Comments on: Price Per Episode — The Great Devaluing of Anime http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/2010/06/24/price-per-episode/ The internet moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jenny http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/2010/06/24/price-per-episode/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Jenny Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:28:04 +0000 http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/?p=431#comment-339 You spent £242.70 on Magipoka.....???!!! Don't you think you might be living just a tad beyond your means...??? ;-) You spent £242.70 on Magipoka…..???!!! Don’t you think you might be living just a tad beyond your means…??? ;-)

]]> By: Shiroi Hane http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/2010/06/24/price-per-episode/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Shiroi Hane Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:17:37 +0000 http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/?p=431#comment-337 I still only have the first Magipoka box set. At the time I started importing it the second volume seemed to be OOP so I never bothered getting volume 3. Then V2 turned back up on Yesasia but since then I've been to busy buying newer things. I do still want to complete the set some day, since it isn't ever going to be licensed now. I still only have the first Magipoka box set. At the time I started importing it the second volume seemed to be OOP so I never bothered getting volume 3. Then V2 turned back up on Yesasia but since then I’ve been to busy buying newer things.
I do still want to complete the set some day, since it isn’t ever going to be licensed now.

]]> By: Ritsu http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/2010/06/24/price-per-episode/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Ritsu Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:20:37 +0000 http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/?p=431#comment-333 It doesn't matter how cheap it is in Japan, and here's why. Your average consumer shopping around on Amazon.com is looking to buy some entertainment. Now, he's a huge nerd... so he decides to check the price of anime. He finds that Haruhi S2 is around $65 MSRP or $45 on Amazon. Searching for other shows he likes, he then discovers that season 6 of Lost is $60 MSRP/$40 online. So which do you think he's going to buy? The set of DVDs containing a 350 minutes of anime that was critically derided and loathed by the otaku fandom? Or the DVDs containing over 700 minutes of a critically-acclaimed American TV show? Putting aside the respective quality of each series for a moment, it would appear that buying Lost is by far the better deal, since you're getting twice as much entertainment for your hard-earned money. Your average consumer doesn't care about Bandai's financial situation, the price of DVDs in Japan, or the price of tea in China. He's only looking for the best deal. If Bandai can't price their anime competitively, everybody except the hardcore fans like you and me will take their business elsewhere. After all, they think to themselves, when Haruhi is so readily available on fansubs and Crunchyroll, why pay for it? It's unfortunate, but true. Oh, and <3 Magipoka. That series is epic. It doesn’t matter how cheap it is in Japan, and here’s why.

Your average consumer shopping around on Amazon.com is looking to buy some entertainment. Now, he’s a huge nerd… so he decides to check the price of anime. He finds that Haruhi S2 is around $65 MSRP or $45 on Amazon. Searching for other shows he likes, he then discovers that season 6 of Lost is $60 MSRP/$40 online.

So which do you think he’s going to buy? The set of DVDs containing a 350 minutes of anime that was critically derided and loathed by the otaku fandom? Or the DVDs containing over 700 minutes of a critically-acclaimed American TV show? Putting aside the respective quality of each series for a moment, it would appear that buying Lost is by far the better deal, since you’re getting twice as much entertainment for your hard-earned money.

Your average consumer doesn’t care about Bandai’s financial situation, the price of DVDs in Japan, or the price of tea in China. He’s only looking for the best deal. If Bandai can’t price their anime competitively, everybody except the hardcore fans like you and me will take their business elsewhere. After all, they think to themselves, when Haruhi is so readily available on fansubs and Crunchyroll, why pay for it? It’s unfortunate, but true.

Oh, and <3 Magipoka. That series is epic.

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