Forum - View topicINTEREST: Video Senshi Lezarion Anime From 1984 Gets Its First DVD Release in 2020
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pachy_boy
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So who's the publisher?
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Chrno2
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Oh WOW!! I always loved the OP song to this. My late friend used to watch this. The video game robot.
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NJ_
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Toei Video https://www.toei-video.co.jp/special/laserion |
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horseradish
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pachy_boy
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Ah--I did see the word 'Toei' but assumed it was just talking about the animation studio that produced the show. I would have thought this was another Discotek or Anime Midstream announcement. |
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OjaruFan2
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Because it’s relevant to anime.
It’s actually pretty normal to pay roughly that amount for old anime split across multiple DVD box sets in Japan. |
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horseradish
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RommieSG
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Are we sure this isn't being released by Aniplex at those prices? I would never think to pay this much for DVD release of any series at that price.
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NJ_
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^This is a Japanese release and even for DVD, the high prices have always been common for them.
As for the earlier mention of no Blu-ray, it does suck but with Toei's track record, it wouldn't have made a difference quality-wise because with the exception of Mazinger Z, they have been either upscaled and on SD Blu-ray (which for the latter has happened a lot more lately, newest one being Fist of the North Star). |
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horseradish
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OjaruFan2
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Justin Sevakis posted an excellent article back in March 2012 that explains why Japanese home media releases are so overpriced: animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-07 Borrowing points from the aforementioned article, many Japanese home media releases are priced the way they are because they're not aimed at people who just want to watch the show. Rather, they're for otakus/hardcore fans that would be willing to pay a fortune to physically own their favorite show in the highest quality possible. And yes, physical media has always been super expensive over there because they were originally produced specifically for the rental market. Video rental stores would buy them at those high prices, whlie regular consumers would rent them out for a much cheaper price. However, otakus bought them outright at those high prices instead of just renting them. There were a few attempts to market home media releases at cheaper prices. Didn't work out, so they reverted back to expensive prices. In the world of kids and family anime (such as Doraemon, Pokémon, and Hanakappa), many of their home media releases (which consist of cherry-picked episodes, instead of every single episode in chronological order) are marketed at cheaper prices in Japan because those are aimed specifically at the mass-market (like a mom buying it for their kid, or a kid buying it with their allowance money). Some shows (such as Nintama Rantaro, Yo-kai Watch, and Monster Hunter Stories Ride On) do get complete series/season DVD/BD boxsets that coincide with the mass-market compilation DVD/BDs and/or rental-only DVDs. Just like with late-night anime DVD/BDs, those boxsets are aimed at the otaku market and thus they are super expensive. Last edited by OjaruFan2 on Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:00 am; edited 1 time in total |
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horseradish
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OjaruFan2
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^You're welcome!
Streaming in Japan hasn't exactly caught on the same levels as in the West (heck, there's still some Japanese companies, such as TV Asahi, that seemingly refuse to jump on the simulcast streaming bandwagon to even domestic streaming services, like U-Next), so there's still a great number of Japanese consumers (especially those that fear the Internet) that still prefer to watch shows via linear TV and maybe buy the home media releases later, over paying a monthly fee for one or more streaming services. Video Senshi Lezarion never got a home media release back then. Not even on VHS. Perhaps there were various licensing issues that got in the way. Perhaps the original masters were destroyed, went missing, or deteriorated so badly that a remaster wasn't possible until better masters could be discovered. Perhaps it was just simply due to lack of interest. The ¥44,000 price tag, while severely overpriced, is a good business idea because the show is so old and obscure that only a small minority of people would care enough to actually buy it. The box sets will most likely only sell a few-hundred copies. If they were priced at ¥8,000 for example, they would have to sell thousands of copies in order to be considered a success. |
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? I'm a bit puzzled as to why this was reported on ANN. I vaguely recall hearing a mention about Laserion a while ago, but this is a Japanese release. 
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