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Answerman - Why Don't Netflix Anime Get Home Video Releases?

There have been a few Netflix anime to get a blu-ray release (Seven Deadly Sins, Knights of Sidonia, Fate/Apocrypha) so I've got to still hold some hope that shows like Devilman Crybaby will eventually.

Unfortunately, I have less hope for more underrated shows like Hisone & Masotan

Not me. Shiny discs or nothing.

As far as I know Amazon are not trying to keep these shows as exclusives, just now a trailer for Kokkoku home release has gone up, Welcome to the ballroom is getting a home release. Grimoire Of Zero, Scum's Wish, Made In Abyss and Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress have also had home releases. They just seem to care about the initial broadcast, and then afterwords do not care who gets it and how else it is distributed.

I will remind the person asking the question that Funimation and Sentai have released some Netflix and Amazon titles on disc; so, it is not impossible. I also think that Sentai seems more than willing to just get BD rights and nothing more.

Little Witch Academia is a TV anime but is a Trigger original anime. With Trigger so closely related with Netflix, is more difficult to go to the Production Committee and also the Japanese BD's already have English subs so is more difficult for get BD's rights.

For those that want physical media of Netflix shows, Japan releases them so it's easy enough to import these shows.

All I want... is for Saiki K seasons 2 & 3 to get dubbed. Is that too much to ask for?

This is a serious issue with anime since they often have revised content like fixed animation and uncensored stuff. Hell, Violet Evergarden has extra scenes in a few episodes, and since Netflix never updates their anime to the BD version,it forces people to resort to piracy to get the superior version.

First, Netflix often does ask for exclusivity across every platform for a period of years -- usually three, I'm told -- just as a normal part of throwing so much money at the title

johnnysasaki wrote:

This is a serious issue with anime since they often have revised content like fixed animation and uncensored stuff. Hell, Violet Evergarden has extra scenes in a few episodes, and since Netflix never updates their anime to the BD version,it forces people to resort to piracy to get the superior version.

no one is forced to resort to piracy, they could import the japanese disc however unpractical and expensive that would be, or you know , just take that L and don't watch it at all. sorry but no one is pointing guns at people in order to make them watch the tv show they already liked

I have zero interest in paying for streaming services, yet I would throw money down for a LWA home video release at a moment's notice. Apparently Netflix doesn't want my money. The best hope at this point seems to be it getting a UK release.

so basically small companies can't afford it and big companies don't think physical only rights will return the investment.

some people might wonder "well why don't Netflix just print them by themselves under their own brand?". the thing is even for giant corporations suddenly jumping into a different market is no easy feat, they might have a group of people very skilled at marketing their streaming service but that doesn't automatically make them good at marketing and selling discs, they would need to hire a department of new people who claim to be experienced in that field and try their luck, which seems like a too much trouble over the right to compete with themselves