05-24-2003, 05:31 AM
Ok, time for an edition of What pisses Shibo off! Well, let me tell ya. I know why most of you folks have come to this site. It?s the same reason I?m here. We buy anime from Hong Kong. I do it, you do it. It?s because we can get releases that aren?t available in the US and/or we can actually afford to buy stuff that we would never normally be able to buy. Like Fushigi Yugi, for example, which sells for $200 for each half of the TV series in most stores. I recognize this fact and I buy a lot of anime from HK.. I?d even venture to say I buy more of it than most other HK buyers. However, I?m not stupid enough to sit there and slam US anime companies and use that to justify my purchases.
?But Shibo, some companies don?t put enough episodes on each disc so they don?t deserve my money!? Yes, I agree that it sucks that some anime series only come 2 or 3 episodes on a DVD. People also need to realize that it?s happening much and much less frequently because of Anime?s growing popularity. As more people start buying each individual disc, the companies begin to make enough profit that they can afford to put more episodes on each disc. The more anime consumers buy, the easier it will be for the companies to offer more on each disc. ADV?s perfect collections are a great example of this.
?But Shibo, the companies charge too much for the discs, and it only costs a little bit to make a DVD!" I?d like to remind everyone that different series cost different amounts of money to license and will be priced accordingly.. The Gundam stuff is never gonna be cheap cause Gundam isn?t cheap to license. Macross 7 is so expensive that the joke in the industry is that it would take ADV, Bandai, Pioneer, and Manga to bring this series to the US because each company could only afford to license 1 DVD?s worth of footage. And of course, everyone needs to remember that all of the companies are also trying to make a profit, which is the main point of their being in business. The side benefit of all of this is more US releases, greater exposure to anime for the general population, and ultimately, more anime, manga, and anime publications for the english speaking otaku.
My point here? We?re all buying HK anime because it?s cheap. Don?t kid yourself. If we could get the same exact things in R1 for the same price, most of us would.. Any intelligent ones would anyway.
So have fun, buy your HK stuff, and enjoy your anime. But don?t try and slam the US companies out there, because folks who do that make the rest of us HK buyers seem like morons. Thanks, and that?s What pisses Shibo off today.
?But Shibo, some companies don?t put enough episodes on each disc so they don?t deserve my money!? Yes, I agree that it sucks that some anime series only come 2 or 3 episodes on a DVD. People also need to realize that it?s happening much and much less frequently because of Anime?s growing popularity. As more people start buying each individual disc, the companies begin to make enough profit that they can afford to put more episodes on each disc. The more anime consumers buy, the easier it will be for the companies to offer more on each disc. ADV?s perfect collections are a great example of this.
?But Shibo, the companies charge too much for the discs, and it only costs a little bit to make a DVD!" I?d like to remind everyone that different series cost different amounts of money to license and will be priced accordingly.. The Gundam stuff is never gonna be cheap cause Gundam isn?t cheap to license. Macross 7 is so expensive that the joke in the industry is that it would take ADV, Bandai, Pioneer, and Manga to bring this series to the US because each company could only afford to license 1 DVD?s worth of footage. And of course, everyone needs to remember that all of the companies are also trying to make a profit, which is the main point of their being in business. The side benefit of all of this is more US releases, greater exposure to anime for the general population, and ultimately, more anime, manga, and anime publications for the english speaking otaku.
My point here? We?re all buying HK anime because it?s cheap. Don?t kid yourself. If we could get the same exact things in R1 for the same price, most of us would.. Any intelligent ones would anyway.
So have fun, buy your HK stuff, and enjoy your anime. But don?t try and slam the US companies out there, because folks who do that make the rest of us HK buyers seem like morons. Thanks, and that?s What pisses Shibo off today.
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