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Rosencrantz said:
NormanicGrav said:
That comment pisses me off quite a bit. Discotek couldn't do Blu-ray because they weren't allowed, it wasn't until recently that they managed to get one of the CR titles a Blu-ray release as a combo pack (Arpeggio of Blue Steel).
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Wait, they are doing a BD for Arpeggio, will have to look into that after striking it off my list due to non BD status way back when the licence was announced.
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If it helps, here's the official confirmation.
 
NormanicGrav said:
Buzz201 said:
To be honest, I thought it had already been confirmed that Crunchyroll were an absolute holding block on a UK release of Free! So I don't see quite what he's expecting UK anime companies to do.
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Well Jerome said "There's no Free release because Crunchyroll licensed it to a company in the US that didn't author Blu-ray."

That comment pisses me off quite a bit. Discotek couldn't do Blu-ray because they weren't allowed, it wasn't until recently that they managed to get one of the CR titles a Blu-ray release as a combo pack (Arpeggio of Blue Steel).

He also said that streaming hurts home release sales. :?
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Theres a dub now which shocked everyone, so the chances of a BD release have risen dramatically so if theres 2 BDs sets then probably it will be licensed, I'm still annoyed that CR could get rights of a big KyoAni show.
 
Buzz201 said:
NormanicGrav said:
Well Jerome said "There's no Free release because Crunchyroll licensed it to a company in the US that didn't author Blu-ray."

That comment pisses me off quite a bit. Discotek couldn't do Blu-ray because they weren't allowed, it wasn't until recently that they managed to get one of the CR titles a Blu-ray release as a combo pack (Arpeggio of Blue Steel).

He also said that streaming hurts home release sales. :?
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I'm sure Jerome had said previous to that, that Crunchyroll wouldn't licence it outside the US, perhaps because they don't have the contacts or whatever. It didn't sound like maliciousness on Crunchyroll's part, just that nobody could get through to them.

IIRC, he didn't say streaming hurt home video, he said Netflix hurts home video. It's possible that Crunchyroll streaming is fine, as it attracts a more specialist crowd. To be honest, his statements don't add up, if there was no money in home video after streaming something, the huge players like FUNimation and Sentai would probably be easing back on either home video or streaming, they aren't. Also, Anime Limited's releases seem to be doing well, despite wide streaming (even on Netflix), so clearly it's not widespread.
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He said simulcasting wasn't worth it as people watch once never again.
 
Japanese Blu-ray & DVD Sales for December 21st-27th

Spoiler: One Punch Man didn't beat Overlord

DVD
Anime Rank - All Rank - Last Rank - Week Sales - Total Sales - #Wks | Title
01 - 05 - __ - 8,788 - __8,788 - _1 | ONE PIECE Log Collection 'Noah'
02 - 06 - __ - 8,133 - __8,133 - _1 | Kuroko no Basuke 3rd Season v9
03 - 16 - __ - 3,896 - __3,896 - _1 | Hetalia The World Twinkle v3
04 - 17 - __ - 3,887 - __3,887 - _1 | Starmyu v1
07 - 21 - __ - 2,828 - __2,828 - _1 | One Punch Man v1
08 - 23 - __ - 2,710 - __2,710 - _1 | Owarimonogatari v1 (Ougi Formula Part 1)
09 - 30 - __ - 2,318 - __2,318 - _1 | Strike The Blood OVA v2
11 - 33 - __ - 2,041 - __2,041 - _1 | Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?? v1
13 - 37 - __ - 1,548 - __1,548 - _1 | Funassi no Funafuna Biyori: Nashi Matsuri Nasshi!
14 - 38 - 15 - 1,493 - __5,198 - _2 | Pokemon The Movie XY: Ring no Choumajin Hoopa
15 - 41 - 51 - 1,405 - _50,055 - 76 | Tonari no Totoro (2014 re-release)
16 - 46 - __ - 1,325 - __1,325 - _1 | Overlord v4
17 - __ - __ - 1,116 - __1,116 - _1 | High School DxD BorN v5
18 - __ - 68 - 1,111 - __4,747 - _5 | Soreike! Anpanman Miija to Mahou no Lamp
19 - __ - 66 - 1,106 - 135,716 - 25 | Youkai Watch: Tanjou no Himitsu da Nyan!
20 - __ - 69 - 1,048 - _12,409 - _8 | Crayon Shin-chan Ora no Hikkoshi Monogatari Saboten Daishuugeki
21 - __ - __ - 1,043 - __1,043 - _1 | Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-hen v1
22 - __ - 11 - _,945 - __5,116 - _2 | Youkai Watch DVD Box v4
23 - __ - __ - _,941 - ___,941 - _1 | Akatsuki no Yona v8
24 - __ - __ - _,937 - ___,937 - _1 | Dance with Devils v1
25 - __ - __ - _,933 - ___,933 - _1 | Kagewani
26 - __ - __ - _,932 - ___,932 - _1 | To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd v5
27 - __ - __ - _,880 - ___,880 - _1 | Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri v4
28 - __ - __ - _,859 - ___,859 - _1 | Saint Seiya -soul of gold- v6
29 - __ - __ - _,856 - ___,856 - _1 | Kidou Senshi Gundam Tekketsu no Orphans v1
30 - __ - __ - _,851 - ___,851 - _1 | Junjou Romantica 3 v4

Blu-ray
Anime Rank - All Rank - Last Rank - Week Sales - Total Sales - #Wks | Title
01 - 02 - _ - 20,708 - _20,708 - 1 | Owarimonogatari v1 (Ougi Formula Part 1)
02 - 04 - _ - 14,336 - _14,336 - 1 | Aria the Animation BD Box
03 - 05 - 1 - 12,672 - 206,441 - 2 | Love Live! The School Idol Movie LE
05 - 08 - _ - 10,469 - _10,469 - 1 | Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?? v1
06 - 10 - _ - _9,401 - __9,401 - 1 | Strike The Blood OVA v2
07 - 11 - _ - _8,707 - __8,707 - 1 | Overlord v4
08 - 12 - _ - _8,398 - __8,398 - 1 | Kidou Senshi Gundam Tekketsu no Orphans v1
09 - 13 - _ - _8,200 - __8,200 - 1 | Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX v4
10 - 15 - _ - _7,563 - __7,563 - 1 | Kuroko no Basuke 3rd Season v9
11 - 16 - _ - _7,558 - __7,558 - 1 | THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls v7
12 - 18 - _ - _6,059 - __6,059 - 1 | One Punch Man v1
14 - 20 - _ - _5,891 - __5,891 - 1 | Soukyuu no Fafner Exodus v7 (s2 v1)
15 - 22 - _ - _4,372 - __4,372 - 1 | Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri v4
16 - 24 - _ - _4,320 - __4,320 - 1 | Starmyu v1
17 - 27 - _ - _4,041 - __4,041 - 1 | To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd v5
18 - 28 - _ - _4,024 - __4,024 - 1 | High School DxD BorN v5
19 - 29 - _ - _4,009 - __4,009 - 1 | Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka v7
20 - 30 - _ - _3,941 - __3,941 - 1 | Non Non Biyori Repeat v4
 
No, he was basically EVERY gundam sells which it is doesn't as Turkey ALWAYS sells. Yes names sells OPM is a known name due to manga so it selling okay is okay. Lets see how AoT sells next week.
 
No, he said it was similar to turkey sales on Christmas because of how unsurprising it is for it to sell, nothing more. Enough OT for me now, I don't want Rui to have to come clean up this mess and create a turkey thread.
 
ANN has also unleashed a list of the best selling media franchises of 2015 in Japan, it includes Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, music CDs, novels, and manga. However it does not include games, cinema tickets, downloads, and other sales. The large number to the left is total sales in Japanese Yen.

1 7,308,359,519 Attack on Titan
2 7,190,781,309 One Piece
3 5,791,369,089 The Seven Deadly Sins (Nakaba Suzuki)
4 5,061,495,397 Love Live!
5 4,866,094,031 Kingdom
6 4,775,183,206 Haikyu!!
7 4,772,143,016 Mobile Suit Gundam
8 4,721,417,268 Assassination Classroom
9 4,719,281,630 The IDOLM@STER
10 4,509,384,525 Tokyo Ghoul
11 4,342,400,408 Yo-kai Watch
12 4,018,662,349 Fate Series
13 3,953,656,469 Naruto
14 3,055,417,248 Gintama
15 2,743,414,296 Prison School
16 2,717,286,828 Sword Art Online
17 2,557,198,533 Kuroko's Basketball
18 2,532,779,270 Yowamushi Pedal (Yowapeda)
19 2,532,220,833 Kan Colle
20 2,375,917,306 Uta no Prince Sama
21 2,266,159,097 Terra Formars
22 2,255,751,479 Magi
23 2,210,693,075 Blood Blockade Battlefront
24 2,162,010,818 One-Punch Man
25 2,159,579,608 Fairy Tail
26 2,149,421,962 Detective Conan
27 2,132,349,492 Food Wars: Shokugeki no Sōma
28 2,086,088,573 Nisekoi
29 2,084,152,759 The Fast and the Furious
30 2,062,557,171 Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign
 
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