It really isn't. Aniplex releases are.
New Gurren Lagann Blu Ray set announced for North America (Vol. 1 11/11, Vol. 2 12/9)
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It really isn't. Aniplex releases are.
MrSaturn99
Member
I'll keep my old DVD sets, thanks.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
To be fair their BDs have better than encoding than any of the regular US licensees. A lot of them have quality degradation put into them to put down the number of disks printed which introduces banding and other defects. (Funimation)
Aniplex of America is basically the devil of anime. The fact we have to celebrate the entire series being released for around $250 is absurd.
I mean like damn, they couldn't even be bothered to release Silver Spoon on BD. Now excuse me while I go and hug all my reasonably priced Funimation BDs.
I mean like damn, they couldn't even be bothered to release Silver Spoon on BD. Now excuse me while I go and hug all my reasonably priced Funimation BDs.
heliosRAzi
Banned
Don't care. They're cheaper.
IT's on Netflix and Crunchyroll if you have those. Go watch it.
Yup, that was Aniplex, too. Another expensive one they did was Fate/Zero.
The price is fair. If it's too much for you, just watch it on Netflix or whatever. Aniplex clearly caters to a collector/premium market, and that's fine because no one in the US is doing so.
reasonably priced but terribly authored with piss poor quality control are terribad package design
Kabuki Waq
Member
I would just buy the first half only. In my mind the 2nd half never existed.
And also multiple hundreds of dollars cheaper in some cases, so I can live with all of that.
ShinRPGamer
Member
I can't wait for the thread where Persona 3 movie 1's domestic release is announced. That will cause a decent shitstorm on NeoGAF.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
How is it fair? On sale it is $50 for around 2 hours of content on 1 Blu-ray disc.
ShinRPGamer
Member
Well when you compare it to Japanese prices and content, it would be considered fair.
I've been wanting to buy this show for years but it still isn't at a price cheap enough for me.
I mean, this show is 7 years old now. They should be releasing a no frills box set with all 26 episodes for 49.99. It can be watched in DVD quality on netflix right now.
I realize they have a niche market that's still buying this stuff but on the other hand , they already catered to the hardcore collector audience with the jumbo 550$ box set. Now they should be racing to the bottom with pricing. This will likely also be released as 6 or 7 volumes too, they've only got the first 2 announced online right now for 50 bucks a pop , who knows if they'll keep the price the same when they inevitably put only 3 or 4 episodes on a disc.
I mean, this show is 7 years old now. They should be releasing a no frills box set with all 26 episodes for 49.99. It can be watched in DVD quality on netflix right now.
I realize they have a niche market that's still buying this stuff but on the other hand , they already catered to the hardcore collector audience with the jumbo 550$ box set. Now they should be racing to the bottom with pricing. This will likely also be released as 6 or 7 volumes too, they've only got the first 2 announced online right now for 50 bucks a pop , who knows if they'll keep the price the same when they inevitably put only 3 or 4 episodes on a disc.
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