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By: seanny

seanny — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:53:34 +0000

It’s pretty obvious that it doesn’t sell to the “hmm, I never heard of Garden of Sinners before” crowd. Anyone throwing down 4 Benjamins for the full set has probably already watched the fansubs several times and considers it a personal favorite, or if not, is a crazed Type-Moon collector dreaming of displaying this box next to his $1000 Saber dollfie.

It’s for the crowd that imports Japanese disc releases. That’s what this box is like more than anything else.

By: Keep Disco Evil

Keep Disco Evil — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:34:10 +0000

The biggest problem for me (besides the price point) for “Garden of Sinners” is that it’s an all-or-nothing investment with the obvious risk that I might not like it. Selling the movies individually (besides selling the complete box set) would have been a better decision in my book to reach more fans / buyers. I think if Aniplex USA had studied the American anime market a little bit and knew the consumers buying habits they could have reached a wider audience with this title. We’ll probably see GoS box sets on Ebay 5 years from now selling for some ungodly amount and have to take a bank loan out to purchase it.

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By: seanny

seanny — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:05:24 +0000

I guess, but you should appreciate that anime is released in a form that can be bought and watched by international fans at all. While I’m not a fan of Kara no Kyoukai / The Garden of Sinners enough to throw down $400 for 8 movies, I appreciate that:

1. It’s a pretty f—ing rad box.
2. It’s the same box that Japan gets + English subtitles + translations for the hardcover book.
3. It’s $200 cheaper than the seemingly sold-out preorder-only Japan box while being a _simultaneous release_

I know we can all remember the days when half of every anime was licensed by ADV/Pioneer/Manga/etc. and slapped on a forgettable $80 DVD set a year later, but that model has obviously collapsed and you can’t even count on things like Kara no Kyoukai to come out in the ‘States. In an earlier age it would’ve been a sure-fire license, but not today.

So this interim solution of slapping Eng. subs on the Japanese premium box set, and dropping the price while maintaining the simultaneous release date is something I’m totally cool with. I wish every Japanese disc release had an international counterpart like that actually.

As to whether anyone’s going to buy it… who knows. I mean I’ve imported a few Japanese discs in the past before for things I _really_ cared about (having English subtitles on them helps e.g. Ghibli’s DVDs), but I don’t know how large of a market is made by international fans like me. It would be real interesting to know the sales numbers of that Kara no Kyoukai box.

Even if it’s just a few guys though, it was produced with minimal investment, as opposed to an original, dubbed DVD set that goes on the shelves of Best Buys and such.

By: Aaron H. Bynum

Aaron H. Bynum — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:42:39 +0000

I sent the sampler to one of my reviewers, too. Aniplex’s release format is indeed pricey and oversimplified, so I figure this will be the closest I ever get to covering their materials short of a mortgage or winning the lottery. Every time I get an e-mail about the GARDEN OF SINNERS I crack up… $600 retail price tag? Blu-ray only? Absolutely hilarious.

How many anime fans even spend so much as $600 on anime domestically or even as an import over the course of three-to-five years? Laughable.

By: Keep Disco Evil

Keep Disco Evil — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:49:38 +0000

Maybe it’s just me but Aniplex USA’s releases are pretty cost inhibited. $150 for all 3 Durarara sets, $170 for R.O.D. and (gasp) $400 for Garden of Sinners seems a bit much in the U.S. anime market, regardless of how well the economy is. I don’t expect these titles to fly off the shelves if they remain at that price point, regardless of how good they are.