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britguy said:
I think perhaps we're looking in to things too much. Anime Limited could easily have said something in passing (2 x 12) that had not yet been fully agreed upon with Aniplex.
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Except Durarara!!x2 was announced the same weekend, and they made it very very clear that they didn't know the release schedule for it at the time (which led to rumours about it being released as 6x6 episode sets), which is what makes me think they were confident about the A.Z release schedule they had.
 
Buzz201 said:
Except Durarara!!x2 was announced the same weekend, and they made it very very clear that they didn't know the release schedule for it at the time (which led to rumours about it being released as 6x6 episode sets), which is what makes me think they were confident about the A.Z release schedule they had.
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Indeed, but confidence in the release schedule does not mean it was finalised.
 
Releases are quite tricky, I'd have thought somebody from Aniplex would have approved it before release, but that's conjecture.

Even if the release plan wasn't finalised, it still suggests some kind of move on Aniplex's part to 6-episode sets internationally. If the 12-episode count was never in doubt, why not just move the date rather than say you didn't know what the release schedule was?
 
Buzz201 said:
Releases are quite tricky, I'd have thought somebody from Aniplex would have approved it before release, but that's conjecture.

Even if the release plan wasn't finalised, it still suggests some kind of move on Aniplex's part to 6-episode sets internationally. If the 12-episode count was never in doubt, why not just move the date rather than say you didn't know what the release schedule was?
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No idea, but this is all speculation of course. We know why Aniplex would want 6 episode releases, and we know why AL want 12 episode releases. I'm grateful that we probably will be getting the latter, and don't mind the delay taking place to enable that, but with Aniplex, you can be sure they'll want some sort of parity going forward with their own releases.
 
britguy said:
No idea, but this is all speculation of course. We know why Aniplex would want 6 episode releases, and we know why AL want 12 episode releases. I'm grateful that we probably will be getting the latter, and don't mind the delay taking place to enable that, but with Aniplex, you can be sure they'll want some sort of parity going forward with their own releases.
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You'd hope they have a degree of awareness about them and would realise 6 episode sets probably aren't feasible in the UK, especially not at the prices they charge. Then again, it's Aniplex of America, if they had any degree of awareness they wouldn't be charging those prices in the first place...

There was a bit of talk at one point about just importing the UK version of Aniplex sets, because AL were able to pump them out so much cheaper, generally in full cours and at equivalent or better quality to Aniplex. So I'm wondering if AL are being made to suffer because of that (when the more logical takeaway would be that the US market doesn't want to pay Aniplex prices)...
 
Buzz201 said:
britguy said:
No idea, but this is all speculation of course. We know why Aniplex would want 6 episode releases, and we know why AL want 12 episode releases. I'm grateful that we probably will be getting the latter, and don't mind the delay taking place to enable that, but with Aniplex, you can be sure they'll want some sort of parity going forward with their own releases.
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You'd hope they have a degree of awareness about them and would realise 6 episode sets probably aren't feasible in the UK, especially not at the prices they charge. Then again, it's Aniplex of America, if they had any degree of awareness they wouldn't be charging those prices in the first place...

There was a bit of talk at one point about just importing the UK version of Aniplex sets, because AL were able to pump them out so much cheaper, generally in full cours and at equivalent or better quality to Aniplex. So I'm wondering if AL are being made to suffer because of that (when the more logical takeaway would be that the US market doesn't want to pay Aniplex prices)...
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Agree with everything apart from your comment re Aniplex of America prices (as in the prices they charge for US sets, not what they want AL to charge) - they are aware, hence why they charge those high prices and still get sets that sell out completely. We would only be able to accuse them of having no degree of awareness if their sets were not selling. But they are and their strategy works for them - until people stop buying their sets, I see no reason for them to stop charging what they do.

Also, you say there was talk about 'just importing the UK version of Aniplex sets' - there is no UK version of Aniplex sets, and there is no need for them, their BDs are region free, not to mention their BD quality is amazing.
 
Mrclt1994 said:
Agree with everything apart from your comment re Aniplex of America prices (as in the prices they charge for US sets, not what they want AL to charge) - they are aware, hence why they charge those high prices and still get sets that sell out completely. We would only be able to accuse them of having no degree of awareness if their sets were not selling. But they are and their strategy works for them - until people stop buying their sets, I see no reason for them to stop charging what they do.

Also, you say there was talk about 'just importing the UK version of Aniplex sets' - there is no UK version of Aniplex sets, and there is no need for them, their BDs are region free, not to mention their BD quality is amazing.
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They sell out, because they keep their print runs quite small compared to the size of the market. I'd also question whether any business that attracts the amount of vitriol from potential customers as AoA does can really be classified as successful.

I meant UK releases of Aniplex titles, and as nice as their titles are there's a tonne of people who want F/SN on BD but can't afford $200. The UK and AU sets are of potential interest to those people. Also, the Durarara!! SE from earlier this year is S130 from Aniplex of America, or $38 from Anime Limited, not a huge difference at all (and AL's is the only release to include a signs and songs subtitle track for the dub). I think Gurren Lagann was the big title Americans wanted but couldn't afford though...
 
Buzz201 said:
They sell out, because they keep their print runs quite small compared to the size of the market. I'd also question whether any business that attracts the amount of vitriol from potential customers as AoA does can really be classified as successful.

I meant UK releases of Aniplex titles, and as nice as their titles are there's a tonne of people who want F/SN on BD but can't afford $200. The UK and AU sets are of potential interest to those people. Also, the Durarara!! SE from earlier this year is S130 from Aniplex of America, or $38 from Anime Limited, not a huge difference at all (and AL's is the only release to include a signs and songs subtitle track for the dub). I think Gurren Lagann was the big title Americans wanted but couldn't afford though...
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Regardless of their print run size, are they not achieving what they set out to do by selling their stock at the price they want? Aniplex doesn't target potential customers, it targets collector's and already established fan bases that are willing to part with that amount of their money. What their potential customers do and say does not matter, it's their current customer's willingness to carry on buying their releases that keeps Aniplex going - unless a massive depression were to hit the US economy, those people are still going to buy their titles and Aniplex will continue to be a viable business, whether it's successful is for it's owners to decide, however, I can say that it certainly does not look unsuccessful.

Re the UK/AU sets, i believe most are region b locked and unlike here in the UK, I don't think importing releases from other English speaking territories outside their own country is that common among US anime fans, although I could be wrong.
 
Mrclt1994 said:
Regardless of their print run size, are they not achieving what they set out to do by selling their stock at the price they want? Aniplex doesn't target potential customers, it targets collector's and already established fan bases that are willing to part with that amount of their money. What their potential customers do and say does not matter, it's their current customer's willingness to carry on buying their releases that keeps Aniplex going - unless a massive depression were to hit the US economy, those people are still going to buy their titles and Aniplex will continue to be a viable business, whether it's successful is for it's owners to decide, however, I can say that it certainly does not look unsuccessful.

Re the UK/AU sets, i believe most are region b locked and unlike here in the UK, I don't think importing releases from other English speaking territories outside their own country is that common among US anime fans, although I could be wrong.
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At what cost? Is destroying the public perception of your company really worth $140 more per series? If **** hits the fan will people go back to Aniplex? And it's affecting every single part of Aniplex, there was an article on GATE: Thus the JSDF Thought There (animated by Aniplex's A-1 Pictures, but Aniplex are not involved in it's production), the series was attracting a lot of hate simply by association..

I wouldn't have thought so either, but I remember it being mentioned somewhere really weird as a viable alternative. (I think it was an ANNCast, with somebody asking if the team thought it was morally acceptable to import a cheaper release.)
 
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Buzz201 said:
At what cost? Is destroying the public perception of your company really worth $140 more per series? If **** hits the fan will people go back to Aniplex? And it's affecting every single part of Aniplex, there was an article on GATE: Thus the JSDF Thought There (animated by Aniplex's A-1 Pictures, but Aniplex are not involved in it's production), the series was attracting a lot of hate simply by association..

I wouldn't have thought so either, but I remember it being mentioned somewhere really weird as a viable alternative. (I think it was an ANNCast, with somebody asking if the team thought it was morally acceptable to import a cheaper release.)
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People can hate, but the people hating are not the ones buying the products, so people can be dissatisfied but whether that actually translates into worse sales is a different issue. Since those complaining are the least likely to buy their products, if i were Aniplex, I would not care in the slightest. As long as collectors remain, their business model shall as well. If **** hits the fan then Aniplex will have to rethink it's strategy or narrow their target market, as a lot of businesses would do.

Yeah, it's a viable alternative, if US fans are willing to purchase region b players on top of importing the cheaper releases, which in most cases I suspect they are not.
 
Mrclt1994 said:
People can hate, but the people hating are not the ones buying the products, so people can be dissatisfied but whether that actually translates into worse sales is a different issue. Since those complaining are the least likely to buy their products, if i were Aniplex, I would not care in the slightest. As long as collectors remain, their business model shall as well. If **** hits the fan then Aniplex will have to rethink it's strategy or narrow their target market, as a lot of businesses would do.

Yeah, it's a viable alternative, if US fans are willing to purchase region b players on top of importing the cheaper releases, which in most cases I suspect they are not.
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You could look it at that way, but I personally think they're people who'd love to buy Kill la Kill or Fate/Zero or Durarara!! or Gurren Lagann or any number of the huge series Aniplex has, but can't because of how "outrageous" their prices are. (Intriguingly RACS has just called their prices "outrageous" in a company update, so it's not just me.)

I personally think most of people that 'hate' on Aniplex, do so because they don't want to come across a series they really love only to not be able to afford it, or for their model to spread and price them out of the anime market altogether, leaving them with nothing but Naurto Uncut vol. 35343559.5.
 
I think the only show I'd be willing to spend Aniplex money on is Madoka Magica and that went out of print ages ago. It is the one LE that I am determined to get at some point. Madoka is a show I love with all my heart and is as perfect as a show can be in my eyes. Any other show it just wouldn't be worth it for me. I love Monogatari as much as the next guy but the MVM sets do me just fine. I'm super grateful that Aniplex shows get put out in the UK at reasonable price points.
 
The MVM sets are fine but I want to get the aniplex version of kizu so I can watch it ASAP. Kara no kyoukai is the main show I really want to get on blu ray.
 
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Rosencrantz said:
NormanicGrav said:
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Guess no one spotted that :D
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I've heard a clip of the dub, it's about accurate. :)

That dub is laughably atrocious, and has all the subtlety of a wet, slimy fish slap... "oh no, I broke your back door in. You're going to need a new back door... because I kind of broke it"
 
NormanicGrav said:
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One Punch Man - Volume 1 [Blu-ray]
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Details:
■ Episodes 1 & 2
■ OVA #1 A Shadow That Snuck Up Too Close - Shinobiyori Sugiru Kage「忍び寄りすぎる影」
■ PV Vol.1
■ One-Punch Man Forced Out Theater #1 & #2 - One-Punch Man Hamidashi Gekijō「ワンパン☆はみ出し劇場」
■ Advance Event Screening Talk

Technical Specs:
■ Spoken Languages: Japanese
■ Subtitles: Japanese, English (unlockable)
■ Audio: Linear PCM Stereo 2.0
■ Resolution: 1080p HD Native
■ Blu-ray Price: 7000 JPY + Tax (~£37.48)
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Haha thanks - when i saw this posted on your twitter i immediately pre-ordered it!
 
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