Forum - View topicNEWS: Tiger & Bunny BDs to Ship with English Subs in Japan
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hissatsu01
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I wonder sometimes why some news is so late in showing up. The official Japanese site for the show has shown English/Japanese subs in the specs for the blu-ray from the moment the first volume was listed, about a month ago.
Edit: This site http://www.tigerandbunny.net/product/index.html And no subs at all for the DVD. |
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The Mad Manga Massacre
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Viz Media is only streaming the anime in the United States, not in all of North America they do this with all of their streams.
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Eri94
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While I'd love to buy these, if they are like 80$ like the usually are, there's just no way.
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Mirri
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This pattern makes sense to me - DVDs are Region 2, and Blu-Rays are Region A. Region A includes the U.S. and Japan, and Region 2 only has Japan (I know it has more than just Japan, but in this context). While I like having English subs on imports, I have a creeping feeling that this it may cause a slowdown in U.S. imports of titles. |
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vulcanraven01
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R2 DVD also includes the UK, which if of course an English speaking country, so that logic is slightly flawed but I can see where you are coming from. I think it's more the case that DVD releases take the back seat when anime gets a DVD and BD release at the same time in Japan. Most anime fans in Japan buy Blu-ray if available, so why waste time putting subs on the DVD's when they; A - Won't sell that well. B - Less chance of people buying them for English import since only English speaking UK residents would be interested. |
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John Casey
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And only include about 2-4 episodes per batch. |
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NGK
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Japanese-release Blu ray with English subs...
Looks like the middlemen (Funi, Viz, and the company that used to be ADV...) are getting cut off by this trend  A lot of anime watchers would rather get subbed edition straight from Japan than wait months or even years for Funi et al. to release one with dubs anyway.
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Takeyo
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I wonder how that demographic compares to the number of consumers who would rather take their chances and wait for an R1 release -- dubbed or sub-only -- to avoid paying prohibitively expensive Japanese prices. I know that price is far and away to biggest deterrent that keeps me from importing. |
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luffypirate
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Thanks but no thanks. Rather spend the cash on Kenshin.
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