Forum - View topic

NEWS: Sentai Filmworks Licenses Kurenai TV Anime

Last I checked Clannad: Complete Collection was too a highly popular collection on BluRay and if 13 episode sets can be listed at 50 bucks a complete collection of 24 episodes for 90 bucks looks in line with industry standards.

Last I checked Clannad: Complete Collection was too a highly popular collection on BluRay and if 13 episode sets can be listed at 50 bucks a complete collection of 24 episodes for 90 bucks looks in line with industry standards.

ArsenicSteel wrote:

Last I checked Clannad: Complete Collection was too a highly popular collection on BluRay and if 13 episode sets can be listed at 50 bucks a complete collection of 24 episodes for 90 bucks looks in line with industry standards.

Funi's Complete bluray sets like Phantom are also going for $75-$80 as well, and you often get stuck with illegible subs.

http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/CDlPQKWLdcnBB=wgdD/browse/item/93275/4/0/0

Regardless, I doubt I will ever pay $70 for a Funi set, as they don't have anything I would consider spending that much on. Sentai has a few shows I might spend that much, but even Clannad and Ghost Hound I was able to acquire for less than $50.

He's talking about MSRP which is what the guy compaining about Clannad BD set ($90 MSRP) but only $53 at TRSI.

ArsenicSteel wrote:

Last I checked Clannad: Complete Collection was too a highly popular collection on BluRay and if 13 episode sets can be listed at 50 bucks a complete collection of 24 episodes for 90 bucks looks in line with industry standards.

with a 40% discount, also lets not fake ourselves into believing that an anime other then DBZ or pokemon is as popular as an international #1 best seller. because that is completely ridiculous

also the industry standard is between 60-70 tops. not 90

Megiddo wrote:

He's talking about MSRP which is what the guy compaining about Clannad BD set ($90 MSRP) but only $53 at TRSI.

I am only using it as an example they have the right to charge what they want for blurays. but that choice shows if they follow the old fashioned industry ways or are more in line with the rest of the remaining industry.

Tanteikingdomkey wrote:

Megiddo wrote: He's talking about MSRP which is what the guy compaining about Clannad BD set ($90 MSRP) but only $53 at TRSI. I am only using it as an example they have the right to charge what they want for blurays. but that choice shows if they follow the old fashioned industry ways or are more in line with the rest of the remaining industry.

If they were following the old fashioned pricing, that bluray set would be $240+, which is about what I paid for many series in the mid-2000s including X TV, DN Angel, and others. Those were only on DVD. Funimation in fact continued with singles pricing like that longer than any R1 company. Bandai and Media Blasters stuck to singles longer, but theirs were generally cheaper.

I don't see how being $5 to $15 more expensive than some Funi series is out of touch with the market, especially when blurays sets like Clannad and Ghost Hound have been as low as $48. Other companies have releases priced comparably that never or hardly ever go on sale, like NISA and Aniplex.

Now if you said Aniplex's prices were out of touch with the North American market, I would have agreed, even though they are primarily import products.

Not to mention a lot of us are collectors and don't sell off our sets, even just the DVD portion. Personally I'd rather not pay extra for discs I will likely never use and small white subs that are difficult to read on many of their releases.

This thread has gone from being about Sentai licensing Kure-nai to DVD subtitle coloring, to yelling at people because they are going to buy anime, to the price of DBZ, Clannad, and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo BD boxsets.

Oh internet, you never let me down.

dragonrider_cody wrote:

Tanteikingdomkey wrote: Megiddo wrote: He's talking about MSRP which is what the guy compaining about Clannad BD set ($90 MSRP) but only $53 at TRSI. I am only using it as an example they have the right to charge what they want for blurays. but that choice shows if they follow the old fashioned industry ways or are more in line with the rest of the remaining industry. If they were following the old fashioned pricing, that bluray set would be $240+, which is about what I paid for many series in the mid-2000s including X TV, DN Angel, and others. Those were only on DVD. Funimation in fact continued with singles pricing like that longer than any R1 company. Bandai and Media Blasters stuck to singles longer, but theirs were generally cheaper. I don't see how being $5 to $15 more expensive than some Funi series is out of touch with the market, especially when blurays sets like Clannad and Ghost Hound have been as low as $48. Other companies have releases priced comparably that never or hardly ever go on sale, like NISA and Aniplex. Now if you said Aniplex's prices were out of touch with the North American market, I would have agreed, even though they are primarily import products. Not to mention a lot of us are collectors and don't sell off our sets, even just the DVD portion. Personally I'd rather not pay extra for discs I will likely never use and small white subs that are difficult to read on many of their releases.

I never said out of touch I said old fashioned. old fashioned is not a bad thing people. the way I see it funimation and S23 are going after slightly different audiences. Funimation seems to target 16-26 year olds while S23 seems to go after 20-30 year olds. I mean look at there big sellers Fairy Tail (funi) vs Clannad (S23). aniplex and NIS are going after niche buyers who want limited edition products. that and aniplex treats R1 the same as R2 to a extent.