• Cromalin [she/her]
    hexagon
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    11 months ago

    japan exclusive currently, and i'm pretty sure it's like 100$ for 2 episodes or somethign, the japanese anime bluray market is insane

    it's why things can cost so much in the west, so that they can't just get sold back to japan and undercut the sky high prices

      • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
        ·
        11 months ago

        Stuff targeted to super fans is always really expensive in Japan. Even back in the 80s in Japan, OVA tapes would be expensive af. Here's a neat reddit comment that shows an old ad from Newtype magazine and tries to hash out the cost.

        I think in Japan, "normal" people just watch stuff on TV or read cheaply printed manga magazines (they even have manga cafes for this) and the true sickos spend big bucks on blurays and tankobon collectors releases.