Forum - View topicINTEREST: Hatsune Miku's Anime Expo LA Concert Gets BD/DVD/CD
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DarkHunter6523
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Because as many have already demonstrated, American fans aren't willing to pay those prices and those who are, will just import. Now you know why we can't have nice things... |
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omegaproxy
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Happy 4th Birthday MIKU!!!!!!! <3
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xBTAx
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Now, that I think about it, actually... it's odd that they're releasing it like this. They're already releasing a CD/DVD/BD for the two concerts that happened in Japan this year, and the BD of those actually costs a good deal less than the LA concert's BD while having over twice the length.
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leafy sea dragon
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Doesn't Sony Records have an American branch too? Why can't it be distributed through that? |
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samuelp
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Because the concert is put on by Sega. What I'm saying is that Sega would have to make sure it has the license to all the songs from Sony Records America, and just because sega has the rights in Japan with Sony Japan doesn't mean that Sony America couldn't demand insane amounts of money for them to release the concert footage in the US. |
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Emerje
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From what I've seen in clips of Japanese shows Miku carries the show herself. She introduces the band members, rallies the crowd, the usual stuff you'd expect from a live concert. People aren't just watching Miku clips for the entire show. As for the songs, pretty sure (again from Japanese clips I've seen) some songs are mashed together as medleys so it isn't 24 full length songs. On a related note, did anyone here get the exclusive Miku DVD that was sold at Otakon during the Miku Live panel? I think I read that it was all wowaka videos. Really wish I'd gone to that... Emerje |
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Jarm
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Good point, the dollar has been tanking against the yen for months now. If not for monetary intervention, it would be valued so much higher than the dollar, meaning prices like these could have been in the hundreds... But anyway, IF they plan on releasing it here, they wouldn't release simultaneously to prevent reverse importation. Because I doubt any one here would buy the discs at the Japanese prices, so they would lower them, making it a threat to Japanese domestic retailers. OR they might not be releasing it here at all and just want to make the most ardent miku fans have pay the Japanese prices. It's really anyone's guess here. |
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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I heard that Sega threatened not to release a Home Video version of the concert because they saw so much footage being put up on video sites like youtube. *If* that's true maybe they gauged the loyalty of Japanese fans versus English speaking fans with a comparison between youtube and niconico on how inundated each were with concert footage.
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Mohawk52
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A bit pointless this anyway when every song that was sung then is readily available on Youtube, Amazon, iTunes and HearJapan for a fraction of the cost. I've seen enough of LA on Youtube to convince me it was not much different than the 2010 concert in Tokyo. The only thing that would have made this one stand out is if the English version of Miku was used and it wasn't so meh. Only those who were there would want to buy it as a reminder of that momentous occasion.
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