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It is also worth noting that the video rental is much more common. also the number of episodes does vary quite a lot. As a couple of examples Shana was released over eight volumes in Japan at 3 episodes per disc. Bleach is released at an average of 4-5 episodes per disc (the same number as the US is doing right now but at twice the rate with one volume per month rather than one volume every two months). DearS on the other hand shipped the first volume with a single episode with the other 6 discs containing 2 episodes each. The length of the series is often a factor and the DVDs often ship with uncompressed PCM audio on single-layer discs meaning it is much better quality audio but takes up much more space on the disc. The prices of the discs often reflect the number of episodes contained on them so the discs with a single episode will mostly cost less than the volumes with 2 (or more), something that would not be a bad thing to happen in the west.

<blockquote data-quote="Gawyn" data-source="post: 192074" data-attributes="member: 509"><p>It is also worth noting that the video rental is much more common. also the number of episodes does vary quite a lot. As a couple of examples Shana was released over eight volumes in Japan at 3 episodes per disc. Bleach is released at an average of 4-5 episodes per disc (the same number as the US is doing right now but at twice the rate with one volume per month rather than one volume every two months). DearS on the other hand shipped the first volume with a single episode with the other 6 discs containing 2 episodes each. The length of the series is often a factor and the DVDs often ship with uncompressed PCM audio on single-layer discs meaning it is much better quality audio but takes up much more space on the disc. The prices of the discs often reflect the number of episodes contained on them so the discs with a single episode will mostly cost less than the volumes with 2 (or more), something that would not be a bad thing to happen in the west.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Gawyn, post: 192074, member: 509"] It is also worth noting that the video rental is much more common. also the number of episodes does vary quite a lot. As a couple of examples Shana was released over eight volumes in Japan at 3 episodes per disc. Bleach is released at an average of 4-5 episodes per disc (the same number as the US is doing right now but at twice the rate with one volume per month rather than one volume every two months). DearS on the other hand shipped the first volume with a single episode with the other 6 discs containing 2 episodes each. The length of the series is often a factor and the DVDs often ship with uncompressed PCM audio on single-layer discs meaning it is much better quality audio but takes up much more space on the disc. The prices of the discs often reflect the number of episodes contained on them so the discs with a single episode will mostly cost less than the volumes with 2 (or more), something that would not be a bad thing to happen in the west. [/QUOTE]