UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread
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Kite
Death Scythe
Why on earth are they still bothering with DVD releases in this day and age?
HellCat
Combat Butler
Concerning Hathaway, something that feels relevant- Gundam Channel 'International' has started pushing the new show and as with Hathaway there's only an excited focus on America as a foreign market.
If this translates to business, I can't imagine it's fun trying to manage this franchise for any other country right now with Bandai blatantly only caring about America. Baffling they can have a focus on erecting Gundam Base stores across the globe but when it comes to the actual media only America matters. So much for recent progress.
If this translates to business, I can't imagine it's fun trying to manage this franchise for any other country right now with Bandai blatantly only caring about America. Baffling they can have a focus on erecting Gundam Base stores across the globe but when it comes to the actual media only America matters. So much for recent progress.
Otomo
Death Scythe
I'm guessing your post was rhetorical, however from a personal POV
I like the price point compared to other formats.
I'm happy with the picture quality.
Often neither Blu-ray or DVDs have extras.
DVDs outsell the other formats by volume.
RadFemHedonist
Time-Traveller
As someone who's generally more of a Blu-ray person, I still see why Otomo buys DVDs and don't have a problem with a choice being offered, I'd also say that not everyone has a Blu-ray player or can afford Blu-ray prices at all in this economy, I'm not accusing Kite of meaning their post maliciously in this way at all but I would say it's prob easier to get into anime if you're a working class kid and are trying to avoid pirating it if there are cheaper options like DVDs and streaming (and all Blu-ray players can play DVDs so even if you do have a Blu-ray player this still applies), I don't much care for streaming either and there are valid criticisms of the business models they use for it/shows being removed from services/potential for increased censorship according to the whims of government or the social mores du jour, but I do as noted want people to have a choice. It doesn't really harm me for DVDs to continue to be produced as well as Blu-rays, and if it's a bigger title I can very much see why they do both, as Otomo noted DVD is still the best selling format. Like I'm not gonna kick up a big stink if some niche titles are Blu-ray only but if they can do both and it gives more people an affordable way of watching it then great, I'm honestly happy about that (not that I entirely disagree with criticisms of very casual fans of anime who want to make it completely "normal" but new fans or fans on tighter budgets don't necessarily fit that description, and we were all new fans once).
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Herano
Student Council President
I'm also happy that there are still dvds even though I mostly buy Blurays now. When I watch newer dvds the quality is quite good most of the time and if I would have less to spend I would be very happy with them being available.
Also: its easier to find ways to watch dvds from other regions then it is to watch blurays.
Also: its easier to find ways to watch dvds from other regions then it is to watch blurays.
Googlyhead
Great Teacher
I would just have assumed that the cost of a dvd edition is literally peanuts now, so even selling cheaply and in low numbers is just profit.
After all, the encoding is to a legacy and mature format, and is already digitised for the (U)HD versions, the programming (menu and structure) is far simpler, the licence and fees are already paid, and the disc manufactories are already there to get a bit more out of their existing equipment.
My version of the question would more be “how are there still DVD manufacturers when there’s so little profit / value in the product?”. But I guess that question is answered by the existing machinery and the alluded continuing volume / demand.
After all, the encoding is to a legacy and mature format, and is already digitised for the (U)HD versions, the programming (menu and structure) is far simpler, the licence and fees are already paid, and the disc manufactories are already there to get a bit more out of their existing equipment.
My version of the question would more be “how are there still DVD manufacturers when there’s so little profit / value in the product?”. But I guess that question is answered by the existing machinery and the alluded continuing volume / demand.
sniper_samurai
Chuunibyou
There's a new 4K player that's extremely easy to make region free for bluray(pretty much identical to the old Toshiba bdx1200), it's a little pricey but now that the region free Panasonic players appear to be discontinued may be worth investing in.