Forum - View topicWhere might be a good place to find Japanese Blurays to have shipped to America?
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Centerpoint360
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I'm pretty new to the whole 'buying anime' thing, but I'm looking specifically for the blu-rays of Marvel Future Avengers. I'm sure someone sells them somewhere, but it's not here in America.
Are there any good websites or... idk, something I can use to find a nice legal copy of the show and get it shipped over? Thank you so much for any help! |
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One-Eye
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If you are looking to get Japanese blu-rays one of the easier ways is to just buy them from Amazon Japan. There is a little globe at the top of the amazon web page and you can select English as the language and then set up an account. Once you set up an account the product pages usually tell you if an item can be shipped to the US. Japan BDs are region A like the U.S. meaning they can play on American devices, be aware however that most Japanese anime BDs don't have English subs or dubs. There are some that do have them, but its not a given. Also keep in mind that anime is much more expensive in Japan than in the US, so importing it can be pricey. You can search for your item on amazon or you can try blu-ray.com use their search which you can set to particular country or worldwide (its not comprehensive though).
As far as Marvel Future Avengers taking a quick look it does not seem like there has been a disc release yet, just a Japanese manga (comic). They were working on a dub for it, but if its like Marvel Disk Wars the dub may only be broadcast in Southeast Asia. Some Western properties that have been reworked for Asian audiences don't always get released in the West as companies like Disney don't think there would be demand for them. Other places you can try importing stuff from is: yesasia cdJapan I've mainly used Amazon personally, but did order something from yesasia many years ago. Had no issues with either one. |
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Kruszer
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I mostly use CDJapan for the rare instances of importing I do.
Just be aware that the Japanese business model is different and that media like CDs, DVDs, and BDs will be comparably more expensive then what you may be used to paying for them. IE: a US single disc Blu-ray film will run you about $15-25 here in the United States but Japanese pricing is around the equivalent of $60-70 in Japanese Yen for a movie plus the cost of international shipping. Japanese Blu-ray for series are initially sold in single similarly priced volumes and also notorious disc space-wasters with maybe like 2-3 episodes per disc, so if you're buying a series it can get very expensive. Then there is the issue of disc compatibility. You should make sure that you have the region-free electronics to play discs from different regions or that you only buy discs from places that are region-coded for your region, otherwise your player will not even play the discs. http://www.regionfreedvd.net/region-codes.html |
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