Is It Worth It To Continue to Purchase Anime DVDs/Blu-Rays?
I have seen/heard of more and more and more people pirating, fan-subbing, ripping, direct downloading and watching on Netflix. (With the ladder not being that bad but...) Here's the issue: I love anime, I love watching it and above all...I like to PHYSICALLY own it. What really irks the living **** outta me is when the "so called fans" wonder why "Why is the second season cancelled"? and "Why is the price going up and up"? The fact that they are so STUPID enough to not even realize that THEY are the ones in fact who are causing this "uproar" as I like to call it. By doing this the creators cannot fund more titles/episodes/seasons in the future. And since were being completely honest here, I feel like the anime industry has maybe 6-10 more years in the U.S. before they completely stop licensing them due to this problem. It really is a smack in the face to the owners and distributers by saying, "I'm not going to support you and instead I'm going to go download all of your hard work and maybe later burn it to a disk and make a parody of some sorts." Call me old-fashioned but I think we are waay to advanced and the use of the internet is going too far. What I mean is, we can harass people from our chairs for god sakes. And THAT my friends is truly pathetic. -----End of Rant----- Main Question: Do you think it is all that worth it to continue to buy anime? ( in physical form of course ) Mind you, I only buy licensed series. I only ask this because as you can clearly see I have to have the actual product in my hands. I also feel like we are all going to be forced to watch on Netflix or something like that because they're will be no more demand for disks since we can have it streamed directly to our TV's and devices. LONG STORY SHORT- I love my anime collection, and want it to grow. So...there you have it. Also, I apologize if I sounded a bit cocky up there but this is an issue that gets me very angry. All comments are welcome as long as it is not rude or mean. Please and thank you for your time. :)
Is it worth buying blu-rays or wait for 4k?
Physical media (like DVD and Blu-ray) is dying, lack of demand is play a part in this but really it is about profitability and stock holding. It sucks to be stuck with tens of thousands of copies of a film that you thought would sell well but actually sells badly and if you don't have to sell physical media then everything gets more profitable.That being said many films would have been processed at 2k resolution and not 4k, so in reality Blu-ray is sufficient to show them off. Many people say that physical film has infinite resolution, but that isn't so and especially after many generations of processing before release. The only real exception to this is perhaps HDR, but it would also be nice to see some HDR Blu-ray releases irrespective of 4k.So, in future you really want to be thinking about where you'll buy movies because it will probably be online.
Is the anime film, Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa) worth watching?
Yes, it is.Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) has immense crossover appeal, not just in terms of geographies and cultures, but also across age groups. I therefore wholeheartedly recommend this film to everyone, even people who haven’t seen any anime before.Go in with realistic expectations though — this is a teenage romance film. Treating it as science-fiction is only going to ruin it for you.See my full spoiler-free review of Your Name here.
Are you buying Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie on Blu-Ray or DVD today? Why or why not?
No.Firstly, because new media is massively and exploitatively overpriced. That is a non-starter. Not only is it outside my budget, it would be wasteful even if I could afford it.Secondly, because it is not worth buying unless you can get a good deal on it. There are better ways to spend money on digital video, and I will grab it for less than a dollar sooner or later.Thirdly, because I already saw it in theatres twice and am not desperate to see it another time as soon as possible. The extras will be superior to The Force Awakens, at least, and already seem fairly interesting.Fourthly, because I doubt The Last Jedi will appear in its original theatrical form. The Force Awakens didn’t. If I want to see the ‘original’ version, buying the DVD or Blu-Ray won’t help me accomplish that.
Why doesn’t Battle Angel Alita have a full anime?
Battle Angel Alita, known in Japan as GUNNM (銃夢), has not actually ended as a manga franchise. Although the original series ended serialization in 1995, the work has continued under different titles.The original series, GUNNM, was serialized in Shueisha’s Business Jump from 1990 to 1995. This is the series now known as Battle Angel Alita. Yukito Kishiro ended this series because he became ill and could not continue working. Several years later, he began working again but was not satisfied with the ending in the original series.Kishiro began drawing GUNNM Last Order in 2000 with a story that placed a retcon on the ending of the original series. This series, serialized in Shueisha’s Ultra Jump magazine, continued for a decade until it was placed on hiatus in 2010 when Kishiro and his editors came into a disagreement over dialogue in the series.Unable to resolve their differences, Kishiro signed a new contract with publisher Kodansha and continued serialization of GUNNM Last Order in its Evening magazine. This switch also caused the North American license, titled Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, to switch from Viz Media (a subsidiary of Shueisha) to Kodansha Comics USA. Last Order ended serialization in 2014.The story is now being continued by Kodansha in GUNNM Mars Chronicle, which Kishiro has stated will end the entire franchise when the series ends its current magazine run. As of July 2016, three compiled volumes of the manga have been released.As for an anime adaptation, this is dependent on the ownership of the work’s licenses. While Kodansha holds the rights to the most recent series, Shueisha may still hold the rights to the original series. Because of the committee system of anime production, a complete anime adaptation would require some sort of cooperation between the two rights-holding publishers.The 1993 anime adaptation was produced when GUNNM was still in the early stages of its story, thus there was not enough content for a full-length series.
Why hasn't FUNimation licensed the Steins;Gate Movie?
Relax fellow fan, the Steins;Gate movie will most likely be licensed by Funimation but seeing that there's a whole mess of regulations with anime being licensed, it won't be released until most likely end of next year. Reason being is that Kadokawa Pictures Japan owns the Steins;Gate series and wants to profit from Japan sales first as reverse importing is their biggest concern that could impact sales as Blu-Rays are region free and Funimation Blu-Rays are MUCH cheaper than their Japanese counterparts. We're talking 100 USD for the Blu-Ray movie versus a usual 40 USD price tag for Funimation's release. So Dub fans would have to wait before getting the movie stateside. Unless you're like me as I'm going to buy the Limited Edition Blu-Ray in December to watch it subbed. So I'll be really excited when that comes in. Sorry you'll have to wait so long. But hopefully it'll be worth it for you.
Who owns the rights to Neon Genesis Evangelion now?
I've Googled this but can't seem to find any information on it. I know that ADV Films, the former rights holder, has collapsed, and that they sold off all their assets and IPs. My question is - who owns NGE now?