| Aniplex has been reluctant to release Blu-ray of their anime titles. "FLAG" was the only title released in Blu-ray last year. Blu-ray Disc Association Interviewed Aniplex staff about their sales strategy this year. Aniplex sent out questionnaires to those who purchased Fullmetal Alchemist Box Set Archives and surveyed the demand for Blu-ray releases. Here are the results: Q1. When a new title is released in DVD and Blu-ray formats, which media do you buy? Men Blu-ray 50% DVD 45% Both 4% Women Blu-ray 29% DVD 63% Both 7% Q2. Do you buy Blu-ray of old titles, which you have already purchased? Men Yes 6.9% Yes, if possible 53% No 40.1% Women Yes 2.7% Yes, if possible 43.9% No 53.4% In conclusion, Aniplex decided to release the Blu-ray of new TV series targeting at male fans simultaneously with the DVD. As for the old titles, they also take a positive action toward the release of Blu-ray, especially ones for men. They admitted that the high production cost of the Blu-ray is problematic. 1000 yen rise in the price barely cancels out the additional costs. At the end of the interview, they mentioned the possibility of the Blu-ray releases of "Kara no Kyoukai" and "Valkyria Chronicles". Edited BDA erased the part of the article about the blu-ray release of "Kara no Kyoukai" and "Valkyria Chronicles". They apologized for a misleading expression. Source: Blu-ray Meister According to Takayama Katsuhiko, the authoring cost of Blu-ray is four times higher than that of DVD. He said releasing new titles in Blu-ray is highly risky. Source: Takayama's list mania |
dtshykJun 15, 2009 10:11 PM
| Blu-ray of Kara no Kyoukai? Very yes. |
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| I hope to hell they do BD releases of Kara no Kyoukai. |
| I think Blu-ray KnK would be a wise move. |
aero said: Blu-ray of Kara no Kyoukai? Very yes. |
aero said: Blu-ray of Kara no Kyoukai? Very yes. This ^ |
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| This may be a surprise considering all the posts up until now, but... KnK Blu-ray? HIGHLY INTERESTED. |
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| to me, both of them in blu-ray are excellent ideas and choices. more blu-ray, by making it be out there more, it will become the standard form replacing dvd eventually. just do it already :D |
| BD KnK will be good, Valk, dunno as much |
dtshyk said: I'm pretty sure people said the same thing about DVDs.According to Takayama Katsuhiko, the authoring cost of Blu-ray is four times higher than that of DVD. He said releasing new titles in Blu-ray is highly risky. Now if only the rest of the world would get some BD action... |
| Hm... I wonder why most women perfer the DVD format. |
Mari-chan said: Hm... I wonder why most women perfer the DVD format. I wouldn't say 63% is "most". But also the fact that there's pretty much no shoujo/josei stuff in blu-ray will play a part in that. Flagship BD titles have mostly been shounen/seinen. Though G00 and CG have char designs that appeal to women, so might be middle ground. But still, so far, the majority of BD releases have been targeted toward men, so it's no surprise not as many women will buy them. |
| is this to say that females do not like HD quality media? or they just aren't as savvy in these matters? |
| I think women just are smarter buyers, why pay that much more for animation that really doesn't improve the quality equal to the raise in price. I say that and I am a guy. |
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mitamaking said: I think women just are smarter buyers, why pay that much more for animation that really doesn't improve the quality equal to the raise in price. I say that and I am a guy. Yeah, what he said. I grew up with VHS, btw. I still buy them. The picture was visible enough then. /19yearoldmanrant |
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| I'd like Blu-Ray a lot more if the cases weren't so ugly. If I'm going to spend money on something I could selfishly get for free instead, I don't want is case to have a big clashing blue line going all around it. (granted, it doesn't always clash, but more often than not) |
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Jure said: KnK on Blue-Ray Have fun with Blue-Ray ^^ I don' t give shit about blu-ray, dvd's enough for me, and as I live in shit country there isn' t even normal dvd distributor. |
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| Like others have said, KnK in bluray would be like heaven. |
| Good to see these companies taking buyers' preferences into account. I have yet to see KnK, but it sounds like it will make a lot of people happy on bluray. mitamaking said: I think women just are smarter buyers, why pay that much more for animation that really doesn't improve the quality equal to the raise in price. I say that and I am a guy. This is likely it. Most of the men I know are more willing to pay high prices for the shiniest technology, while most of the women prefer saving money. |
mitamaking said: There's not much of an increase in price between DVD and Blu-ray, at least for the consumer. I just took a quick peek at amazon.co.jp and the difference in price between the two for Macross Frontier and Gundam 00 is between ￥ 700 and 800 (The DVDs cost about 4600).I think women just are smarter buyers, why pay that much more for animation that really doesn't improve the quality equal to the raise in price. I say that and I am a guy. Provided that they aren't just upscales, the difference in quality is usually well worth it. Researching which ones are and which ones aren't is smart buying. |
-synchronizer- said: Don't forget that people usually need to upgrade their TV to see the benefit from BD.mitamaking said: There's not much of an increase in price between DVD and Blu-ray, at least for the consumer. I just took a quick peek at amazon.co.jp and the difference in price between the two for Macross Frontier and Gundam 00 is between ￥ 700 and 800 (The DVDs cost about 4600).I think women just are smarter buyers, why pay that much more for animation that really doesn't improve the quality equal to the raise in price. I say that and I am a guy. Provided that they aren't just upscales, the difference in quality is usually well worth it. Researching which ones are and which ones aren't is smart buying. |
kuroshiroi said: -synchronizer- said: Don't forget that people usually need to upgrade their TV to see the benefit from BD.mitamaking said: There's not much of an increase in price between DVD and Blu-ray, at least for the consumer. I just took a quick peek at amazon.co.jp and the difference in price between the two for Macross Frontier and Gundam 00 is between ￥ 700 and 800 (The DVDs cost about 4600).I think women just are smarter buyers, why pay that much more for animation that really doesn't improve the quality equal to the raise in price. I say that and I am a guy. Provided that they aren't just upscales, the difference in quality is usually well worth it. Researching which ones are and which ones aren't is smart buying. True, but you don't need a 50" TV (resolution doesn't increase plus many people don't have the room) and you can just use a computer monitor instead. For the people who buy these DVD or Blu-ray sets, I doubt that they would consider this to be a huge problem as buying just a single 24-episode series on DVD is probably equivalent to this cost. |
| lol, women are so cheap, and I know it. |
| KnK on Blu-Ray? I demand it. |
| I"ll stick to dvd + upscale I know blue-ray > upscale but my distaste for Sony is strong. So much so that I only bought a PS3 because its Sony lost money on the purchase. And I'm will pirate games out of sprite... |
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| When all Anime goes to Blu-Ray, I'll say that its worth it - I mean, video quality is nice but not the most important thing to me. But Kara no Kyoukai is already good looking, so Blu-Ray will be a nice format for it. |
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Roxkis said: I"ll stick to dvd + upscale I know blue-ray > upscale but my distaste for Sony is strong. So much so that I only bought a PS3 because its Sony lost money on the purchase. And I'm will pirate games out of sprite... L O L That means you also dislike Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG, Hitachi, Sharp und Samsung, Dell, HP and Apple. How did you manage to go online? lol |
De-JaY said: And besides that, you're willingly missing out on bluray quality because you don't like Sony? Dude you're so missing out. It's not it matters to Sony if you buy the bluray or not. Might as well enjoy the quality. It's worth it.Roxkis said: <snip> L O L That means you also dislike Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG, Hitachi, Sharp und Samsung, Dell, HP and Apple. How did you manage to go online? lol |
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Roxkis said: won'ts they get sticky?I"ll stick to dvd + upscale I know blue-ray > upscale but my distaste for Sony is strong. So much so that I only bought a PS3 because its Sony lost money on the purchase. And I'm will pirate games out of sprite... |
Torisunanohokori said: Haha, well said. My feelings exactly.I grew up with VHS, btw. I still buy them. The picture was visible enough then. I don't blame Aniplex for not releasing more Blu-ray titles. The risk isn't worth it at this stage of the game. |
| why do some people think sony owns blu-ray? |
cyruz said: De-JaY said: And besides that, you're willingly missing out on bluray quality because you don't like Sony? Dude you're so missing out. It's not it matters to Sony if you buy the bluray or not. Might as well enjoy the quality. It's worth it.Roxkis said: <snip> L O L That means you also dislike Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG, Hitachi, Sharp und Samsung, Dell, HP and Apple. How did you manage to go online? lol Fansubs had hd before blue-ray came out. @De-JaY A Toshiba laptop and a self built desktop. Though my desktop has a LG dvd burner. I have a1st gen iphone but that's what sparked my hate for apple. |
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