"Anon" (tjsielsistneb)
04/24/2014 at 22:59 • Filed to: Animelopnik
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"Anon" (tjsielsistneb)
04/24/2014 at 22:59 • Filed to: Animelopnik | 0
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They've been watched exactly zero times. For those of you who don't know, Toradora is an obscenely expensive show to buy, for 25 episodes it's about $80 on DVD. However luckly for me my friend with WAY too much money to throw at anime decided to sell his DVDs to me for only $15 since he's buying buying the Blu-Rays that just came out! The best thing? The show was made in 460p digitally, that means his Blu-Rays will look almost exactly the same as the DVDs! :)
PushToStart
> Anon
04/24/2014 at 23:46 |
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I'm not familiar with anime, so that's probably why I'm unaware, but why so expensive? Just curious...
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Anon
> PushToStart
04/25/2014 at 00:05 |
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Anime is a very niche market and you have different publishers that try to turn a profit in one of two different ways. "Sell cheap and sell a lot = profit" and "Sell expensive and sell a few = profit". They tend to sell popular stuff though the first method but the more cult classic shows they tend to sell using the second method. I mean anime prices in general are insane. I mean the most expensive series in my collection is probably Clannad (MSRPs for about $200 I got mine for about $100), Evangelion (MSRPs for about $200 for the box set and $80 for End of Evangelion, Used. I got my boxset for $40 before the price sky rocketed and my brother gifted me his End of Evangelion Movie), or Penguindrum (The complete set is about $200 msrp, I paid $120).
TL;DR Anime is like drugs. It starts out cheap but pretty soon it becomes an obscenely expensive habit to maintain.
Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> Anon
04/25/2014 at 00:54 |
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Why buy when you can torrent
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Anon
> Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
04/25/2014 at 00:57 |
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Because I want to support the industry?
RotaryLover
> Anon
04/25/2014 at 04:21 |
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The feels...
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PushToStart
> Anon
04/25/2014 at 08:16 |
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I just learned something new today, and I just got up, haha
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Anon
> PushToStart
04/25/2014 at 09:42 |
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Now if someone walks up to you on the street and asks "Hey why is anime so expensive?" You can roundhouse kick them in the face with knowledge!
zeontestpilot
> Anon
04/25/2014 at 09:43 |
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I agree with you wholly. I am a massive Gundam (U.C.) fan. I try to buy the dvds when I have extra cash and/or if I can find them. 08th MS Team, three volumes, about 20$ each, its adds up. Z Gundam was either $30 or $40 for a single volume (out of two). But half the series aren't on dvd, so its hard to come been. You could say I've been forced to torrent it, just to re-enjoy the series when I want to. I want to support the industry, but it's hard if they think there isn't any profit to be made in it. :(
Mattbob
> Anon
09/04/2014 at 11:21 |
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I bought a few anime a couple years ago. I realized I dont' watch things twice and have stuck to just streaming since then. How many do you actually sit down and watch again?