs in Japan was waaaaay different from the "normal and natural" price in North America. Their refusal to recognize what their own market had decided was likely one of the reasons they went belly up. |
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Flaed
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A dub is one thing, but - what's so bad about Bandai bricks? They are compact, fairly sturdy, and do a good job of keeping the discs safe. You don't get as much artwork, to be sure, but I feel better about my Cowboy Bebop brick than my Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid digipack, which looks like it will fall apart if I breathe on it the wrong way - getting the discs in and out is a nightmare. I certainly feel better about it than my digipack for Gunbuster, as the discs have come loose from their hubs at least twice there. 
I mean, my favorite sort of release is an ADV-style thinpack, but as long as the discs are held securely I don't really see a problem. That's what packaging is for, right? |
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ConanSan
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vega427
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I can live with Sola not being dubed. I'm just happy that I can afford it now. $250 was just way too much for me.
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Bluebeard
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Ooo, I've been waiting to hear news on titles I'm actually interested in
 Well despite the Anime Legends box sets not exactly being aesthetically pleasing to the shelf, we'll finally be able to get some of those limbo-series' we've been waiting for. Looking forward to True Tears and Shigofumi, and $40-$45 (Retail) for a full set is a deal. Especially since it'll be closer to $30 or less if sales are taken advantage of.
Well, 2 down and 5 more series' I'm still hoping to hear news from. |
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hikaru004
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No. Packaging is a part of the cost and selling point of the releases along with physical and video extras. Now Nozomi puts out nice thinpacks and their series are just as niche so there is no excuses for sloppy packaging nowadays. Even Viz can manage to put out a digpak that doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart with the cover art for each singles volume (Bleach). So again, no excuses for cutting corners.
Actually, they did pretty good in their first year. The merger was prob a simplification and precautionary measure. Bandai Ent also lost Anime Village in the merger so more was going on in the background than was said publically. |
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W-General
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Wow that's an amazing deal. $40 for True Tears. Bandai has my pockets in this one...except i am kinda sad that it's going straight the budget release without any extras. I love True Tears
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