Is Anime just too expensive?

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Is Anime just too expensive?
Tweet Topic Started: Jul 2 2012, 08:59 AM (2,139 Views)
*Copy_Ninja*	Jul 2 2012, 08:59 AM Post #1
*Novacane for the pain* Posts: 8,033 Group: Guardian Member #6,499 Joined: July 18, 2011 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hunter x Hunter (2011) What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga Monster, One Piece, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hunter X Hunter, Death Note, SnK	I was thinking about this today as I was looking around to buy some stuff. I wanted to start with my Naruto Shippuden collection so went to buy the first DVD that was released, which contains the first 13 episodes. Put simply, it cost $50. In comparison, you can get episodes of an American sitcom (roughly 25 episodes) for about $30. That's a pretty big gap in price, especially when considering how much you're getting (btw, I chose an American sitcom because technically both are being imported from somewhere else and both are shown on television as well). I'm not sure what drives prices this high, if it's just because of import prices from governments or something then that obviously changes the outlook. This also leads in to online piracy. Would this be reduced if Anime was more affordable? Is that part of the reason that people resort to watching shows online? Or would these same people do that anyway even if they could afford the content legally? Personally, I think it's important to support the shows you like and I do what I can but these high prices do not make it easy.
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Kalila	Jul 2 2012, 09:54 AM Post #2
Posts: 289 Group: Member Member #7,792 Joined: June 19, 2012 Gender Female Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime DB and DBZ ofcourse, But I also like other anime too What Browser do you use? Firefox	Yes!! I agree that Anime is expensive!! Especially in high street shops such as HMV. For example I seen sets which contains 13 episodes and they cost about £30... WHAT??? Then again if you buy Anime dvds online like at places like Amazon they tend to be a lot cheaper. But thats why I dont usually buy Anime hardly anymore..



ryanson209	Jul 2 2012, 05:25 PM Post #3
MAGICAL GIRLS REPRESENT Posts: 2,336 Group: Member Member #4,331 Joined: July 21, 2009 Favourite Anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica	Wanna know what's worse? My show, Madoka Magica. I was gonna buy it on DVD anyway. DVD is the cheapest of its options. It's about $30 per volume. Each volume if 4 episodes, and only the first has a neat special feature. There are 3 volumes. I spent about $100 on a 12 episode series. Yeah, it's friggin' expensive, and like I said... that's the cheapest of the options I had!
	*Life is a performance, and the world is full of critics. Give it your all like it's your last show.*


Ani-Nation	Jul 2 2012, 06:15 PM Post #4
Posts: 2,751 Group: Members Member #6,334 Joined: June 9, 2011	No you just need to do some searching. Places like Rightstuf (new sales every Thursday) and Amazon are great for purchasing anime. Rightstuf also has some awesome holiday bundles (all of Yu Yu Hakusho on Blu-Ray for $65). Never buy retail because it's always overpriced. I get most of my boxsets for $20-$30. Then again America probably has the cheapest anime in the world.



ryanson209	Jul 2 2012, 08:42 PM Post #5
MAGICAL GIRLS REPRESENT Posts: 2,336 Group: Member Member #4,331 Joined: July 21, 2009 Favourite Anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica	I bought my DVDs from Rightstuf. That was the official store for the series. Amazon was the same price. There was, and still is, no retail for this series. I repeat: it was the cheapest option I had.
	*Life is a performance, and the world is full of critics. Give it your all like it's your last show.*


Kyuubi	Jul 2 2012, 09:03 PM Post #6
Posts: 562 Group: Member Member #6,183 Joined: May 11, 2011 Favourite Anime Naruto DBZ Bleach Cowboy Bebop What Browser do you use? FF Favourite Manga Naruto	At the moment I believe it is, I would love to have some blu-ray dvds of my favorite anime series(especially Naruto, FMA Brotherhood and Death Note). But I doubt they would be within my price range.



* Yu Narukami	Jul 2 2012, 09:04 PM Post #7
Izanagi! Posts: 12,330 Group: Retired Staff Member #6,446 Joined: July 3, 2011 Gender Not Specified Country None	Its still way too expensive for what you're getting. I mean, sure, if you wait a few years the price will go down, but why should you have to? Plus you've got to consider the position of others, do you know how difficult it is to get Region 2 Anime DVDs? Very damn difficult.



Ani-Nation	Jul 2 2012, 09:09 PM Post #8
Posts: 2,751 Group: Members Member #6,334 Joined: June 9, 2011	ryanson209 Jul 2 2012, 08:42 PM I bought my DVDs from Rightstuf. That was the official store for the series. Amazon was the same price. There was, and still is, no retail for this series. I repeat: it was the cheapest option I had. Yeah sometimes it depends on the company. Bandai Gundam stuff is WAY overpriced. Viz DVD's just suck. Funimation probably has the cheapest stuff.



ryanson209	Jul 2 2012, 09:11 PM Post #9
MAGICAL GIRLS REPRESENT Posts: 2,336 Group: Member Member #4,331 Joined: July 21, 2009 Favourite Anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica	I remember buying Fusion Reborn, the 12th DBZ movie, for $20. It was 50 minutes long, with only a handful of trailers and some character bios as extras. That was saddening. But I think that there's like an export tax or something that makes them so expensive. Maybe.
	*Life is a performance, and the world is full of critics. Give it your all like it's your last show.*


Ani-Nation	Jul 2 2012, 09:13 PM Post #10
Posts: 2,751 Group: Members Member #6,334 Joined: June 9, 2011	ryanson209 Jul 2 2012, 09:11 PM I remember buying Fusion Reborn, the 12th DBZ movie, for $20. It was 50 minutes long, with only a handful of trailers and some character bios as extras. That was saddening. But I think that there's like an export tax or something that makes them so expensive. Maybe. Really? When was that? They currently have movie packs with 4-5 films for less than $20.



ryanson209	Jul 2 2012, 09:20 PM Post #11
MAGICAL GIRLS REPRESENT Posts: 2,336 Group: Member Member #4,331 Joined: July 21, 2009 Favourite Anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica	This was 2006, the year it came out. I also bout FFVII Advent Children on DVD for the same price.
	*Life is a performance, and the world is full of critics. Give it your all like it's your last show.*


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